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An alarm in a car is, of course, good, but additional funds against theft will not be superfluous. In this case, the author suggests making a brake pedal lock. For this, metal scraps are used. First of all, using a grinder or on a cutting machine, you will need to cut off a steel strip 120 mm wide.

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If there are sharp jerks during the car’s movement, “dips” occur when you press the gas, acceleration dynamics are lost and gas consumption increases, don’t go to the headstock — you need to clean the fuel injectors. There are two options: you can go to the service station and order the service for ultrasonic cleaning of nozzles, but you will have to fork out, or clean them yourself in a garage.

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In the independent adjustment of car headlights, in principle, there is nothing complicated, if everything is done wisely. Therefore, even at home, you can make the adjustment as close as possible to a professional one. In this review, we consider the adjustment of lensed and halogen headlights. Before proceeding with this procedure, it is necessary to check the pressure in all tires.

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If you need to tint the numbers and letters on the state number of the car, you can do it yourself. For everything to turn out beautifully and accurately, you will need perseverance and a little patience. Of the basic materials for "garage creativity" you will need a knife or blade, paint in a spray can and reinforced tape. The first step is to seal the license plate with tape.

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Many car owners often face the fact that they burn out the heated rear window in the passenger compartment. However, this defect can be fixed independently, and you do not need to change the glass, as some car owners do. The restoration of the heating threads of the rear window of the car is a fairly simple process, and it will not take much time.

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If you decide to install a leather braid on the car’s steering wheel yourself, and you do it for the first time, then a step-by-step instruction on how to do it yourself will definitely not hurt, even, rather, on the contrary, it will help to avoid mistakes. The author ordered a leather braid with perforation on Aliexpress. And although it is made not of genuine but artificial leather, the quality of tailoring and material itself is quite good.

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In modern passenger car models, the rubber mats inside the trunk fit snugly against its walls. And in order to get to the underground, where various little things are usually stored (tools, pump), spare wheel, etc., you have to constantly pry the mat with your finger, which is not very convenient. Therefore, the author decided to make a small device with his own hands, with which it will be much easier to lift the mat with the substrate.

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In winter, many car owners face a lot of various inconveniences, such as freezing locks, freezing mirrors, windshields and other windows. And the car can simply stall. In this case, there are very simple but useful tips that will help, if not completely prevented, then at least minimize the number of force majeure situations in the winter.

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Very often, when repairing a car, nuts, bolts or a wrench with a screwdriver accidentally happen to be in the "depth" of the hood. And to get it, you must first find the fallen objects. To do this, the author suggests making an LED flashlight with a magnet. The basis of the design is a flexible hose in a metal braid. Thanks to this, you can get into even the most inaccessible places.

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Most car owners have faced the problem of fogging windows. This effect occurs when the cabin filter is clogged or the ventilation valves do not work. To avoid the discomfort associated with fogging the glass, you can use improvised materials. In this article, we’ll talk about how to prevent fogging in your car.

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Car alarms - the most popular among all anti-theft tools for cars, and is available on almost every car. However, even the most modern and sophisticated alarm does not guarantee 100% vehicle safety. And so many car owners resort to auxiliary anti-theft tools, including those made by themselves.

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Many modern car batteries have a charge indicator (or as it is also called a “peephole”). Moreover, the presence of this "eye" affects the cost - such batteries are more expensive than their "eyeless counterparts." But practice shows that the benefit of having such an “eye” is very doubtful.

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Many car owners are faced with such a common problem when a characteristic “zilch” occurs when opening the gas tank cover. At the same time, it is very difficult to determine exactly what it is connected with: either it is a vacuum, or an overpressure in the tank. However, there is one simple and proven way. In order to understand why this same “zilch” occurs, it is necessary to understand, it pulls inward or, on the contrary, throws out pressure.

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Using a makeshift roller it is very convenient to lay bituminous vibration-noise insulation on a machine. And this device is useful to everyone who is engaged in the repair of cars with their own hands. Moreover, you can make such a roller from the most ordinary trash, which can be found in the garage without problems. And thanks to the use of the silent block, the pressure from the roller to the insulation surface is evenly distributed.

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In car dealers, a wide range of snow chains is presented. However, most often the price is unreasonably high. Therefore, you can not throw money away, but make chains with your own hands in just 15 minutes. It is worth noting that all the necessary components can be purchased at any hardware store, and a minimum set of tools can be found at any garage garage technician.

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Sometimes it becomes necessary to completely repaint the bumper of the car. For example, if the old paint began to peel. But for this you must first remove the old paint. And you can do this in three different ways. In fact, all methods of removing paint from the bumper are equally effective. Which one to choose from these methods is up to you.

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Many owners of cars with large wheel radius complain of stiffness when driving on rough roads (especially with sixteenth wheel radius and low rubber profile). However, this problem can be easily solved by installing auto-buffers, which can be installed on both the front and rear springs.

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Very often, scratches on the paintwork of a car body are removed by deep polishing. However, if the base is damaged or even the soil, then you can use a simple "garage" method. Using a syringe and a drill, you can remove a deep scratch on the car body without local or complete painting. First of all, using sandpaper and a degreaser, you need to smooth out the sharp corners of the scratched varnish a little.

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There is hardly a driver who does not know what an ice-freezer is. That’s what it is customary to call a special fluid, thanks to which the windshield of a car in the winter can be maintained in proper condition. And all would be fine, only in an effort to save some money, car owners often buy very cheap non-freezing liquids based on technical alcohol.

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It is very difficult to pump up a tubeless wheel of a car that has lowered it to zero using a conventional hand pump. Therefore, for this purpose, the author proposes to make a simple device for pumping wheels from an old receiver. Due to the compact size of the structure, this device can be easily put in the trunk of a car, having previously pumped air into the receiver, and use the device if necessary.

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