The pad cake is sintered in the case of particularly high-quality brake pads, as they are exposed to high loads. During sintering, fifteen different metals are compacted in powder form under pressure and heat. The special manufacturing process connects the metal and enables ...
Continue reading "Rock crawling - the extreme form of off-road driving!
"Rock crawling" is a very extreme form of off-road driving with heavily modified but also with production vehicles. Translated into German, this driving variant means something like "crawling rocks". In "rock crawling" drivers use either conventional or heavily modified vehicles ...
Continue reading "What actually is a so-called long-stroke suspension?
With long-stroke suspension, the spring travel is sometimes significantly longer than with a normal suspension spring and also longer than with a conventional off-road suspension. Why? So that the effects of uneven road surfaces and high and particularly long jumps can be better dampened. Because of ...
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Backward is the English expression for "backwards". A backward car has one simple feature that makes it an eye-catcher. The vehicle has its chassis upside down and the rear acts as a front, so to speak. During a normal tour in ...
Continue reading "Positive camber vs. negative camber - what should you watch out for?
Recently updated on June 8, 2021 at 11:25 a.m. The angle between the center plane of the wheel and a vertical line on the road is known in technical jargon as the camber or wheel camber. It sounds quite complicated at first glance, but it actually is...
Continue reading "Carolina Squat: new concept in the scene with problems!
Recently updated on March 23, 2022 at 07:21 a.m. Have you ever heard of the tuning term “Carolina Squat” (also called Cali Lean, California Lean or Squatted Trucks)? No? Neither have we yet. And he is also relatively new in...
Continue reading "Antireflective coating / anti-reflective coating possible?
Certainly very few people worry about whether there is a way to anti-reflective coating on the car windows. But the approach is not entirely unjustified. If you have an older vehicle that does not have an anti-reflective windshield, it may be ...
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What is underbody trim and what is it good for? The underbody of a car is one of the most important components and it forms the basis for every vehicle on four wheels. Not only the exhaust snakes along these, also others ...
Continue reading "VW ODIS - the well-known Volkswagen vehicle diagnosis!
Recently updated on September 19, 2023 at 05:53 am [Update: 19.09.2023/2009/2010] This post has been updated to reflect newer information. Back in XNUMX/XNUMX, the Volkswagen Group presented its new vehicle diagnostics with its “Odis” diagnostic software. “Odis” offers together with the…
Continue reading "Air purifier in the car for an optimal indoor climate!
Recently updated on January 27, 2022 at 03:13 a.m. In recent years, the environmental aspect and environmental protection have become increasingly important in our society, but also globally. Many now realize that we only have one world and only one...
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