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A quick tip from a friend of mine that runs a body shop on fabricating plastic vapor barriers for the doors. Glues can have several problems. Spray adhesives can be tricky to apply to the door without getting the glue all over the place. Trying to re-glue after pulling back part of the barrier when ...

I have a friend that does high-end paintwork, mostly on street rods and the like. He charges $7K just for a basic strip to bare metal and paint. If any bodywork needs to be done that's extra labor. If you want the final product to be a showcar finish that's extra. If you just want paint on the car a...

OBD II is being hacked already. In the Volkswagen world a guy has reverse-engineered the factory software. For $200 you get a cable that connects your laptop to the OBD connector and software that will read and alter all the factory settings. As todays complicated new cars age, I'm sure that there w...

The "wine and cheese" aspect of FCA membership probably depends on which region you are in. Here in the Northwest Region (Seattle, in my case) we have pleny of "gearhead" events. Next month we're touring the Jon Shirley collection, one of several garage tours we do each year. This is last year's Shi...