Ten Tips for Cleaning Your Car This Spring – Part Two

Earlier this week, we brought you the first half of the “10 Most Important Spring Car Cleaning Tips” by Sandy Baker at Love to Know. Spring is on its way, and King Volkswagen wants to help you get a head start on spring cleaning your car. Take a look at the next five tips below.

1. Exterior: Wash the exterior body of the car thoroughly in order to remove the winter grime from the cracks and edges of your vehicle using a soft towel and mild detergent.
2. Wheels: Give your wheels some love after a rough winter by removing and washing hubcaps and scrubbing the tires and wheel wells. Also, use this time to check your tire pressure and tighten up loose lug nuts to prevent a future incident.
3. Under the Hood: Leaves, debris, and dirt can get trapped in the engine area. Most of the times, wiping down the edges should do the trick, but if anything is caught in an unreachable place, you should consider having your engine professionally cleaned.
4. Waxing: Wax the exterior of your vehicle out of direct sunlight, using a spray or liquid wax to achieve the best results. Test out the wax on a small, hidden spot on the car to make sure it works correctly.
5. Wipers: Vehicles usually need a new set of windshield wipers after an especially harsh winter. Prepare for all those spring showers with new, properly working windshield wipers!

These ten things will only take you about an afternoon to complete, but the results will last well into the summer months! Springtime is also a good time to get routine maintenance and tune-ups done. Love to Know also suggests these maintenance considerations:

• Oil Change
• Engine Tune-Ups (includes having the belts checked)
• Test Air Conditioning
• Check Lighting Systems
• Tire Replacement

Bring your freshly cleaned vehicle down to King Volkswagen and head over to our Service Department, where we can help you get your vehicle in shape for summer!

“10 Most Important Spring Car Cleaning Tips.” LoveToKnow. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2016. <http://cars.lovetoknow.com/about-cars/10-most-important-spring-car-cleaning-tips>.

Tags: Car Care Tips Bethesda MD, Car Care Tips Gaithersburg MD, Car Care Tips Germantown MD, Car Care Tips Rockville MD
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Ten Tips for Cleaning Your Car This Spring – Part Two