5 Tips on Protecting your Car While its Not in Storage

Window Tint

Window tinting reduces the amount of sun light that passes through a window.  By limiting the amount of sunlight entering your car, you can help reduce damage to the interior caused by the suns UV rays.

Windshield Sun Shade

A stow-able windshield shaped cut-out with reflective material on one the outside, designed to be placed against the inside of your cars windshield to block and reflect sun light away from a cars interior while it is parked.

Tip: How to get your sun shade to stay in place

Vinyl and Leather Protectants

Use products to clean, condition and protect leather, rubber, plastic and vinyl.  A high quality interior product will prevent material from drying out while minimizing sun damage.

Some of the most recognized trusted brands for maintaining a cars interior are:

• Armor All
• Lexol
• Meguires

Park in the Shade

This is an obvious one, but still many people choose to take the most convenient parking spot available.  When choosing a parking spot take a look around and see if you can spot a covered parking space.  It might take you a few extra minutes to walk to your destination, but in the long run your saving on wax and a new paint job.

Wax

Another obvious one yet most people dont take the time to wax their car or they assume that wax is for increasing the appearance of your paint.  A wax barrier over your cars paint help minimize the damage caused by the suns UV rays.