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what do the car dealerships use under the hood to get rid of all the dumb dirt and waterspots and make it all nice? and btw, how much would limo tint run about for the car? just the 5 windows, no windshield....thx
*fixed* 1998.5 Contour SE Zetec
No Cat, SVT Dual Exhaust, 2 N1 Mufflers, IAT , Diablo Chip, Iceman Intake, Polished TB, "new tranny"
Various other crap, no more mods for a while, just moved.
17.391 @ 81.03 mph
1995 Honda Civic CX Hatchback
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Many dealerships use an engine degreaser and then wipe them down and shine them. At the dealership I work at, we use a engine degreaser from Car-Pro that works pretty good.
You can you any engine degreaser, but for best results wipe down the plastics and hoses, etc., then use some sort of shiner.
As for tint, I was quoted $225-250 last year.
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about clening the engine you can go to ur local autoparts store and buy a can of engine degreaser for like 5$ or less and spray it on and wash it off witha hose just make sure you cover the distrubruter cap witha plastic bag or something. No water can get on it or ur screwed!! The local car washand probaly do it too not sure of the price. Now for the tints i'm fron ny and they charge like 130 or so for tints up here but u can porbaly get them for 100 down where ur from
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just rember you really get what you pay for on your window tint price question- a safe price would be between -$175-$250. that is here in az where alot get tint also-
silver frost 98' svt--tint, stereo system, kkm intake, glasspack, optima, carbon fiber, superchip, side markers, adj. koni's, eibach's, coilovers, axis 7evens 19x8, nitto 225-35-19
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I have a sister in Florida that got 5 Taurus windows tinted for about $130. Here in Michigan, good shops run $175-$225 for sedans. If you are lazy, pick up this engine cleaning kit: 
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that CD-2 stuff works very well. i would recommend it to anyone who wants to have a show quality clean engine. mine looks new and it is a 95.
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1000% agree with the CD2 recomendation for engine (complete underhood actually) cleaning/detailing. I use it and it is truly awesome. I get the "whoa...  " everytime I pop the hood for someone! 
-Rob- '98 E0 Contour SVT #897, T-Red. FOR SALE: '98 E0 CSVT #2663 SilverFrost; stock & in very good condition. $7,800
KKM & BAT Intake Pipe, DIY cool air intake, Resonator deleted, TH fix; short shifter, rear spoiler, hood struts, fog mod, pre-98 sails, dings removed, A4 side-markers, clear head-light corners, T-red chrome front & back. Aussie Bar waiting for installation.
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Don't put 5% on your front windows, you'll have to roll
the down when you drive at night just so you can see.
And if you ever get pulled over with 5%, prepare to be
yelled at. Cops don't like approaching cars that they can't
see into. As for tint pricing, plan on $180-280, depending
on brand and type of tint.
1998 Contour Sport V6, Black
*Cold air induction
*Powdercoated intake manifold (more powdercoating coming soon)
*Blue headlights, foggies, and signals (no reflectors)
*CEG stickers & removed door moldings
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1994 Ford Aspire 4-door, looks like a big egg
*64 hp 4-cyl
*5 speed
*"13 steel rims with go-cart tires
*74 mph top speed
*I'm going to auto-x the thing (but not compete)
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Ok... I want to buy the CD-2 Engine Detailing Kit... I went first to Autozone: all the had was the Engine Detailing Can. It was I think about $2.00 Then I go to PepBoys and there is nothing in there... Then I go do some search on the internet... Almost NOTHING !!! Don't the have a webpage ?? Any decent company nowadays have a webpage... Well... I find this then: CD-2 for Sale But then.. they are charging $8.00 + shipping... and I found one CAN for about $2.00.... I don't know... Did you guys also bought this Kit online ??? 
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* 96 Contour Gl 2.0
5 Speed Manual / Clarion CD Change
8" Subwoofer & Sony Amp (LOUD !!)
The Cleanest !!!
* 92 Mazda Protege
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