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I am looking to get some feedback on tips for winterizing your car.

As far as the soap and wax to use before winter?

Things to check before winter?

Basically anything that you should do before the winter hits!

I just wash with a bit of dish-soap mixed in with my car-wash soap to remove wax, then use a synthetic sealant to seal the paint, protect from salt and slush. I also lubricate my door seals with some silicone lubricant (spray on rag, wipe on; helps prevent freezing).

Check:
Tire Pressures & Conditions (weekly; don't forget the spare!!!)
ALL Fluids
Make Sure your heat works in all positions (defrost, vents, floor)
Add de-icer fluid
Check your wipers
Lights
I'm planning on getting a set of rubber floor mats this winter (really good idea)

Things to keep in car:
Scraper/Brush
Blanket/Hat and Gloves/Candybar/things to keep you alive if you get stranded
Shovel is a great thing if you ever park in outdoor lots, Target has a nice collapsable shovel/scraper on-sale in their automotive section right now

I don't really do much to prepare other than throw a snow brush, a rubber snow pusher- which I use most since it doesn't scratch, and a scraper with a glove around it to keep my hands warm Other than that I wash weekly, espescially in winter and I wax monthly. This year I will be adding snow tires to the list of to-dos, just because I want to protect the chrome on the swoops.
I always have all weather mats in my car, they save the carpeting in the long run...Also allows me to have a perfect set of SSEi embroidered mats available if I want to put them in at any point.

That's easy. Wash.....use compressor to blow all the water out of the seams. Finish drying. Pull back in garage.
Cover with sheets and let it sleep till spring

2002BonnevilleSE wrote:That's easy. Wash.....use compressor to blow all the water out of the seams. Finish drying. Pull back in garage.
Cover with sheets and let it sleep till spring

Must be nice, Bob
JK

SSEiMan01 wrote:

2002BonnevilleSE wrote:That's easy. Wash.....use compressor to blow all the water out of the seams. Finish drying. Pull back in garage.
Cover with sheets and let it sleep till spring

Must be nice, Bob
JK

I was being nice Will

I forgot something: Rain-X on all the windows.

00Beast wrote:I just wash with a bit of dish-soap mixed in with my car-wash soap to remove wax, then use a synthetic sealant to seal the paint, protect from salt and slush. I also lubricate my door seals with some silicone lubricant (spray on rag, wipe on; helps prevent freezing).

Check:
Tire Pressures & Conditions (weekly; don't forget the spare!!!)
ALL Fluids
Make Sure your heat works in all positions (defrost, vents, floor)
Add de-icer fluid
Check your wipers
Lights
I'm planning on getting a set of rubber floor mats this winter (really good idea)

Things to keep in car:
Scraper/Brush
Blanket/Hat and Gloves/Candybar/things to keep you alive if you get stranded
Shovel is a great thing if you ever park in outdoor lots, Target has a nice collapsable shovel/scraper on-sale in their automotive section right now

Thank you for the list!

Put it in the garage and take care of the little bugs. Then I start a list of the next things to do when the weather dries out and warms up.

Pretty much have the engine where I want (I think), now it is time to start with the detailing and personalization mods.

00Beast wrote:I'm planning on getting a set of rubber floor mats this winter (really good idea)

I'm getting some for Penelope as well, since this is going to be her first REAL winter experience.

Oil-based or other fluidy, non-drying undercoating. Protect the vital undercarriage. I did it on my Cruze earlier this fall. It's greasy under there, and protected against the salt that's already on the roads.

How do you Winterize your Bonneville?

I do Nothing

Back it into the garage on a sheet of plastic to keep any dampness from the concrete away from the undercarriage, cover. Check in on her once in a while so she knows I still love her.