Checking the technical condition of the body (Granta 2190)

To carry out the work, you will need an inspection pit or overpass.

1. Prepare the car for work ("Preparing the car for maintenance and repair").

2. Inspect the car from the outside for paint chips and metal corrosion. Paint chips most often appear on the front of the car and are the result of stones flying out from under the wheels of nearby cars hitting the body. If no measures are taken to restore the coating, the areas where the paint has chipped will subsequently become sources of corrosion. Rust can be temporarily stopped using converters that turn rust into primer and create a protective, waterproof coating. But a more reliable way is to remove corrosion mechanically, for example with sandpaper, then prime and paint the cleaned metal.

3. Traces of corrosion should also be looked for on the car's sills, lower edges of the doors, around the windshield and rear windows and along the perimeter of the roof.

4. Opening the hood and doors one by one, check the operation of their locks. In addition, we make sure that the window lifters and rear-view mirror drives are in good working order.

5. In the car interior, we check the functionality of the front seat adjustment mechanisms, the ability to fold and the reliability of the rear seat fixation. We make sure that there is no mechanical damage to the seat belts and check the precise operation of their locks and inertia reels.

6. Lift the carpet in the driver's and front passenger's footwell area and check the condition of the car's underbody from the inside for moisture and corrosion. If they are found, we completely remove the carpet and check the entire underbody.

7. Having placed the car on an inspection pit or overpass, we check the condition of the bottom and lower power elements of the body for the integrity of the anti-gravel coating and the presence of traces of corrosion.