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How to Restore Paint & Chrome Damaged Car Logo Emblems

Most car enthusiasts want to restore their car’s logo emblems for their beauty. Beyond enhancing any car’s appearance, original emblems also increase it’s re-sale value. You can purchase New Original Stock (NOS) emblems via the internet and local car shows, but you can save money by painting the originals you already have. Vintage, cast emblems [...]

January 12, 2012 0
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How To Repair A Chipped, Cracked or Broken Car Windshield

The sun at your back, wind in your hair, traffic is flowing, you haven’t a care…until…SMACK! Now there’s a bullseye crack smack in the center of your windshield. The vehicle that fired a rock at you is gone, but the damage it did remains, and your heart sinks as you assume you’re going to have [...]

January 12, 2012 0
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How To Remove Bird Poop Droppings From Your Car’s Paint…

Most car owners have no idea that bird droppings cause permanent damage to car paint, until it happened to their car. Paint damage from bird poop is an expensive problem for car owners Internationally. A study from Zurich Insurance found that repairing the damage caused by bird droppings costs British motorists £57million pounds annually. A [...]

January 12, 2012 0
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How To Remove Rusted Screws, Nuts & Bolts In 10 Easy…

TOOLS NEEDED: WD 40 Lubricant (or Diet Coke) PB Blaster Penetrating Catalyst Window Putty Vise gripsPliers Socket Wrench Small Brush Dry Cloth If one of your hobbies is restoring classic cars, you WILL eventually learn one truth enemy, thy name is R U S T. What you thought was going to be a “simple project,” [...]

January 12, 2012 0
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How To Remove Bad Odors From Your Car

What to do when your car smells like last week’s lunch. So many options to make your head spin, but which car odor eliminator techniques, tricks and tips really work? Odors in the car can come from countless sources, from a buildup of dust in the air vents to a dead animal in your tailpipe. [...]

January 12, 2012 0
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How To Remove A Stripped Screw That Has Worn Flat

Everyone has faced the “small” problem of trying to remove a stripped screw. If you haven’t…you will. A “stripped screw” is a screw whose head has become worn down, making it difficult to remove because the screwdriver bit will keep slipping out of the screw head. Before you pull your hair out in frustration, here [...]

January 12, 2012 0
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How To Protect & Care For Your Car’s Paint Job

So you finally save up enough to buy the classic car of your dreams. Congratulations! Many new car collectors think the journey ends here…NOPE. Think of your new “baby” as an adopted member of the family. Do you know how to properly protect and care for it? DON’T PANIC…I’m here to help! After reading this, [...]

January 12, 2012 0
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How To Pound Out, Or Pop Out, A Car Dent, DIY Auto Body…

TOOLS NEEDED: SOFT HAMMER (or Ball Peen Hammer) BODY HAMMERS HAMMERING DOLLY (or Solid Metal Piece) TORCH or LIGHTER VICE-GRIP PLIERS 36-120 GRIT SANDPAPER 600 GRIT WET/DRY PAPER SMALL WOOD BLOCK METAL FILE SUCTION CUP DRY ICE RULER DRILL & GRIT DISK SPRAY PRIMER Auto body dents come in all shapes and sizes, from a [...]

January 12, 2012 0
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How To Fix A Car’s Hood Release Cable & Latch

Tools Required For This Job: aerosol grease silicone spray socket wrench with 8mm, & 10mm sockets phillips screw driver(s) safely googles rag for cleaning up Does this scenario sound familiar? You go to check your engine, but can’t pop open the hood. So, you try the remote release, and it’s harder than normal to pull. [...]

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