Tuning of the Salon. How Not to Pay For Other People's Mistakes

The desire to stand out among others pushes us sometimes at reckless and somewhat childish deeds. For car enthusiasts, this can be the purchase of a rare, rarity car, for example. Those who are satisfied with their car or unable to replace it, begin to master tuning. Sometimes, getting carried away by them can be far away from some of the most important qualities of the car: reliability and comfort. It seems that it can damage these indicators. Strangely enough, but to reduce the level of reliability and comfort of the car is very easy. Thoughtful decisions, savings on materials, inexperience and much more will make any of your trip unbearable. In this connection, many motorists trust their iron friends in the experienced hands of the masters of tuning salons.

In this article, we will talk about tuning the car interior or, as it is also called, internal tuning.

Car interior tuning or interior tuning includes the repair and bracing of the cabin in leather, alcantara and other materials, changing the shape of the seats, adding or changing various elements and much more. Pulling the car salon is a matter of professionals!

There are specialized auto companies in every city. Prices everywhere vary from seductively low to very high. And here, the main issue is the topic of choosing an auto-house. If you turn to unscrupulous masters you can not only remain dissatisfied with work, but you will also have to overpay, turning to other organizations with a request at least to return as it was.

So, how to choose a bona fide organization. The answer is simple. Turning to the atelier, ask for samples of finished works. It can be photos, any details of the car interior during work or exhibition items. Study them carefully. Look at the quality of the materials used, pay attention to the quality of threads and seams, evaluate the item as a whole. Next, ask about the warranty. According to the law on consumer protection, a warranty for the salon should be provided for a period of one to two years. An exception can be the steering wheel and the handle of the checkpoint (the reason I will describe in other articles).

You appreciated everything? Did you like it? Is the guarantee provided? Now you can go to the material selection.

Firms that are engaged in tuning salons for more than one year, can provide you with a wide selection of samples of materials for every taste and in a different price range. In most cases, the samples themselves are not cheap, therefore, the availability of assortment of samples is another factor that speaks about the seriousness of the company.

But, what material to choose? AutoStyle AvtoStil, Bryansk, on its official website (www.autostyle32.ru) conducted a survey among visitors on the topic "What kind of material do you want to see in the cabin of your car?". According to the results, the first place was shared by skin (29%) and Alcantara (29%), Velor (15%) and Kojem (15%), followed by tissue stores (12%). The advantage of leather and Alcantara is not enough, it's style, reliability, pleasant tactile qualities, etc. Velor also has its advantages, the main addition to which can be attributed to its low cost in comparison with the skin and Alcantara. The lag in the ranking of tissue stores is understandable. Not understandable is only the second place salons of leatherette. Apparently, the visitors of the site were guided by the cost of this material, because for the rest of the indicators leatherette is much inferior to all other items. In this connection, when choosing the material for the salon of your car, we advise you to abandon the salon sewn entirely out of leatherette. If the means permit and there is a desire, it is better to choose alcantara or skin, however such salons cost from about 45000r (from the Ryazan skin) and above (for example, from the Italian skin RodStar).

Alas, a leather salon or salon from Alcantara, pleasure is not from deshovyh. In this connection, one should approach this issue with utmost care. If the studio offers a lower cost leather interior, it is worth considering the quality of the skin itself. So, out of 20 proposed skins, employees of Avtostil auto company will choose a maximum of 4-5. Alas, the price of the skin is growing, and the quality is falling. And this can be seen even with the naked eye (bad streak, poor-quality embossing, detachment), not to mention hidden defects (stigma, sores, etc.) that will "come out" in the process of exploitation. But even "approved" skins are not always of excellent quality, there is a large consumption, and therefore skins have to buy more than if the quality was the best. Excess one skin, this is extra 3-6 thousand rubles. Think, which director of the studio will take on such costs? Of course not. Therefore, if you are offered a salon for a suspiciously low cost, think, but will someone look at the quality of the material? Remember as in Pushkin: "You would not chase pop for cheapness."

Another point that can not be ignored in this article is the question of the features of automotive skin. Keep in mind that agreeing to sew the salon out of the furniture, and sometimes out of the leather, you doom yourself to a bust of the cabin after a year maximum, which means regular overpayments. And that's why: Let on the couch sofa you sit more than on the car seat of the car, keep in mind that the auto salon is subject to the most aggressive exploitation. Your car falls under periodic temperature changes in both winter and summer. Humidity in wet weather also does not favorably affect the salon. And if sometimes the car has to be left in the sun, plus the above factors, and here, in 4-12 months your salon is so miserable that even a constriction will no longer be a luxury, but an absolute necessity. Whatever overpay twice, do not be stingy, choose only high-quality automotive materials.

So, the studio was chosen, with the material decided, what next? And further, you have to leave your pet in the caring hands of specialists for a period of 4-10 days. Why so long? And because each car is unique, each has its own features and hidden trivia that can simplify, but often complicate the modernization process. Haste in such matters is undesirable. Conscientious masters will refuse to speed up the process for an additional fee or will be warned in advance. Extra few thousand rubles - not an excuse to spoil your reputation. The maximum on what concessions can go is to move you in the order of the queue to the first place. However, again, not everyone agrees. For professionals - reputation means everything!

Well, the day of X came, the long-awaited call, a nice voice tells you that the car is ready and can take it. Think on this all? And here not. Please note that it is better to take the car in the daytime and inspect it on the street, rather than indoors. In daylight, you can see all the shortcomings, mistakes made by masters, marriages and other unpleasant moments. If this is your first time at an auto-shop and you are not sure of its honesty, it is better to wait and pick up the car the next day, so that you do not have to run after the masters with the requirements to correct the shortcomings.

When picking up the machine, check:

1) Check if the terms of the contract are met. Whether the material is installed, whether the threads are applied, etc.

2) Inspect the cabin as a whole and its individual elements - everything should be neat, nothing else should stick around.

3) Material on all seats must fully match, unless otherwise agreed. To do this, ask for a small cut and attach it to each of the seats and other tuned items. Differences are not present anywhere? Then the next point.

4) Pay attention to the quality of the stitches. They should be smooth, equal and direct. Threads should not hang anywhere. At the corners of such elements as headrests, armrests and others, where the angle is straight, there should not be a bubble effect.

5) Sit down in your salon, inspect it from all sides for breakdowns of other parts. Alas, but often it happens that doing one breaks the other. No one is immune from mistakes, but if tuning was carried out in a good atelier. Then you will not even know about such trifles, everything will be fixed and repaired at the expense of the company.

6) Check the functionality of all functions (seat adjustment, heating operation, etc.).

7) Get a consultation from a car dealer about the specifics of caring for the salon from the selected material.

That's all. Observing all these rules, you will be satisfied for a long time. Pamper yourself and your car with luxury! You deserve it!

The article was prepared by the auto company "Autostyle" in Bryansk (www.autostyle32.ru). 4/11/2011