The gang at 4 State Trucks is rolling out a new customer rewards program – The Mafia Chrome Card – that will offer discounts on chrome, accessories and truck parts and other perks.

[ October 1, 2010 to October 2, 2010. ] “Guilty By Association” Truck Show & Customer Expo-by Chrome Shop Mafia/4 State Trucks; October 1 & 2, Joplin Missouri. It’s the ‘event of the year’! Don’t miss it! Cool Trucks , Bands – Concerts, Good Food – BBQ , Vendors on site , Prizes – Give Aways , Shop Tours, Unbelievable Bargains on Parts, a Good Time for All

Upgrading the exhaust system is part of the basic holy trinity of customizing (wheels, bumper, exhaust), which has its roots back to the earliest days of hot-rodding where “Go big, go loud, be proud!” falls perfectly instep with the mentality of vehicle lovers in general…

Complaints come over the CB about high fuel prices, low pay and long hours. Texas owner-operator Drennon Durham’s response is lacquered across the rear window of his 2007 Peterbilt. One word say’s it all: Kwitcherbitchin. “Easy Money” is the 23-year-old entrepreneur’s CB handle, given to him by a fellow trucker in recognition of Durham’s success at such a young age…

You can use plasma cutters on bumpers, on taillight bars, frames, cab structures, exhaust systems and mirror brackets – just about anywhere where a hole saw, hacksaw, or cut-off saw is too slow or too awkward. Fast and clean, a plasma cutter could move to the top of your metal cutting tool wish list.

Thinking of adding a custom steering wheel? Then our steering wheel buyer’s guide is a must-read. Few items on a custom rig makes as much of a statement to the owner about their truck than the steering wheel. It’s what the owner hold’s on to day in and day out and casts an eye toward innumerable times during a driving stint. It’s also the one singular item that catches the attention of all those who peek inside the cab. So making the right choice is…

Mid- January is like staging at a dragstrip: roll up to the lights, ease forward until the top two lights on the Christmas Tree come on, and then anxiously wait for the green.

Then it’s throttle to the floor time, which is probably how many of you out there feel…

There are a million blogs on the web. But a new one I think all of you truckers will find appealing is coming from 4 State Trucks/Chrome Shop Mafia where they talk about real issues, real lives, and real life stories…

Winter’s fast approaching, so now might be time to think about starting work on your rig’s interior. Few custom upgrades give as much of a mental and physical uplift to the owner-operator than a cab interior make-over. When one spends the majority of their workday inside a cab those surroundings have a lot to do with the occupant’s state of mind and physical well-being. Here’re a few inside secrets…

When you get an invitation from the boyz at the Chrome Shop Mafia like that there’s no way one can turn it down. You just know the turn out is going to be good and the hospitality terrific. What we found were 97 trucks on site–72 of them registered in the Chrome Shop Mafia’s Truck Show–and a whole lot of fun…

Custom Rigs readers and customizing shops are sweating a few bullets trying to tidy up the last bits on rigs they are bringing to our Pride & Polish beauty show. A number of brand new custom rigs are debuting in Dallas, inclduing three fresh out of Triple R Diesel’s shop…

Chrome Shop Mafia Building Another Winner

I heard through the Custom Rigs’ grapevine the boyz at 4 State Trucks were up to their collective customizing neck in turning out yet another cool rig. I’d saw the original truck sitting in their shop months ago–a mid-80’s Peterbilt. But little was said what the plans were at that time except it was going to “turn a few heads” with the innovations and customization work done to the cab and sleeper. Well, today I received an e-mail from a good source …

SEAT WORK
The Down & Dirty of Upholstery Cleaning
By John Baxter, Custom Rigs Technical Editor

Let’s face facts: An older tractor that’s clean and sharp on the interior always seems a lot newer and more inviting than one that’s dirty and ragged. That look and feel is magnified in a customized rig where one’s eyes tend to [...]

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