Category Archives: DIY Car Care

Car care and car tips including do it yourself (DIY) maintenance your car that keep your car in tip top condition. The section discuss about the car washing, waxing and polishing, car accessories and body kits installation.

Why we should wax our cars’ tires?

TRD Tyre with Michelin Tyre

Why We Should Wax our Cars’ Tires? A clean and beautiful vehicle definitely come with shining tires. Black and shining wheels enhance appearance of the vehicle dramatically. But the shining and the color of the tires will fade out eventually due to extreme weather, dirt, dust, sands and all sort of contamination exposed during our daily ride […]

Keeping “Drive” Mode during Traffic is Good for your Transmission?

All new Skyactiv Mazda 3 2.0L Gear Knob

Keeping “Drive” Mode during Traffic is Good for your Transmission? Common question from drivers: Is shifting from “Drive” mode to “Neutral” mode while waiting for a few moments during traffic is bad for your vehicle transmission system? Answer: No. There are plenty of drivers, especially those who picked up bad driving habits from someone who […]

Tap Water will Harm Your Engine Radiator

2014 Skyactiv Mazda 3 155-hp SKYACTIV-G 2.0L Engine

Tap Water will Harm Your Engine Radiator Our car’s engine will heat up when we driving. An optimum temperature will be provide better efficient for the engine to burn the fuels but overheated will damage the entire engine. Radiator is build for cooling the engine, to prevent the engine from overheat. Radiator required coolant and […]

Do It Yourself Paint Scratch Repair on Car

Correct way to use touch up paint

Do It Yourself Paint Scratch Repair on Car Apply touch up paint to deep scratches, key marks, bumper damage, rock chips, and other minor paint damage, without blobs or scars, using the unique ScratchWizard touch up kit: 1.  Clean area with glass cleaner 2.  Fill with WizardPutty 3.  Remove excess Putty with ScratchLeveler 4.  Clean […]

Idling is Harmful to the Car Engine

VVT-i Engine Cover

One of the simplest ways to extend car engine’s lifespan is to not leave it idle for long periods, and accelerate slowly when the user start to drive. This is because the most wear and tear to the engine and drive-train occurs in the first 10-20 minutes of operation as the engine hasn’t operate at its optimum temperature […]

How to Do It Yourself (DIY) Replacing Your Car Engine Air Filter

Engine Air Filter in Toyota Vios Engine Bay

Car engine required proper mixture of fuel and air in order to generate the powerful combustion by the pistons. As our engine rev at higher RPM, more air and fuel will be flow into the engine to generate the power. The air is come from our air intake system under the engine’ hood. There is […]