Brake lines are among the most commonly overlooked items when people install a lift kit. Because a lift kit increases the distance between a vehicle’s axles and the frame, the brake lines need to be ...

If your car has low brake fluid levels (see “Checking Brake Fluid”), it usually means that there’s a leak somewhere in your wheel cylinders or your brake lines, which are the lines that run underneath ...

It's critical that you replace your disc brake pads and rotors regularly. But what about the calipers? Here's how to know if ...

Last month we introduced our latest project, a '64 Dodge Polara hardtop, which we'll be transforming into a street/strip car that will ultimately run in the Nostalgia Super Stock drag racing class.

The front brakes on our street/strip 1967 Mustang's were pretty much toast. Although the pads still had plenty of meat on them, they were heavily glazed, and the rotors had developed hot spots, so ...

Most average drivers won't need to upgrade to stainless steel brake lines. However, here's why some enthusiasts choose to do ...

Sometimes the point of a particular exercise isn't as clear as one might think. Take the example of installing a big-brake kit onto a new C7 Corvette. Many may think that the main purpose is to ...

We bring all of our senses to task when riding a motorcycle — with the possible exception of taste! — to operate the machines below us and maintain a certain level of safety. It’s as if we become part ...

What chemistry books define as an iron oxide formed by the redox reaction between oxygen and iron in the presence of moisture is a real issue among cars in this day and age. If a car isn’t maintained ...