If you want to say who is the best designer of the truck, it is still our card friends. After the new car is started, many card friends will more or less modify the vehicle according to their car habits, car needs, and frequent working conditions, so as to drive more smoothly. Today we will take stock of what are the common truck modifications?
1. Install parking air conditioning
Every summer, the cab changes to a sauna in seconds, especially when running long distances, because the engine is under the driver's seat, the heat generated by it will be continuously transmitted to the cab, at this time, only rely on the car air conditioning refrigeration, the effect is not ideal at all. If you want to take a nap with the air conditioner when parking, you have to start the engine first, and the fuel consumption and power consumption are noisy.
Therefore, many card friends will choose to install parking air conditioning, one can improve driving comfort, and the other can avoid engine carbon deposits caused by long-term idling to start the on-board air conditioning, while saving fuel consumption.
2. Add firewood to warm up
Winters in the north are much colder than in the south, and the phenomenon of adding firewood to trucks is also common in the north. Chai nuan is a kind of parking heater, with diesel as fuel, combustion produces heat energy, can be used independently when the truck stops and turns off, and because of the low cost and good effect, it has won the favor of many northern card friends. However, if the cab is not well sealed, it is easy to carbon monoxide poisoning, and card friends should pay more attention when using it.
3. Lay out the light cushion
The cab is the second home of the card friend, and decorating your own small home is also a pleasure, the most common of which is to put a light shield on the center console, and use black and green. The role of the light shield is not small, it can avoid direct sunlight on the center console, reduce the phenomenon of reflection, and thus increase driving safety.
4. Add fuel tank skid plate
The guard plate mentioned here is to add a baffle plate above the fuel tank or to wrap the steel plate for the fuel tank, no matter which one, the purpose is to prevent fuel consumption. Although this will increase the weight of the car, it will at least reduce the risk of fuel theft to some extent. The oil rat stole not only oil, but also the hard-earned money of the cardmates, which must be severely punished.
5. Install a water tank
Running a long-distance water tank is a must, especially if you often reload the road conditions of Yunguichuan, the water demand is greater. On the one hand, the brakes are easy to heat up when going down the long slope, and it is necessary to cool down the brakes with water regularly, on the other hand, it can be used as water for daily life, which is convenient for washing and cooking when resting.
6. Add a toolbox
Perennial out of the car, always have to bring kitchenware, tarpaulin, large wrenches, warning signs and other items with the car, but put them in the cab is too obstructive, placed in the cargo compartment and delay loading, so the card you will choose to install one or two toolboxes to increase storage space, and mostly installed on the side or rear of the vehicle.
7. Re-equipped with tire frame
Like passenger cars, spare tires are also available on trucks to prevent punctures during driving. However, sometimes due to misplaced or unstable fixation, the spare tire is damaged or lost before the tire is punctured. To this end, many card friends will do an upgrade reinforcement for the spare tire frame, or change the position of the spare tire frame from both sides of the girder to the middle of the girder to increase the height of the spare tire.
8. Add tail plate
The card friends of the running city like to install a tail plate for their cars, because when they encounter goods with a certain weight such as rice, noodles, grain and oil, the tail plate is a natural freight elevator, which can be automatically lifted and lowered to facilitate loading and unloading, saving manual labor intensity. Now the coverage of the tail plate is also very wide, not only light trucks, van trailers, flatbed trucks, barn trucks can also be equipped with tail plates.
9. Retrofit spotlights
Truck rear spotlights are installed in the lower middle of the vehicle and provide illumination for reversing and loading and unloading goods at night. It is understood that the rear spotlight can be manually switched on and off, and the card friends must use it in a civilized manner, do not turn it on during the driving, otherwise the direct light will greatly affect the driving line of sight of the rear vehicle, which is very easy to cause accidents. Moreover, in a strict sense, the spotlight after installation is illegal modification.
10. Install a deflector cover
Air resistance is a key factor affecting fuel consumption, and with the rise of the majority of card users' awareness of vehicles, the importance of the deflector hood is also recognized by more and more people. However, some trucks are not equipped with a deflector cover when they leave the factory, and it is necessary to install a deflector cover for card friends who often run high speed, and the appearance can be more beautiful while saving fuel and speeding up.
11. Add side skirts
The addition of side skirts, like the installation of deflectors, is to reduce wind resistance and reduce fuel consumption, which can effectively block the air flow on both sides of the body into the bottom of the car. It's just that this side skirt is more popular in European countries, and the side skirt of domestic models is also mostly optional, and the price is nearly 10,000 yuan, so card friends would rather modify it later.
12. Add front bumper
The bumper is also a collision avoidance device with the ability to reduce occupant injuries when impacting at high speeds. Safety first, domestic trucks are mainly flat-headed cars, lack of safety, coupled with concerns that the strength of the original bumper is not enough, some card friends will install the front bumper to give themselves more protection.
In addition to the 12 modifications mentioned above, there are actually 3 kinds that are also quite common, but also very hateful, that is, to increase the number of tires, increase the number of leaf springs, and widen and lengthen the cargo box. Why hate? Because these 3 are all proper illegal modifications.
Increasing the number of tires and leaf springs increases the vehicle's carrying capacity, and the wider and longer cargo boxes expand the vehicle loading space, thereby pulling fast. However, this changes the overall structure of the body, which will affect the stability of the vehicle, the vehicle is in an overloaded state for a long time, and there are great traffic safety hazards.
In addition, according to the "Regulations on the Registration of Motor Vehicles", it can be learned that at present, only the legal modification is the installation of a diversion cover, a water tank, a toolbox, a spare tire frame, and an interior decoration, and there is actually no clear definition for many other modifications.
It is recommended that card friends can consult the local vehicle management office before modification, if allowed, the filing will be filed; if not allowed, it is still necessary to comply with the regulations and do not modify privately, otherwise they will be deducted points and fined, and the driver's license will be revoked in serious cases.
Editor's Note
Due to the national conditions, there are still many restrictions on truck modification in the mainland, but in foreign countries, many countries respect truck modification. Previously, we had a video of "why the trucks of Pakistan Railways are so fancy", which is about the truck modification culture in Pakistan, and those who are interested can look forward to it.
In my opinion, domestic and foreign truck modification is a manifestation of the love of work of card friends, the only difference is that foreign truck modification is in the pursuit of personality, domestic truck modification is for life. (Text/Maggie Cheung)