Spring cleaning for the wheels

Spring fever not only affects the animal and plant world, but also many drivers. Have you had enough of winter and finally want to go on tour again with the windows down or the roof open? Nothing better than that, but the dark season has left visible and less visible marks on your car. With the winter dirt (road salt, grit, other dirt) to the car wash - interior and exterior cleaning! Road salt, together with snow and water, gets to places where the sun does not normally shine, but where the TÜV inspector's flashlight will at some point. If the salt water can develop its chemistry here undisturbed on all accessible body parts, they are unsightly signs of corrosion the consequence. In the worst case, it will even be in the later Defect report, keyword load-bearing parts. Incidentally, previously damaged areas of the paint bloom the same way, namely Rust. In addition to salt water, your darling on four wheels has also got other winter dirt. The roads are often littered with grit or agricultural residue. It doesn't look nice with the first rays of the sun, so drivers are drawn to the car wash anyway.

first spring trip, to the car wash

So that the washing brushes do not act like sandpaper together with dirt and cause scratches, the Pressure Washer your turn. In this way, the coarsest coating can be removed or at least soaked. A euro coin for the cleaning rod should be invested in the inner workings of the wheel arches in order to remove the salty basis from the rust here as well. Before washing:

1. Close windows, (sliding) roof, doors and tank cap.
2. Fold in the exterior mirrors if you don't do it yourself.
3. If you still have an old-fashioned antenna, please unscrew or retract it.
4. Prevent electric tailgates or sliding doors from doing themselves.
5. The windscreen wipers could be activated by the rain sensor, please switch them off.

More expensive than the standard wash, but worthwhile after winter use Hot wax and Underbody washing. Expert processors also offer the preservation of the paint or the underbody, which benefits the longevity of the car. Paint protection sealed with hard wax lasts three to six months, a professional seal up to a year. This means that the outer skin suffers less from the sun, sticky pollen and the like.

Tip: Private hand washing of the vehicle is gentler, but not allowed everywhere. You can find rules on this at the relevant automobile clubs.

Incidentally, the cleaning activities should continue in the interior and not to forget all the windows from the inside as well. Replace the practical rubber mats with chic carpet inserts (summer mats) after the footwell has dried and vacuumed. And the windshield wipers are also important. Because hand on heart, which driver scratches his windshield down to the last corner in the morning? Some of the strenuous work is left to the wipers. And of course they freeze solid at night. The rubbers suffer, which is why they have to be replaced when they are brittle or even torn. Once cleaned, leave the car in the workshop for damage from below and above inspect. Stone chips and rust spots require prompt action.

After cleaning comes maintenance!

The technical check is a must if you don't want to worry about long nice-weather tours, you want them to be fun. Check all of them Supplies such as oil and the liquids for cooling and braking. Ideally, bring them up to date. And also check the lighting. It gets uncomfortable when after the winter the Air conditioning discontinues its service. So check them out before your summer trip turns into a sauna session. By the way, you can switch to windshield washer fluid without antifreeze from spring-like temperatures. For raising the summer tires is the time around or after recommend Easter. Tires with a tread depth of less than three millimeters should be replaced. A hundred to two hundred kilometers after changing a wheel, the screws become pulled again. And what's helpful in winter gear just takes up space and weight in summer. Brooms, ice scrapers, anti-freeze spray, snow chains and ski rack can therefore be stored instead of consuming fuel unnecessarily.

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