Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Spotlight
Here’s How To Give An Old Set Of Seats A New Life: Here’s How To Reupholster Bucket Seats Like These For Your Ride
My mom has been sewing for most of her life, and on multiple occasions we have talked about old bucket seats I have lying around and wanting to try to reupholster them ourselves. We’ve always...
How Did The Iron Trap Gang Actually Make This 1932 Ford Tudor Super Shiny After 45 Years In A BARN?!
Making old paint shiny is easier nowadays than ever, but for many folks that involves using something like Vice Grip Garage Shine Juice. And that stuff is awesome, there is no doubt, but it’s a...
DIY Electric Power Steering, The Easy Way, With Mike Cotten. No Engine Driven Power Steering Pump Makes This Clean And Simple.
Electric power steering is incredibly common in new cars nowadays, and has been available from the aftermarket for several years as well. There are lots of factory components that have been used over...
Which Snow Foam Car Wash Is Best: He’s Never Seen A Snow Foam Car Wash This Good! Testing And Reviewing Some Big Names!
I just bought an OBS Suburban recently that has nice paint. I am not normally the nice paint guy, and this thing is making me so nervous all the time because I don’t want to mess up the paint....
Which Plastic Trim Restorer Actually Works Best, Or Do They All Pretty Much Suck? Surprising Results Right Here!
I have tried all kinds of plastic trim restoring products, and have also tried the torch methods, and have to say that I have recently been surprised by a couple of new to me products. It used to be...
Finnegan Is Getting Ready For Drag Week 2025! What Is He Bringing? What Is He Changing? Will He Finish!
Drag Week is right around the corner, and Finnegan has been planning and prepping so he can be ready for the fun and excitement that he and his co-pilots are planning to have. Yep, I said co-pilots...
Paint Tech: Here’s How To Paint Raised Letters Like The Ones On A Tailgate. Tools, Tips, Tricks, And More!
If you have a truck with a tailgate with raised letters, or some other stamped metal part with raised areas, then this video is going to show you how to lay down some paint to make them clean and...
Freiburger’s Adventures: ROAD TRIP GOLD! Wrenching, Finding Old Cars, Americana, and Rat Fink!
I hooked up with David halfway through this trip as we were both working on another project and when he told us about the breakdown we were all comparing notes and laughing about the stuff...
The Mangled Mercury Project: Part 16 Finishing Up The Small Things And Spraying Some Fresh Lacquer On The Newly Chopped 1939 Merc.
The Mangled Mercury project from Iron Trap Garage has been a really fun project to watch come together. Starting out as what seemed like a simple chop top Mercury build, it has gone into full custom...
Putting Some Chill In The Hemi Monte Carlo! 12 VOLT AIR-CONDITIONING FOR COTTEN’S HEMI MONTE CARLO…IS IT WORTH IT?
He already made some die hard Chevrolet guys mad because of the Gen3 Hemi that he swapped into it, so why not go all the way and try out some new fangled electric air conditioning on this bad boy. If...
Do You Really Need Wheel Cleaner? How Do Pro Wheel Cleaners Stack Up Against Dawn Or Vinegar?
First off, don’t use these products or techniques unless you have done the research on your particular wheel finishes. You would NOT want to use vinegar or acid based wheel cleaners on...
BONDO BASICS!! Body Filler Done The Right Way With Our Friend Kevin Tetz. Filler Is Good, When Used Appropriately AND Correctly!
We’ve all seen and heard the horror stories of body filler being used the wrong way, and it puts some serious fear into people about either using it on their rides or buying something that has...
DIY Ceramic Coatings Testing And Review: They’ve Never Seen A Ceramic Coating This Good! Not Even Close!
I just bought a freshly painted OBS Suburban a couple of weeks ago, and because it has the nicest paint of anything I own, I want to ceramic coat it to protect the pain in the long run. The problem...
Dirt Daily With Fred Williams: How to Replace and Stretch your Synthetic Winch Rope. Steel Cable Is A Thing Of The Past
A few years ago I sent a winch to a friend that I owed so he could install it on his trailer. I didn’t hear anything about it for a few weeks and then asked him if he had gotten it. He said he...