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Things You Can Do To Really Make Your Car Stand Out At The Next Show

If you want your car to do well and place good in the next car show then you need to follow some simple tips to getting your car ready for the next car show. If you bring a car that is not prepared you're not going to get the score and place that you probably want so badly. So just follow a few tips and you might get placed in the few top.

The first thing that you should always do before any car show is cleaning the outside of the car. I mean everything from the calipers on the brakes to the top of the car. You need to wash the outside the tires, body, hood, rims, just everything on the exterior.

After you are done cleaning and washing the exterior you will want and need to move on to the interior of the car you are preparing. You will want to clean the seats, floors, floor mats, gauges, gauge pods, steering wheel, and dash, inside of the windshield, windows, mirrors, and then move on to the back if you have a back behind the driver and passenger and clean that just as well. You will just want to have everything clean in general. Everything on the inside from the pedals to the floor mats. You will want to have a well cleaned car when you show up at the car show.

You will want to wash and clean all the windows and mirrors like I stated before. You will want everything to be clean so that your car looks brand new and fresh. Having a dirty car isn't going to get you much of a reputation at any car show. So just remember to wash your car before you go to the car show you enter.

You will want to clean and polish your tires and rims as well. Just wash the rims and the tires when you wash your car and then wash them again before you go and wash them again when you get to the car show because they are going to be dirty and have debris on them from when you drove from your home to the car show event.

After you are done cleaning your car and you think you are all done you will need to do a wax job on the car to make it shine. So after you have cleaned and done all the dirty work you will have to wax to put the icing on the cake. After you have waxed your car you are done and won't need to do any touch ups until you get to the event? So when you get to your event you might want to does one more little wax job just to make it shine. So be sure just to clean and wash your car to the fullest you can never clean it too much if you are preparing it for a car show.

About the Author

Gregg Hall is an author living with his 18 year old son in Jensen Beach, Florida. Find more about cars as well as other car care products at http://www.5starshine.com

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Why does my battery gauge in my car not stay in one place?

My car kept dying if I didn't drive it for a day or two. I installed a brand new battery and it has been starting every morning now. However, my battery gauge still keeps moving around. When I first start it it stays at 14 for a while. After a while it will go down to 13. It also seems to move ever so slightly down and up. Any ideas? I had my alternator tested and two separate tests showed that it was working correctly.

Alternator output may depend upon engine RPM's in your car. The battery gage you're talking about is a very valuable volt meter. Something is amiss however. Alternator voltage should never drop below 13.5 volts or over 14. Check for alternator belt slippage.

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