Hundreds Take Part in Inaugural Women’s Car Care Clinic Sponsored by Belle Tire and Monroe
Nearly 300 female motorists in the Detroit area set aside their Sunday afternoon this past weekend to learn more about important vehicle maintenance topics through an innovative car care clinic sponsored by Belle Tire and the Monroe shocks and struts brand of Tenneco Inc. Held at Belle Tire’s corporate headquarters in Allen Park ….
Belle Tire to Host Free Car Care Clinics This Sunday
Belle Tire will host free Car Care Clinics Sunday, June 22 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. at Belle Tire headquarters in Allen Park, MI. The clinics are targeted toward women, although anyone is welcome to attend, and will provide a basic knowledge and understanding of a how a vehicle works and proper maintenance procedures ….
Tech Tip: Fixing Front End Squeaks on Cadillac Escalades
Your shop just installed a new set of tires on a 2002 Cadillac Escalade. The very next day, the customer returns complaining about a squeak and a rattle coming from the front end that wasn’t there before you replaced the tires. What happened? The noise could be coming from the front shocks. The shocks are equipped with upper insulator pilot rings that can wear ….
Tech Feature: Worn Steering and Suspension Parts are Often Overlooked
It’s a little known fact that many cars and trucks that end up in junkyards have never had any major steering or suspension parts replaced. They still have the original equipment shocks and struts, springs, ball joints, tie rod ends and steering racks. So does this mean junkyards all across America are full of perfectly good parts? Not these parts ….
Tech Feature: Performance Exhaust for Late-Model Vehicles
What’s hot in exhaust performance products? Bolt-on free-flowing exhaust systems for diesel trucks, big bore mufflers for sport compact cars, and low restriction street performance mufflers for cars like Mustangs, Pontiac G8s, Dodge Chargers and Chevy Corvettes. The diesel market has been really hot lately. Turbo diesel engines are a popular option in full-size Dodge, Ford and GM pickups because a ….
Performance Exhausts for Late-Model Vehicles
What’s hot in exhaust performance products? Bolt-on free-flowing exhaust systems for diesel trucks, big bore mufflers for sport compact cars, and low restriction street performance mufflers for cars like Mustangs, Pontiac G8s, Dodge Chargers and Chevy Corvettes. The diesel market has been really hot lately. Turbo diesel engines are a popular option in full-size Dodge,
Monroe Unveils ‘Save a Squirrel’ Consumer Ride Control Ad Campaign
The Monroe shocks and struts brand of Tenneco Inc. will launch an aggressive integrated advertising campaign this spring to remind consumers that replacing worn ride control components could help improve vehicle steering, stopping and stability – and just might save the life of an innocent squirrel darting ….
Tech Tip: 15 Ride Control Tips that Will Help You Sell the Job and Do it Right
The customer will not be happy if he brought the car in for a knocking noise, was sold a couple hundred dollars worth of struts and or ball joints, etc., and the noise is still there. He takes the car elsewhere and the knocking noise is fixed with a couple of $20 sway bar bushings. Despite how bad the parts are, that guy is going to think he got beat. It’s important to address the ….
More than 450 XL Parts Customers Participate in Monroe Ride-and-Drive Experience
More than 450 repair shop owners, service writers and technicians participated in the Monroe Ride-and-Drive technical training experience during the annual XL Parts Open House in Houston in early April. The popular hands-on training experience is part of ….
Century Truck Caps Celebrates Spring with their American Outdoorsmen Package
Just in time for serious fishing activities, this unique and multi-purpose package can be used for storage of fishing gear or other sports equipment. The American Outdoorsmen comes complete with headliner, four fishing rod holders, two 12V dome lights, a clothes hanger, and a security enhancing lockable storage box in ….