Texas Chrome Shop’s 7″ Exhaust Package is sure to put the “custom” into your custom rig. The TCS 7″ Chrome Exhaust package features 100% American Made products including your choice of top stacks (2), center spools (2), lower elbows (2), exhaust clamps (4), cab brackets (2), Set of Bushings (1). You choose the height, style and elbows….

[ June 11, 2010 to June 13, 2010. ] June 11-13 The Annual East Coast large Cars Truck Show at the Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta New Jersey. The show comprises of Trucks, Trailers, Show Only Trucks and various Chrome Shops, Parts Dealers and Truck Dealers. The show is a completely open format in that any and all are invited to attend.

THE GRIFFIN TOOL
New kit provides stress-free trailer landing gear operation
Owners of custom  big-rigs who want to quickly and easily drop their trailer landing gear can now turn to The Griffin Tool from Transport Product Solutions.

The Griffin Tool, designed by a truck driver, utilizes your truck’s low-pressure air system to power-assist the raising/lowering of the landing [...]

Year’s end is always a time of reflection. We look back over the past 11 months and take measure of where we are now in relation to where we were when the year began. We hope progress has been made in the positive and the road we took, with all the different twists, turns, and intersections life has thrown our way, was the proper one. From there we plot out where we’d like to head as the New Year begins. So it is around our offices …

headlights age over time and that process is sped up by an accumulation of road grime and salt, compounds which deteriorate the plastic and turn it yellow or foggy. Clouded or discolored headlights are a big safety issue–especially in the winter. Here’s a pro tip on how to quickly get your custom rig’s headlights back into like-new condition …

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Do-It-Yourself

Custom KW Door Window Trim
Give your Kenworth’s cab the chopped look by adding upper window trim panels
A popular customizing trend  among KW owners is adding a painted trim piece to the top of the door window frame to give  the cab a chopped look.

The trim fits along the door lip at the top [...]

Frame-up resto takes this 28-year-old Pete from Wyoming oil-field workhorse to Build-Off champion…Jerry Diemoz has logged more than 1.6 million miles in its cab, most of those miles plying the nasty roads and drilling sites of Wyoming’s oil and gas fields hauling rigging and equipment…

While legions of owner-operators are spending $500 to $1,500 to upgrade their stock sound system, another group of truckers don’t blink at dropping $5,000 or more for custom sound systems that rival those of show cars. If you love audio systems or are just looking for great information on the latest and greatest audio products, check out our audio guide…..

Pennsylvania Trucker Takes Delivery of First H-D Special Edition LoneStar

First road trip in new rig for charity during Truck Driver Appreciation Week

MILWAUKEE (October 26, 2009) – Chris Hawker, a successful owner-operator truck driver and Harley-Davidson® motorcycle owner doesn’t just drive. He rides.

While his garage has plenty of room for [...]

PETERBILT ROLLS OUT THE NEW MODEL 348
IDEAL FOR CONSTRUCTION, PETROLEUM DELIVERY, REFUSE AND UTILITY VOCATIONS

DENTON, Texas   (October 19, 2009) – Today, Peterbilt Motors Company unveiled the new Model 348 designed to exceed the rigid demands of Class 7 and Class 8 specialty application market that requires rugged durability and a wide range of option [...]

TINY LED LIGHT BRIGHT
Magnalight.com adds new 12 Volt Micro LED lights for small areas on trucks  and equipment
Larson Electronics’ magnalight.com adds to its range of explosion proof and general area LED lighting with LED lights smaller than a quarter.  Drawing 30mA and operating on 12 volts, the LEDSM30 series LED lights offer a very small [...]

CADEC INTEGRATES COPILOT TRUCK GPS
Partnership With ALK Technologies Brings Spoken Turn-by-Turn Directions and Truck-Specific Routing to Cadec’s Series 100 On-Board Computer Systems
BALTIMORE, MD–(Marketwire – October 19, 2009) – From the 2009 IFDA Distribution Solutions Conference, Cadec Global, a leading provider of advanced fleet management solutions, announced today a new partnership with GPS navigation specialist ALK [...]

MAGS FOR DUALLYS
Lacks “mag” wheel covers to provide an alternative approach to dually wheel design
Lacks Wheel Trim Systems, LLC has teamed up with Chrome Shop Mafia (4 State Trucks) to exhibit a new concept in wheel trim design for Heavy Truck Application.

The patent-pending product was unveiled at the Chrome Shop Mafia (4 State Trucks) “Guilty [...]

HOT-ROD TEXAS PETE
San Antonio big rig customizer’s 651st build, Project One, is one wild custom ride

It began as just a rough color pencil sketch and a short list of specifications/ideas scribbled on a notepad. Two years later San Antonio-based Texas Chrome Shop rolled its tricked-out, multi-hued hot-rod Peterbilt, Project 1, onto the carpet. A dream [...]

“Hot rodding has no limits.” This, the motto of Flaming River hot-rod shop, is epitomized in its latest revival: the transformation of this 1987 Pete 379 Flattop into the smokin’ hot gangsta rig known as Blackbird. Flaming River of Berea, Ohio, frequents hot-rod trade shows, showcasing its products and custom work, which is catered to early models of hot rod cars…

Freightliner Trucks introduced the new on-highway Coronado at the Chrome Shop Mafia headquarters in Joplin, Mo. Featuring enhanced aerodynamics, updated technological innovations and luxurious styling, the Coronado is the perfect blend of form and function. Freightliner’s top-of-the-line heavy-duty truck – the Coronado features improved fuel economy and revamped comfort features…

Electronic diesel-engine tuners and fuel mileage claims
by Bruce W. Smith
One question most Custom Rigs readers ask is, “How do the manufacturers of performance engine modules and software upgrades get their fuel mileage numbers, and are those numbers legit?”
While not all of the aftermarket manufactures of such products are quick to reveal their findings or test procedures, [...]