Taking Dirt Seriously: Taking Care of Your Exterior Car Parts


by Joshua Zimmer - Date: 2007-01-25 - Word Count: 539 Share This!

How long have you had that car parked right at this moment inside your garage or that one just at the curb in front of your house? How long have you sat behind the wheel and shot down highways as you beat the red light in it? Now, how many times in the course of this association have you actually taken the chance to look at it, to really look at it, at the way it looks, at the whole package, from the tires up to the roof of the car? Notice the marked deterioration of that spit and polish? How long did it take you to cue in to that immediate fact? No matter how good the model of your car may be, when you regularly drive it, sooner or later, an upgrade really should follow.

All things need to be replaced or improved upon at certain of time. Nothing is so good that it works forever. Besides, that's the best part of change, of progress... great developments. And among these parts that need upgrades are the exterior parts of your car. Appearance, we agree, does not count at all times. Interior efficiency is always the better thing to go for. What does anyone want about a beautiful car that does not run efficiently? But if you had that engine working at perfect pitch already, then the absolute next best step to take is to look after the condition of your exterior parts. And when we say exterior car parts, this may mean anything, from your tires to your windshield wipers to your fender flares. Yes, your fender flares or fender trims. As a concerned and certainly conscientious car owner, you might find yourself asking: is there a reason this should matter? Certainly. Unlike other accessories or exterior part additions, fender flares, more than just add that very appealing gleam and polish to your car, also helps in lessening the accumulated dirt that your car tires get. How is this so?

Well, exterior parts like customized fender flares are made to fit over the cure of your tire. So instead of all that road dust and dirt and all the other road debris there might be getting into the tracks of your tires whenever you get behind the wheel and step down on the accelerator, the fender flares serves to protect the tires from these things. So instead of a set of incredibly dirty, debris-laden tires, you'll have yourself less dirt and much longer performing tires. You might not think that road debris is serious business but in fact, road debris accounts for half of most premature tire replacements. How so? When dust, mud or dirt hardens on or within the tires, they find a way to weaken the material of the tires and from there on, what follows is a simple lesson in rubber decline. Though dirt and hardened mud particles damage your wheels in subtler ways than say a big tire spike running clear to the sidewall of your car but dirt brings your tire's defenses a little bit lower each and every time you go on the road. So take better care of your car's exterior parts by outfitting them with useful car components like fender trims.


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A busy 32-year old market analyst that has a kind of fetish for anything and everything about electronic gadgets. He is a single father with two sons. Joshua Zimmer is also fond of putting electronic accessories and gadgetries that could fit well to his 2003 Honda Civic. For more information regarding exterior car parts.

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