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Auto care professionals advise on how to properly prepare and order the vehicle for sale. It is worth the effort: in the used car market, properly prepared vehicles sell not only faster, but also by 10-15%. more expensive.
You won’t make a good first impression a second time
The first thing to consider is the overall image of the car being sold.
“If the car is clean, tidy, there is no major damage to the bodywork and its color is the same, the paint is evenly covered, which means it is worth taking more interest in the vehicle,” said Algirdas Plečkaitis, director of the Clean Brothers network of car cleaning centers. – Personally, if I see a dirty car that is not maintained from the outside, I also start to doubt its technical reliability. After all, if you don’t care what’s on the outside and what’s easy to notice, then what can you find on the inside when it’s harder to check the internal details, their quality and overall wear and tear?
The number of “beauty” procedures that will be required for the vehicle being sold will depend on its condition, i. and. how the car worked and maintained. The more the car was cared for, the easier it was to prepare it for the new owner. And many of the defects on the body and interior, such as small scratches or stains, can be removed.
“If the car is surrounded by a so-called polishing car, its arrangement should be considered with great responsibility. After all, a neat car with minimal or no defects has a much higher value on the market,” said the specialist.
What do shiny surfaces hide?
When it comes to the exterior, the aesthetic preparation of a car for sale, the focus is on the bodywork and interior. For example, on the exterior of the body, in most commonly used areas such as door handles or the trunk, there are more scratches and other mechanical damage, degrading the aesthetic appearance and reducing the value of the car.
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“After fixing these seemingly small details, the car buyer will be happier than if he agreed to remove the defects after the initial inspection,” advised A. Plečkaitis.
He pointed out that in salons, shops or cleaning services, damage to cars should not be hidden and disguised, but removed as much as possible. It turns out that one of the signs that one might suspect that the car was tampered with in order to hide flaws is the strong unnatural shine of the cabin.
“Usually the interior of the car is matte in its original form. So if it is very shiny, there is a high probability that it is an attempt to mask scratches or other mechanical defects that will come off as soon as the enamel is erased ”, said the specialist.
What scratches are the most difficult to remove?
The increasing attention of automakers to the pleasure of touch is partly to blame for the most difficult interior defects to eliminate. Because the harder the coating, the easier it is to repair scratches, while it is quite difficult or even impossible to restore a soft or rubberized surface.
And with the body, everything is a little easier. Surface scratches can be polished off. For example, if only one coat of varnish is applied, it can be fixed so that the marks do not remain. And if the scratch is looking for paint, primer, metal, then there is no other way than to repaint.
“There are solutions on the market that offer to apply these deeper scratches, to partially polish them. However, the damage is likely to remain visible to the skilled eye and does not comply with the technological processes recommended by car manufacturers, which are very clear: if enough, the surface of the car can be polished, and vice versa, repaint the whole part, “said A. Plečkaitis.
An already polished or repainted car can be covered with various protective coatings: silicone, ceramic, quartz. They are used not only for the body, but also for wheels, glass, headlights.
“These coatings are also one of the most suitable tricks that car dealerships use. Because the car not only looks better (deepens its color, gives it a solid shine), but also creates a hydrophobic effect, iy Repellent effect of moisture, which makes the vehicle more resistant to external influences: less dirt, water and other deposits.
“Two identical cars are standing next to each other in the outdoor parking lot, one of which was covered with a special coating and the other was not, after a while their appearance will start to differ a lot. It will be an added value for the new car owner: you won’t have to take care of it yourself, ”said A. Plečkaitis.
Clean the salon yourself or pay the professionals?
Of course, it all depends on the price you want to sell the car for. If the investment is worth it, it is recommended to take the car to the cleaning station.
“Typically, people don’t have, they just don’t pay to buy as many cleaning products and equipment as auto cleaning centers. Another problem that home interior cleaners face is dehumidification. Because if you stick around in the soft and deep layers of the car and does not dry enough, the smell of mold and mildew appears very quickly. To avoid this, car cleaning centers use special interior drying equipment that circulates large amounts of hot air to through the interior of the car, thus drying out even the deepest and most inaccessible layers of material. Trust me, it will sell a smelly car for a long time, “said the expert.
If the living room is cleaned in its own garden, A. Plečkaitis recommends trying to clean it as dry and thoroughly as possible, moving the seats away, paying special attention to all hard-to-reach places: “After all, the overall picture is created from of the smallest details, the nuances “.
Clean cars are more expensive
A. Plečkaitis observes that now time is valued as much as money: “We all want to have a clean, tidy and ready-to-use item, and not spend a lot of time or money on it. For example, restoring the body of a very abandoned car with many scratches to its original condition can cost between 100 and 1000 euros, the process will take time and the car will not be available for 2 days ”.
According to the specialist, comparing the same cars on the market, one ready for sale and the other abandoned, the final price may differ by 10-15%: “Competition in the used car market is high, so the Success will accompany those who put the most in the process. efforts “.
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