New Products

There’s a younger side to most of us… and this inner-child thinks that spinning your wheels is pretty cool. Spinning your wheels in the winter time though isn’t. In fact, loss of traction, this time of year, can be downright dangerous. For years people have combated this by putting a few hundred pounds of sand bags, salt, bricks or whatever …

Aftermarket Seat Heaters by Rostra It is late October, but a few downy flakes of snow are blowing past the window, and I am happy to be inside where it is toasty warm. The compulsion to go off-roading, however, does not go into hibernation, so last year, our project Land Cruiser got a shiny new Mojave® heater from Flex-A-Lite. With …

PML now manufactures and sells a new extra-capacity differential cover for the Nissan Titan. PML designed this cover with fins and additional oil capacity for cooler differential temperatures. Many Titan owners have reported overheating especially when towing and have been looking for a way to reduce temperatures. PML heard from these owners and designed a cover in response to their …

 “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Whoever said that certainly never turned wrenches for a living, or had something better to do with their time. For several years our project Land Cruiser has had its fair share of drips and leaks. The rear main seal on our fuel injected Chevy 350 motor seeps (surprise surprise), the …

Creepers, mechanic’s stools, utility carts and rolling toolboxes: most of us have them, but few of us pay attention to the one problem they have in common-their wheels. Some may have fancy locking-lever mechanisms, but most are just simple casters with hard plastic or metal wheels. The problem with these wheels is that a stray nut or concrete seam can …

 “Houston, we have gimbal lock”… Not something you’d want to hear or experience, especially with a cold one (or above all a hot one) between your legs while driving your rig, your ATV, your bike, your boat, your golf cart or any other motorized vehicle. The Liquid Caddy is a gimbaled cup holder with a twist – literally, as you’ll …

The floor of your garage is probably the most ignored and abused tool in your shop. I’ll bet it’s stained from oil and other fluids, chipped from dropped tools and neglected in several other ways. If you’ve been thinking about tiling your floor or resurfacing it with epoxy, don’t cash your hard-earned paycheck just yet.   SwissTrax, makers of Diamond-trax, …