3 Vehicle Modifications to Protect Your Vehicle From Auto Body Damage
Something you have to always do for your car is fix all dents and dings to keep your vehicle in optimal mechanical condition. These dents and dings can become expensive to fix over-time, especially if your insurance provider does not cover the damage.
Not all damages are avoidable; however, you have some proactive steps you can take to prevent damage to your vehicle. There are also certain driving situations where you can be more vigilant to avoid body damage to your vehicle as well.
Add a Front Grill Guard to Your Vehicle
A front bumper guard, also referred to as a grill guard, is made from metal and mimics the structural layout of your front bumper. A front bumper guard extends about six inches from the front of your vehicle. Grill guards are often added to trucks but can be added to other passenger vehicles as well.
Grills guards can help you avoid body damage. In a low-speed accident, a grill guard will protect the front end of your vehicle from serious damage. They are not as effective at protecting your vehicle in a high-speed accident, however.
In an accident where you hit an animal, such as a deer, a grill guard can help protect the front end of your vehicle from damage. This protection can also help stop the animal's momentum and keep it from hitting the hood or the windshield of your vehicle.
Front bumper guards also help protect your vehicle from little bumps and scratches that can occur.
Add a Rear Bumper Guard to Your Vehicle
The second is a rear bumper guard, which is a rubber or plastic foam-filled pad that attaches directly to your back bumper.
Rear bumper guards provide a variety of benefits. To start with, if you bump into another vehicle or object while backing up, a rear bumper is designed to absorb that pressure and prevent your bumper from getting damaged.
The guard will also protect your bumper from paint damage that can easily occur from everyday encounters, such as a shopping cart running into the back of your car, or scratching your bumper as you load items into your vehicle.
If you are involved in a rear vehicular collision, a rear bumper guard will absorb some of the impact and help to protect everyone inside of the vehicle. Rear bumper guards are most effective during low-speed collisions, such as someone running into you at a stoplight.
Keep Your Windshield Wipers in Good Condition
When bad weather occurs, such as an intense thunderstorm, a normal rainstorm, or during a snowstorm, your chance of getting into an accident increase. Although it would be great to be able to stay inside during bad weather, sometimes you have to go out.
When driving in bad weather, your ability to see the road impacts your ability to keep yourself safe. If you’re caught in a sudden downpour with windshield wipers that don’t work, you can be at further risk.
Change your windshield wipers out at least twice a year. Or change your windshield wipers when you notice your wiper blades are streaking and smearing the water instead of clearing it from your windshield. In the winter, use specially made winter wiper blades that are specifically made to deal with ice and snow.
That way, when you must drive during bad weather situations, you'll be able to see what is happening and can keep yourself safe.
Give us a call today at Olson's Auto Body , and we can help protect your vehicle by adding a front grill guard and a rear bumper guard to your vehicle. If your vehicle already has some dents and dings, we can clean those up for you as well.
