Archive for April, 2009

6 tips to customize body kit for your ride

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

A body kit allows you to customize your car to make it look elegant and unique. There are plenty of options outside of the platform available for most car models. If you are a body kit, be prepared to invest much time and money to create your own look.

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1. Design a body kit.

Improve your vehicle’s body, often includes the addition of a spoiler and ground effects and changes in skirts or bumpers and grills of the cars. You can do anything when it comes to creating a custom body kit. Look online or in the car shows custom ideas. Draw your design on paper or a computer program like Photoshop or CAD.

2. Create the mold.
In most cases equipment body are made of fiberglass or plastic. To create a custom the best option is a plastic, moldable. This will have to create a mold to set and shape the plastic. It is best to take your design to the store that a customer can create or modify an existing mold mold to accommodate the design. Making your own mold miles could cost more than buying a body kit from a retailer on a custom contact your store for help.

3. They have the kit of parts made.

Often, once the mold is made, the plastic is poured into the mold and heated to set the plastic. Again, this is best done by a professional, you’re the team. With your help, you can see your design come to life.

4. Connect the kit of parts.
Each part of the bumper to the wing must be securely attached to your vehicle. Bolted on the parts are safer than the stick on versions to ensure that your design includes the ability to secure the seams between the car kit and body.

5. Kit preparation for painting.

Depending on the type of plastic and its design, the kit will require different preparation work to make it ready for your custom paint job.

6. The effects of painting.

The best body kits appear seamless body of the vehicle. This often means that the whole car is a custom paint job after the body kit is installed. Add flames, glow, stripes or any other effect that suits the style of his new, sleek car.

Make a body kit is difficult and expensive to do at home. With a little help from your local store personalizing cars can design and create a body kit that is unique to your car. With a custom body kit that is always out on the road and make an impression if you are parked, speeding or drift along the road.

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Hyundai’s Hybrid Blue Drive

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

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The Hyundai Nuvis ConceptĀ is the eleventh signature concept car designed for the company in California Design Center in Irvine, Calif. In addition to show the mark-edge capabilities, Hyundai Concept NuVision also hint at a possible design direction of a future generation crossover, combining the attributes of a great city car and a premium vehicle.

Pursuant to the commitment of Hyundai leads all trademarks of the United States in fuel economy by 2015, NuVision is powered by Hyundai Blue Hybrid Drive architecture, which uses the revolutionary technology of lithium-polymer batteries .

EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN

In developing the initial sketches, Hyundai has considered the interaction between the designers of natural, more fluid with the rigid surfaces and structures to create the illusion of constant movement. In particular, the designers studied how water separates and through the flow around the hull and sides of a boat, the creation of a suite, or how the wind shapes a snowdrift or flurries to through the trees. The power of life of these elements is reflected in the NuVision Design.

“Our goal was to create a living machine, constantly in motion, the driver and passengers could be part of,” said John KRSTESKA Hyundai Design manager. “There are no lines on this car or are still standing. ”

In addition to invoking the irrepressible sense of movement, the Hyundai design team has taken more than practical issues into account. NuVision Hyundai Concept is designed to reflect the diverse interests of a modern, active couple. The NuVision is supposed to be at ease from his day to a desert retreat, to reach the ski slopes in the afternoon and then cruise to a formal dinner that evening.

The design team sought to create a vehicle that would complement its environment, without having a negative impact. The versatility of the design of the vehicle, combined with Hyundai technology Hybrid Blue Drive, performs exactly that.

The nine major components of Hyundai’s Hybrid Blue Drive include:

  • An efficient 30kW electric motor, delivering 205 N-m of torque
  • A regenerative braking system
  • An integrated starter generator that enables the engine to turn off at stops and restart automatically under acceleration
  • A breakthrough lithium polymer battery package, with 5.3 Ah of capacity at 270 volts
  • Optimized Theta II 2.4-liter engine
  • 6-speed automatic transmission with an improved-efficiency electric oil pump
  • Weight-efficient architecture coupled with a low drag coefficient
  • Electric air conditioning compressor
  • Hybrid power control unit

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Driveshaft Join Replacement

Monday, April 6th, 2009

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Do yo change gears faster than a racing pro? If you do, then you put in transmission risk, especially the flexible driveshaft joint. Unless your engine’s arm with a high quality flex joint, which will be only a matter of time before it needs repair and replacement. A defective joint flexing its willingness to compromise the entire drive shaft.

The Common Drive Shaft Flex is a flexible coupling on both ends of the drive shaft. This part helps maintain proper alignment and provides the appropriate torque to the wheels. The result is better handling. The drive shaft flexible disk need to be revised from time to time to ensure that this part is still functional. When you see the signs of low performance, we recommend you have it checked and, if necessary, replaced.

When choosing a replacement, it is better to invest in a topnotch component. So when you make your gearbox of robust habit, you can be sure these joints are held. And remember, if you’re not on the track, which is most probably in the street. Therefore, a safe driving to you and other drivers on the road. After all, exceeding the speed limit takes its toll, not only in the form of reparations, but also their safety.

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