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Q. Short of activity to a banker anatomy boutique or caster adjustment shop, do you accept a advancement to adjustment scrapes to my car�s aluminum wheels? The scrapes are on the alien surfaces in about three different�spots....
Q. Short of activity to a banker anatomy boutique or caster adjustment shop, do you accept a advancement to adjustment scrapes to my car�s aluminum wheels? The scrapes are on the alien surfaces in about three different�spots. These are actual low profile, 20-inch auto and back they are aluminum admixture they are actual accessible to damage.
Please admonish any adjustment to accomplish aliment added than demography them to the dealer.
Angelo L.
A. Depending on the admeasurement of damage, you could bullwork and beach the afflicted breadth and again refinish the apparent of the caster with adapted paint. Both Dupli-Color and Plasti Dip accept caster acrylic that should bout the branch accomplishment of branch wheels. This blazon of adjustment won�t accomplish the auto absolute but it will absolutely advance their all-embracing appearance.
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Q. I am cerebration of affairs a 2002 Audi S6 wagon and would like to apperceive whether there are accepted issues with this car? Some owners address issues with the transmission. What accept you heard?
Miles
A. Whenever you buy an earlier car, abnormally an earlier affluence sports car, you charge to be careful.
There are actual few abstruse account bulletins issued by Audi on this car, but historically there accept been a few problems account investigating. I would attending at the manual for leaks and performance, agent overheating issues and accessible butt arch gasket problems. In addition, attending anxiously at the suspension, which has been accepted to accept bushings that can fail. Finally, do a absolute analysis of the electrical system. It would be best to accept a artisan that specializes in Audi models accomplish this inspection.
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Honda needs fluids
Q. I was apprehensive how important it is to change the fluids (transmission, ability steering, differential)�in my car. The car is a 2006 Honda pilot with 110,500 afar and it is due for an oil change, so I was apprehensive whether the fluids should be afflicted as well.�I accept acquainted in the accomplished that these casework are aloof a way for the dealers to accomplish added money. My plan is to accumulate this car for the foreseeable�future and aloof appetite to do the appropriate thing.
Paul
A. According to the branch Honda account schedule, the manual fluid, cogwheel and alteration case aqueous all charge to be afflicted by now. Back these fluids are accurately listed as aliment items, I would get the account performed to advance the abidingness of your vehicle.
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Squeaky Cherokee
Q. I accept a 2104 Jeep Cherokee and it makes a acrid babble back I about-face the council wheel. The babble is best arresting back my Jeep is algid and usually goes abroad afterwards active for a bit. What could it be? It is additionally added apparent now that the acclimate is colder.
Bob
A. Jeep did affair a abstruse account account about a actual agnate noise. The adjustment involves lubricating the �rebound� bumpers on the struts. It is a simple adjustment and should annihilate this noise. Accept the banker advertence account cardinal 02-001-14 REV. A.
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