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How to Customize a Car
Four Methods: Body Modifications, Accessories Wheels, Tires and Suspension Paint Customizing a car runs the gamut from adding simple accessories such as wheel covers to more extensive modifications, such as lowering the vehicle to the ground or chopping its top. New paint, interior upgrades and a myriad of other aftermarket accessories can help you to…
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How to Construct a Trailer
A trailer can at best be defined as a type of cart which can be attached to the back of a vehicle and can be used to ferry large items like auto-mobiles, furniture, landscaping equipment and much more. There are different types of trailers ranging from the enclosed trailers used to carry animals to the…
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How Does Tire Size Affect Towing?
Tire and wheel swaps are among the most popular aftermarket modifications out there today, but changing wheel or tire size can have unforeseen consequences in terms of torque delivery to the ground. This can have either disastrous or beneficial effects on towing, depending upon the vehicle, its engine and the gearing in the transmission and…
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Products to Increase Mileage in a Chevy Silverado
Chevy Silverado trucks are not highly known for being the most efficient vehicles on the market today. Many people accept the fact that a truck will not obtain the highest fuel economy due to the daily duties of a truck. However, even though your Silverado may be a brute performer on the road, it’s possible…
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Ignition system maintenance and service
Though newer spark plugs can often last up to 100,000 miles, they can still get dirty or fail prematurely. Ignition wires lose insulating ability, and the connection to the plug or ignition coil can degrade as well… These are some of the phenomena you’ll encounter in your ignition system as time goes on. In this…
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Car air conditioning system maintenance tips
Your car air conditioning system kicks in on a sweltering mid-summer noon and refreshes you. It takes away the unbearable heat along with all your annoying. With your air conditioning system broken down, your car is no longer a shade under the tree but a metal jungle under the sun. Just like everything on the…
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The importance of breaking-in a new car
Break-in or breaking in, also known as run-in or running in, is the procedure of conditioning a new piece of equipment by giving it an initial period of running, usually under light load, but sometimes under heavy load or normal load. This is the definition offered by the Wikipedia. It’ll help you understand the term…
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Prepare your car for the boiling summer
Summertime is travel time. Despite the extreme heat, you find you and your family can’t resist the lure of sunny skies and the open road. But summer’s heat, dust, and stop-and-go traffic, will take their toll on your vehicle. Add the effects of last winter, and you could be poised for a breakdown. Before you…
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Maintenance guides on car air filters
Air filter filters the air flowing into the car’s intake systems. Every vehicle has an engine air filter, so for those vehicles equipped with cabin air filters, these two kinds of filters help keep the air “clean” for you and your car engine to “breathe”. Air filters are designed to absorb those pollutants or contaminants…
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How to clean and protect your auto windshield
Dirty windshields are not only ugly, but also pose hazards on driving safety. A thorough cleaning includes both the outside and inside of a windshield. It’s easy for one to remember to clean the outside and the windshield wiper fluid also takes care of it while drivers seem easily forget how quickly the inside can…
