Personal Maintenance Tips

[funkymonkey]

seeing as guys are requesting tips on how to detail their car or make sure their car looks the "bling" to go with the "schwing", I'm gonna try anf get a list of soem DIY Maintenane habits that each one of us might have come up with.

Use the following template

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Where on the car does this technique apply?

What does it fix?

What tools are required?

What is the method?

What is the outcome of this technique?

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Feel free to post as many times as possible, post your questions to the submitters and the answers in here, and then I'll edit the posts so that they all flow and look tidy.

[Mr GTS4]

how do you cahnge front ball joints in a R32 GTS4???

i also need to put in a front wheel stud - is it as easy as taking off the rotor and putting it in??

any help would be great

[meshmesh]

Detailing your car.

Ive attached 2 PDF's

Cleaning the Engine Bay

> I first degrease the engine bay, I use the [forget the name, but they make chamois and other car stuff, I think it's calle] Kayco, Kanko? degreaser...best I've used. let it sit for a couple of minutes.

> Then I wash the degreaser off using a steam cleaning thin-a-ma-bobby, they cost around $100

> Then I give everything that rubber/plastic a spray with Plexus (avaiable from Autobahn @$15~can (best stuff ever)

> Finanly, all metal, steel chrome I use [forget the name again, sorry] it's in a yellow tin can, and is filled with a clotch type material you tear as you go. (Also available at you Auto Store @~$10)