Is Your Car Ready for Summer?
Is your car ready for summer? A long drive embracing the breeze preparing cameras for selfies (and groupies) or take candid shots and update status ( in social media account ) with the caption, “Hello sunshine.” When summer month start creeping up, it seems everyone is too excited and thinking of sun-drenched driving, why not? But before you do that, read these tips to prepare your vehicle for this season. Check Your Tires Tires are essential parts of your vehicle and it is a must that you check it more often for your safety. See to it that both tires have proper pressure, that there are no cut or nicks on the side, it should also be aligned and even for an effective steering and braking. Check Your Brake Typically, your car combat with Jack Frost during winter...
Read MoreWarning! Wiper Motor Failure
The windshield wiper is specially made to have a paramount and safe driving adventure most likely during the inclement weather. But, this is virtually impossible if your windshield wiper electrical motor failed. How do you know? The wiper motor works as essential part of the whole wiper system, this machine is the core element that provides power towards the wiper system. Moving on, wiper motor has an electronic connection into the pivoting arm that maneuvers the motion like the up and down of the long rod. It has a worm gear that provides the power of the back and forth performance of the wiper blades. Thus, if the following symptoms shows consider it as a “warning.” Technically, wiper blades are programmed to be operated in different speed, it can adjust into fast or higher settings. But if it shows...
Read More6 Brilliant Car Cleaning Tricks That Every Owner Should Know
Do you know that the better you treat your car the longer it last? We know for a fact that buying a car is a huge investment and part of your responsibility is to ensure that it is clean and not get coated with dirt. Also, the well-maintained car will avoid you to often run into an auto shop (fewer expenses) it looks nicer and stay out of salt and rain residue which you get from the road. However, cleaning sometimes took you long hours and that holds you back to do the activity. Hence, here are 6 brilliant cleaning tricks that (if applied) will surely make the methods smooth and easy. Car wash like a pro – conditioner is not only good for your hair as it is tested that giving a healthy glow in your car paint....
Read MoreThings That Your Car Might Come Across During Winter Season
Cold really affects your car in so many ways. And most of these are in a negative way. Wanna know what are they? Read on. Winter hardens the elastic property of all-season tires which cause them to lose grip especially at 7 degrees Celsius and below. When the weather is cold, motor oil thickens making it hard for the engine to start up. Usually, it will take 20 minutes or so. Since it is cold, you needed a heater. But do you know that heaters delay the engine warm up? Yes, because the heater is getting the needed warm especially during the first few minutes after starting the car. It is advisable to turn on the heater after 20 minutes you started the car. (I just hope you might not end up freezing.) Overall fuel...
Read MoreWindshield Cracks and Damages
Windshield can give you its purpose; to protect you while you are inside your car; when it is in best condition. But what if sudden debris or something hard hit it and cause damage? The initial thing to you will think is to replace it. But just like other parts, you don’t need to replace it every time. Some of these issues can still be fixed. The question is, “When to fix and when to replace?” Below are criteria to consider when repair is still advisable to your damage windshield. Bull’s eye or half-moon cause by a circular object that is no bigger than 1 inch in diameter. Star break, from the name itself, has short radial cracks coming from the center of impact, that no bigger than 1.5 inches in diameter. Chips and breaks combo given that...
Read MoreCommon Reasons Your Windshield Cracks
It’s no denial that windshield is one of the most damage-prone parts in a car. Despite being too careful, still, your windshield acquires minor to major cracks that are out of control. How frustrating, isn’t it? Let us enlighten ourselves of what are the causes of windshield cracks. Driving on a rough road Debris and gravel could spin into the air which can hit your windshield. This can be sometimes brought by cars in front of you. Though you can’t really avoid this kind of scenario, it is much better to keep distance to avoid windshield damage as much as possible. Poor construction There is no hiding that there are some windshields with poor quality that even with the slightest strain, they can break easily. If this is the case, it is much better to replace this and look...
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