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Best engine plastic cleaning?

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    AE102 New Member

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    Best engine plastic cleaning?

    yeah, whats the best or fairly product that cleans the plastics in the engine bay?

    i want that wet shine to it....
    AE102, Sep 4, 2005
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    wet shine or clean shine? for clean degrease it first then spray a tire shine or something. thats what i do,even though i am not suppose to.
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    i've use wax on it before, but doesnt last very long.
    and degrease products that shines but doesnt even last for 1 minute.

    tire shine probly isnt gonna last that long...
    AE102, Sep 4, 2005
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    SaberJ2X Lurk MOAR

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    back to black, lasted for 2 months on my tercel at least, full wet shine

    WD-40... but I hate flamable stuff all over my engine...
    SaberJ2X, Sep 4, 2005
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    Dr Tweak Mad Scientist

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    Simple Green! :)
    Dr Tweak, Sep 5, 2005
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    JLee TD05 3SGTE

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    Would Armor-All give it that shine you're looking for? It works for tires.. :p
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    Barnacules 100101101011011

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    Rub all your plastic down with Vasolene and get that super shine going on :) J/K don't do that or your engine will be a dirt ball in a week
    Barnacules, Sep 5, 2005
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    Bulletproofswordsman JDM Oroku-Saki

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    leave it grimey
    Bulletproofswordsman, Sep 5, 2005
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    i've tried simple green. it cleans grease and dirt off. but doesnt shine at all.
    AE102, Sep 5, 2005
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    Give Armor-all (or tire shine stuff) a shot.
    JLee, Sep 5, 2005
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    at wrok we use a water based shine product... don't know where you can get it.. detail shop probly and it lasts for months on out showroom cars... and when I use it on my car it lasts for about a month... I beleave its called supershine... I'll check tonight at work...
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    Back to Black (from Mother's I believe), works very well...
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    thanks guys

    ill give those products a try next week, i'll see how it goes..
    AE102, Sep 5, 2005
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    Meguiars and Mothers work best.IMO
    01rollas, Sep 5, 2005
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