7 Things That Harm Car When Doing Car Care

A lot of people care their car in the weekend. It could be just checking and adding brake fluid, engine oil, power steering fluid, wiper fluid, clean the windshield, or washing the car. You must know that things that you use in your car are good for one part but terrible damaging for other part. So, let's check it out so that you will not do these fatal actions.
-Brake fluid
brake fluid is very damaging for car paint. The paint will react with the fluid, peeled off, and definitely will make the plate sheet corrosion. So beware if the fluid accidentally touch the paint. Hose the surface with water thoroughly.
-Engine Oil
Engine oil fill tube is near the spark. When you change the engine oil or just simply add the engine oil, be careful not to spilled out the oil. Nowadays, new car engine always cover by plastic to make it tidy but this will make you hard to notice if there is oil that spilled out. The spilled out oil can seep to the spark place and make the engine hard to start.
-Windshield Fungus Cleaner
Because of the high-concentrate of the cleaner, avoid the contact of the windshield fungus cleaner with anything in your car's body. It can leaves spot on it.
-Power Steering Fluid
Be careful for old car. Leak in power steering fluid can cause fire for your car if the fluid touch the extremely hot exhaust manifold. Wipe with water after adding or changing the power steering fluid is highly recommended.
-Car Battery
High acid concentrate from car battery can be corrosion for the metal. So be careful when you are adding the car battery liquid. If you add too much, the liquid will easily spilled out. over-filled the liquid will also make the liquid get more heat when the operation time and have high possibility to evaporate which will harm the metal around the battery.
-Octane Booster
Octane Booster liquid is very harmful for car paint. the spot cause by this liquid cannot be remove by polishing product. Be careful when you add this liquid. If it touch the paint, hose thoroughly the area that have been spilled out.
-Detergent
Detergent can be use for cleaning tyre but it is harmful for the paint. The detergent substance will damage the protected layer of the paint. The sign is when the paint become paler and you can notice spot on the surface. If you want to wash your car, use the car shampoo that have balance pH. This shampoo will not harm the paint.

Read More...

10 Tips to Lower-Down Car Insurance Bills #2

This is the second part of the article. Click here to view the first part of the article.

6. Ask about low-mileage discounts. Many carriers offer discounts to policyholders whose annual mileage is lower than the norm. Maybe you have a short commute. Or maybe your participation in the office vanpool results in fewer hours spent in your daily driver. Whatever the case, your low mileage can score you a reduced rate with some companies, so be sure to inquire about available discounts.

7. Ask about group insurance discounts. Oftentimes, insurance companies offer discounts to policyholders who are members of certain organizations or professions, such as veterans, engineers or teachers. Request a list of these groups from your carrier to see if you qualify — you might be pleasantly surprised.
Instead of getting separate insurance policies for your cars, you can opt for a group insurance policy. This is especially practical when you own a large number of cars that are being used by family or company. The only condition you have to fulfill is that the cars must be listed at the same residential address.
Most car companies offer group discounts if you own up to 5 cars. Do not forget that friends’ cars also can be covered. Even your friends’ cars can get car group insurance so long as they register the car at your residential address. This does not mean that the car has to be parked at your residence.

8. Ask about all other discounts. Some carriers offer discounts to policyholders whose vehicles bear certain safety features, like anti-theft devices or motorized seatbelts. Others give reduced rates to senior citizens, and to students whose grades meet certain requirements. Many carriers offer discounts. Ask for them when you're shopping.
However, Some of the companies that offer the highest discounts have the highest rates, so don't get too focused on discounts. Some high-priced companies offer high discounts, but at the end of the day you're still paying more.

9. Avoid lapses in coverage. Even a brief lapse in coverage can disqualify you from receiving discounts. "They use lapses in coverage to increase your premium," says Hunter. Pay your insurance bills on time. And if you're switching carriers, make sure not to quit your previous carrier until the new coverage takes effect.

10. Think twice about paying in installments. Most carriers charge an administration fee to pay in installments. One carrier surveyed levied a $10 charge per installment to those who opted to break up their bill. The solution? Pay your premium up front, if at all possible.
Of course, this charge is more significant for those with small premiums. If you've got a king-sized premium and feel you'd get a better rate of return by investing your funds elsewhere instead of paying up front, then the installment route will probably best suit your needs.

Hopefully this will be useful for you. enjoy the day!

Read More...

10 Tips to Lower-Down Car Insurance Bills #1

This is the article talking about tips to lower down the car insurance bills. However, If you have another tips, it is encourage to share with us. Write it on the comment.
Here is the tips..

1. Get more than one rate quote before you commit. Company prices are very different, and it pays to shop around. You can easily wind up paying double from one company to the next.
Want to get a sense of who the low-priced carriers are? The National Association of Insurance Carriers offers a map on its Web site that lists each state's regulators. Click on your state and you're taken to the state's Department of Insurance Web site. Its consumer buying guide compares insurance premiums across a range of companies. You'll also learn how many complaints each company has logged. Surprisingly, you don't have to sacrifice service quality to score a low premium. A lot of the lower-priced companies have the best service rates, that is the fact.. Check it out.
There are a host of independent Web sites, like CarInsurance.com, that allow you to comparison-shop by offering online price quotes. These sites can be incredibly useful. However, Hunter warns that these services — which earn their keep by charging carriers a commission on each sale — occasionally fail to include the insurance companies with the lowest rates, since these low-cost carriers are unwilling to pay commissions.

2. Evaluate insurance costs before you buy your vehicle. The year, make and model of your vehicle can have a deep impact on your insurance rate. All else being equal, new, expensive or sporty cars will cost more to insure than older, cheaper and more utility vehicles. But you could find a substantial incompatibility even when comparing the cost to insure similar cars. So if you've got a few models on your shortlist, contact your carrier to see what rate each vehicle commands. Doing so could ultimately net you a windfall in savings when the time comes to pay your premium.

3. Go high on deductibles. If you're willing to give a little with your deductible, you can wind up saving big on your rates. If you go from a $250 to a $1,000 deductible, you can save between 25 and 40 percent on your policy. You can then set aside a portion of these funds to cover your costs in the event of a claim.

4. Collision and/or comprehensive coverage on older cars. If your older car has comprehensive and collision coverage, you might find yourself paying more in insurance than the car is worth. Take your comprehensive and collision premium and add it up, then multiply it by 10. If your car is worth less than that, don't buy the coverage. If you're worried about being left overexposed, consider this: The typical policyholder makes a claim only once every 11 years, and reports a total loss only once every 50 years.

5. Mind your credit score. An increasing number of carriers are considering credit scores when making rate calculations. Your credit score can be very important in determining your rate. You can wind up paying up to 50 percent more if you have a bad credit score. Keep your credit score in tip-top shape by paying bills in a timely manner and by regularly checking that there are no items on your history that do not belong to you.

Continue here..

Read More...

Water Damage - Protect Your Vehicle From Rain And Flooding

Here I got useful article from goarticles (not a very recommended one but still give us some clues of tips and knowledge. However, if you need another tips for overcoming water damage in your car, here i got tips for you how to overcome engine die after flood attack. Click here to read it, it is in another section of the blog which is my own sharing tips for you).
So here is the article from goarticles.com..
Did you know that your vehicle can get water damage just like your house? It can be caused by wet weather, floods, or car washes. Water can get in if when there are cracks it can seep in at and absorb in the seats and floor. If you try to drive through deep water on the road water can get in and if you leave the window down, you are providing an open invitation for water damage inside your vehicle.

If it rains water can come in through the sunroof, windshield, windows, through the doors, and if there is rust on the vehicle it can come through there as well. The water can stain the seats and everything else. It can be very hard to get the water out of your vehicle. You can use a wet and dry vacuum to remove smaller amounts of water, but if your car gets completely flooded, you might need professionals to remove the water and dry it out. They entire vehicle might have to be overhauled after it has been in a flood where your engine and transmission or other vital parts have been in water.

Too much water damage to the outside of your vehicle can cause rusting to occur and that can cause it to fall apart after a while. Too much water inside of the vehicle can make things crack, fall part, and it can cause mold to grow in the vehicle as well. Mold will damage and it can make it unhealthy for you to be in it. You can have mold even if you do not see it, it could be under the seat covers, in the carpet, and hidden other places like the lining under the hood or the trunk if you have them. If there is mold in the vehicle, it will have to be cleaned and the mold killed. You might even have to put in new seats, carpet, and headliner to get all the mold out.

You need to make sure that all your windows are closed when you get out and cover the sunroof with a tarp or put it in the garage so the water will not get to it. If there is any water dripping from the windshield or sunroof, you need to take it in and have it fixed right away. This way it will not damage your vehicle or ruin it. Do not try to drive in water over your tires with a car because you can get stuck and the damage worse than not getting where you were trying to go. Have insurance on your vehicle so it will cover any damage that is caused to it by weather,water, or anything else.
You can read other useful tips about car in this site by clicking here.

Read More...

Simple Tips for Changing Car Headlight

Have you ever questioning yourself how and what when you notice your car headlight bulb broke down. People tend to give all that stuff for specialist to solve. Notice that specialist sometimes ask about what bulb input will you prefer, suddenly you confuse and do not have any idea about it. Sometimes when you are taking a journey to rural area and have this broken down bulb problem you have no other choice but to buy the bulb yourself and choose whether to let them change it for you which you are not sure about their skills or you changed it by yourself. If you choose second option, here are some knowledge about changing your car headlight bulb.

1. There are a lot of people out there don't know how to treat headlight bulb. It is recommended not to touch the bulb body. Look at the picture. It is because it can influence the performance and life-time of the bulb. People usually touch the metal part of the bulb. So by knowing this, you can warn people not to touch the body if that people is going to help you install the bulb. However, if you accidentally touch the body, you can do these several tips:
- wipe the bulb body using tissue slowly
- for maximal result, use alcohol to clean the accidentally touch body.
- when you do it, make sure you not accidentally touch the body again.
2. Change the bulb in pair. Don't change one if one is broken down, change 2 of them together although the other one is not broken down. this is to prevent different state of light the bulb produce due to different brand of bulb you purchase or weaken down bulb.
3. Choose the bulb that has UV block, because they filters out the ultraviolet rays that are potentially damaging to modern plastic headlight lenses.
4. high input lamp (up to 100/90 Watt) is recommended using relay.
5. re-setting the height level of the light that the headlamp produce especially when you change the bulb become HID xenon. It is because different bulb has different filament distance which will effect the height level of the light.
So at last.. feel safe during your journey.
You can read other useful tips about car in this site by clicking here.

Read More...

Our Choice for Best of the Best Car Detailing Product

Guys.. I have discuss about car care last night with some of my friends. Here we agree below products is the best among others. Check this out..
1. Wax Product goes to..
- Turtle wax Carnauba Wax
Turtle Wax Carnauba enriched car wax is formulated to provide the highest level of shine and protection for the enthusiast who will settle for nothing but the best. Keeps new cars looking new and restores the showroom-like finish to older cars. Carnauba enriched wax barrier repels air and water-borne pollutants while a natural water-repellent coating greatly reduces spotting. The UV blocker system of this product maintain the shine by repelling ultraviolet rays.
- Autoglym Super Resin Polish

Super resin polish give high gloss shines to all types of automotive paintwork. Super Resin Polish is easy to use and contains specialized emulsifiers and conditioners to gently clean and condition the paintwork. Ideal for all types of new or moderately deteriorated automotive paintwork including metallics, water based and lacquered finishes. Wash car first, apply a small amount of the product onto a soft dry cloth, rub into a small area at a time, allow to dry, recommend doing a full panel at a time such as wing, bonnet, allowing to dry, then buffing off.

2. Leather Conditioner Product goes to..
- Autoglym Leather Care
This is very durable product, provided the loss of essential oils and preservatives caused by evaporation. Autoglym Leather Care is a carefully blended emulsion containing soaps and natural oils to protect and moisturize. Regular light treatment will help conserve the natural appearance and characteristics of automobile leather.
3. Glass-Fungus Cleaner Product goes to..
- Autoglym Glass Cleaner
Even a clean and polished car doesn't really sparkle until you clean the windows. Windscreens and windows are easy to clean with Autoglym Car Glass Polish. It contains specialist cleaning and polishing elements which quickly and easily remove all common contaminants, leaving a crystal clear, smear free finish.
- Turtle ClearVue Glass Cleaner
This product safe for tinted windows - contains no ammonia. Advanced formula cuts through dirt, grease and grime to leave the surface sparkling clean and streak free. Safely and easily removes cigarette smoke, water spots, bugs, road salt and tree sap.
4. Interior Cleaner Product goes to..
- Armor All Multi Purpose Auto Cleaner
Armor All Multi-Purpose Auto Cleaner is specially formulated to remove tough automotive soils such as ground-in dirt, grease, road grime, tar and brake dust. Yet its powerful formula won't harm delicate surfaces such as the dash, fabric and carpet. Armor All Multi-Purpose Auto Cleaner is the one solution for all your cleaning needs.
5. Bug and Tar Rmover Product goes to..
- Autoglym Tar Remover
Tar spots are unsightly and stain certain paint finishes. Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover instantly dissolves tar on paintwork and plastics, enabling it to be wiped off, or washed away during a routine shampoo. Use to remove oil, grease, silicones, wax, gum, resinous tree sap, fuel stains and adhesive residues.
6. Washer Fluid Product goes to..
- Rain-X De-Icer

Rain-X De-Icer Windshield Washer Fluid is formulated with advanced technology for streak-free cleaning power. The washer fluid applies water beading technology to your windshield for greater driving visibility. Instantly applies Rain-X to the windshield for greater driving visbility.

However there are some products that is recommended to avoid which is..
1. Autoglym Bumper Care
Cleans and revives textured plastic, bumpers, grilles, mirror casings, mouldings and tyre walls and leaves a tough translucent flexible barrier for ongoing protection. Also removes polish smudges from bumpers and trims. My experience, when the rain touch it, it looks terrible.
2. All the product that claim has the ability to remove swirl or scratch. Until now, no product that can really give satisfied result.
You can read other useful tips about car in this site by clicking here.

Read More...

Types of Shock Absorber

In common, there are 2 types of shock absorber which is oil shock-absorber and gas shock-absorber. Oil shock-absorber more comfortable compare to gas shock-absorber. Gas shock-absorber not contains 100% gas, it has oil act as the lubricant. To differentiate oil and gas shock-absorber when you want to purchase it, you can press the stalk. If it is oil type, the stalk will not back to the position when you press it down. The stalk that can go back to its previous position will definitely gas shock-absorber.
Some aftermarket shock-absorbers have double action type. This means the shock-absorber will faster the rebound action but this type of shock-absorber will wear out faster. Double action and single action shock-absorber is just talking about the percentage between the compress action and rebound action. Single-action shock-absorber has the ratio of 40% compress and 60% rebound.. Double-action is the vice versa. The higher the percentage, the more the action can hold-up. So when rebound action, spring will be helped by shock-absorber and it make the car back to its position faster.
Base on the design, shock-absorber have monotube and twin-tube design. For the car that giving high priority for comfortability and durability, twin-tube is the best choice. The more you give pressure for the twin-tube shock-absorber, the higher the hardeness level. This characteristics make same comfort when you have full passenger in your car or when you do self-driving. Monotube has same hardeness level in any pressure which means if you think your car is the most comfortable when have 3 passengers, then when you drive yourself it will be too hard and when you have full passengers it will be to soft. So the recommended one is twin-tube shock-absorber.
Now, there is self-leveling shock-absorber in the market. It makes you able to settle the hardeness level of the shock-absorber.
See also The Sign When You Need to Change Shock Absorber
You can read other useful tips about car in this site by clicking here.

Read More...

Pick Me - Car Plastic Cleaner Product

Nowadays in order to reducing cost of production, car manufacturers tend to substitute car material into plastic material. Several among those plastic materials are headlamp-glass which is some of car use plastic material rather than glass material, mirror cover, bumper, etc. This make us have more and more plastic material in our car and we need to care of them. Plastic material easier to damage compare to other material in car. Take en example, plastic material headlamp-glass have high possibility become paler and yellowish if you change the headlight into higher watts, interior plastic materials have high possibility to scratch deeper rather than other materials because they are softer than others. And remember when the plastic material have become paler or yellowish, or been scratch, they are hard to renew it again. the best way is to change it and it is cost-a-lot option.
So, care of them before it is too late. Here is some plastic cleaner that come from car detailing manufacturer. I give some hint for you so you know what is fit you.
1. Waxco Plastic Lamp cover
The product claims it able to clean & polish all types of plastic lamp covers and other plastic parts to produce a crystal clear transparent & shiny surfaces. The performance.. I think it is defeated by others. But Waxco somehow cheaper and give sponge inside the package, so this is its added point.
2. Armor All Original
Armor prevents cracking, fading, discoloration and premature aging. It renews and revitalizes vinyl, rubber and plastic. That is what the product claimed to be. The applying show the same result with Waxco. However It says that it can prevent cracking so it moisturize the part and this make this product reasonable to buy.
3. Permatex Plastic Cleaner
Old player in plastic cleaner product. It claims to be able to forms a water-repellant, anti-static shield which resists fogging. Permatex suggests to apply the product at plastic windows, instrument covers, goggles, lenses, motorcycle fairings, helmets, boat windshields and fiberglass hulls. Nice result from the applying. Maybe this is why it exist until now.
4. Stoner Trim Shine
* Restores color and shine to dull or faded auto trim
* Protects trim from UV sunlight and environmental damage
this is 2 of several that the product claims that it is expert in. However, it needs several times applying to have maximal result.
5. Mothers Plastic Polish
This is a true polish. You can buff out hairline scratches, smudges, flaws and little nicks, as well as clean away yellowing and stains from your plastic convertible window. It doesn’t stop there, it protects your plastics from the sun, smog, water stains with a tough layer of polymers. And you can have all of this at half price of Meguiars PlastX.
6. Meguiars PlastX
As we know, Meguiars always have nice products. It is the same idea with its plastic cleaner, Meguiars plastx. This easy-to-use, rich gel formula quickly restores optical clarity to both rigid and flexible clear plastics. It removes light oxidation, chemical degradation, surface contamination, stains and light surface scratches with ease. Its polymers substance provide long lasting durable protection for you car plastic.
What will you choose? The best three according to me is mothers, Meguiars, and Permatex.
You can read other useful tips about car in this site by clicking here.

Read More...