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AUTOMOTIVE PAINT IS HARD TO KEEP PERFECT WITHOUT PAINT CORRECTION We've all been there. Whether it was coming out of Loblaws on Baseline with groceries or leaving the Sens game at the Canadian Tire Centre, upon getting to your vehicle you notice a nasty scratch, scuff, or dent that you swore wasn't there earlier. A quick scan of the vehicles surrounding you makes it clear whoever damaged your vehicle got out of there before you returned, without a note no less! This is all too common for Ottawa's vehicle owners. "Will that scratch buff out?" Now over the years, your vehicle's paint gets abused from any manner of things, heck, even hand-washing your car can give it micro-scratches view-able in direct sunlight. So what to do? MOST COMMON PAINT DEFECTS SCRATCHES & MARRING STAINS & ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE HOLOGRAPHICS & SWIRLS STONE CHIPS & ROAD DAMAGE If you've left your vehicle's paint unprotected it has likely become hazy, scratched, stained, or faded and you should look into Paint Correction services. Paint correction is the application of a series of compounds [...]

 Now that warm weather has finally returned to Ottawa, it is time to get your car ready for comfortable summer driving. And when it comes to keeping a vehicle cool without running gas-sucking air conditioning, nothing beats window tinting.
Think of it as sunglasses for your car. “There are many good reasons to have your car windows tinted now, using quality XPEL standard and ceramic window films,” said Peter Gard, owner of Goldwing Autocare. Founded in 1994 by Peter and his brother Adam, Goldwing Autocare is Ottawa’s new car preservation authority.

“The first reason for window tinting is protection from cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) radiation,” said Gard. “Window tinting can prevent up to 99 per cent of damaging UVA and UVB solar radiation from entering a car or truck.”

The second reason is safety. Without film, side car windows shatter into fragments upon impact, raining these fragments onto the driver and