Posts filed under 'Grinding Wheels'
Tip! Many who have seen our Corporate Offices on wheels, The Blitz Mobile; Mobile Command Center are impressed. We are unconvinced anyone should be impressed, it is not as Easy as It Looks and some say it is all about Grinding it Out, as one plots a tack to Pour Your Heart Into It.
Custom wheels can make a big difference in a car, truck or SUV. They offer improved handling and a beautiful appearance. Because of this, auto enthusiasts have been upgrading to custom wheels for years, replacing basic steel wheels and hubcaps on their vehicle to set them apart from others and to provide a smoother ride.
Most Custom wheel manufacturers offer chrome, aluminum and alloy wheels in their inventories. They also have been offering custom wheels in colors such as the very popular silver along with bronze, gun metal, gold, anthracite, white, black and gray.
The custom wheels industry is growing and as it grows it gives us more and more choices including the hottest trend in the market today, custom painted wheels or color matched custom wheels. For the most part this trend is popular among owners of small import tuner cars and small trucks. Several manufacturers of custom wheels such as Forged Metal, Hipnotic Wheels, Rota and Sport Max now offer color matched custom wheels in two toning or color and chrome. These two and three piece custom wheels have a color matched center and a chrome or machined lip. MOMO wheels offers a custom wheel with removable insets on the spokes that are intended to be custom painted to match the vehicles color or any other color you choose. Some custom wheels are offered with small color matched center caps.
Tip! There is an huge amount of accessories that allow pickup truck owners to convert their weekday work horse to comfortable, efficient and enjoyable transportation. Accessories like lowering kits, lift kits, tonneau covers and custom wheels.
The most popular of the color matched custom wheels are wheels that are painted or powdered coated to match the color of a vehicle. In this case the entire wheel is painted or powdered coated. Color matched custom wheels can be ordered from the manufacture or purchased from on line custom wheel venders. Just give them your vehicles color code and they will have your wheels painted prior to shipment. Another option is to purchase a set of painted silver custom rims of your choice and have them re-painted or powdered coated locally. Short on cash and handy with a spray gun – do it your self.
May 19th, 2008
Tip! General Motors has over the years given us some really great looking Camaro’s and Chevelle’s, and now we can add equally great classic custom Rally wheels from American Racing for that old school look.
If you are thinking about purchasing a new or used pickup truck with a diesel power plant then there are some things you need to be aware of. The advantages of the diesel engine are numerous. It burns considerably less fuel than a gasoline engine doing the same work. It has no ignition system to attend to. It can deliver much more of its rated horsepower on a continuous basis than can a gasoline engine. It’s fuel economy is greater than gas powered trucks of the same size and make. In fact some Dodge truck owners with the Cummins diesel are reporting 22 – plus mpg highway. The same trucks with gasoline engines are turning in around 14 – 16 mpg highway. With the cost of gasoline and diesel almost the same you cannot underestimate this advantage.
Planning to haul a trailer or a boat? This is here a diesel engine really comes into its own. The typical Ford F250 / Chevy 2500 three-quarter ton trucks with diesel power plants can pull four tons with ease, yet fuel economy barely suffers. The same trucks with gasoline engines experience fuel economy dropping by half or worse. Also if you plan to do alot of hauling keep in mind a diesel holds up better than a gas motor. In fact a gasoline engine’s life span decreases exponentially while pulling heavy loads for extended periods of time while a diesel is hardly affected.
Todays diesel also enjoy much improved performance in the area of driveability. No more do you step on the accelerator an wait for the engine to wind up. Todays PowerStrokes, Duramax and Cummins diesels have plenty of get up and go right off the line. Merging with traffic is no longer the white knuckle experience it used to be.
Some disadvantages to diesel engines are that they’re very heavy for the horsepower they produce, and their initial cost is much higher than a comparable gasoline engine. Repairs cost more, but diesel generally require fewer repairs than gasoline engines. Where you purchase the truck has some bearing too. Diesel powered pickup trucks bought in Florida and other parts of the south for example generally hold up better than those purchased in the harsher northern climates.
Tip! Manufacturers often describe black wheels in the following manner: painted black, chrome and black, gloss black, matte black, flat black, powder coated black, satin black, charcoal, hyper black, iridium black, black with a machine lip, black paint with polished stainless lip, black with a diamond cut face, chrome with black spoke caps, chrome with black inserts, carbon, graphite, anthracite, and black chrome. However, black and hyper black are the most popular descriptions used by manufacturers.
As always we recommend that whatever type of engine you choose to operate, always follow the manufacturer’s recommendations and procedures, as those folks know their product better than anyone else does.
May 8th, 2008
Tip! There is an huge amount of accessories that allow pickup truck owners to convert their weekday work horse to comfortable, efficient and enjoyable transportation. Accessories like lowering kits, lift kits, tonneau covers and custom wheels.
Roving across the surface of the Planet is no easy feat. Just getting there is one heck of proposition in itself. Vast surfaces on our Red Planet companion make it difficult to choose where to cruise. Terrain must also be over come, which is no easy endeavor, just getting to the top of Husband Hill named after the Captain of the Columbia Space Shuttle crew, took months.
Life is not easy if you are the Mars Rover, you have so many worried; you are indebted to the taxpayer for your chance to explore another planet, you can never soak up enough Sun to remain fully charged and you have to worry about the Devil too. Those Dust Devils are mighty fierce although they are able to help clean off the solar cells.
Climbing mounds, hills and steep terrain is like a story of a Robotic System on the reality TV Show “Survivor,” the odds are against, you but you can never leave the island. Since steep terrain often has the best exploratory opportunities, one needs a robot which can easily transverse the Mars Landscape.
I propose we redesign the wheels, with angled spikes, which grip as it climbs and then retract once the wheel moves forward. The spikes will be no larger than those big nails you use to frame a house with and they will pierce thru the concave part of the tread on the outer surface of the wheel. This will allow the Rover to not fall over.
Further I propose using LED lights for forward vision so we can see on our screens back at home what is going on. Efficiency is the name of the game and we need lights, which do not suck up all the juice in the batteries that we need for mobility. Climbing steep terrain will take more energy from the batteries you see? LED lights are bright, but very low wattage and we can make them run using electromagnetic induction technology to charge a capacitor instead of the headlights working off a battery. We use the vibrational energy of the Rover’s own motor and the bumps on the ground that our Red Rover will travel over.
Tip! After a week or so, depending on how much usage and dirt your car sees, you’ll want to first hose off all the loose dirt and grit from the wheels (the last thing you want to do is polish it into the metal, scratching the surface) and give them a wash with mild soapy warm water. Despite the availability of many cleaners on the market, this is the best way to keep the wheels clean and undamaged.
Currently there are some nifty micro-flashlights being used which you can buy which use a similar technique and are available thanks to the Everlight Flashlight technology research lab. These smaller flashlights work by shaking them for about thirty seconds and shine for about 6 minutes and they shine quite bright since they use a very bright LED light. Here is a link to this home use flashlight:
http://www.modernoutpost.com/gear/details/ee_shakelight.html
Here is a quick movie you can watch online to see how this technology works.
http://www.modernoutpost.com/gear/movies/ee_forever.MPG
If they get too dim from too smooth of a trail, yah, we wish, then the system would revert back to the battery. Additionally we can run the spike system on the wheels by using the same energy source of the bumpy terrain, which activates tiny servos of .2 watts per wheel. Perhaps this is a good way to save energy and increase efficiency? Think on this.
Tip! Overall, buying the best quality wheels you can, and giving them regular measures of attention is going to give you the best value for money and save you a lot of effort in the long run.
Lance Winslow
April 7th, 2008
Tip! Appearance oriented car enthusiasts look for the shine in chrome wheels. However you can also get great looks with polished aluminum wheels.
After home, car is one of the most priced possessions for most of us. However, not all of our pockets are steady enough to pay for our dream car up front. So, what do you do now? Do you need to give up your dream of buying your dream car? Well! Certainly not as there are various ways via which you can accomplish your desire of possessing your dream car. The most popular among them is Car Loans. A Car Loan is a type of loan which is designed specifically to finance your dream wheels.
When you are on for a search, to find a Car Loan for yourself; you want to crack the best deal. However, not all of us are well versed with the terms and terminologies of the car lending market. So, the very first thing that you need to require to secure a smart car loan deal is by educating yourself with all the jargons of the lending market.
When applying for a car loan lenders might ask you offer some of the documents that need to be verified. Here’s the check list:
March 14th, 2008
Wheels are circular shaped, and rotate on their axils, therefore bringing about a movement which helps vehicles move. It is said that the Mesopotamians invented the wheel in 3500 BC. Initially it was used for the purpose of pottery, later it was used as an important means of transportation. The Mesopotamians first used the wheel for transportation of their chariots in 3200 BC. After the Industrial Revolution, the wheel became an important element of technology. Today, there are many kinds of wheels available in the market, and each of them has very specific purposes.
Weld Wheels were invented in 1967. The idea behind their invention was to create tougher, light weight, and reliable set of wheels for usages of both on and off the race track. Weld wheels are essentially used for racing, and are also referred to as Weld Racing Wheels. These wheels are known for in drag, circle track and off-road racing. They are also available for sand sports, and off-road racing. Weld Racing apparel such as Re Kap Shop shirts, motorcycle tees, hats and Dickies Jackets are
a new line of clothing that is now available in the market.
The Weld Racing Organization, a group dedicated to manufacturing advanced forged alloy wheels ensures that the wheels are of highest quality to improve performance and appearance of race-cars, off-road trucks, sand rails, luxury pickups, Sport Utility Vehicles, premium motor cars, customs, hot rods, motorcycles, trailers, sprint cars, midgets, NHRA top fuel, and pro stock. This organization also makes sure they bring you the latest technologies and styles in the motorcycle industry without having to compromise with safety and dependability offered by the Weld Racing Wheels. Each of these new designs is Jesso tested to guarantee you a safe and secure travel. The Weld Racing Wheels usually come in a polished or show chrome finish. This show chrome has nearly three years of warranty, and all Weld Wheels come with a lifetime structural warranty.
The Weld Motorcycle wheels are made to be resistant from heat and extremely intense pressure. All the Weld Wheels are produced in-house at the Kansas City, Missouri facility. The production of these wheels is started from scratch using raw 6061
aircraft grade aluminum. Each wheel is forged into the exact requirements because forging is the lightest and strongest way to produce a high performance wheel. Once every wheel is checked and certified they undergo heat treating. After this process, they wheels are put on a blank form and shifted onto a computerized numerically controlled mill.
With the help of latest technology, it is during this process that the wheels are carved with detailed designs and superior finishes. Each wheel is then shifted to the polishing section. Extremely skilled craftsmen work on every square inch of the forged aluminum to bring out a radiant luster. These wheels are then taken straight for the assembly of polished goods or to the house chrome line. All through the distinctive proprietary chroming process, the wheels are changed into radiant, luminous, high performance equipments made especially for your vehicle.
February 17th, 2008
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