Automotive DIY Projects plus Home & Money Saving Ideas
The Story: Ever since my niece was a young teenager she wanted a Jeep Wrangler. It was really the perfect fit for her. She’s a rough and tumble type of girl who loves the beach, the sun and being seen. Throw all those attributes into a car blender and the chances are pretty high you’ll…
I never thought the demolition stage of our renovation would have taken so long. By this point we were already multiple weeks in, having to work predominantly on the weekends. So far we had been able to: • Remove all carpeting (Part 1 of our Demolition) • Strip any walls that would need to be…
In the prior demolition post we went over our general goals and highlighted a few unexpected issue that arose. Our updated demolition guideline is currently: • Remove all carpeting • Strip any walls that would need to be worked on (electrical, A/V, etc…) • Remove (and try to save) the kitchen cabinets • Remove the…
The Story: When we purchased our house nearly two years ago we were faced with a decision that every homeowner has, to mow our own lawn or hire a lawn guy. Clearly, I’m not the type to hire something out if I can do it myself. And quite frankly mowing one’s own lawn is an…
The Story: The I love video games… Can’t help myself. I love sports games, I love platformers and I love retro systems. There’s not much about gaming that I dislike, other than first person shooters. I especially like maintaining older systems. Can’t really understand the psychology behind it, but there’s something in keeping an older…
The Story: The majority of modern cars come with gas actuated hood props or struts. It’s a great feature that makes working on a car much simpler. The downside, of course, is that if the prop begins to fail, you’ll have to replace it to avoid the hood dropping on top of you. While most…
The Story: The CTS is back! I really do love this car, but it seems that everything that was going to go wrong with it went wrong within a 6-month period. This time she limped in with a misfire. We first noticed something was up one night when we went to aggressively change lanes. I…
The Story: My nephew’s Chrysler Crossfire found its way back to my garage recently, right after a fresh respray. While the original paint job was not terrible, and in general I find the quality of the paint used for the Crossfires to be very good, my nephew’s car had been dinged up. Before purchasing it…
The Story: My nephew drives a 6-speed Chrysler Crossfire, and it’s a car that I’ve always really, really liked. I find the design to be nothing short of breathtaking. The boat-tail is such a unique styling element that it instantly differentiates itself from every other car on the road. Additionally, it actually has a ton…
So if you’ve ever seen a home renovation show there’s always a demolition segment where the homeowner gets handed a sledgehammer and they typically take a swing at a kitchen counter or what not. I get it, it makes for good TV. What you don’t usually see in that TV segment is the small army…
While the 2005-2006 Pontiac GTO is in my opinion a masterful car, one area that it does tend to fall short in is its weight distribution. Typically any grand touring coupe will suffer a bit from a heavy front end. To that end the GTO is not horrendous, however, coming in with a distribution of…