subject: Make Your Car Look Brand New Today! [print this page] Making your ten year old car seem like new isn't as hard as a task as it seems. With the financial crisis still about lingering, it may be too expensive to purchase a new car but rather, make do with your old car and make it seem like new. Here are some things that can be done:
- Fix those dents. If your car has some dents and nicks, then have them fix. If you live in the Newport area, then go and find a dentmaster in your place. These dentmasters ought to have at least 5 years experience in paintless dent repair and maybe even more years working in a garage. Once all the dents are done, then give the car a once over paint job. This is perhaps more inexpensive than having the car scrapped and then putting a primer on before putting the paint. You can do a single coat paint job on it. Use metallic colors. Sometimes using silver or silver grey can make your car look clean even when there is some dust in it.
- Check the suspensions, tire bolts and bushings. If you have a car that is more than 5 years old, then it is time to check the suspension, tire bolts and bushings. Having a new car feel in the ride without the strange sounds is a good thing. This will not set you back too much money in parts but haggle for the labour cost. You can opt to finding replacement parts than original parts in the suspension and tire bolts and bushings. Replacement parts should work as original part replacements may be costly. Another alternative if you have the time and patience is to go and look for such parts in the junk yards. These days, you can surf through the internet and post out on websites devoted to car parts that you are looking for hard to find parts. You may probably at the very least get a referral to a place where you can find those parts.
- Reupholster if not find seat covers. If you have the extra money, reupholster your seats if they need some work. If not, find seat covers and have them attached to the seats. It is better to purchase two sets of seat covers which you can alternately use them a month at a time. It may take some work putting the seat covers but it extends the life of your upholstery.
