11.1. Features of a design

Body of the Chevrolet Lanos cars of type the four-door sedan, the bearing design, all-metal. The Daewoo Lanos cars released with three types of bodies: three - both the five-door hatchback and the four-door sedan.

The majority of operations is shown in this section on the car with a body like sedan.

The framework of bodies of cars includes the basis, a sidewall, a roof and details connected among themselves by electric welding (dot, sutural and arc). The body represents the non-demountable design having sufficient rigidity and bears on itself all units of the car, hinged knots of a body and a detail of an interior.

Side doors, cowl, trunk lid, forward wings, forward and back bumpers belong to hinged knots. Side doors, a cowl, a trunk lid are attached to a body by loops, forward wings — bolts.

Side doors are supplied with lowering glasses, a part of cars is completed with electrowindow regulators. Glasses of side doors and a window of a back bent, polished, tempered. Glass of a wind window three-layer. Glasses of a wind window and a window of a back are pasted in the corresponding apertures of a body.

Forward and back bumpers plastic, are equipped with the power absorbing elements preventing damages of a front bumper to the speed of 8 km/h, back — to 4 km/h, attached to a body by bolts, nuts and screws. Bumpers are painted in color of a body. Facing of a radiator is attached to a forward edge of a cowl by nuts.

Front seats separate, with mechanical adjustment of longitudinal situation and tilt angle of a back. Head restraints of seats easily removable, adjustable on height.

The back seat includes a pillow and two backs. In need of a back of a back seat develop in parts for increase in volume of a luggage compartment.

Seats of the driver, forward passenger and side back places are equipped with three-point seat belts with inertial coils, an average seat — only a zone belt.

For increase in passive safety the car in complete sets of SE and SX is equipped with a safety cushion for the driver.

In interior of the car the power absorbing dashboard, the lighter, an ashtray, antisolar peaks, system of heating, ventilation and conditioning (depending on a complete set), a rear-view mirror, hand-rail are installed.

The volume, temperature, the direction and intensity of air streams are regulated the switches installed in the control unit of system of heating, ventilation and conditioning.

The exhaust ventilation of a body is carried out via deflectors with valves which are installed under a rear bumper on both sides of the car.

The car is equipped with forward and back eyes for towage, and also mudguards of all wheels.

    

USEFUL TIPS For the period of the long parking of the car do not cover a body with a cover from dense material. The cover which became wet in the rain creates when heating in the sun steam "bath", and the paint and varnish covering of a body under it can exfoliate and distend. Besides, under wind gusts the cover moves and erases paint on speakers parts of a body. Do not put on a body objects from rubber. After a while rubber will leave on a covering (especially light) indelible spots. If over time rubber products on a body of your car lost a trade dress, wipe them with the hand cream containing glycerin or the silicone lubricant sold in shops of auto parts.