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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 08:45 PM
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BlairM
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Finally got round to cleaning the car at the weekend, to remove all the dirt from my last race off through the mud!

Doesn't look too dirty from the top:
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Most of the dirt was jammed between wishbones & driveshafts, and also the subframe and steering rack. Annoyingly the pressure washer was no good, so the only thing for it was to get my hands dirty. Not a nice job. After the majority was pulled out the pressure washer managed most of the rest:
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Post clean, after washing underneath the full car and inside arches I also snow foamed them!
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Downloaded an app to my iphone that takes panoramic shots, not sure if I done it the right way though! You get the idea though:

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My off also damaged the front bumper, centre section snapped so I bought a cheap solder iron and some plastic rods off ebay, to do a bit of plastic welding.. all seems to be holding up so far. Used a cable tie just to hold this bit in place:
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I finished welding all the cracks in the bumper tonight, next thing to repair is the front panel. I'm hopeful that'll work, if not it's a new front panel.

Once I've done that I'll test fit the bumper back on and if all is OK get the bumper prepped ready for repainting.
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