7 article(s)
A practical guide to reading car-care product labels and matching wash routines to the Algarve's sun, salt and Calima dust.
Coloured paint protection film changes how a car looks while shielding the paint underneath — here is how it differs from a wrap and where its limits lie.
A plain look at how modern chemical surface-restoration works, where it genuinely helps Algarve cars, and where it does not.
PPF is tough TPU film that absorbs stone chips; vinyl wrap is thinner PVC made mainly for colour, and knowing the difference matters before you book.
A paint thickness gauge tells us how much material we have to work with before correction, but it cannot see everything that matters.
A clear, honest breakdown of how brake dust attacks wheels and what iron removers and wheel coatings each realistically do about it.
Before any film or coating goes on, the paint's true condition has to be decided in person — because whatever is under the layer stays there for years.