Renboy Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 What are the nipples on headlights for? Do they have any purpose, or are they simply there to annoy the shit out of anyone polishing their lights? My lights are yellow as hell, and I am going to polish them, but I want to grind those damn nipples off to make it nicer to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 .. you mean on the 95-96 style ones with the plastic covers? the 97-02 don't have them, and most cars now don't have them, it seems to be only on plastic fluted headlight covers for some reason. I heard years ago that when there was a snow storm the headlights would heat up and those "nipples" would get hotter and hold more heat and somehow make ice come off? sounds luike BS, but its all I got. On my old infiniti I was scraping ice off and broke them off by mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renboy Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Good enough, off they go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazdaMomma Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 I seem to remember a good whack with the ice scraper took them off, there actually really annoying and seem to have no purpose. MTS's headlights, which were made and sanded by reality have them sanded off I believe. Really shouldn't take alot of work if you can't just breank them off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renboy Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 I'm not breaking them off, they could break poorly and leave a hole or divet in the plastic. No, they'll be ground and sanded to be perfectly flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mts Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Ren type perfection...LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renboy Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 It just took me 2 1/2 fucking days to clean the interior of my car. I went as far as removing the dash and instrument cluster so there would be no dust lines anywhere. The seats came out too for a cleaning and moisturizing. I hate cleaning interiors, and I hate what winter does to them. I still have to take my mats to a laundrymat to wash them, that I'm not doing at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mts Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Laudromat is the place to wash all really dirty shit... never at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 indeed winter is hard on an interior, but I do touch ups every other week or so, then a full in the spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazdaMomma Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginph Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 I thought those nipples are for alignment. So you wash the mats without cracking them? I have rubber mats on top but the dirt on cloth ones are still there from prev owner.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 if you ever use rubber or all weather mats its best to remove the factory mats and clean the carpet before putting anyhting eles in, otherwise it grinds it in and takes abit more to get them out. I don't have an all weather mat in my millenia, but I use to, my secert of carpet cleaning is one of those portable carpet cleaners designed for people with not so house trained puppies, they worked extremely well on automotive carpets, then simply put your all weather mat on top of a fresh clean, and DRY carpet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamedeladawy@hotmail.com Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 u can also take it to an auto detailer and for a 100 bucks. BAM!!! he cleans everything u can ever imagine. welll 100 bucks for me anyway. one of the many perks for working at a collision repair shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginph Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Anubis, If you are willing to spend 100bucks i can clean your car man u can also take it to an auto detailer and for a 100 bucks. BAM!!! he cleans everything u can ever imagine. welll 100 bucks for me anyway. one of the many perks for working at a collision repair shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 or you could spend 125 bucks and I'll clean the interior, with far more care and detail then any detailer. I'll take apart the damn dash just to make sure to get around so called eges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renboy Posted April 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 I would charge at least a grand to do what I did...fuck I hate cleaning cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renboy Posted April 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Just curious, can/should leather seats be steam cleaned? Mine look nice from a distance, but up close you can see crap built up between the natural ridges of the leather. No matter how much I tried to clean them (even with an electric toothbrush) I couldn't get that shit out. I wonder if steaming them would loosen that crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazdaMomma Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 NO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamedeladawy@hotmail.com Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 dont steam it. i know that when i got my car fully detailed, the dirt between the cracks were completly gone. they used some type of cleaner made only for leather though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginph Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Bleach! Just curious, can/should leather seats be steam cleaned? Mine look nice from a distance, but up close you can see crap built up between the natural ridges of the leather. No matter how much I tried to clean them (even with an electric toothbrush) I couldn't get that shit out. I wonder if steaming them would loosen that crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamedeladawy@hotmail.com Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 DILUTE IT WITH WATER FIRST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mts Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 MEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazdaMomma Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 I would not use bleach (diluted or not) on leather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginph Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 If you really wanna clean your seat (and i mean "clean"), use bleach, if you just wanna take the dirt out then dont I heard that BHR cleans his exterior with bleach I would not use bleach (diluted or not) on leather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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