Helping My Friend Get His First Car Road Worthy!

what is up guys welcome back to simple builds we have a fun informative pretty short video for you guys today we are at AutoZone right now and I'm picking up a few things because my buddy Devon just got his first car he is meeting me over at the shop and he doesn't know we're going to hook him up with a couple small things from AutoZone just to get him going on the road safely we're going to clean his car up for him and I'm going to show you guys a couple quick tips for your maybe first car make it drive a little better make it feel a little safer and make it look a little better so we're going to give you guys a couple quick tips in today's video Let's jump inside the AutoZone I'm going to keep the camera here I'll show you guys what I pick up for him [Music] and here he is with the car we're going to be working on yes sir you know what I'm saying you ready to clean this thing up oh we ready let's get it let's get it let's go here we go so this is Devin this is his first car and I see he was mentioning something about some noise under here so we're going to have to fix that out a little bit first and foremost so let's get this car in and uh get it up on the lift here we're going to check it out actually before we do that it is pretty dirty so we're going to clean it and then I got a few little little surprises for Devon he don't know this little surprises nothing crazy nothing crazy but a little something something light for you all right car over here and I'll show you guys how dirty it is cuz it was sitting for a while but dad's taken it now and we're going to clean it up make it look good and uh get it on the road so let's get it quick intermission to remind you guys that we are still doing the K swap Civic giveaway the ending is very near we had a couple delays with the engine uh and getting it in and getting it ready there's a lot more work than I anticipated and that is totally on me a lack of understanding how much work really goes into a a k Swap and um I learned my lesson but guys we're wrapping that up very soon we got some professional help helping us to wrap that up and I cannot wait to get this thing on the road ready running ready for you guys so that'll be in a video coming very soon but be sure to get entered before it is too late make sure you guys grab your entries jump into the simple motor club at the link in the description over at simple bus. shop buy anything on the site that is every $1 you spent gets you one entry and if you jump into the motor club that is 400 entries automatically into every single giveaway that we do so make sure you guys jump in there check out the site get entered this car is coming along really nicely cannot wait to give it away to one of you guys let's jump back into today's video so we're going to wash it up first we got our soap and water with the bucket ready to go as you can see this thing was just sitting for a little while we got a bunch of little moldy dirty spots all over the place and a little bit of a rust spot there but it's a first car it's all right it's going to be a little bit banged up beat up but you can see there's some dirt here some Grime so overall definitely a pretty dirty car cuz it has been sitting obviously we're going to get it fixed up and running good and then on the inside oh hit that unlock for me D couple times then on the inside we can't make it perfect but we're going to vacuum it up clean it up we had a little an infestation in here so we'll get the vacuum to it nothing we can't handle so let's get started on the wash we're going to power wash it off get all this stuff cleaned up and that'll be step one for what you guys should do if you have a car like this to clean it up get it ready make it look good get it back on the road here we go [Music] so as you can see here obviously there's slight oil coming from the bottom we just power washed underneath the engine uh area and there's some oil in this water dping down so obviously there's some little uh modifications or maintenance things that we need to do underneath there but we'll get to those when we get to them probably not in this video but that's all right rainbow man it's it's right up there I swear it's a good sign of something I think no exactly usually Maybe not maybe not here but I mean no it is [Music] so we're going to dry it off now obviously guys this towel is on sale on the website right now make sure you go grab it simple build. shop is going to be in the description help support to do videos like this help out people like my man's Dev I use it all the time he uses it all the time this is his first time using it but that's all right all right car is looking pretty good all cleaned up let's pull it inside and I think we're going to try to tackle some of the Interior there you go keep coming all right yep make sure you guys hit your door jams that is is nice and gross allor right I got perfect I got just a thing for that step number one we get these ants all cleaned up oh it's nasty all right let's get [Music] it and then to finish off the jams let's take our allpurpose cleaner again this stuff is on sale on the website gets you entered into the case poop Civic that we're doing right now that giveaway you can see the videos on my channel and this stuff is also really awesome a lot of people are buying this stuff they're loving it so you can get the full kit with a towel or you can buy individually so let's take the allpurpose cleaner and clean up those trunk jams [Music] and make sure you get the door jams on the doors too because we got the trunk but now we're going to move on to the doors now and uh clean them all [Music] up we got the back all cleaned up in here with the vacuum no more ants nice and clean no more ants down in there so that's all vacuumed up one other thing I just remembered in the interior is the cup holders in order to do that I usually just take the all prepper spray spray the cup holders like crazy in there and I just put it down in the cup holder Bunch it up and just spin it around that usually does pretty good job and then just like that nice and clean obviously you got some corners and stuff to still hit but that is how I clean most of my cup holders and it does a pretty good job [Music] we're going to shut this down for now that is nice and done so this is the stuff that I've used before but I don't know how much is in here but just so you guys know what to use and try to get this stuff up Maguire's carpet and upholstery cleaner not sponsored or anything you just spray it onto a stain we'll try to get some of this stain down here [Music] let that sit for a second the directions are all here on the can and then you just take a microfiber or a scrubby whatever you got that's semi clean and then try to just scrub it off let's see if it does anything all right so that is the pretty much finished result a little bit better as you can see but the stain stuff is a kind of a hit or miss and this is the simple quick and easy I know there's a ton of tutorials on how to get stains out of carpets but that is not this video so let's move on to the next thing what we were noticing under here was still pretty dirty cuz we couldn't we got most of it with the power washer but we couldn't get everything we're going to take this off here just a Phillips head and a little [Music] nut all right now it's nice and clean underneath of this there and on top so that's a nice touch that we just finished up up next we're going to do some glass work I take a m microfiber fold it into fours so you have a bunch of different sides this is the stuff that I've been using for the longest time this worth glass cleaner I absolutely love it I love the way it sprays I love the way it works so you want to do the front and back no particular method but you want to do a wet side dry side I learned that when I was doing detailing professionally I worked at a dealership and this is what they taught me you spray it on use the Wet Side remember which side is wet and which side side dry doesn't really matter how you clean the window but make sure you clean the whole thing and then once you have it all clean flip it to the dry side to get all the streaks off and it comes out good as new and that is what you want to do for every single window and repeat and that'll make your windows look nice and clean all right so we did a quick launch break now we're back to it we're going to get the car up on the lift and we're going to check everything out underneath we're going to fix that uh skid plate underneath and then make sure everything looks good see if we need any repairs and fix some of the license plate bolts so let's get up on the lift and check everything out let's get it you totally missed the lens there we out there it [Music] is all right before we go up in the air I did want to check out the engine bay really quick and just go over a couple small things for you guys that might be new beginners or new to cars just a couple small things uh and I don't know everything but I'll cover some of the basics that I do know with you guys if this is your first car to make sure it is in good working order now under here where you most of your hood latch releases would be and it usually goes up or to the side you find a little lever press the lever it'll stick here while he holds that up drop it down onto this thing there's always going to be a spot for it you have your engine compartment right here so a couple Basics to run through first off make sure you vacuum under here cuz now the engine is up you can see all the lead these and crap keep this all clean and then for a quick clean I'm just going to take some allpurpose [Music] cleaner obviously you have your battery here your battery you want to swap out every couple years it can give or take I mean some of them last 10 years some of them last five some last two depends on the condition of your car where you're at where you live climates what kind of battery it is and we just swapped out this battery here literally the other day so this is a brand new battery you have your negative terminal and these are all just super basic terms for you guys that might not know a ton about cars cuz I know you've been asking for a video like this for a while so just some Basics to run through this is your battery you have positive and negative terminal you want to make sure both of them are tight your positive is always going to be red and your negative is going to be black and that is your ground so make sure it the negative side goes to the negative whenever you're hooking up a battery that should be self-explanatory but it's not but this is your distribut here your uh spark plug wires go over to each one 1 2 3 4 and then don't get it confus the numbers on these are not always 1 2 3 4 this is your alternator right here this keeps your battery charged while the car is on then you have your brake booster and your brake master cylinder and the back is an intake manifold this is your exhaust manifold with your exhaust heat shield this is your radiator up front here obviously you have your air intake your uh intake box that goes into your intake manifold and then you have O2 sensor right here pluged pluged into this manifold all pretty basic stuff make sure you never open your radiator cap or radiator cap however you want to say it when your engine is hot cuz this will blast coolant out into your face then you have your washer fluid it's usually always labeled just like this and you have your power steering reservoir make sure your power steering fluid is all topped off this is your coolant overflow tank right here every car should have one of these you have your engine oil dipstick right here this is where you refill the oil right here a lot of times it'll tell you what oil you need right on the C and this one says 5W30 so you can check it there your brake master cylinder it's going to say3 or four brake fluid I'm pretty sure those are the only two types of brake fluid you need to know about it'll usually always say on your cap and then everything else just a visual inspection to make every make sure everything looks good isn't unplugged isn't frayed wires or make sure your belts every so often are not dry rotted or looking like they have strings coming off of them cuz that means your belt is obviously ready to snap and some engines if that snaps that's big problems for you so make sure you guys check and inspect your engines and your engine bay or bring it to a shop that you know will inspect it for you properly so that is a basic overview of the engine let's get the vacuum out real quick and then clean up this engine compartment very quickly and then we'll move on to the next step get this car up in the air show you guys a little bit [Music] underneath all right car is up in the air first thing I want to fix too is just some stupidity uh which the previous owner did this to him obviously not him it's just like the wrong screws that hold in the license plate but this is just you're driving that's annoying and then let's look at the back it's the same thing back here just screws that are just way too long [Music] [Music] so we got these buttoned up now nice and tight all right so now we're underneath the car uh everything looks pretty decent under here you got a couple components to worry about like bushing on your tie rods pushings on the lower control arm your sway bar end link which is right here and everything looks pretty decent you want to look for dry roding or cracking or any greas slung anywhere from the CV axle actually your CV axle boot is ripped so that's going to be you're going to lose all the grease from the CV axle so you're probably going to need a CV axle uh for the front here Deon so we're going to need to get that figured out you always want to make sure you can check let's see so this one obviously you can see I'm make sure I can get a better view of this this CV axle looks good it's not torn all the grease is still inside and intact and then you come over to this CV axle and you can see it is ripped right here this rip boot means that all the grease is coming out and is no longer lubricating the bearings inside the axle so that is going to need to be swapped and then everything else looks pretty solid down here make sure you check bushings like I said for dry rot you want to check for oil leaks anything crazy these all looks pretty decent under here for an older car everything else back here looks like it's good as long as everything's working and not giving you any signs of failure you should be okay um obviously a little bit of surface rust but on some cobwebs but for the most part everything looks decent back here let's go ahead and get a pop clip a rivet for these they tried to put some tape here and that obviously didn't do a good job cuz this was hanging way down so all we need is one clip this just slides up and goes back in and we can do one clip right there let's get two push pins from the case and then these will go back up into their spot so in my drawer I have some push pins right here or whatever the heck you want to call them retain Clips all right we got these two let's see if these work all right see if you can hold that up for me there find the hole this pin in like this nice all right good as new let's do this one all right cool you staying in place and you staying in place just like that all right so that protective shield down there is all fastened up once you check out everything underneath there obviously you want to check and make sure that the brakes are good so in order to do a proper inspection you want to take the wheel off but I don't know if we're going to be able to take the wheel off today but I mean you can look up in there and see if the pad has any decent amount of life to it if it looks real skinny and thin and it's giving you a bunch of noises obviously and your brakes are you know un crappy that means it's time for breaks I did pick up a couple things to surprise de with I did tell him but I didn't show him what we got yet I told you guys a little bit about it earlier in the video we picked up I think it was five different things nothing crazy but something I think every new car owner or first-time driver should have in their car at all times things that I had in my car and things that you guys should probably pick up so I think it was like 100 bucks for all these things you know some some uh important items that you guys should have in your car whether you're a first-time driver or not honestly so let me go grab a couple of those things and we'll show Deon what we picked up okay oh that was crispy that was clean so let's grab those things I'll show you guys what they are all right we got him over there in timeout so I'm going to put the stuff on the table go grab a couple of these things and then we'll show them what we got all right you're released from timeout come over [Laughter] here so this is the nice little selection of stuff we got for your car sh got jumper cables in case you ever forget you leave a light on or something you come back to your car and it's dead you're going to need a set of jumper cables in your car at all times so definitely have those so you got those set up an FM transmitter anyone that's had an older car knows that these are vital I know we still got to figure out your radio code but that should be pretty simple so once we have that you can plug this in and you'll have Bluetooth radio finally in a 98 headlight restoration kit yours aren't super terrible but these are important so I'm going to keep this in your car we'll probably bust out honestly maybe the uh one of the packets in here and I don't think you need the whole kit so we'll do a little headlight restoration on that dude these everyone knows longtime viewers know these are crucial the vanilla Rama little trees oh hopefully you like the scent but you're going to learn to like it cuz that's the scent that I use and these little things man these are cool these I made a super viral video on Instagram people were all like iffy about it but these are blind spot mirrors so you can put these on your mirror on the top I'll show you we'll install them and your blind spot will pretty much be non-existent hey so nice and and safe for new drivers to have on their car these five things I think are Essentials for anyone to have in their car and all for about 100 bucks so not bad so this you would keep in your car let's see if we can figure this thing out got to be smelling good I got you bro I got you love to love of course of course real quick I also just remember to buy the tire stuff that I want you guys to check these tires look brand new I guess not brand new but tons of tread left on here and you can see the year that the tire was made on pretty much every Tire I'm almost positive I'll show you guys where it's at right here you can see it says 4420 so these tires are from 2020 they have decent tread there's no dry rot so these tires are good to go he's got michelins all the way around so these things are nice and safe and that is a couple tips for the tires for you guys just going to Pop the trunk for me so we can throw the cables in his trunk all right cool yeah so we got the code error so we just found the code if you guys are dealing with this on your 98 Civic so what we got de we got the other page all right auto theft feature will disable the system if it is disconnected from the car's battery to get the system working again you must enter a code number CP 150 boom 150 boom right there we're solving a riddle you know let's go so we'll turn it on Accessory mode 43 4 2 two we are live let's go let's go that is awesome yeah heck yeah all right cool so we got that figured out let's go detectives detectives Place some Taylor Swift or Beyonce oh this is fire this is fire okay I'm might to start cooking okay my name is Deon stay hooked up so he can listen to music now that the radio is unlocked so that is awesome all right so we got the radio working so that's huge and then we're going to use the transmitter now for the the Bluetooth so he's all set there we're like looking at this phone holder trying to figure out what this thing is and I'm like Oh my look at the look at the logo on here this how you know your car was old people owned Nokia that's for you're holding your old Nokia phone you just slide it right in there before the old smartphones that's hilarious up next we're going to take just the one part of the headlight restoration kit because these are pretty good they just need a little sealing on them and this kit is cheap enough that you can just buy another one if you need it I think it was the base coat yeah so it was this one so you just wipe it along go back back back until you cover the whole lens you can obviously tell pretty hazy and look at this one nice and clear in real time put it on like this this is self-leveling too so you don't you really need to worry about you're putting it on in any type of way but make sure you cover every of the headlight so once you it was actually the base coat wipe so once you put that on you can see that it looks way better now it's nice and shiny uh this isn't going to last for many years obviously but it's a quick very simple cheap easy and effective tool to bring your headlights back to life especially when they weren't that bad like these ones so just a new pretty much clear coat layer over them there you go there we go looks like that ooh it smells good that's what I'm saying it smells good that is the go-to man you can't beat it not at all not at all I mean not to be racist but the black ice man it's just it's just not the one it's it's not excuse me all right cool let's jump on to the next thing and then the last thing we got for him is these blind spot mirrors you guys have probably seen these before so this thing goes under your mirror in the top left corner so we're in the car now and I wanted to show you guys and Devin too uh the proper way to adjust your mirrors so what you want to do is adjust your mirror to the point where you can just barely see your car you don't need to see your car at all you just need to barely see it so if you go this doesn't work on this side left and right so we'll adjust it if you see too much of your car when you're sitting back that's not beneficial you want to be able to push it out as much as you possibly can we just barely seeing your car but you see here that there's a blind spot when you're looking this way so if you're a car I can see you right keep coming keep coming stop right there so I can still see him but then as soon as he comes up one more step you can't see him in your mirror right there and you can almost barely not see him on your left side obviously if you look back you can see him but that's what this blind spot mirror does it fixes that issue so it's got a little sticky right here so now when you're looking left and you're right there in the same exact spot you can see him standing right there look at that oh okay okay he's still not in the mirror and then you come up closer Deon walk up you can still see him you can still walk up one more and then by the time he walks up and he's out of the mirror he's right next to you in the blind spot or out of the blind spot so these things are super beneficial you don't have to look back on your left shoulder obviously you still can I'm not telling you what to do or how to drive but these things will definitely help all right that is a wrap on the 98 Accord Dean's car I oh man dude they're crispy every time time I hope you guys learned something I'm stoked to help my buddy out and uh dude be safe on the road enjoy the car keep it clean and I hope you guys learned a couple things you know if you're a first- time driver or if if not if you learned anything if you didn't let me know if you like this type of video if you want to see Devon's car on the channel again maybe we can get something going maybe get some coils some Wheels I don't know is that something you guys be interested in subscribe for part two for part two let's go so thank you guys for tuning in helping us to be able to to do things like this for people that we know and love and uh share some positivity with people that are just getting on the road people that have been on the road for a while you know helping them out with their cars and every way that we can new drivers old drivers doesn't matter so if you are into cars if you like cars make sure to subscribe help us out to continue to make content like this and uh once again thanks for tuning in I'll see you guys in the next video peace