Showing posts with label tips and tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tips and tricks. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Modification Tips: Rattle Can Painting’s Preparations At Your Own Garage

Mostly, applying new color to your ride or re-painting it is a part of modification projects. It is important to do since the flawless color of your ride presents a good sight and means you will have so many attentions from people if you choose and do it wisely. Some people choose to use a hired help to do the painting, while some people choose to do it by themselves at their home garage. Moreover, by doing do it yourself painting, you can save your money. After all, why bother hiring a professional when we can do it by ourselves?
However, if you choose to paint your vehicle by yourself, you will have to be careful and go on with the process thoroughly since you do not want to make any flaw after having the final result. Some tips are very important to follow, so you will find any trouble later on. The tips come from an off-road enthusiast from California who had an experience in painting his car by himself. He did a decent rattle can paint job to his 80’s style Jeep back then. He wanted to have an easily spray over job and can be fixed easily once after going through an off-roading adventure in any kind of trails.
To avoid any eye shore view and crappy looking car, he did not want to do a rattle can paint by rattle can painting the color over the original color of the Jeep. He chose the best for his Jeep wisely and thoroughly. If you want to do the decent job of rattle can paint by your own, then you have to do the same. Choosing the right materials are important. First off, you have to make sure that you have a spray gun and cans of paint available at home. If you do not have any, go buy some because those materials are important.
Other materials you need for doing do it yourself painting are automotive primer or rust inhibitor primer or primer with similar types. Regular sandpaper is sufficient even though electric sander is highly recommended as another material for rattle can painting process. You also have to be ready with Bondo to cover tiny holes on your car, plastic tarps to cover anything you need to cover and use it on the floor to prevent any stain after finishing your job, 2 inches wide masking tape, thinner and acetone to clean up anything you need to clean up later on, and latex gloves.

Thursday, 23 May 2013

Tips and Trick for Off-roading in Dunes Driving Form

There are so many off-roading forms for off-road enthusiasts to try around the world. However, those off-roading forms does not mean appropriate for all off-roaders in any kind of levels. For example, it is not good for beginners in off-roading world to take rocky crawl track since they do not used to that kind of driving form and that probably will harm the beginners. That is why it is important to be selective in choosing off-roading forms.
For those off-roaders in intermediate level in off-roading world, they probably will choose off-roading forms which are more challenging than trail driving form. For intermediate level, it is allowed to choose the dunes driving form. Before that, you have to make very good preparations. Since you are going to have your off-roading experience on dunes, it is better for you to choose Sand Tyre. The car that may be used is four wheel vehicle with air compressor and tire gauge intact. If you had those things, then you may start your off-roading experience on the dunes right away.
It is better for you to choose the dunes with 4x4 accessible marked. You also have to make sure that you have deflated the air pressure in the tires between 15 and 20psi. By deflating the air pressure, the sand will accept the traction in tires easily. If you are driving on soft sand, do not try to slow down your ride unless you have to. There is a possibility that you will get stuck when moved your ride. If that is happened, please do not be panic. You are suggested to turn your wheel to the right and to the left repetitively. Those actions will allow the tires to have fresh terrain and get its better traction so you will move again smoothly. If the dunes driving form getting you bored, you are allow to have another off-roading forms as long as you make a very good preparation to do the driving.