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It's only mud and crud from the road covering your shocks Lizzie, as said by others warm soapy water will be more than adequate. 

Whenever I wash the car with a jet wash, I always give everything under the wheel arch a blast to get rid of the crud. If you do that though, be a little careful around the airpipe. 

Sorry to be a pain, but please excuse me as an older women asking this:  I have purchased a can  of Holts professional brake cleaner, which I will use as instructed on the callipers and pipes. But can this be used to get the grime and any rust off of the shocks?

Brake cleaner’s main attraction is that it dries/evaporates in seconds, which is handy when you want to clean and paint brake calipers. It’s not really necessary for shocks and other parts to be dry in an instant so soapy water is fine. 
In my view, brake calipers are either painted and shiny, and with decals, like mine  , or grubby and ordinary. To answer your question that you asked somewhere regarding painting them, I’ve used Foliatec Brems and E-Tech caliper paint with good results. I have only ever needed to paint them once, and my Omega calipers painted with Foliatec, and with decals, were still nice and shiny fifteen years later when I sold it. 
If you choose  Foliatec, do not follow the instructions to mix enough to paint all four calipers. Mix enough paint and lacquer to do one caliper and then repeat for each caliper. If you follow their instructions, the paint will be bullet hard in the pot before you’ve finished caliper number two. 
E-Tech is more forgiving as there is no mixing involved.

just stick to the IMPORTANT JOBS , like a new 'magic tree' air freshener for the windscreen 

Oi! 

New magic tree? Wouldn't you just reinstate the one you took off on the way to the test?

My wife has an Angel dangling from her rear view mirror. If we forget to remove it before the MOT, it’s always on the passenger seat when we collect her car. This is decent of them really, as I suppose they could be petty and fail it. 

Yes then we'll have the proper looney left running the country!     

Maybe Derek Hatton will fancy his chances at a comeback... 

I think brake cleaner would be overkill. Just a bit of soapy water would be fine, then see if any misting returns.

Starmers favourite two  words at the moment, "I'm Sorry "!  What a pathetic excuse of a man.

Yep.  The consensus it is just getting worse, and he, along with his Government, will go very soon.

Heaven help us when we have to choose who to vote for next!!

He might go, but there wont be a general election until 2030 without a successful vote of no confidence. Labour have a large enough majority to ensure that doesn't happen.

That is easy Lizzie. Try Reform full of defectors from the Tory party that failed and prompted folk to vote Labour. 

Better to travel in hope than arrive in despair!

Starmers favourite two  words at the moment, "I'm Sorry "!  What a pathetic excuse of a man.

Yep.  The consensus it is just getting worse, and he, along with his Government, will go very soon.

Heaven help us when we have to choose who to vote for next!!

It always amazes me the stupidity of these so called " leaders"  thinking that they can get away with such crimes it's all about the " old pals act" the problem being that the majority seem to be sick twisted perverts who relish boasting about their exploits to their kind with photographs & videos, I've seen it all before and these privileged individuals are no better than the perverted scum I had to deal with on a daily basis until a few years ago, I sincerely hope all involved get convicted of their sick crimes.

Indeed, how stupid to act in a way that is obviously not how they should act, then to have it recorded and millions of documents produced to confirm their evil 'habits'!!  But they think they are so cleaver!!  Andrew M. W. just couldn't see that what he was allegedly engaged in was potentially criminal.  Quite a few observers have publicly stated that he doesn't recognise what he, allegedly, has done is wrong, and cannot tell the truth about it all, as per that terrible TV interview. 

To think that not so long ago in history they, including Mandelson,  would have been consigned to "The Tower" and promptly executed!

Starmers favourite two  words at the moment, "I'm Sorry "!  What a pathetic excuse of a man.