If you travel a lot, then you must love the cruise control option on your car; right? I mean, your foot & ankle are obviously going to get tired pushing & letting go of the gas pedal, or is that just me? I think if you use cruise control often, you would benefit from it […]
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I drive a Toyota 4 Runner, so I guess you can say that I like SUV-type vehicles. I like the Audi Q7 in particular .. so let me tell you about it (: Full-size crossover SU Manufactured from 2007 – Present 5-door SUV 6 speed automatic transmission The thing about the Q7 is that it […]
Read More »I pretty much had no idea what chrome plating was, until I did some research & came up with this: chrome plating & chromium plating are the same; it’s just that some people prefer to say the “shorter” version. Even though they mean the same, it does not necessarily mean that all chrome plating is […]
Read More »Do you have an Acura CL? Do you wanna know more history about it? Of course you do (: First, let’s get this straight: Acura is a brand from Honda; I bet you didn’t know that, huh? It was manufactured from 1997-2003 & was thought of as a replacement for the Acura Legend. What’s interesting […]
Read More »Have you ever seen three-wheel cars with OEM wheels? Me neither; that’s why I’m going to write about it. So, according to some history that I’ve researched or you, three-wheeled vehicles have been around for quite a while; so long in fact that they were invented before any of us were born. If you just […]
Read More »If your OEM steel wheels or factory original alloy rims have corroded before, then you know that it’s something that isn’t fun at all. Corrosion refers to a natural force that eats away at the metal. If you don’t check for it, then it can eventually eat deep enough for you to need a whole […]
Read More »Have you noticed that 1998 Eagle Talon rims (the OEM alloy rims) kind of look the same? They both have 5 spokes, slots, whatever you choose to call them; have 5 lugs with a 4.5” bolt pattern. The only difference is that wheel number #2062 is an inch smaller than wheel number #2085. They were […]
Read More »“What is wheel slip?”, you may be asking. Well, let me go ahead & explain. The technical definition is : “The ratio of rotational speed of a braked wheel to that of an equivalent free-rolling wheel, expressed as a percentage. The slip is equal to the speed of a brake wheel divided by the speed […]
Read More »OE chrome rims were meant to make your car look nicer & make it “stand out”; like 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix wheels . The good thing about chrome rims is that any wheel can pretty much be chromed, but of course it’s not going to be cheap. If you’d rather just buy them already chromed, here […]
Read More »Rim tape was invented to shield the tube from mechanical harm that can be caused by the end of the spokes & oftentimes, the holes that are in the wheel itself. There are different tapes for different types of rims. Let’s say you have wide spoke OE GMC Acadia rims; if you buy rubber rim […]
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