If your wing mirror is damaged, you may wonder whether it’s best to replace it with a new or used wing mirror. However, some symptoms of a faulty door mirror, such as cracked glass or problems with the power switches, can be fixed easily and cheaply. Whether you’re considering a brand new mirror or a used one to save money, we’ll help you navigate the decision-making process to ensure your vehicle’s mirrors are functioning optimally and meeting all safety standards.
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Break the Ice – Dealing with A Car Door That’s Frozen Shut
Apart from stating the obvious, there are a number of factors that increase a car door’s propensity to get frozen. Corroded locks and deteriorating window seals can let water into the door and around the frame, as snow melts in the evening, which then turns into hard ice at night, that unfortunately fits exactly into the gaps in the vehicle.
Inevitably, your car’s exposure to the winter weather can also be a predominant factor. Leave it out in the worst position, and you’re more likely to experience frozen doors than if you cover it, or leave it under a tree, where the wind chill factor isn’t going to be such a problem.
Continue readingHow to Fix Dents in Your Car
Have you ever returned to your car to find that someone’s dented the bodywork? Fortunately not all dents require an expensive panel beater to put them right. Here’s our guide to how you can get your car back to that flat, clean dent free look…
Continue readingRemoving Tree Sap from Your Car
As the heat rises in the air and the harvest becomes full, sap is often extruded from the trees around your home and on the roads. Whilst parking under a tree is a great way to protect your vehicle from the heat, it may leave it prone to drops of sap landing on the paintwork. Although this won’t cause immediate damage, if left unattended it can dry like cement on your vehicle.
Continue readingHow to repair minor scratches on car’s paint job
When you are driving it is inevitable that small stones will fly up and cause damage to your paint job. Big scratches and dints take specialist skills in the spray booth to resolve, especially when your paint has faded.
However, if the damage is smaller than a 50p piece then it is possible that you can use touch up paint to save yourself the costs of a professional job. Obviously the results may not have that fine finish, but with our simple to use guide you can achieve a passible look all on your own.
Continue readingThe Best Products to Remove the Summer’s Bugs and Tar Splatters from Your Vehicle
The summer is here and there are plenty of bugs on the scene. If you’re out on the road on a nice day then little splats of fly can plaster your windshield, paint job, headlights and grille. And the longer you leave them drying on your bodywork or glass, the harder they are to remove.
Continue readingHow to Prevent Your Car from Developing Rust
Paint does more than make your car look good. It protects the bodywork from damage. And in the same light, rust isn’t simply a bad look, it actually can devalue your car. Corrosion caused by salt and water impacts your vehicle beyond its aesthetical value and can be responsible for fatigue placed upon the hydraulic and mechanical systems.
Prevention as the old adage goes is better than cure. In the automotive world this translates into taking a little care can save you a whole stack of cash further down the road. So make sure you’re protecting your car and your wallet with our handy tips. Continue reading
Lucky for Some? How to Clean Bird Poop Off Your Car
Being splattered by bird poop is considered to be lucky for some. But perhaps not so much for your car’s paintwork if it falls victim to a flying attack. And with birds migrating home for the spring, it doesn’t take a BBC expert to predict an increase in this problem.
Of course, bird poop isn’t simply a comedy problem. The chemicals in the poop have the power to erode small areas of the paint, leaving stains on your bodywork or even causing permanent damage to your glowing and shiny paint job.
Continue readingReplacing External Car Door Handles
There is nothing more frustrating than when a car door handle breaks. It is an obvious problem to diagnose, as you will not be able to get in your vehicle. Even though you can probably find a temporary work around that involves a little acrobatics, you’ll want to change the handle pretty quickly.
Continue readingFitting a Car Spoiler
Your car’s spoiler is designed to create drag and push the rear wheels of the car into the road. This improves traction and helps your vehicle hug the tarmac as you move up to higher speeds on the dual carriageway or motorway.
If you’re a fan of taking a car round a test track to see how fast you can go – then a spoiler is an essential piece of kit. However, at the limited speeds on UK roads this part is more about decoration than function.
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