car infested with bugs

[lazysk8er2]

ok so my car has been sitting in the back of my shop outside since last year. im saving every penny to upgrade everything all at once plus its not my daily.


anywho the car is infested with ants and spiders and all sorts of critters. when i sit in the car i get bit cuz im invading their home.

whats the best way to fumigate and not ruin my interior or anything? im trying to not start the car yet just incase they put something in the intake manifold, throttle body or anywhere else that would effect the performance of the motor or driveline.

[jamg]

put the car in an oven and let it bake

[importantone]

I would just do an interior detail. Shampoo, Scrub, and Vacuum all the carpet and fabrics. Then wipe all the plastics down with wipes and plastic cleaner. I wouldn't set a bug bomb off in your car. You could do it outside of your car with your car sealed up in a garage though. You could also just spray out the A/C vents with bug spray or something similar.

Air compressor would work good in some hard to get areas too.

[wow-thats-a-cool-car]

BUG BOMB!!!!!!!!!!! Roll up the windows and let that shit do its work

[Kaizen.]

^^LOL^^

I was thinkin the same thing.

[smellslikecurry]

yea hotbox that shit

[Dousan_PG]

i bombed mine
bought a 3 pack and filled it up all 3 of them in there windows up

killed most everything..except black widows.

[hegamiz]

i'd vacuum... then do the above lol

[HungryHank]

I would vaccum as the bomb was going off.

[S13SilviaGirl]

Originally Posted by Dousan_PG

i bombed mine
bought a 3 pack and filled it up all 3 of them in there windows up

killed most everything..except black widows.

Thanks for CRUSHING my hopes of the bug boms killing the widows in the 14......

Dousan=ruiner of all hopes and dreams.

[I10cruiser]

^^ you can stilll do it . . just light a match!

[S13SilviaGirl]

Originally Posted by I10cruiser

^^ you can stilll do it . . just light a match!

You come do it for me...I hate black widows with a passion.

[PoorMans180SX]

Clean that crap the right way. Pull the interior out. If it's not your daily then it doesn't matter right? It's not that hard to put back in.

Even better, bug bomb it, and then pull it all out and clean it.

[S14DB]

Disconnect the battery. Put newspaper on the dash and console(to prevent staining). Then set off some bug bombs(make sure they are for the type of critter you are aiming to kill).

[OutToWinPAHC]

Pull the seats and carpet, throw a bug fogger in it. Then clean it out a day later, clean interior, and put back together.

[didderson]

I don't know what a bug bomb is, but I'd just roll up the windows and bake em!

[handinpants]

Originally Posted by HungryHank

I would vaccum as the bomb was going off.

have you've already done this....? hank

[lazysk8er2]

well the crazy part is they are all up behind my rear tails and i saw them crawling out of the window moldings n stuff its not just the inside. man i think i have some work to do. theres all sorts of critters i dunno wha half of them are lol. anything else?

[Banegraphix]

I had this same issue after a hurricane a few years back and tryed bug bombs and sprays and every other home remedy I could find but the only thing that worked was when I pulled all of my interior including carpet then a fumigation plus raid insect spray in every nook and finally they were gone.

[98koukile]

I'd do a bug bomb, then remove the entire interior and do it again. Clean the interior as best as possible and reinstall. Luckily us East coasters don't have to worry about black widows unless they come in our fruit shipments hahaha. We used to get them with our helicopter blade shipments at work and it's scary shit knowing 1 in 20 bites is lethal

[coww-cho!!!!!]

just get this stuff
Terro Ant Killer II
its those ant bait stations and they do work you can even get em at those 99 cent stores and maybe those glue traps in case of rat infestation and get those outdoor insect sprays that are in a bottle shaped like windex to kill bugs on the spot

and if you think there might be some flying insects consider getting a mini bug zapper latern to put in for awhile during the night

and set a few lizards on the loose to eat them bugs lol

[s13skank]

You got your hands full there buddy

[johngriff]

Ultrasonic Bug repeller? plug it in and watch them run

[JeremyR]

Originally Posted by johngriff

Ultrasonic Bug repeller? plug it in and watch them run

best idea yet.


my solution is strip the entire car down.
and i mean everything.


bugs give me the creeps.

[Grendel]

Thats what I'd do, I wouldn't wanna be driving around thinking there might still be some black widow waiting to kill me... fuck that!

Originally Posted by xdarkrune

best idea yet.


my solution is strip the entire car down.
and i mean everything.


bugs give me the creeps.

[lazysk8er2]

set a few lizards on the loose to eat them bugs

^^hahahahaha i was thinking about going to an exterminator...but im gonna pull my interior first and any molding that isnt a pain to put back in...they're in the engine bay as well...

if i fire up my motor u think anything bad will happen? i mean they are insects what could they do basically burn up and die.

[ixfxi]

Funny thing, I had some experience with this on Glenn's S30 240Z. His car had been sitting outside for what, a year or two? Barely driven. I confiscated his car, stripped it for some TLC/restoration. Then I realized that his car was infested with black widows and it was too late, his car was already in my garage and they started spreading. Black widows are a real pain in the ass to deal with.. big nasty bitches.

Anyway, I didnt want to use poison in a vehicle as he wanted to bug bomb the car. I went ahead and washed down the ENTIRE chassis with degreaser and hot water. As we were scrubbing down the chassis you would see the spiders crawling out of the crevices one by one. I think we killed a good 20 spiders in one sitting.

One you get the majority out, keep an eye on the car day-by-day. Their webs are very apparent and if you clear up the cobwebs, you'll know you still have a spider or two the next morning when they recreate their web. Just come out at night and kill the remaining spiders.. there should only be a couple left from that point on.

I also just moved into a house a few months ago that had some spiders. For the exterior of the house, I used a special spray that you should be able to get at Holmes Depot.. its a 1 gallon container with a spray nozzle (attached by a small hose). Simply spray the trouble areas and the poison works within a day or two.

Personally, I dont think a car should be sprayed with poison.. but if its the underside, it should be fine.

[highwaystar22]

Got the name of the spray poison? I have spiders that keep coming back in my garage on the ceilings and walls. I hate spiders and I keep cleaning with a broom to knock the webs down and they keep coming back.

[ixfxi]

I'll post up later tonight when I get back home. I'm pretty amazed at how effective it was against the black widows, because a day or two later after spraying around the house I saw several dead widows near the areas that I would often see them hanging out at.

[highwaystar22]

That sounds like exactly what I need. In FL we don't get too many widows. These are mainly just common brown spiders, but nontheless I still wouldn't want to get bit by one of the buggars.