Winter in the northeast now and the car (2005 F430 Spider) has been sitting in the garage on a lift. I have been slowly detailing more of the non-chassis areas like the wheel wells, etc. I would like to know how best to detail the the red engine block head covers. The red intake covers are immaculate but I don't like the difference I see in the cleanliness between the two. Can someone let me know how best to do this. Thanks!
I would say be careful with it. A damp non abrasive towel or something that won't get its fiber caught on the wrinkle paint would be good. The oem wrinkle paint were put on without prepping the metal and there's no primer. It doesn't take much to chip the paint off, mine is actually getting repainted as we speak Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I have wiped my red intake covers down with Aerospace 303 and had good results. Mine looks great but my car is not out in the elements much so YMMV.
I'm talking about the engine block head covers. The intake covers are easy to get cleaned but I'm not sure how to get the engine block head covers cleaned.
If I had a need to try I would get me some of the nice wool wheel wheel cleaning brushes and dampen with some simple green or hot water and a mid cleaner mixed. I have a set of these from Ammo NYC and they are very nice tools. The curved handle one is great. I was trying to link to the site for you but it says buy on Amazon? and I don't see the curved one anymore hmmmm. https://www.ammonyc.com/shop/wheel-woolies/
The label on the bottle of Simple Green that I have specifically cautions against using it on aluminum. A friend of mine was warned of the potential issues when he was using it on his airplane. I'm not sure what it does to aluminum, but I suspect it causes some corrosion. Maybe start with pure water of some detailing spray? Good luck!
Usually I do mine opportunistically during the times when I have the under tray off, and I'm under the car. Just reach up and over the headers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Don't use woolies. Use steamer, and wipe. https://www.amazon.com/McCulloch-MC1275-Heavy-Duty-Steam-Cleaner/dp/B0000DF0RB/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1487783247&sr=1-2&keywords=mcculloch+steamer