CX-5 Spring Cleaning

7eregrine

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Land of Cleve
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2016.5 CX5
Every year I give my cars a deep clean. Been neglecting Betty a bit and keeping her outside so she gets first up. And we always start with the nook and cranny clean.
I always forget before shots. Lol It was filthy. The hatch area was disgusting with old crusty pollen and other nasty.
My 8 year old CX5:
 

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Part 2 today while the family is out. Good outside wash and the interior detail. Leather cleaned and and treated with Leather Honey. Stuff is so good.
 

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I did the same thing on Saturday with the same car, MY anyways.

All the winter crude needed to be cleaned off and it is. I only vacuumed the interior and did a quick wipe down cuz I was lazy.
 
Every year I give my cars a deep clean. Been neglecting Betty a bit and keeping her outside so she gets first up. And we always start with the nook and cranny clean.
I always forget before shots. Lol It was filthy. The hatch area was disgusting with old crusty pollen and other nasty.
My 8 year old CX5:
Nice work! I’m even lazier than @Conrad 16.5. I simply let our 2016 CX-5 sitting on the driveway and let the spring thunderstorms wash the car several times (and hope there’s no hail falling ⋯ :rolleyes:).

BTW, have you done your recall on your everlasting LED DRLs / headlights yet? ;)
 
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Those spring thunderstorms can do an amazing job cleaning the paint down to the original surface, from what I've seen. The hail storms can also do a job, and this is the time of year for them, at least around here. They declared it "hail season" on the news!
 
Those spring thunderstorms can do an amazing job cleaning the paint down to the original surface, from what I've seen. The hail storms can also do a job, and this is the time of year for them, at least around here. They declared it "hail season" on the news!
For me they just clog up my ceramic coating with dust.
 
Looking good, Betty! I hear you on the yearly deep clean. That's all I can manage too, but it makes such a difference.
 
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