9 Ways to Maintain the Value of Your Car

8) Change your lights and keep them clean

Strangely enough, car lights play a factor on the perception of your car’s value. As consumers we tend to look at the shiniest, brightest, and cleanest items as the best. That’s why most cars have a glossy sheen, or cleaned tires are sprayed with a glossy finish.

The same holds true for your head lamps. Keeping the light covers clean is a matter of purchasing specialized cleaner for car headlights. However, a bottle of window cleaner will do the trick as well. Cleaning your light covers regularly, say every other month, will keep you from having to put a lot of elbow grease into getting off all those bugs, as well as the fog that builds over time.

In addition to keeping the light covers clean you will want to make sure that when you replace your bulbs, you replace both of them rather than each one as they burn out. This will provide your vehicle with consistent lights, and less likelihood that one goes out just before you sell your car.