Car Interior Care -CIC

Taking care of your car’s appearance is very important. A lot of people think that it’s enough to take care of just of outside but forget of inside. The inside area of your car, known as interior, usually includes the seats, seat belts, harnesses, inside door panels, carpeting mats, dashboard and cargo area. Your car’s interior provides comfort, safety and convenience for all the passengers. Additionally it is a centre of all car’s systems control. For example, the Climate Control System allows you to feel comfortable in spite of season, weather or driving conditions.

It quite possible to compare your car’s interior with the living room in your house as you spend there much time. So keeping your car’s interior clean saves you a lot of time, provides long interior life and makes the next clean-up much easier.Also you should keep in mind that it’s necessary to prevent any loose articles from moving around the interior as it may be dangerous when a sudden jar of the car takes place during an accident. That’s why you should remove all unnecessary items and locate the rest ones in a secure place.

It’s important to keep your vehicle interior clean and well maintained. First, thoroughly vacuum the car’s interior. Frequent vacuuming removes much of the dirt that accelerates wear and tear of the fabric and carpet. Clean fabric and carpets periodically to remove imbedded dirt and minimize the likelihood of stains. While vacuuming be very careful when you reach under the seat ? haven’t you forgotten of what you have placed there?

Towels and clean water re the main tools for dash are and seats. Cotton swabs will help you to remove dust out of tight spots and a clean, stiff-bristled brush is just indispensable to clean the carpets. While cleaning carpets don’t use too much water as many people do. Remember that it’s very important to let the carpet dry thoroughly before closing the vehicle up tight.

When we speak of upholstery cleaning; it’s necessary to always match the cleaning product to the surface. Use the products specifically designed for the surface you want to clean whether it is leather, vinyl, plastic, wood, simulated wood or upholstery Foam cleaner, for example, will very well work with cloth or velour upholstery. You can also use it on your carpet and floor mats.

Leather interiors, however, require special care. Like a pair of shoes, leather seats can crack and age quickly. Never use a solvent-based cleaner for leather interior as it will only speed up the aging process. Use only specifically designed leather cleaners.

There are many special cleaners which are very useful for many vinyl and leather portions of your car interior. They will provide not only protection from dirt and harmful sun rays but also offer an attractive shine.

Draw particular attention to floor mats as they are aimed to protect your car’s carpet from dirtiness, stains, spills and wear. That’s why don’t try to save your money on floor mats and if they are old and shabby, drop in the local shop and get new ones.

Spills should be cleaned away as soon as possible to avoid the possibility of stains. Be careful when use carpet or upholstery spot cleaner, first read manufacturer’s recommendations. Test all cleaners for color-fastness in a hard-to-see spot first before using in a more conspicuous place.

To remove dust, pollen and common allergens from interior surfaces use shop clothes. They capture dirt rather than moving it around. You’d better always keep some in the glove compartment to use when necessary.

Finish your cleaning work with some glass cleaner on the windows. Window smudges are focal points that can make the entire vehicle appear dirty. For cleaning windows, avoid products that contain ammonia, as it can damage window tint film on the inside of the windows. Clean water and towels will help you to clean windows quickly and effectively.

Never use ammonia to clean seatbelts either, as it affects the seatbelts’ ability to protect you in the event of a crash.Finally don’t forget to fresh the air and dry the interior thoroughly. Follow these tips, take care of the car’s exterior and interior and your vehicle will become everyone’s admiration.

Car Paint Care Tips

Buying a car involves a lengthy decision making process involving an array of influencing factors; colour is one of the most important among them. The colour renders a personality to your car— black is cool, silver is stylish without being ostentatious, red is sensual and white cars are conservative!

But just a few years on the road and the car loses its original colour and showroom shine—the white that once made the swan feel proud is now shabby grey; the luscious red has lost all its luster, the elegant black no longer looks glamorous and the radiant silver now looks worn away.

But you can turn the clock and set things right - what you need is knowledge about proper car paint care. The article below tells you what affects your car paint and shine, how to avoid problems and how to restore back the lost luster of your pretty car.

Resist the environmental damage

Vehicles come with a range of finishes— matt coating, acrylic, enamel, etc. Regardless of the type of finish, the exteriors of all vehicles are subject to environmental wear and tear. To protect the paint of the car from the invasion of these environmental factors you should go through a preventive maintenance regimen.

For example, how do you deal with the ultra violet rays that come along with sun exposure that eventually diminishes the gloss on your vehicle finish? Because metal retains heat, it causes permanent stains. You have to use protective coatings and sealants to neutralize the effects of ultra violet rays.

The next factor is chemical abuse that results from air pollutants transformed into sulfuric or nitric acids. These acids, can be deposited onto your vehicle in either a wet or dry state and slowly eat up the paint. To resist this kind of damage, you need to go for frequent washing.

Your car often becomes the victim of the road salts triggering off the chemical reactions that can accelerate the pitting and rusting of the car’s surfaces. Many out-of-sight areas including the undercarriage are especially prone to assault of the road salts.

You have to resort to a specialized undercarriage rinse in combination with rust inhibiting agents to deal with these kinds of damage.

Nothing can replace the benefits of regular washing

It is important to have a car wash at least once a month. The moistures can not accumulate on the car body, when it is clean; the moistures gain hold in the dirty areas and lead to corrosion.

Go for a pressure wash from time to time to dislodge the dirt especially from the areas like behind the moldings, inside wheel arches, under the bumpers etc.

After-winter is the best time for pressure wash as it drives out all the salt accumulations that speed up the corrosion process.

Follow the washing with waxing for the enhancement of visual appearance of a finish

Wax your car regularly for the maximum protection of the paint and minimizing harm of chemicals. This gives the paint protection from fading and keeps the car looks shiny.

It should only take 30 minutes to wax a whole car.

Use high quality car wax and rest assured for three - four months.

Repair the chips and scratches

For the prominent chips, you have to order matching spray paint from the manufacturers and apply the paint with the help of a toothpick. You can also fill up the scratches the same way.

Use Polishing compounds for repairing the minor scratches and chips.

Invest some time for trying the above mentioned cleaning steps—you will feel proud to move around in your gorgeous car for years.

Drifting Techniques!

You know what it’s like when you’ve just watched Tokyo drift – you gotta jump in your car and go rip it up somewhere - anywhere! Only to find that it’s not so easy.

The first time I tried to drift I wiped out and spun my car right into the side of the curb. From then on I was determined to learn to drift properly and at the same time limit the damage to my car. I couldn’t afford the repairs!! My wheel was ruined - check it out above! Also check the video below!

Thousands of hours later I have perfected the art of drifting and have compiled an easy step by step 7 day course identifying the 5 key components to successfully and safely drift. This has literally saved me thousands and can save you thousands too.

At home on your computer screen , the drifting secrets are now exposed!

Drifting Techniques

A tyre grips the road up to a maximum point of adhesion, when this point is exceeded the tyre will start to slide until adhesion is restored. So finding and pushing just beyond the point of adhesion is the name of the game.

Once a car begins to drift driver control comes into play – the exact amount of turn on the steering wheel towards the direction of travel to catch and control the drift. At precisely the right moment you have to catch the drift with a measure of opposite lock and use the throttle and steering to control the drift – a sustained drift on a straight is called ‘drift lock’.

Rear wheel drive cars are the only choice for drifting particularly higher-powered models but one of the key requirements is a limited slip diff. We've seen really impressive drifts from low powered cars. A quick burst of acceleration at the right moment is just enough to break the adhesion of the back of the car.

As a car decelerates the weight is thrown to the front wheels that is why the wheels lock up under heavy breaking. A front wheel drive car is harder to drift in but uses deceleration to lighten the back of the car and make it swing wide.

To perform a left tail drift in a front drive car – build up the speed. Decelerate fairly heavily but performing a simultaneous right flick on the steering wheel – a shock wave will shoot through the car (you can feel it happen there is no easy way to explain it.) As this shock wave passes the centre point of the car steer into the direction of the tail drift, if the tail does not swing out then a short flick of the handbrake will start the drift.

We then need to catch the drift and control it using gentle throttle control and smooth steering - opposite lock (so steer to the right, just enough to keep the drift going but without overcooking things causing a spin and without undercooking throwing the drift in the opposite direction.)

The following are the main drifting techniques and most are used in combination with each other.

Clutch Kick

To make the car start to slide you dip or kick the clutch suddenly causing the car to temporarily lose traction and starting a rear wheel slide whilst on or entering a bend. Effectively using engine braking - when the clutch is dipped engine speed drops when clutch is released the wheels are moving faster than the lower engine speed requires causing a pull and breaking traction. Alternative a blip of the throttle raises the engine speed so when the clutch is released the driven wheels spin faster than they should so traction is broken.

Dirt Drop Drift

This technique is banned on most tracks. You allow the rear wheels to leave the tarmac surface into a lower grip one such as dirt, gravel or grass. The cars speed will remain pretty stable through this technique as the rear tyre friction is much lower.
Jump DriftSimilar to a Dirt Drop Drift again banned on most tracks. The rear wheels hit the rumble strip at the side of the track. The vibration is enough to upset the delicate balance of grip momentum and traction and the rear of the car slides.

Handbrake Drift

The easiest technique, used by beginners and pros to initate a drift and pretty much the only guaranteed way of sliding a FWD (front wheel drive) car (Its still not a proper drift though!). The handbrake is jabbed on causing the rear wheels to lock up and slide. When a slide is attained the handbrake is released allowing more control of the car and preventing too much loss of speed.
Feint DriftRequires a feel for the balance of a car and needs you to sense the shockwave of swing as it flows through the car. Coming up to a right hand bend you steer to the left. Then as the back of the car moves left you steer to the right, the back of the car loses traction and starts to drift, then you countersteer and catch the drift. This is a popular technique and is often combined with other techniques, like the clutch kick, to help break the rear traction. Practice this one in large open areas.

Inertia Drift

This requires a lot of speed. Approaching a bend you need to decelerate throwing the weight of the car to the front wheels. When the back wheels become light you can steer the front into the bend and let the back wheels drift. Control is maintained with careful steering control and throttle inputs. A good technique to start drifting but requires experience as the speed involved is not very forgiving.

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