Front Wheel Wells - Four Hours

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Received my DP Gel Wheel Cleaner on Friday and decide to do the front wheels. As the wheels will be removed fron Nelly (my '07 Sonata), I decided to add a new layer of rubberized undercoating and clean the plastic fender liners.

The morning started warm, sunny and very dry. Having done this before, I knew the front wells would take about four hours. I started at 8:45 am and finished a little after 1:00 pm. I'll do the rear wells in a week or two.

Materials List:
> Hydraulic floor jack
> Stand
> Wheel chock
> Meguiar's ACP at 4:1
> Mothers' FX SynWax (on wheels 'cause I had it in my stash)
> Meguiar's Ultimate Protectant (on plastic parts)
> CD2 Engine Detailer (on struts, break guards, also in my stash - isually use Stoner's)
> 3M Rubberized Undercoating (over factory undercoated parts)
> DP Gel Wheel Cleaner (on wheels)


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Started with the wheels - really packed with break dust and road dirt.

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ONE coat of DP, dwell time of 30 seconds (it started to dry after 30 seconds - as I said, it was dry today!). Aggitated with a medium soft brush, rinsed with water from hose. I was impressed!


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Now for the wheel wells. Rinsed with water, applied Meguiar's APC, aggitated with medium soft brush, rinsed and allowed to dry.

Before pix:

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I wrapped some parts with aluminum foil before applying 3M Rubberized Undercoating.

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Applied Meguiar's Ultimate Protectant to plastic parts using 1" and 2" foam brushes. Used CD2 on struts and break guards.
After pix:

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Thanks for looking at my four hours of work!

Regards,
GEWB
 
wow i love when people do their wheel wells, especially yours! There is something about having spotless, shinny, new looking wheel wells that just makes the overall car look years younger
 
there's nothin like clean wells.........for that well maintained look
 
Thanks for your kind words.

While my descriptions make the job sound easy, as in "...applied Meguiar's APC, aggitated with medium soft brush, rinsed and allowed to dry," reading the post topic "-Four Hours" should give a clue. I scrubbed the plastic parts of the well numerous times, some places with a stiffer detailing brush (like a stiff tooth brush) - that's what took the most time and energy.

If I were to do the wheels (loved that DP Gel), a quick APC cleaning with one pass of the brush, undercoating and Meg's UP, the job would take 60 to 90 minutes.

Regards,
GEWB
 
Excellent job, looks better than new!

Did you tape up/cover up the plastic inner wells before spraying the undercoating, or did you remove them before spraying?
 
canairb said:
Excellent job, looks better than new!

Did you tape up/cover up the plastic inner wells before spraying the undercoating, or did you remove them before spraying?
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Tape (I forgot to add that to the materials list, thanks for the reminder).

Regards,
GEWB
 
Great writeup and photos with outstanding results!
 
Beautifully done! Outstanding work, made me remember Tad's truck. :)

Safety - check!
Spotless - check!
Protected - Check!
Post-work reward - check? :)
 
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