Extend the life of the car, reduce the cost of its maintenance allows timely body repair. "Gazelles", like any other small-capacity vehicles, more often than others need to restore the body.
Drivers often neglect the characteristics of the car, trying to transport more products at a time than the maximum load capacity of the car allows. This inevitably leads to wear not only of the engine, transmission, but also of body elements. The aggressive influence of the environment cannot be ruled out, because cars spend most of their time on the street. Therefore, body repair should be a mandatory operation when visiting the service station.
Typical types of damage
Typically, a Gazelle body repair includes measures to restore the integrity of plastic and steel elements, as well as components made of various alloys of aluminum and other metals. Each detail is overcome by certain problems, the most common of which are as follows:
- violation of the integrity of the paintwork - cracking, peeling, the development of corrosion - is characteristic of metal elements;
- the formation of cracks and breaks is characteristic of plastic components, since they have less ductility than steel parts;
- the appearance of dents with chipping, cracking paintwork pursues metal structures, but this problem may also concern polymer materials.
A characteristic problem of small vehicles is a violation of the geometry. Axle displacement, cracking in the frame - not every center that performs body repair of the Gazelle can eliminate such problems. In some cases, it’s cheaper to “turn in” the car for scrap than restore it.
Redecorating
Reconditioning is most often understood as redecorating. This is necessary not only to return the car to its original and attractive appearance, but also to protect it from corrosion. Water seeping into small cracks becomes the main cause of rust formation. If scratches or chips are completely “fresh”, then they do without machining the body. Very often, in such cases, do the Gazelle body repair with your own hands. To do this, the damaged surface is treated with a solvent. Then a layer of primer and paint is applied. Each "new" layer is applied after the previous one has completely dried.
If at the place of damage traces of corrosion were noticed, then it is necessary to contact the service station, because it is necessary to remove the centers of corrosion by mechanical means. It is best if sandblasting is used.
Recovering inaccessible places
The factory protective coating of the underbody of the car is often covered with microdamages, loses its properties, which makes the metal completely defenseless. In this case, the Gazelle body repair consists in applying bitumen mastic with preliminary treatment of places of possible corrosion development by abrasive plants.
Other experts consider the most vulnerable and at the same time inaccessible places to be the inner surfaces of the side members, door sills and niches. In these places, corrosion develops due to a rare and acquisitive inspection by drivers. In this case, minor damage is also repaired with thick mastic and special compounds, for example, Movil.
Body repair
Directly body repair "Gazelle Next", for example, is carried out to eliminate dents and more serious defects. The restoration of car elements is beneficial only in cases where a small front of work is expected. In other situations, it is better to replace the damaged element.
Today, advanced technologies are used to eliminate dents. In particular, they use hydraulic "stretchers", which literally pull a dent, returning the original appearance to the car. To eliminate chips, breaks in plastic elements, the Gazelle Next body repair is carried out using special soldering irons, heat guns and hair dryers.
Do not delay to repair these damage. Otherwise, you will create conditions for the development of corrosion, which ultimately will force you to carry out major body repairs. "Gazelle", the prices of which are growing rapidly, after carrying out such work, simply does not pay off. Prevent future expenses right now.