Bugs and tar hitting your vehicle’s paint are unavoidable in the warmer months. The heat promotes multiplication of the bugs and other insects, increasing the chances that more of them will be hit by your car and stick to the windshields, mirrors and paintwork. Summer heat also makes the road tar to melt, making it easy to be lifted and splattered by the car tires.
Here are some of the effects of this mess.
Eating away your car paint
When you are driving, bugs including moths, flies, grasshoppers, butterflies, and many others hit your car at a high speed causing the smudge and splatter. If you don’t wash them after a couple of days, the decomposing bugs will start producing acids and other toxic compounds that will discolor and start corroding the clear coat and paintwork.
And bugs are not as toxic as tree sap, road tar, bird droppings and other elements. The more you take without washing them using the best tar remover for cars at Motoring Essentials Guide, the greater the damage they do on your vehicle.
Other surfaces such as plastic parts, headlights, are not spared either. They will also stain due to the toxic compounds.
Streaks and scratches
When bugs with harder shells such as beetles hit your vehicle, they can slightly chip the surface, whether it’s the clear coat, grille, bumper, or front end plastic surfaces.
Also, when the tires lift up and spatter asphalt debris, for example, when the car is skidding, these pieces will dent whatever surface they hit on your vehicle.
If you haven’t installed a paint protective film, the resulting streaks and scratches may force you to repaint your car.
Unattractive finish
The bug and tar spots, tree saps, bird waste and other elements will make your car dirty and unsightly unless you use an effective tar remover. Add to this the scratches and blemish on the finish and you have a car that can’t bargain a good price if you want to sell it.
