Pro Tip: Polishing Diamond Plate
- March 30, 2011
Diamond plate hard to polish? Chuck Simmons of Denver-based Outlaw Customs, says such carpet scraps makes the world's best polishing pad for diamond plate...
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Custom Tip: Slick Rear Camera Mount
- August 27, 2010
Slick Mount Idea For Video Cameras Walking among the dozens of custom big rigs at the 2010 Custom Rigs Pride & Polish event inside the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas reveals a lot of slick custom ideas. Here's one of interest to those who like having digital cameras used for recording what's happening around the truck. Michael Holland's 2007 Peterbilt 379 sports 4-inch lights on the top of the mirrors. But the lights aren't lights at all --they are cameras housed in chrome ...
High-Beam Upgrade
- April 05, 2010
Maximizing nighttime visibility with retro-style clear headlights fitted with high-output bulbs is a win-win situation; the brighter beams enhance safety, allowing you more time to react to what lie ahead, while the retro-style crystal headlights enhance the overall look of your truck. But don't forget to put in the right relay or all you'll see is blackness...
CLEANING HEADLIGHTS
- November 11, 2009
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 ...
PRO TIP: CUSTOM DPF EXHAUST
- November 11, 2009
PRO TIP Installing 8" Stacks On Custom Rigs Equipped With DPF Exhausts "One of the problems we have run into on the DPF trucks being customized here at Pro-Fab is not being able to put big stacks and big Pickett-style elbows on them," says shop owner and custom fabricator Randy Kaylor. So the Manheim, PA, fabrication and installation experts figured out a slick work-around that keeps the factory DPF system intact while providing the monster stack custom-look: They designed a faux exhaust to ...