In this post, I’ll go through my process for removing duct tape and the fabric/adhesive residue that may left behind, completely and safely off of a car’s paint. It takes patience and some time to work the material off using a combination of plastic razor blades, adhesive remover (e.g. Goo Gone), saran wrap or a plastic bag, and a rag or microfiber towel.
If you are having trouble with getting your dash cam from falling off your windshield like me, then you’re probably wondering what you can do to make it stay up there more permanently. The answer is to apply an adhesive; the best way to do it is to get a VHB tape. VHB (a.k.a. Very High Bond) tape is a very strong double-sided tape, that will help keep your suction cup stuck to your windshield while holding up the weight of you dash more than adequately. You’ll typically find 3M VHB Tape as the VHB tape is proprietary to 3M.
I tested several methods out to see what would be most effective at keeping birds from pooping on the side mirrors of a car. These methods also deter birds from pecking at and attacking your side mirrors as well. These are all pretty easy methods to employ, but you’ll have to consider the steps required every time you park your vehicle somewhere. Here are the methods I tested and my results from testing each one.
Sometimes, the battery has drained down so low that you are in the single-digit voltage, or even 0 Volts. In times like these, a jump start will not be sufficient to start your car. This is because portable jump starters will have a built-in safety that won’t enable the jump starter if it doesn’t sense enough voltage on the battery that it’s connected to. Using a trickle charger also will not likely work because trickle chargers work only if your car’s battery still has sufficient voltage to start out with.
When you find yourself stranded with a dead battery, it’s crucial to know how to properly jump start your car. Aside from having a set of jumper cables in your vehicle, you’ll also need to know how to properly hook up the jumper cables in order to successfully jump start your car.
The best thing to do if you need a car phone mount is to mount it somewhere other than your dashboard. If you want to remove the sticky suction phone mount from your dashboard, this guide will help you to safely remove the phone mount while minimizing the possibility of damaging your dashboard. On this tutorial, I’ll be removing this very popular iOttie dashboard phone mount from this dashboard.
Installing sound deadener in your car is a pretty extensive project that can provide you with a number of benefits. However, applying sound deadener in your car can be a very involved project and is not for the feint of heart. It involves taking much of the interior of your car apart, and applying multiple layers of sound deadening material to the body of your car. If you have the patience and are careful when removing and installing your car’s interior, it may be worth the time and effort for a certain level of noise reduction.
When you install new brake pads, which are typically replaced at the same time as new brake rotors, it’s a good idea to break-in the brakes using a “bedding” procedure. A bedding procedure involves a series of controlled stops in order to transfer an even layer of brake pad material onto the new rotors. The reason why you want to do this is to prevent uneven “pad transfer”, which can cause you to experience wobble or vibration while you depress the brake pedal.
If you’ve ever experienced your rear view mirror sagging or simply rotating downwards on its own, it’s likely due to the mirror socket no longer holding the ball mount in place. Most of the time, there are these plastic teeth that hold the ball joint in place and when these plastic teeth break off, there is no longer enough force holding the ball joint securely. As a result, the rear view mirror starts to sag and slowly move down on its own. This can be an annoyance as you constantly have to put the mirror back up, only to have it rotate down again and again.