The Things to Consider When Upgrading Your Brakes
Posted: 18/11/2014Standard brakes on any car are designed with the exact make and model of car in mind. They work by applying frictional pressure to a disk attached to the wheel, translating the energy into heat, which is dissipated by the brake disk. Often though, the designed systems are at an absolute minimum in terms of the delivered requirement specified by the car brand, keepin...
Read MoreHow to Check Your Car Suspension
Posted: 13/11/2014Car suspension is what saves you from having your flesh jolted from your bones when you’re simply driving down the road. It’s an intricate combination of springs, shock absorbers and joints that attach the wheels to the vehicle. It's also integral to the car’s road-holding or handling, road noise reduction and braking efficiency.
Read MoreHow Does the Exhaust System Affect Car Performance?
Posted: 11/11/2014Exhaust systems are essentially there to take the superheated noxious gases and fumes, such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, safely away from the engine, without compromising the vehicle occupants.
Read MoreWhich Are the Best Old Cars to Modify?
Posted: 06/11/2014To a certain degree, the answer to this question will depend on the end result you are looking for: an out-and-out speed wagon, a drifter, a custom showpiece…
Read MoreThe Top Ten Fastest Supercars in the World
Posted: 04/11/2014Got a spare million pounds that you aren’t sure how to spend? We have just the thing – one of the world’s fastest road-legal supercars that are perfect for a leisurely Sunday cruise. That is, if your idea of ‘leisurely’ is 270mph. These ten beautiful vehicles are at the top of this year’s list of the world&rsq...
Read More5 Ways to Prepare for a Banger Rally
Posted: 30/10/2014Growing numbers of motorists are fascinated by banger rallies. The idea of purchasing a cheap banger, joining other like-minded maniacs and enjoying a Top Gear style road trip over a great distance is certainly appealing.
Read MoreHow to Keep Your Alloys Gleaming Through Winter
Posted: 28/10/2014Alloy wheels can add a finishing touch to your project or daily driver that can take it from drab to dope.
Read MoreTrax 2014
Posted: 23/10/2014The Trax Performance and modified car show is quickly becoming one of the nation's biggest car shows on the calendar, with people all over the country making the trip to Silverstone in September every year to be a part (or take part) in the show.
Read MoreAwesome Car Collections: Cristiano Ronaldo
Posted: 21/10/2014From humble beginnings, the San Antonio boy with heart problems, son of a cook and municipal gardener, has risen to become the highest paid footballer of all time, collecting every trophy there is to collect and breaking records left right and centre.
Read MoreSummer Madness at Croft
Posted: 16/10/2014Summer Madness is a north east England car cruise event which regularly attracts a vast number of modified cars.
Read MoreHow to Fix Gutter Rash on Alloy Wheel Rims | LK Performance
Posted: 14/10/2014Gutter rash, also known as ‘curbing’, is a terrible blight of modern day living, as anyone with a set of shiny new alloy wheel rims will attest. Touching the curb, either by misjudging a corner or scraping during parking causes the most unsightly damage to alloy wheels, as the granite comes into contact with soft, shiny metal. It can manifest as a dent i...
Read MoreThe Five Best Top Gear Challenges
Posted: 10/10/2014This series is now one of the most successful, widely watched series the BBC produces, on air since 1978. Yes, 36 years.
Read MoreAre Alloy Wheels More Fuel Efficient?
Posted: 08/10/2014This is actually a far less straightforward answer than it might at first seem. Yes, of course, alloys are far lighter than steels, meaning a lighter vehicle and even a lower unsprung
Read MoreAwesome Car Collections: Kanye West
Posted: 02/10/2014Kanye Omari West was born June 1977, in Atlanta Georgia, but essentially grew up in Chicago Illinois (with a spell in China, when his mum landed a job there).
Read MoreHow To Protect Alloy Wheels From Corrosion
Posted: 01/10/2014When you stop to consider what the average alloy wheel goes through, it’s remarkable that they stand up to the punishment they do. Baking in the sun, to frozen in winter, soaked in water made more reactive by the roads being salted.Then there’s the pressures exerted by carrying the weight of th...
Read MoreThe World’s Most Interesting Roads
Posted: 24/09/2014This is obviously extremely subjective, touching upon anyone’s interpretation of the term ‘interesting’ and what that might encompass. For instance, to some, this may mean out-and out-dangerous with the potential for loss of life. For others, the most astonishing view. Yet others, that the road in question isn’t just a st...
Read MoreNurburgring Event 2014
Posted: 23/09/2014The Green Hell, the 'Ring, the Nordschleife, or simply the Nurburgring - whichever name you choose the chances are if you are a petrol-head you will have heard of this place.
Read MoreAre Your Alloy Wheels Recyclable?
Posted: 17/09/2014So you’ve seriously curbed, pranged, dented or even cracked one of your wheels. No option for it, time to fork out for a new one, right? Or even a set of four. Well, perhaps.
Read More2014 Belgium Grand Prix
Posted: 16/09/2014There's nothing quite like the thrill of attending a motor race, and the F1 is no exception. Regarded by many as the pinnacle of motorsport, tens of thousands of spectators descend to each circuit on the calendar to support their favourite team and drivers. Race 12 took place at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the longest circuit in the...
Read MoreAwesome Car Collections: Jay Z
Posted: 11/09/2014Everyone’s heard of him, but what do you know about Jay Z? And were you aware he was a car nut?
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