Besides working on our ’56 Fairlane “Riff Raff”, or our Harleys, we are caught with maintenance or the occasional upgrade of our daily drivers.
Don’t you just dig the projects where everything goes as planned? Can you tell me what that is like? Lately it seems that everything I touch just snowballs into a big deal. Case in point working on the Blacktop Bruiser lately. The Blacktop Bruiser is a 2005 RAM 1500 5.7L Hemi standard cab/short bed truck. […]
Blacktop Magazine Special Print Edition #26 – The ArtMartyr Issue is chock-full of creativeness! We explore the world of Kustom Kulture with artists like Space Giant, Rebel 13 Photography, Wicked Lines Pinstriping, Dale Sizer, Boneyard Artillery, Trisha Turner, Doug DoRr, BOMONSTER, and James Owens. Also in these pages we have our Daily Driver Report, #KidWrencher […]
A DAILY DRIVER REPORT By John Oro, Truck Editor Installing a turbo cover kit by Thermo-Tec on Gabe’s 1995 RAM 2500 Cummins Diesel 4×4 truck. Gabe is a true hot rodder with a wild 69 Satellite Wagon 440 and this truck is his daily driver taking him to the jobsite everyday and fishing excursions on […]
Cold Air Induction Heat Shield by Thermo-Tec The COOL-TUBE Heat Shield by http://www.ThermoTec.com. Here is one of those products that you wonder: “Why didn’t I think of that?”. We installed an AEM Cold Air Induction System on the Blacktop Bruiser 2005 5.7L Hemi Ram Truck a few years back and never really thought about that […]
DAILY DRIVER REPORT The Check Engine Light came on, and then off, and then back on again recently on the Blacktop Bruiser 2005 5.7L Hemi RAM truck recently. I first thought about writing an article about how to turn off that annoying Check Engine Light by covering it up with some tape. I would go […]
Daily Driver Report By Shop Doggie Hilda I get so excited when I see the boys get the ramp and set it up. I know it’s time for a ride. We usually ride in Billy’s Blacktop Baller a 2007 HEMI RAM pickup because it is a 4-door and I have plenty of room in the […]
DAILY DRIVER REPORT By Shop Doggie Hilda The Blacktop Bruiser has been neglected. I know, we are all sad. However, there is light at the end of this tunnel. You may recall that the boys have been learning quite a bit at the Meguiar’s Garage. Michael Stoops and his team have been sharing some techniques […]
Billy Installs The JET Xcellerator on Blacktop Baller Hello everyone, this is your favorite shop dog Hot Rod Hilda, for another Daily Driver Report. Today the boys installed the Jet Performance Xcelerator in Billy’s Blacktop Baller Hemi Truck The truck is a 2007 RAM 1500 crew cab with the 5.7 Hemi EZB. The challenge with […]
With the Detailing Rig from MYCHANIC When Billy and I were at the SEMA Show we took the transit over to the AAPEX Show to meet up with our friends from MYCHANIC. We met with James Finney and Gene Duarte, their product designers. The guys gave us a sneak peek at the Detailing Rig to […]
Installing Ruff Tuff Seat Covers. Hello everyone, this is Hot Rod Hilda and here’s a story about the boys putting nice new seat covers in my truck, the Blacktop Baller. The truck is a 2007 RAM 1500 Hemi crew cab. Well, it’s not actually my truck ‘cause I can’t drive, being a doggie and all. […]
“The SEMA Crunch is REAL!” I joked online as we received our TrekStep from Bestop on Wednesday before the big show. “It’s gonna take some long nights to finish our SEMA Build!” There was that ONE-GUY who had to think we were serious. “How many thumbs do you have?” He exclaimed. We get ready to […]
We dig family owned and operated companies here at Blacktop Magazine. The other day Billy and I stopped over at Solution Finish in Huntington Beach, CA. Chris West, founder, and his daughter Ashley were bottling up some of their plastic/vinyl/rubber trim restoring solution for a customer. The line of plastic trim restoring products that are […]
