Category: Daily Driver Report

Besides working on our ’56 Fairlane “Riff Raff”, or our Harleys, we are caught with maintenance or the occasional upgrade of our daily drivers.

A Bit About Batteries

A Blacktop Magazine Daily Driver Report: I am trying to imagine a time before there were batteries. In the mid 18th century Benjamin “don’t call me Benny” Franklin first used the term Battery to describe a group of Leyden jars.…

Talking Tailgates

A Daily Driver Report: The truck scene is so hot right now. We’ve been getting a bunch of shots from Texas Rich and then C-10 Talk did a ride out to Texas and at the recent SEMA Show. No doubt…

The Blacktop Baller Gets Armored

Dupli-Color’s Bed Armor This is a story of much needed father/son bonding time… My neighbor rolled his bed liner on a while back. It was super blotchy and didn’t last long at all. We saw the Dupli-Color Bed Armor with truck…

Headlight Restoration

The Blacktop Baller gets clear vision. Billy and I rolled out to the Meguiar’s Garage for a demonstration with their Headlight Restoration Kit. Mike Pennington met us at the door and got busy sharing some tips and answering our questions…

MaxTrac Suspension Tour

Billy and Tony visit with MaxTrac Suspension in Anaheim MaxTrac specializes in 2WD Lift, Level and Lower kits for trucks and SUV’s. They are leaders in Forged Aluminum spindles for late model applications.  Visit www.MaxTracSuspension.com for more info.

Hemi Performance and Economy

Daily Driver Report – Programming Power with Hypertech Story by Hot Rod Hilda Hi everyone, this is Hilda, the Blacktop family adopted me from Angel City Pit Bulls and NKLA a couple of months ago and this is the first article I…

Installing Weatherstrip

Jeff’s late ’55 Chevy Truck Cab gets Weatherproofed Photos: Jeff Allen and Tony Colombini, Story: Tony Colombini When I joined the Mercifuls Car Club many years ago, Jeff Allen was voted in on the same day. However, Jeff was a member in…

Weego Portable Power

SEMA New Product Feature Story: T-Bone, Photos: Billy Early one morning at the SEMA Show I was working on recharging my body with some stiff coffee and stumbling around the north hall when I saw an orange and white Ford Falcon…

Tuning the King

Installing a Vigilante Flash from Superchips Story by T-Bone, Model: Carrie Holt When you bought your new Harley, you most likely started customizing it to perform better and give a bit of your personality. We certainly did that. I picked…

On Track at MaxTrac Suspension

A 2013 SEMA Show Find: Photos/Story: T-Bone and Billy (photo of the Silverado: from MaxTrac) Our ride to the SEMA Show in Billy’s Blacktop Baller was smooth going. Friday before the show we installed a set of Helo HE879’s and…

Anti-Sway Baller

Installing a Hellwig Anti-Sway Bar on Billy’s Blacktop Baller Photo/Video: T-Bone Check out more Load and Sway Control at Hellwig Products!

The Baller Gets ACCELL-erated

Installing ACCELL Super Coils in Billy’s Blacktop Baller Story/Photo: T-Bone (Click on photo above to watch the video) I like working in the garage. After spending a week behind the LCD screen and the fingertips pecking away at a keyboard,…