by Chew Perng Ling | Apr 17, 2018 | General
Since the window film and glass are not completely attached after the film is covered, please take note that within 3-7 days after the film has been applied on your glass:
- Do not roll down the window within 3 days after applying the film. This is because the window does not completely attach with the window, and may cause the displacement of the insulation film.
- Do not clean the insulation film or turn on the defogging line switch within one week after film application.
- Do not wash the surface of the membrane with a solution containing alcohol or ammonia. This irritating agent will affect the effective functional ingredients in the solar insulation film.
- Do not use sharp objects to remove the edges of the membrane to prevent it from entering dirt.
- If bubbles appear after filming, they must be processed in the construction shop within 24 hours.
- Do not let the air-conditioning wind blowing against the film, so as to avoid severe thermal expansion and contraction.
by Chia Gabriel | Apr 13, 2018 | General
Consider a case where a car has been left idle at home for nearly a year since the last maintenance. During the next school holidays, the owner wants to drive outstation but is worried that it will be unsafe if the car has been left idle for such a long time. Will his car pose a safety hazard? Will he need to change the engine oil?
Everyone knows that changing engine oil is based on mileage of the vehicle. However, if the car has not been running for a long time and the mileage does not meet the oil replacement standard, then is it still necessary to change the engine oil?.
Oil change cycle
The oil replacement cycle must be comprehensively evaluated from two dimensions:
The first dimension is the distance traveled by the vehicle (after the last maintenance). Each vehicle is accompanied by a “Maintenance Manual” when sold. The maintenance specifications for this vehicle are described in detail in this maintenance manual. Due to the difference in brand and engine characteristics, the maintenance specifications for each vehicle are not the same. For example, some suggest replacing engine oil every 5000 kilometers, and some are replaced every 7,500 kilometers. Whether it is the owner’s desire or the after-sales staff’s suggestion, everybody basically has a certain concept of changing their vehicle engine oil based on the mileage of their own vehicles.
The second dimension is replaced by time. If you look up the vehicle maintenance manual, you will find that the contents of the regular maintenance items (such as oil change) in the manufacturer’s vehicle maintenance manual will be marked by a suggested time interval (or other form of remarks) in addition to the mileage.
Why do you need to change engine oil by time?
Under the condition of normal use of the vehicle, the engine oil can achieve important functions such as lubrication, cleaning, cooling, sealing, rust prevention, buffering, etc. through the non-stop circulation during engine operation. The environment in which the engine is operating is “very tough” (high temperature, high pressure, high-speed circulation, etc.), which accelerates engine oil deterioration/decay. If the engine is like the heart of the vehicle, the engine oil is equivalent to the engine’s blood. However, unlike blood in the human body, engine oil is not able to replace itself. Therefore, regular oil change is necessary. But is it still necessary to change the oil for long-term parked cars?
In short, necessary!
First of all, the oil itself is a chemical reagent, so its function and efficacy are of a certain duration. Oil does not appear to be highly alcoholic. The more you place it, the more it becomes “aged,” and the oil added to the engine absorbs moisture from the air, causing the oil to degenerate and emulsify (a white foamy liquid is formed). A deteriorated or emulsified engine oil will lose the oil’s properties, and it will not have the functions described above. If you use engine oil that has deteriorated and fail to run the engine, it has a certain negative impact. In addition to deterioration and emulsification, when the vehicle is idle for a long time after the first cold start, the oil has basically returned to the sump, and there is no oil film protection inside the engine. At this time, the first cold start of the vehicle will cause relative damage to the engine causing excessive wear.
In addition, limited by the current technical conditions, in fact, each time the oil is replaced, the previous old oil cannot be completely discharged completely. In particular, when the vehicle has high mileage, the oil that is deteriorated into a gum will stick to the inner wall of the engine. Therefore, they themselves become “secondary sources of pollution,” and they also aid in accelerating the deterioration of new oil.
How to judge engine oil deterioration?
It may be a bit difficult for non-professional car owners to determine if engine oil is deteriorated. The level of deterioration depends on the type of engine oil used (mineral oil, semi-synthetic oil, synthetic oil), the environment where the vehicle is parked, and the tightness of the oil pan, etc. Generally, if the car owners really care about their cars, and for the sake of proper vehicle maintenance and safety, it is necessary to change the oil according to the time specified in the vehicle maintenance manual.
Other suggestions for not using the car for a long time
If you do not use the vehicle for a long period of time, there will be some depletion of the car’s battery, rusting of brake pads, and added deterioration of rubber components such as hoses, belts and tyres. As such, it is always adviseable to let the car ‘run’ or start up occasionally to allow all the engine parts to be well lubricated. If a car has to be left idle, it is best to start up the car every two to three weeks, if possible. This will not only charge the battery, but also prevent the tyres from losing strength and being deformed; and doing so will help lubricate the engine and protect engine components. If you are on a business trip or travelling, it may be adviseable to ask a friend or family member to help start the vehicle once a week to check if there is any abnormality in the operation of the engine. In this way, you can guarantee that there will be no problems when you use the car again.
by Chew Perng Ling | Apr 12, 2018 | General
Leather seats are generally maintained using leather professional soft cleaners. The cleaner has the advantages of soft decontamination, no solubility, no harm to the cortex, no effect on the original appearance or brightness of the leather, and has a good maintenance effect on the leather. Under normal circumstances, the new car can be treated after one month, and then it will be kept once a month. In this way, the leather will be kept bright all the year round.
- Cleansing: Use a cleaning agent to remove dust and stubborn stains on the leather surface.
- Automobile greasing, mending: After greasing it can help the leather supplement nutrition, local wound repair treatment, restore the smooth surface of the leather.
- Colour restoration: in accordance with the production process to repair the leather wear, while the leather to restore bright and beautiful colors.
- Texture: use a special silk feel agent to make the skin feel softer and smoother.
Car leather seats simple maintenance methods:
- Car leather chair away from heat, such as too close to the heat source will lead to dry leather.
- Do not prolonged exposure to sunlight, to avoid leather fade.
- Regular implementation of cleaning and maintenance, with a semi-dry wet rag to help dust, keep dry, clean.
- If get dirt, clean it with a small amount of multi-functional foam cleaning agent, keep the leather surface dry.
- Sitting on the seat to avoid the body’s key holder, iron buttons on the clothes and other contacts with the seat to prevent scratches.
- To avoid liquid soaking the seats.
by Chew Perng Ling | Apr 11, 2018 | General
The most vulnerable damage to a new car is the car paint. Inadvertent rubbing or careless car washing can damage the paint. Slight scratches are common and the surface of the paint is whitened. It was that the paint surface was scratched, but there was no primer exposed, so there was no need to touch up the paint. Rubbing with rough wax or a few more waxes, the scratches slowly disappear.
Serious scratching, if you can see the colour of the underlying primer, then look at the site of the scar. In general, bumpers, rear view mirrors, and some car wheel eyebrows are engineered plastic parts that do not rust. There are no big problems other than being ugly. Filling up the paint does not depend on the owner’s own requirements. However, if these severe injuries appear on other parts of the car body, it will need to be refinished, otherwise even if it is a minor damage, the steel plate will begin to rust, and even then it will be difficult to prevent rust.
Refinishing paints should also be selected qualified professional paint factory. No skilled spray painter, no dust-free high-temperature paint shop, it is impossible to obtain a satisfactory spray paint effect. Also to remind everyone is, do not believe that some repair companies advertised as the so-called original paint repair, it is impossible. The reason is simple: The original painting process is to be baked at a high temperature of 200°C. If the finished vehicle is refinished with such a process, there is no fear of any component on the car. Therefore, the paint used for refinishing is specifically designed for low-temperature baking, which is not the same as the original paint.
Secondly, the colour of the refinish paint is formulated before the repair. The reason has already been mentioned above, according to the length of time used, the vehicle’s paint has begun to fade, and completely rely on the original car paint tone tonic, will produce a significant colour difference. In order to match the current colour of the vehicle as much as possible, it can only be adjusted. In addition, in order to prevent colour differences as much as possible, even if only a small body needs a touch up paint, maintenance personnel will re-spray the associated body. For example, if there is a place on the door that needs to be filled, then the repair shop will often use the anti-rubbing strip as the boundary and spray the first half or the second half of the door. In this way, if there is a slight colour difference, it will not be easy to see.
by clariceho | Apr 9, 2018 | General
Normal Car Grooming is car wash. We would like to introduce you to car beauty grooming.
Why do cars need beauty grooming?
Our car is just like us, need to care for our skin. If the skin is unprotected, it will become rough, lose its elasticity and luster, and it will be dull. The car beauty care is also the same. In general, the body surface, chassis, and interior are affected by the following aspects:
1. UV damage to car paint. The sunlight contains strong ultraviolet rays. After a long period of sunlight, the car paint will lose a lot of oil inside the paint layer. The paint surface will become dry, and there will be loss of shine, different color spots, and even cracks.
2. Injury of rain and snow on paint and chassis. Due to industrial pollution, more and more sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, salt and other substances in rainwater are formed and acid rain is formed, causing continuous infringement on the paint surface.
3. Other factors on the car paint damage. In the course of driving the car will also be subject to external damage, such as car paint is scratched by hard objects such as scratches, bird droppings and flying paint, etc. adhere to the paint and the formation of the violation. The body damage caused by these various reasons, if not regular professional car beauty care, long-term accumulation, vicious circle, not only affect the appearance of the car, but more importantly affect the safety of cars and people.
Origin of Car Beauty Grooming
In developed countries in Europe and America, Car beauty grooming with the rapid development of the entire automotive industry has reached a very perfect level. Some also call this industry the “car care center”. The function of car beauty grooming is generally defined as three levels.
One level is self-rational maintenance: the owner himself purchases some car waxes, detergents and other ordinary maintenance products to carry out some simple cleaning and protection on the vehicle. The second level is shallow beauty service: such as sticking solar film, protective film, internal jewelry installation, simple treatment of lacquer surface, polishing renovation, etc., relying on general quick repair shop. The third level is the professional auto-cosmetic services: using modern high-tech means, advocating automotive culture concept to carry out all-round beauty care for cars, reflecting the owner’s personality, self-cultivation, outlook on life and preferences.
The new concept of car beauty is not just conventional cosmetic treatments such as simple car waxing, stain removal, deodorization, vacuum cleaning, and cleaning services inside and outside the car, but also the use of professional beauty products and high-tech technical equipment, using special techniques. And methods, to enhance the brightness of the paint, waxing, polishing, coating and deep scratches, the entire car paint beauty, chassis protection armor treatment and engine maintenance and other series of car maintenance technology, in order to achieve “old car rebirth as new, new car preserved value.”
Those are the reasons and origins of car beauty grooming to preserve your car value. Please visit us from time to time, get our well packaged and fairly priced car polish for your beautiful car!
by clariceho | Apr 8, 2018 | General
Car Waxing is the simplest way to maintain your car outlook.
How do you know if your car need waxing?
Teach you folks a remedy, it is very simple, if you slide your finger back and forth on the surface of the car and the car makes sound like “chirp chirp chirp”, proves it is time to wax.
Waxing is good, but you must pay attention to: Wash the car before waxing, and then buy car wax that suits your car, and finally, find an empty, breathable, sun-tight waxing site.
1. Choose the car wax suitable for your car.
Car wax is divided into liquid wax, cream wax, solid wax and milky wax. Most car owners choose cream wax or solid wax. This is also because the solid wax can retain on the paint for a long time. Normal use of the car can do it once every half a year; while paste wax have strong cleaning ability and easy to operate.
Take note that there are some functional car waxes, such as car wax that is specially added with grinding agent which is used to grind aged or damaged paint. This is suitable for waxing the whole body of old cars, but not for new cars. Therefore, when you chooses to purchase car wax please check and make sure it is suitable for your car, do ask the sales person on this.
2. Choose the right waxing site.
After buying car wax for your car, you also need to find a suitable waxing site, the best choice is to expose your car in open spaces with shading. After all, car wax contains chemical composition and also a certain odor. In addition, waxing at high temperatures or in the sun can easily make the paint surface hot, and the overheated paint surface can cause the car wax to have lower adhesion and affect the waxing effect. Therefore, you must wax in a cool, empty space.
3. Clean the car and then wax.
Washing the car before waxing is mainly to thoroughly clean the dust on the paint surface. If the dust is not cleaned in time, the owner will wipe the dust back and forth onto the paint when waxing, the small edges and corners on the dust can easily damage the car paint surface.
Take note for vehicles that have been parked outdoors for a long time, the car surface of the paint will have some stubborn dirt. It is recommended that the owner wipe off the dirt on the paint before using the wax. This is mainly to make the car have better result after waxing.
4. Waxing is only useful for dirt and small scratches on the paint surface.
It is ineffective for serious scratches. After all, if the paint surface is seriously damaged it can only be repaired at a car repair shop which is by painting it.
That is all have fun waxing your car!
With that said, it would be even easier to request for our car waxing service which includes interior and exterior car wash, you can just sit back and relax!
