Driving a high performance car at night can be exhilarating, but also risky. It is too easy to “out drive” your OEM sealed beam headlights. Even halogen replacement headlights limit the distance that you can illuminate the road ahead. In this article (more…)

Although your vehicle won't smell like new a few years after it's been driven, you can get rid of bad car smells by doing a few things. Your vehicle often traps different odors like cigarette smoke, the smell of stale food and certain musty odors that (more…)

Careful Thought and Care Required The success or failure of your lighting upgrade efforts depends on the quality of your components and the quality of your work. It matters how carefully you route the wires to avoid chafing insulation. It makes a difference how well you solder connections (crimps and sloppy or 'cold' solder joints corrode and die). It matters how well you seal wiring from road ...

Buying a new car doesn’t have to be a confusing experience. Now you’ll be able to satisfy your desire for a new vehicle with the confidence in dealing with a complicated financial decision. And understanding what salespeople at a dealership are saying (more…)

If you drive a new vehicle, odds are rust is the last thing on your mind. However, the environment we expose it to can create damage early on. A few problems can harm your vehicle's resale value like unsightly rust, so why not do what you can to keep your (more…)

When your vehicle’s running reasonably well—or perhaps simply running at all—there’s a temptation to leave it alone, lest it growl at you and passive-aggressively spring a new leak somewhere. But we’ve heard it time and time again from trusted technicians: (more…)

Are you worried about using your old car with modern oil? The repeated reduction of the chemical compound zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate, aka ZDDP, in modern motor oils has caused many vintage vehicle owners to question whether these current products (more…)

So you want to make a hole? There are few tips and tricks that will help that drill bit last a lot longer. In this article, I am going to show you those techniques and offer some helpful hints to go along with them. (more…)