Winter Preparation, undercoated the celica, any other ideas? Options

[azian_advanced]

I had my car undercoated about 2 weeks ago. less than 5 days before our actual permanent snowfall began. i have on all season tires with a good amount of tread on them. i have my block heater plugged in when i'm at work but not at home (my parents say it's a waste of electricity and tell me to just warm-up the car earlier). i also have a mini heater that keeps the interior warm when i have the block heater plugged in too. i wash the car including the underbody and wheel wells every 5 days or so.

but what else can i do to keep the celica well maintained for the snowy and slippery streets? any suggestions?


here are some pics of the undercoat:










This post has been edited by azian_advanced: Nov 4, 2007 - 12:39 AM

[blu94gt]

I think you're overkilling with the block heater etc, especially the interior heater. just tough it out for the 2 minutes that it takes the car to warm up lol. My car sits out in the parking lot all the time, always cold, have to scrape the snow and ice off of it. I would say for winter change to a 5w30 oil, and just be ready for the worst snow. Maybe some snow tires depending on how bad the weather gets?

[azian_advanced]

I think you're overkilling with the block heater etc, especially the interior heater. just tough it out for the 2 minutes that it takes the car to warm up lol. My car sits out in the parking lot all the time, always cold, have to scrape the snow and ice off of it. I would say for winter change to a 5w30 oil, and just be ready for the worst snow. Maybe some snow tires depending on how bad the weather gets?

well we get temperatures as low as -50 C (-58 F). it takes about 10 mins to warm up the car to its normal temp.

oil change to 5w30 is a good idea.. i may consider it on my next paycheque..

Hey man.. that looks nice. How much for you to do that to my car?

i'll have to find out exactly, but around $35 for the undercoat and $65 for labor... you interested??

my car came undercoated. as for the cold i just go warm it up a few minutes before i leave.
if there are 5 other cars at your house how come yours get to be in the garage? ...celis are just that good

my car came undercoated too but it seemed like throughout the years, some of it was starting to come off.