How to protect the body, windshield and headlights from chips for 100 rubles
February 11, 2023
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Reserving the windshield or headlights, protecting the hood and fenders from stone chips is a great idea, especially today when every repair costs a pretty penny. However, a
Reserving the windshield or headlights, protecting the hood and fenders from stone chips is a great idea, especially today when every repair costs a pretty penny. However, a preventive operation can cost exorbitant prices, because it is in demand and service stations actively use it. However, it is not at all necessary to turn to the masters – it is quite possible to do it yourself, with a desire, a little free time and 100 rubles.
Covering the most “hard” places with a special transparent film called “reservation of parts” has long been fashionable: instead of constantly repainting the hood and fenders or even replacing the headlights, it is much more cheaper to “roll them up”. while everything is new. Yes, and leave, handing over a car to the next owner with a pristine whole factory color. This of course costs more and finds a buyer faster.
Realizing all the “pluses” and making the right decision for himself, the newly minted motorist goes to the detailing center, which, in an ad posted on a banned social network, literally screams about his willingness to literally perform protection for a “cap or crackers”. But why does such a procedure cost several tens of thousands of rubles for some, while for others it is several times cheaper? Kind, smart and generous people? Unmercenaries? And don’t they have to pay rent?
Everything is much simpler: in many details for such procedures they use not a special and not a budget film at all, but a free consumable. Yes, yes, and it happens! This is a “dump” of paints, a film substrate, which, oddly enough, is quite a thick material that is quite suitable for “secondary use”. Since it is already cut into small pieces, it will be difficult to find the right size sheet for booking, for example, the hood of a Toyota Land Cruiser 300. But “making headlights” or a protective strip on the body is easy.
Everything secret will become clear one day, which is why the tinters stopped throwing out the “dump”, preferring to sell it even for a penny. And it’s worth using! Having invested 100 rubles in a sheet of film, you can now protect expensive parts from damage with an ordinary soap solution and a sprayer. Not much intelligence and skill is required, and thanks to a large number of videos on the Internet, this operation can be performed, if not at a professional, but at a high, sufficient level.
The main thing is not to be afraid. And what’s so terrible about it: in the worst case, the cost is about 100 rubles.
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Covering the most “collapsible” places with a special transparent film called “part booking” has long been fashionable: instead of constantly repainting the hood and fenders, or even replacing the headlights, it is much more cheaper to “roll them up” while everything is new. Yes, and leave, handing over a car to the next owner with a pristine whole factory color. This of course costs more and finds a buyer faster.
Realizing all the “pluses” and making the right decision for himself, the newly minted motorist goes to the detailing center, which, in an ad posted on a banned social network, literally screams about his willingness to literally perform protection for a “cap or crackers”. But why does such a procedure cost several tens of thousands of rubles for some, while for others it is several times cheaper? Kind, smart and generous people? Unmercenaries? And don’t they have to pay rent?
Everything is much simpler: in many details for such procedures they use not a special and not a budget film at all, but a free consumable. Yes, yes, and it happens! This is a “dump” of paints, a film substrate, which, oddly enough, is quite a thick material that is quite suitable for “secondary use”. Since it is already cut into small pieces, it will be difficult to find the right size sheet for booking, for example, the hood of a Toyota Land Cruiser 300. But “making headlights” or a protective strip on the body is easy.
Everything secret will become clear one day, which is why the tinters stopped throwing out the “dump”, preferring to sell it even for a penny. And it’s worth using! Having invested 100 rubles in a sheet of film, you can now protect expensive parts from damage with the help of an ordinary soap solution and a sprayer. Not much intelligence and skill is required, and thanks to a large number of videos on the Internet, this operation can be performed, if not at a professional, but at a high, sufficient level.
The main thing is not to be afraid. And what’s so terrible about it: in the worst case, the cost is about 100 rubles.
Donald Salinas is an experienced automobile journalist and writer for Div Bracket. He brings his readers the latest news and developments from the world of automobiles, offering a unique and knowledgeable perspective on the latest trends and innovations in the automotive industry.