6.28.2017

Jay Leno & # 39; s Tips for Better Car Care

Men, s Health: What is all the most important people should check your car regularly?

Leno: I have a friend who had a Toyota. She said, throwing more than 45 mph and called a real piece of shit. He came to work one day when we all were on the Tonight Show and said that it is much worse; I could go 30 miles per hour. I can go see a flat tire and have! "Oh, he continues," Do not check the tire pressure. "Can check the tire pressure once a year. The tire pressure is to see the most important thing. I take a lot of old cars and I always check the tire pressure before anything go. Good and improve handling and braking pressure fuel economy. Check the door of the driver's door to the recommended pressure, but if you are not sure, 32 pounds is always safe.

What are the places everyone always forget to clean?

His snorkel. This will always be clogged with junk food. And the transmission filter. A woman I know has a Jaguar, saying that he will not move correctly. She went to a dealer and was told she needed a new transmission $ 8,500. There were only 60,000 miles on the car, however. I wondered if he had ever flushed transmission. It is through a screen, and the fluid when the transmission can not get through the liquid plug. He noticed a shop and had blushed and was back to nine.

What is the best way to clean your engine?

Engine degreaser sold called Gunk , that's great. Engines of modern cars are often so that any plastic or vinyl cleaner also made of plastic. Those who hold the plastic to get that dull gray color. Keep water away from the car as much as possible. When water penetrates therein, it causes the oxidation and corrosion. I do not have much water. Wash it simple and keep moving.

In older vehicles headlights can oxidize plastic, which gives them a cloudy and opaque appearance lights. How to fix this problem?

There are a number of plastic products to clean for him. They work very well. If you have to clean the glass as the windshield or headlight cover glass, the best lots of glass cleaner and paper. Seriously. Ink helps to clean the glass. I use the newspaper all the time. I recommend using the New York Times, if it is a Ferrari; and the New York Daily News for Kia.

Like the splendor faded to the edge of plastic or rubber which is obtained?

You want a doctor. The armor of the sprays work very well . To prevent this condition, you'll just keep out of the sun or under a protective cover. The sun and heat is what this type of cutting longer zap it. Put in a towel protection and a few times a year, passing his fingers through channels where the rubber meets the window. If not clean the wind noise is reduced.

Get the eraser on a carpet. What's your thing?

Acetone works pretty well, but when the rubber of a child is not in my car. Many good public transport. [Laughs]

What are the essential elements of any kind, must have in your garage for cleaning and detailing your car?

Most people do not want to polish a car on all day if you want a great response details. Some have wax on them. They work for dust and dirt out of the car in order. They are also a great need wax . modern waxes are so good, you make a car in 45 minutes for most. The attention span of most people is not that long. Waxes are eons way when I was a child; You could polish all day until their arms fell. The new material is as M. Miyagi: Wax.

What does your garage Leno came product line?

It is all that we have developed in the garage. I work with my guys retail more than a decade and have our own products from our own money developed here in the store. The response was very good. I expected the usual materials sarcastic, because I think it great to think, but everyone likes too. I make my money because of TV, so making the right product, the profit margin may be slightly lower because they do not need this business to feed my family.

What was one of the Tricker products?

Our polished metal. Most metallic glazes have some grains for them. You will have a license, but ends begin to wear down, because they are abrasive. We have developed our own chemistry and works very well. He did a good job in stainless steel, chrome and nickel. Modern cars often lack chromium and chromium is expensive to repair and renew. If all Chrome repeat on a typical car of the 1960s, it costs $ 30,000. This process is corrosive and does so in a respectful way of the environment is absurd expensive. Nine times out of ten, Chrome will cost more than a car that is worth it.

Why is the type of fabric or tissue using a difference?

You like a microfiber because they do not collect dirt. They also use a clean. With a rag or an old towel, it is not good. Falls and get out of the grain. Microfiber towels do not scratch the paint, no matter what you do. It's amazing how much damage can be done by an ordinary towel. Always goes microfiber. We do , but everybody else.

When is the best time to clean?

If it's cool when in the shade. If you are sitting there with a hose, especially with a high-pressure hose if it has been sitting in the sun, the color becomes smoother. Actually it is dirt in the color of the ride. Never in detail a car in hot weather.

Manual or electric wax?

Do it by hand. The guys with power tools are too hard to peel on the pad and a new paint real car. Not that his man. A buffer is really for professionals and these guys can get a little too hard lean to get brighter and spoil a good painting. You know how much paint high-end costs? It's $ 1000 per gallon. much paint is needed to paint the car, so that you are in the $ 15,000 for the entire vehicle.

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