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Old 06-11-2015, 10:44 AM   #174 (permalink)
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Interior cleaning

I finally got tired of my dirty, smelly interior in the Ecoscort. The entire car has been a mess lately, to the point that it was embarrassing to let anyone else ride with me All of that changed yesterday when I decided to do some OG VX-style cleaning on my interior

Here is what I started with. After I removed my seats:




Pretty horrible. Most of the trash was hidden underneath my seats! No excuses though. If you look at what you can see of the carpet, it is brown in places when it should be gray. Here are pictures explaining that:



The previous owner must have used the ZX2 as a doghouse the amount of dog hair and I'm assuming doggy by-product stains is unreal.

Here is the mess with the carpet removed:



Found this underneath my gas pedal! It appears Ford placed this here to limit the amount of throttle, especially when going WOT. This easily unlocks that extra 50 horsepower I don't need

Evidence of my car's salvage title. No clue who did the clean-up work on this thing, but they didn't:



First round of cleaning, all vacuum:





Second round of cleaning, done with rags and soapy water!




It looks so much better and I am still not halfway done I am going to finish washing the interior out today and check for rust. The carpet is a lost cause until I can get it to a pressure washer lol.
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