6. Wax the Exterior
Once the street sweepers have made their rounds, it’s time to take care of your paint a little more. You’ve already removed the salt and grime from winter driving, but now it’s time to restore your car’s shine.
Check that your paint is smooth and clean. If you can feel grit on your paint, use detailing clay to remove it before waxing your car. Once you’ve clayed the paint, apply a coat of your favorite car wax to rejuvenate the paint and restore a shine that was lost under all that winter grime.
7. Clean Your Carpets
Why not start springtime with a clean slate? Those salt marks from your boots on your carpet don’t have to be permanent, though, for many people, they are. Simply clean your carpets in the spring, once the roads no longer require salt, to remove those unsightly salt stains.
8. Get an Alignment
Winter lays a licking on your steering and suspension. You may have run into a curb by accident, encountered one of the thousands of potholes that popped up, or maybe a little fender-bender set your steering wheel off-center. If you don’t have your wheel alignment corrected, you can wear your tires prematurely, put excess strain on your steering and suspension, and have a vehicle that is more difficult to control than it should be.
