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Ensure your car keeps that brand-new look for years
Washing Your New Finish
- Avoid brush style car washes
- Use lowest possible spray setting on high powered spray car washes and stay about 2 feet away
- Do not wash your car in the sun: water magnifies the sun’s intensity and can cause water spots
Maintaining your New Finish
- Avoid gravel roads for 30 days
- Chipping occurs easily if the finish is not cured
- Wash your vehicle after driving on roads using chemical or salt to thaw ice
Waxing Your Vehicle
-Do not wax a new finish for 30 to 45 days
- Avoid direct sunlight
- Stay away from the areas that you don’t want the wax to come in contact with, such as rubber surfaces, moldings and bumpers
- Carefully follow the directions on the packaging of the wax
- Only use wax that is safe for a vehicle’s refinish
Maintain your new paint for years
Maintaining Your Vehicle
- In hot weather, gently wash away dirt, bugs, and debris from the front of the radiator with a brush or a garden hose
- If your vehicle is not running correctly bring it in for an inspection. Early diagnosis saves you money.
- Perform oil and filter changes according to manufacturer’s specifications (approximately every 3000 miles)
- Fuel filters need to be replaced on a regular basis
- Have your belts hoses and fluids checked on the onset of the hot and cold season
Washing Your Vehicle
- Use cleaners designed for automotive finishes
- Clean inside wheel wells and surrounding areas
- Clean the tires and the wheels, dust and salt can cause corrosion
Maintaining Your Wheels
- Check tire inflation once a month (underinflated tires means increased fuel consumption)
- Rotate tires every 5,000 miles
- Inspect the tire tread regularly, bring in vehicle if tire wear is uneven
Other Useful Tips
- Replace your windshield wipers once a year
- Lubricate door hinges/latches and hood hinges periodically
- Do not place objects anywhere on your vehicle’s finish
- Align your vehicle twice a year or every third oil change
- Have your vehicle aligned after buying new tires
- Avoid parking under trees
- Remove leaves that fall on your vehicle
- Use hot soapy water to remove tree sap or pine pitch from your vehicle
- Wash thoroughly and then wax
- Avoid spilling any automotive fluids on your vehicle’s finish, if you do, rinse the affected area immediately
- Use the “fresh air” setting rather than “recirculate” to reduce fogging of your windows