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My t2 has hood scoop, how should i clean the car?

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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 02:51 PM
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My t2 has hood scoop, how should i clean the car?

How should i clean the car, it has an hood scoop
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 02:55 PM
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A wash mit, bucket and car soap, the intercooler will be ok
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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How should i clean the car, it has an hood scoop
So... were you thinking you couldn't drive in the rain?
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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I'm not sure why having a hood scoop effects how you should clean the car....

I have always used Armor All soap with one of those brushes you hook the garden hose to.
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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with you hand, mit and some soap in a circlular motion

wax on, wax off
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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oh its got a hood scoop? you've gotta go to autozone and by the "hood scoop specific" soap and rags.........otherwise the car will catch fire when non-hood scoop soap touches the paint. j/k

You won't hurt anything by getting water in the scoop, go postal on the thing.
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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what if it has the headlight scoop too?
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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what if it has the headlight scoop too?
your screwed then
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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I think he's afraid that water will get onto the engine and mess it up.
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 07:45 PM
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or then again he might not want his intercooler full of water because when he is washing the car he puts the hose in the inlet and leaves it on....i dont know but when driving in the rain the water goes not really into the intercooler but pasts that and onto the windshield from underneath...if paraniod that ur car is that dirty to mess it up, just put a rag or sponge in the inlet
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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hahaha. I remember when the STI first came out, the guys over on the impreza forums went nuts debating how they should wash their cars.
Old Jul 14, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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in theory, youll get more horsepower because... well.. colder air man.
Old Jul 15, 2006 | 12:06 AM
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but the water decreases the volumetric ratio of air...but hey never hydrolocked my rotary yet
Old Jul 16, 2006 | 11:46 PM
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Poor guy man...
Old Jul 17, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 12:29 AM
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I use a couple of 16yo neighborhood girls to wash mine... their so busy getting wet...well...last thing I worry about is getting water in the scoop...
Old Jul 17, 2006 | 12:31 AM
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^lol
Old Jul 17, 2006 | 12:34 AM
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The only stupid question is a question not asked, Well at least that is what a guy at auto zone told me but this is comin from guys that say the TII fuel pump is the same as a N/A fuel pump go figure. The car'll be fine.
Old Jul 17, 2006 | 12:58 AM
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Notice the originator of this thread has never replied
Old Jul 17, 2006 | 01:30 AM
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 03:40 AM
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dont forget to top off the headlight fluid when to wash your car man



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