Brake lines are among the most commonly overlooked items when people install a lift kit. Because a lift kit increases the distance between a vehicle’s axles and the frame, the brake lines need to be ...

The front brakes on our street/strip 1967 Mustang's were pretty much toast. Although the pads still had plenty of meat on them, they were heavily glazed, and the rotors had developed hot spots, so ...

Sometimes the point of a particular exercise isn't as clear as one might think. Take the example of installing a big-brake kit onto a new C7 Corvette. Many may think that the main purpose is to ...

Ever since picking up my 2011 BMW 128i back in March, I’ve had incremental performance upgrades on the brain. Planning out what’s next has been daunting at times because I’m not used to owning a car ...

Last month we introduced our latest project, a '64 Dodge Polara hardtop, which we'll be transforming into a street/strip car that will ultimately run in the Nostalgia Super Stock drag racing class.

If your car has low brake fluid levels (see “Checking Brake Fluid”), it usually means that there’s a leak somewhere in your wheel cylinders or your brake lines, which are the lines that run underneath ...

We bring all of our senses to task when riding a motorcycle — with the possible exception of taste! — to operate the machines below us and maintain a certain level of safety. It’s as if we become part ...

Stainless steel brake lines are shiny. And a lot of us like shiny things. Still, there's got to be more to the desire to use stainless steel braided brake lines than just their aesthetic appeal. After ...

We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. It’s hard to think of a more important automotive component than brakes. The ability to stop your car quickly, ...