1. Prepare the car for work (see "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 cars moving nearby hitting the body. If you do not take measures to restore the coating, the paint chipped areas will subsequently become corrosion hotbeds. Rust can be temporarily stopped with 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, prime the corrosion hotbed and paint over it.
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, we 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 accuracy of their locks and reels.
6. Lift the carpet in the driver's and front passenger's footwell area, check the condition of the car's underbody from the passenger compartment side for moisture and corrosion. If any are found, remove the carpet completely and check the entire underbody.
7. Having installed 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.
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