Rustpreventionandappearancecaring
Rustprevention
Preventyourvehiclefromrusting
Advanceddesignandstructureare
usedtopreventrusting,tomakehigh
qualityJACvehicles.Topreventve鄄
hiclerustingoverlongtime,yourco鄄
operationandassistanceisrequired.
Commoncausesofrusting
Commoncausesofvehiclerusting
are:
音 Irritatingsubstance,dirtandmois鄄
tureaccumulatedatthebottomof
vehicle.
音 Paintingdamage,ordamageto
exteriorcoatinglayerbystoneor
sand,andsmallcrunchinganddent鄄
ing.
Positionsmorelikelytorusting
Ifyouliveinanareawhereitismore
likelytocauserustingofvehicle,
measurestopreventrustingareex鄄
tremelyimportant.Commoncauses
ofacceleratedrustingincludesaline
dirtonground,dustchemicals,ma鄄
rineairandintrusionofindustrialpol鄄
lutants.
Rustcausedbymoisture
Thevehicleislikelytodeveloprustin
caseofmuchmoisture.Forexample,
high humidity can accelerate the
rusting,especiallyatatemperature
abovefreezingpoint.Inthiscase,
moisturewillcoverthevehicleand
vaporizegradually.Thecauseofsoil
leadingtorustingofvehicleisthat
soilcangraduallydryupandislikely
tokeepamoiststate.
Hightemperaturecanalsoacceler鄄
aterustingofaccessoriesthatcannot
beproperlyventilatedandareina
wetstate.Thevehicleshouldbe
cleanedperiodicallyandhavethe
depositedsoilremoved.Suchforeign
substancenormallyaccumulatesat
thebottominsteadofthesurfaceof
thevehicle.
Rustprevention
Dothefollowingtopreventrusting:
Keepthevehicleclean
Thebestwaytopreventrustingisto
keepthevehiclecleanandremove
allsubstancesthatmaycauserust鄄
ing.
音 Ifyouliveinanareawhereitis
morelikelytocauserustingofvehi鄄
cle,measurestopreventrustingare
extremelyimportant.Commoncaus鄄
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es of accelerated rusting include
salinedirtonground,dustchemi鄄
cals,marineair,industrialpollutants
andacidrain.Youneedtoenhance
yourmeasuresagainstrusting.
音 Inwinter,cleanthebottomofthe
vehicleeverymonth,andafterthe
winter,determineifthevehiclebot鄄
tomisclean.
音 Whencleaningthevehiclebottom,
payspecialattentiontothebottomof
fananddevicesdifficulttoidentifyon
profile.Foreignsubstancesmustbe
thoroughlyremoved,andbetteref鄄
fectcanbeachievedbywipingwith
cloththancleaningwithwater.
音 Whencleaningthedoorpanel,
keepthedoorsillandframecross
beamdrainholesopen.Letmoisture
toexpeltopreventrustinginside.
Keepyourgaragedry
Neverparkyourvehicleinagarage
withmoistorpoorlyventilated.Such
an environment can easily cause
rustingofyourvehicle.
Itwillcertainlyresultinrustingof
yourvehicleandsomeaccessoriesif
youwashyourvehicleinthegarage
orbringsnow,iceandmudintothe
garage.Inthiscase,thevehiclemay
gotrustyevenifthegarageisdry.
Sufficientventilationcancompletely
removethemoisture.
Keepintactpaintedsurfaceand
trims
Asurfacewithscratchshouldbe
mendedwithpaintappliedwhenthe
vehicleleavesthefactory,toprevent
rusting.Incaseofmetalexposure,it
isrecommendedtohaveitpatched
upinaspecialpaintingshop.
Maintenancefortheinterior
Moisturemayaccumulateinthefoot
padsandcorrodethepads.Check
thepadsperiodicallyanddetermine
thattheyaredry.Incaseoftrans鄄
portingfertilizer,useaspecialclean鄄
erorothersuitablecleaningagentto
keepthepadsclean.Butthisrefers
tomeasurestobetakenincaseof
spillageorleakageoffertilizer.
Cleaningandwaxing
Vehiclecleaning
Donotwashingyourvehicleata
placewithdirectsunlightexposure
orwhenthevehiclebodyishot.
Washingmustbedoneatashaded
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