In my opinion, they offer all the look of Big Foot without any of the function. Hint: when someone builds a car they need a rope ladder to crawl into, there’s an expectation that it’ll do something interesting. Looking at this we just can’t imagine what that would be.
These 40″ wagon wheels are just too big to […]

If you pick up any magazine that deals with cars, trucks, or motorcycles – particularly in the area of customization –  you’ll find snake oil sales pitches throughout the mag. I’ve been checking out one in particular from a company called STWA, Inc. (which incidentally stands for Save The World Air, Inc.) called the MagChargR. They […]

I’ve heard that replacing the rubber bushings in your suspension, motor, and tranny mounts with polyurethane pieces makes a huge difference in performance without lightening your wallet much.
The basic idea as we understand it is that poly bushings flex less, which tightens up the suspension. Less flex means more proper movement, or in the case […]

In our JET-HOT coatings coverage, frequent reader Fong brought up a great question: generally speaking, how much do we trust aftermarket parts manufacturer’s claims? One claim that I always take with a large hunk of sodium chloride is the idea that cold air intakes make power.
I think in theory, the science bears the claims out: cooler, […]

The Ding King dent pulling tool promises to save you a ton of money removing dents without expensive paint and or body work – and without shelling out a ton of dough to a paintless dent removal guy. It includes some adhesive that you use to attach the pulling tab to the center of the dent, […]

We appreciate interior modification — no matter what you’re into — but when it comes to sheepskin seat covers, my thinking is: put the fuzz down and back away slowly. Most sheepskin seat cover ads say things like, “You’ll never be unpleasantly surprised by a hot or cold seat with a sheepskin cover.” Translated, that […]

Seeing this rather unconventional Batmobile might lead you to think we would make fun of it. This would be an incorrect assumption. Anyone with a sense of humor this good cannot, in good conscious, be laughed at.
We found this custom ride on the Strange Vehicles site and (like gawkers to a highway traffic accident) just […]

Flip to the back page of any car mag and you’ll find an ad for this stuff, which claims it’ll help you beat photo-enforcement traffic lights. One question, though: why the hell would you want to do that? Stop at the damn light. The life you save may well be your own!
They say the spray […]

With colder weather on the way, our thoughts are turning to traction in the cold. And up North — where the roads turn white each year — Trucks can run into trouble if the back axle doesn’t getting enough traction. That’s why many people throw a few bags of sand or kitty litter in the […]

Ever since the first iPod hit streets — allowing you to carry dozens (and now hundreds) of CDs in the palm of your hand — manufacturers have struggled to devise more and more complex interfaces to control the iPod from your vehicle’s head unit. But are these complications worth it in terms of cost […]