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The Fast, Furious and Glorious (FFG) 2010 event will be taking place at Killarney Race Track the 26th and 27th December 2010. Pre-Registration for The Fast & Furious took place at Mag Addiction in Grassy Park on Wednesday, the 15th December. This was an all night hook-up from 5pm till late and was in form of a “park off” and “free sound off” for the dB heads, hosted by Paul from Boyz Toyz! The Pre-registration event was well supported by all petrol heads and by the look of things it’s …
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Its December month, the festive season and time for that long awaited holiday (sigh). Most of us are planning taking a long trip to place or town, away from home! I am one of many people that are having concerns about taking a car on long trips, especially if the car is getting old. According to research, long trips are actually
easier on your car than day-to-day driving, but a breakdown far from home can really ruin your fun and can be costly. A few simple checks will save you a lot …
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Team dB in conjunction with Team Autopunks, hosted their first Car Show event on Saturday, 11 December at De Waveren Primary School in Ruyterwaght, Cape Town. The event featured a “Sound Off”, “Show and Shine” as well as a “Bikini Car wash”!
I was approached by the event organizers to judge the “Show and Shine” cars. It was my first time doing this and man, what an experience it was.
Dean’s beautiful blue Conquest, Rodney’s flipped colour lambo’d door Bantam and Abdul’s black banging Corsa Utility were some of the cars on …
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I thought it would be advantageous to do a quick write up with some source material on the 3M DI-NOC Carbon Fibre Vinyl, so here goes.
It seems there is some controversy around all the different products that are available on the market these days, and I figured before you go and buy just anything, being told that it is the real deal, I would ‘Enlighten’ you a little about THE REAL DEAL Carbon Fibre.
First and Foremost, the 3M DI-NOC Range has a BIG 3M Logo Printed on the backing paper, …
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I was at Street 2 Strip on Friday evening and while walking around the pit area I noticed a 200sx with a fat set of D2 brakes resting nicely under the arches, while inspection the Nissan a little bit closer I noticed a Methanol/Water injection system in the boot. So I decided to do an introduction blog on Meth/Water injection.
Methanol/Water Injection remains a popular upgrade within the high performance cars these days. It’s rather hard these days to believe that injecting water into an engine in can increase power figures, …
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We all know what it’s like to suffer from sore joints (some more than others). Even if you are the fittest of bunch, you are bound to feel your joint pain once in a while. Your vehicle joints work the same. The bushings found on the control arms and various mounts are like the cartilage between your joints. The manufacturer normally equips a vehicle with rubber bushes, which provide a soft ride. Over time the rubbers begins to wear from oil with the help of other elements. That’s when the …
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Make your car display stand out at the car show.
This is what attracts people to your car-your car display! People come from all around the city, or out of town, to see impressive restored cars, usually based on a particular theme. In a car show, you have the perfect opportunity to show off your hard work and, hopefully, win a prize. I think that is what everyone wants-a trophy or some cash! If you want to make your car really stand out at the next car show, you can create …
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A quick introduction for those of you that doesn’t know the meaning of JDM.. what exactly does it mean; JDM Japanese Domestic Market, in a nutshell, if someone considers a car to be JDM they mean the car has a mostly in a stock appearance with only typically stock looking aftermarket exterior parts (ie no massive wings or aggressive bodykits) and the focus on these cars is what is under the hood.
Now that we have that aside… here is some JDM candi for those in that circle …
















