 Her ogle and shock forming here township Chevrolet for another edition of tech talk and today We're going to show you to get your body ready for winter roll the intro Okay, so when winter hits everyone's concerned we need a video already on how to kind of get your vehicle ready your engine Powertrain that kind of stuff ready looking after your battery cooling system And that's all fine and well But some people if you get about the body of your car the actual door rubbers and windows and stuff That can cause you a lot of headache in the winter time Especially when the temperatures fluctuating up and down a lot So we're going to show you a few quick tips here and tricks to do some stuff That's real cheap you can do yourself at home and get yourself get your vehicle body ready for the winter and Hopefully save you some headaches. So there's just a few products here Phil if you want to just zoom in We've got this spray silicone Lube here and this is great for doing your door rubbers and window rubbers and this keeps the the water and freezing and ice and causing Damaged either your door rubbers when you open your doors get suck You open them up and they tear or your window motors and your window regulators Even you know hand crank or power you're trying to force that one to down in the drive through going through your coffee shop in the morning And you break something there because it's stuck. So this stuff will help prevent that This does the same thing but in a different manner. This stuff is your spray This stuff comes in this kind of an applicator and you're basically gonna you're gonna rub this stuff on the rubber So it comes down to whatever one you want to use This is the acd lco product here You can use this stuff. It's a little thicker leaves more of a kind of white residue on your on your door rubbers and stuff It does a great job We prefer to use this here. It's a lot quicker It's a little more messy if you're not careful We'll kind of show you how to put that on without making a mess and does the same job and it kind of drives clear So it you don't see it which is kind of nice This next up here this multi-purpose grease You can replace this I mean something is better than nothing when it comes to lubing up your door hinges and your your door latches So anything you got at home this stuff here is good because it kind of it's a thicker kind of waxier grease So when you spray it on it sticks there and it stays right so you can use your rust check green can red can Some of the WD-40 products will work anything will work as long as kind of like an oil based stuff You want to get on the hinges this stuff's nice too because it it doesn't stay as sticky So it doesn't tend to grab that and track the dirt this kind of like seals it right So the only problem with using that like a more of a liquidy style spray Is that the dirt's gonna stick to it and sometimes that dirt will actually get in the grease Then you've got stuff making noise and wearing parts out. So that's what we like using this the next thing too that a lot of people forget about because we get a lot of Keyless entry systems on cars now is your door lock. So even if you don't see a door lock on the side of your car there is like a Little plastic cover on the covers the door lock assembly in a lot of cars So if your battery goes dead and your key fob goes dead you can go ahead and Pop that cap off and use that little emergency key in the back of your key fob to get in So this will keep this from sticking and freezing up. So it's kind of does a couple things It's a de-icer one, which is great and it also lubricates the lock and keeps it from freezing up in the future So we'll show you to do that. So let's go over to the truck I got lined up here Phil and we'll show everyone how to do that Okay, so the first thing we're gonna do is put on the DPL, which is for the door locks I just picked this half-ton here because it's got a door lock. It's only got one in the truck, but it is exposed Which is good. It's got a little nozzle in the top of it. We're gonna go ahead and take that off. We're gonna shake it up And You're gonna stick that through that little flap that's in the door and Just gonna give it a couple of shots of spray until you see a little bit come back out of you Just have a rag ready because it can make a mess You can kind of get in there give that a wipe and then it comes on the running down the door and That's all I got to do to keep your door locks in freezing. So pretty simple You can't use this on your ignition lock too because your ignition can't get a little You know as you're using it can wear a little bit. You can get a graphite Kind of pasty a put in door locks too, which works really well. It doesn't really have the de-icing Properties this does but when the grease is in there it won't allow the water to get in either So it kind of does the same thing but doesn't it different a different way So it's nice to do these you can do your tailgate lock The reason why it's good to you especially in the newer cars is with all the keyless entry no one uses their keys anymore So they tend to seize up So if you're doing this put your key in run your key in a few times make it those tumblers working They're inside of there spray that in there and that'll keep your door locks working and keeping from freezing through the winter Okay, so these are the two products. We're gonna apply on this vehicle to help with the window rubbers and door Rubbers so We'll go ahead and we'll use this one first We'll just give you a quick run on this pretty easy you pull this up applicator out You get some of the grease on there and you're just gonna rub that up and down on the window now You on the rubber you can see it kind of leaves that residue on there That's why I tend not to use this one as much because if you're rubbing on and off of that It's gonna get on your clothes you can rub it in and you can see it kind of you can almost Wax it in and you can feel the difference in the rubber It kind of makes it keeps it supple keeps it sealing good So it's great doesn't allow the water to get in there and keeps this from sticking to the ice So that's kind of the main function of it this stuff here This is the stuff. I like to use any kind of silicone spray for rubbers good You can use it doesn't that be this brand in particular It is a little messier obviously because you're just brandy you can get overspray You know on the interior or whatever so what I tend to do is I'll just grab a rag hold that Give it a good shake and then just some little sprays kind of give it a rub down Spray that up and down on the rubber and go around the whole rubber and anything you get on the body You just give it a quick wipe. So if you'll watch this stuff here will actually dry up and when it dries It's smooth same thing keeps the rubber supple keeps it sealing good keeps the wind noises out keeps it also from sticking So I like this better, but it's pretty it's just personal preference. Both are doing the same thing for as far as your Your windows go Just keep you come in here fill and just take a look I guess So you want to want to this is the window track This is where a lot of your ice and stuff will build up right in this window track There's one on the front it's a little bit shorter But it goes down inside inside the door and if this one here this starts higher and this one runs down Starts up here and then runs down and goes along the back of the door So even when the windows down it's still in that track. Well your water and stuff can get in there So there's a few things you can do you get there's these window sashes here You don't want to put too much anything real heavy grease That's where I like this stuff better because it'll streak the window but because this stuff dries It's not too bad. So what I tend to do with this is I'll actually just spray a little bit on the actual rag itself And when it's wet, I'll just run it along the whiskers here on the window with my finger And that just puts a little light coating on there It won't streak the window won't catch all the dirt and stuff and plus it keeps you can see that's the dirt That's in the window sashes just from and this is a brand new vehicle, right? That's just from sitting out in a lot So that obviously scratches the windows makes the windows harder to see out of I don't have the straw for this can but If you have the straw it makes it a little easier for you to use it at home Especially if you're doing this outside in the wind, but we're okay here I spray this right into this window channel, and I basically just flood it and Just let it run down inside the channel all the way down the window So I mean I'll spray quite a little bit give generous amount in there and then I'll go over to this side here And I'll do the same thing Phil You can kind of see it running down the window there And it's kind of it's gonna run all the way down, and I just leave it wipe off any excess from some any areas You might have sprayed it on but it's been pretty clean this that's why the straw makes it easier You can actually show the straw right in there and spray that down So now that that's all inside the window you go around obviously do that with all the windows And all the door rubbers and you got to remember you got you got door rubbers here on the door You got door rubbers on the body So some of these are meant to keep Water from getting in And when noise it's pretty much their job I understand it's the job of every rubber to keep the water in the window But some of these are actually to Channel the water away from the interior and summer to keep it out so But they they all work the same way So you want to you want to make sure you do these door rubbers You can see they go all the way around the whole the whole vehicle opening and this one here same thing So make sure you do two rubbers on each door plus your window channels once you let that sit a little bit Run your window up and down that'll get the sides of the windows lubricated and that there I'll keep you from getting that you know that stick when you try to open your door after you get that your you know Big difference in temperature change and you get that ice freezing up also doing around the hatch Some of them have the window on the hatch that opens you can do it the same thing there So that's all we got for door rubbers and window rubbers Okay, so the next up we got is the multi-purpose grease so like I said earlier you can use rush jack the green can the red can You use 70 40 something is better than nothing in there I like this stuff because it's a little waxier and you kind of see what I mean Kind of sticks and stays there better doesn't run doesn't make such a mess and doesn't gather so much dirt and stuff on on the hinges Or on the latches which can which can kind of create a problem. So keeps you from having to clean them all the time So we'll go ahead. We're gonna start with the latch first because it's right over here Phil You want to shape the can up really well And then you just want to go ahead and this is where your latches you can see there's already a bit of grease near This is a new vehicle, but we're just gonna go ahead and just and that's all it takes just a little squirt and then once you're done You're just gonna go ahead and just clean off any overspray you get on there Just kind of keep the keep the vehicle clean keep it looking good So the grease now is just it's just in where it needs to be and that'll help keep that lubricated on the latch So you're gonna go ahead and go around do that to all four latches Five if you got yourself a hatch or you can even use in the trunk latch same thing You can use it on your hood latch as well. So there could potentially be six latches all together The next thing we're gonna do is gonna spray the hinges. Well, you got basically you got two hinges You got your top hinge here You got your lower hinge here, and then you've got this Door check and this is got the D10 Senate that step your door out And this is what keeps your door from swinging it too far if you if you catch the wind, right? So this piece here mostly on newer vehicles is all plastic you got a hinge point in here So you're gonna want to go ahead give that can to shake again and give that quick little little spray here That's on your hinge point and give it a spray where it kind of goes into the door It'll move itself around always like I said keep your rag out so you can kind of give it a cleaning You don't want to get too much junk anywhere. So you're gonna kind of want to clean that up a bit Okay, so that's great there and we're gonna go ahead and we're gonna spray the lower hinge and the upper hinge so this is where your actual pin is for your hinge and I mean, this is all hidden from outside and any overspray you get here You can just kind of leave it you don't really have to clean it up You're gonna go ahead and give that a little bit of a spray move up to the top hinge And give that a spray and that's pretty much it you can give it a wipe if you're you know It's going all over the place on you but for the most part That's all you need to do and that'll keep those hinges moving good and free and keep them from buying up and making noise Hinges will stay nice and quiet you can do that to your hood hinges if you want you can do it to your All four doors and you can also do it to your hatch The only thing you want to keep it away from is The shocks if you've got shocks on your hatch or shocks on the On your hood Sometimes that stuff can catch dirt and then can actually cause a problem So these are the the shocks the lift shocks on this particular Train so they have these covers on it because the worst thing for these seals is dirt And obviously rust and stuff because they'll tear the seals and you don't need to grease these If you want to put a little grease on the hinge point there feel if you want to get a look that's kind of where it's hinged That's okay, but keep it away from the actual strut itself and obviously you can get in there and you can spray your your your latch back here for the door as well, so that's kind of Your windows and your doors are those things that kind of people forget about and don't really think about during the wintertime but If you're trying to get to your car and it's blowing and snowing you're cleaning off your windows You go to grab your handle and you can't get in that's kind of a pain And you can do damage to window regulators window rubbers door rubbers Your latches and stuff and replacing hinges on the new cars the old cars used to be just a pin you'd slide it in now Can't do it anymore. It's the whole hand so it can be a pretty expensive repair So just doing these few little tips and tricks and those cans last quite a while You do all your vehicles you got at home and it'll keep that stuff from freezing up and hopefully a winter Will go a little smoother for you. So that's been in addition to tech talk any comments or questions drop them in the down below in the in the link and We look forward to seeing you. Thanks