Your car is composed of thousands of individual parts that work together to carry you down the road. Some of those components are large and well-known — for example, most people understand that the ...

With the average age of vehicles on the road in the U.S. surpassing 11 years, and considering many of those vehicles' odometers have clocked more than 100,000 miles, one would think shock/strut ...

I’m sure you’ve probably heard this before. “Your shocks and (or) struts are blown and need replacing.” You are quoted some astronomical price and you immediately ask yourself, “How important are ...

Trade show season in the automotive aftermarket always packs a few pleasant surprises. Just when you think things can't get any better, savvy manufacturers figure out a way to up the technological and ...

While cars and trucks certainly have made strides in design and engineering, the shock absorber is one part that really hasn’t changed too much over the years. Many production cars still rely on them, ...

One of the biggest, most significant shifts in automotive suspension systems over the past several decades has been the explosion in popularity of high-tech active suspensions. From air springs to ...

One of the most consistent things throughout the truck hobby is the fact that most hardcore enthusiasts—especially those who actually own pickups—typically are open to "modifying" their rigs at some ...

The design brief for the Mercedes-Benz 190 was simple: Build a Mercedes, only smaller. The W201, as it was known internally, was Mercedes-Benz's response to the oil crises of the Seventies and ...

There are a lot of components in your car you might not think about, but which are of great importance. Maintaining them or going through with the repairs if something is wrong is a great way to take ...

History: The company now known as KYB Corp. was established in Japan in 1919 by Shiro Kayaba and originally did business as Kayaba Research Center. The company initially made hydraulic dampers for ...