Tire Reviews From ASE Certified Tech
A major tire retailer did a comparison in 2009 between the General Altimax Arctic, Firestone Winterforce and Pirelli Winter Carving Edge. The General’s were tested with and without studs. The General Altimax Arctic studded and studless were both the tops in the test results again the the other 2 brands according to Tirerack. What theyRead More
For the longest time I resisted buying a GPS. I have maps, I don’t need no stinking GPS… lame. On a recent trip to San Francisco my wife and I wound up arriving around midnight and having not been there before, we had no clue as to where our hotel was located at. That’s aRead More
If you have Chevy Avalanche that keeps eating rear brakes, these brake pads are the fix. The area that I live in is on the side of a 7,000 foot volcano and this place just kills brakes. I have a customer with a 2002 Avalanche that I’ve done everything I can to make the rearRead More
In a road test between a half a dozen low rolling resistance tires the Bridgestone Ecopia EP100 and the Michelin Energy Saver A/S came out as the top 2 tires in the group. The Michelin being tops as far as the most miles per gallon increase with all things being equal. If you’re aRead More
Bad wheel bearings are a pretty common problem on late model Toyota trucks especially if the truck has over size tires and wheels on it. The bad news is it ain’t no walk in the park to change them. Getting the steering knuckle off is the easy part. Installing the new bearing is a wholeRead More
Check out this 2011 Toyota Tacoma with a 9 inch lift kit. It has a 6 inch Fab Tech lift kit with 3 inch Rev Tek spacers piled on top of the struts. It’s running Dick Cepek 33×12.50×17 Mud Country’s. It was in the shop to get the front end aligned after installing the liftRead More
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