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Have you been in a car crash recently?

No we’re not trying to represent you in a court of law, you can find one of those guys on TV.

We’re trying to put your car back together at the lowest possible price with the least amount of hassle.

So if your car isn’t totaled and you feel like driving your old faithful again, we are your once stop place to shop.

Admittedly, we can’t fix a dinged up body, but we can help you replace taillights, headlights, reflectors, side mirrors and everything that it takes to get you back on the road.

Don’t haggle with a crooked mechanic looking to squeeze every last dollar out of every single replacement part. Get it here at ridiculously low prices, and if you can’t do the work yourself, take the parts to the shop with you.

And by ridiculously low prices, we mean liquidation, wholesale, clearance, unbelievable sale prices!

Let us help you keep the green in your pocket, because let’s face it, driving around without a side mirror on your car isn’t a good look for anyone.

Head Lights

Taillights

Corner Lights

Check out our extensive selection of collision parts and accessories.

The Muffler

A muffler, as you may have guessed based on it’s name, muffles (decreases) the engine’s sound that comes out of the exhaust pipe. But let’s not sell the muffler short, according to our good friends over at Wikipedia, the muffler can “increase engine efficiency, performance, power output, and simultaneously decrease the overall wear and tear on the engines' components.”

On cars, it is mounted to the bottom, latter half of the vehicle with the exhaust pipes coming out of the back. The inside of a muffler is a maze of tubes and chambers that are designed to negate sound waves by reflecting them off of one another.

How it works

When the sound comes from the engine into the muffler through the hole, the waves continue on, some into the chamber, others reflecting right back toward the hole. The incoming waves, as well as the reflected waves, both from the chamber and those that originally reflected, hit each other and, by some act of science, they nearly cancel each other out.

If that doesn’t make sense, which it probably doesn’t, check this link for a simplified animation of the process (http://auto.howstuffworks.com/muffler4.htm).

If you don’t want to get wrapped up in the complexities of the acoustics, just remember that the muffler keeps your car from sounding like a big lawn mower.

Need a new muffler?

Costhelper.com says this, “Having a professional replace the muffler on a passenger car runs $110-$218 for after-market parts and $255-$380 for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts. Replacing the muffler on a truck, SUV or minivan costs $120-$330 for after-market parts and $346-$550 for OEM parts.”

Check out our selection of DC Sports Universal Mufflers and Silencers

Content by: Joseph Cannon, CarGear.com Blogger

Saturday March 12th 2011. It is my friend’s birthday and he invites me for a cruise in some twisty mountains near Duarte, California. He drives a Volvo C30 and loves to drive. He’s actually a really good driver. I can’t say no since it’s his birthday so Tyler, My brother and I decide to roll out at 9am to Duarte where a group of Ford Focus are meeting up for the canyon cruise. Gas isn’t cheap so the C30, Audi TT, and my A3 were cruising on the freeway at 60. We have to save gas for the twisty roads ahead! I have never been to a Ford Focus meet of any kind but since Ford and Volvo share many things, Tyler had found the cruise info on an online forum. There were many nice cars at the meet and it was followed by a great canyon cruise. We even got a chance to see a Lamborghini! Here are the pictures of the cruise. Enjoy!

Content by: Edgar Lamar, CarGear.com Street Team Member

Hello, my name is Edgar Lamas and I am a Euro addict. For the last four years, European cars and styling has been my addiction. Here in southern California, we are few in number when compared to the JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) scene. This makes it even more special for me when I see a fellow Euro enthusiast out on the road.

It all started when I was given a 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit as a high school graduation present. While everyone else was getting Mustangs and Civics, I
wanted something Euro and this was the cheapest new Euro I could find. I didn't know much about the Euro scene at first but have loved everything about it since I began going to meets and events. After 4 years of loving and modifying it, it was totaled after I lost control when I hit some loose gravel on a sharp turn.I went straight into a hillside and it was done.

I had done so much work on the Rabbit such as coilovers, sway bars, HIDs, genuine Thunder Bunny body kit, cold air intake, 18”wheels, painted roof, C2 Chip, and much more. It was a shame to see it go. Luckily, with the insurance money, I managed to find a certified used Audi A3 to start over with. I’m just happy the chassis are the same as the Rabbit and have used some parts from it. As of now, it’s pretty stock but it’s always fun to start fresh.

As part of the Street Team, I will be covering many Euro events and meets, bringing you some of the lowest and nicest cars.  For now, pictures are taken with my old 8MP camera. I have a 14MP SLR camera on its way to maximize the coverage.

For the past few weeks, I have been getting that itch. That restlessness from being in one place too long, that need to get out and go. So this past weekend, we went. All five of us piled into a Nissan Xterra– 5 seats, 5 people, 4 guys over 6 feet tall, 1 girlfriend– headed from Los Angeles to Berkeley. By rule of the unspoken code, the girlfriend got the front seat, leaving the three biggest to cram into the back. It was snug to say the least,  like sweaty back of the knees and muscle ache snug.  I have made this drive dozens of times going up to college, but the ride is different every time. The dynamic of a road trip is unlike any other. You are stuck in a car with other people for hours on end with nothing in front of you but taillights and open road.  It is a forced social situation, shared suffering you could say. You put on the mixtapes made for the drive, you eat a whole bag of pretzels (not the snack-size), and you talk and talk and talk. From celebrity crushes to top 10 lists, politics to cities, television, old stories, secrets, jokes, anything can come up during a five and a half hour car ride. And the car hosts it all.  

Besides the practical necessity of the car getting you to the destination, the car brings everyone together. On a road trip, the car is more than a vehicle, it’s part of the crew. The car is home. It becomes tied in with the memories of the trip, everything goes through the car. This trip, though, I spent more time looking at cars as we sped up and down the 5 freeway than I ever have before.  People speak through their cars. They are a hobby, a source of pride, a lifestyle and I never really cared to look, until now.

What I saw was a distinction on the road. There are people that buy cars, and then, there are people who live them. The latter is a group that is never satisfied with their car, constantly tinkering, replacing and customizing to make things just right, only to change their mind a week later. The former– people like me– consider “working on their car” to be taking it to the car wash for a bath or over to Jiffy Lube for an oil change. While we, the car-neglecters, think that the difference is small, it’s not. The gap is evident, whether it’s clean truck with a nice lift, or a coupe with a brand new spoiler, these cars stand out in a big way over their stock counterparts. The people in the “Buy Car, Drive Car” category believe that there’s no reason to fix it, if it ain’t broken and, to a certain extent, they have a point. But when you spend so much time in your car every day and your car can be a second home for you and your friends, it makes sense to clean up your ride.

Make you car stand out. People will notice. And they’ll remember.

At CarGear.com, we have you covered inside and out, from performance engine tune-up to exotic license plate frames, we got it. So check out the store because it’s time for you to switch what type of car person you are.
 

Here’s the thing, I don’t know anything about cars. Literally, almost nothing. What I do know is that I drive the 2010 MotorTrend Car of the Year, but really, even that could be a lie because I heard it in a commercial.

I’ve always thought cars were cool, just never considered myself a car guy. Even when I was younger, I never knew enough to be in the conversation about cars. I knew my parents drove them. They took me from A to B. I liked the radio and the AC. But I didn’t put much thought into cars beyond that.

Getting older, I fell further out of the loop as friends began to customize their cars or rebuild the classics, I drove a hand-me-down 2000 Mercury Villager to school. Needless to say, there weren’t many things you can do with that, other than drive it and hope to qualify to be on Pimp My Ride.

Which brings me here, I’m 23 and I know next to nothing about cars. To be honest, it’s a source of embarrassment. I’m a guy, it’s my job to know about cars, engines, tires and rims (which I do know a little bit about thanks to rap music). Someday it will be my responsibility to fix the family cars. Alright, maybe not fix the cars. But at the very least be able to have a somewhat intelligent conversation with the mechanic. More importantly, I need to be able to know if he’s ripping me off.

When I walk into an auto parts store, I’m tired of feeling like I’m in a foreign country. When I hear people talk about cars, it feels like I’m watching some unintelligible Tech-Talk show on the public access channel.

Like so many other people in my situation, when the conversation of cars comes up, I shut down, become dismissive and hope by some sort of divine intervention that the topic will soon shift.

And it’s not that I don’t like cars, I do. There are only a few things (not to be named here) that can make you feel cooler than riding in a sweet car. There are probably even less things that can make you completely turn your head, steal your attention or make you think to yourself, “what if I was in that?” like a souped up ride rolling by. I’ve felt the experience of cars before, now I want to know them, inside and out.

So this is it. This is the beginning of my journey into the world of cars, their parts and the people behind them. But this process isn’t just for me. I invite you, guy or girl like me, to come along for the ride. It’s going to be an interesting one for sure. I’m not saying that I’ll be a car guru by the end of this, definitely not the case. However, I will know more than when I started, hopefully a lot more, and that, I’m sure, will be valuable down the road.

How I’ll do it: I’m going to find the people who DO know what they are talking about and pick their brain:
The Experts
The Mechanics
The Enthusiasts
The Manufacturers
The Bloggers
The Local Car Guys

I’m going to find anyone who is willing to help and beg them to teach me. Oh, and I’ll read books, from Cars for Dummies to Children’s books, magazines, blogs, articles, anything that will bring me in. And by me, I mean us, I didn’t forget about you out there.

Figuring it out,
Joe Cannon

About Joe Cannon - A writer who knows nothing about cars, but he's learning. Follow him right here on his journey to learn something– we hope.

DUB is a California brand of stylish and urban custom car accessories. It has revolutionized the car accessories industry, giving meaning to the words CAR CULTURE. Michael Kovacs, together with Haythem Haddad and Herman Flores, are the founders of DUB. With only $10,000 startup capital and past job experiences related to customized cars, the three partners have successfully thrust DUB from its humble magazine beginnings into a million-dollar enterprise. DUB has invaded the urban car scene market and pioneers trends in stylish custom car culture.

Trucks and SUVs come in various forms and sizes. For people who want to enhance the look and feel of their trucks, it is important to shop in an auto parts store that carries a wide variety of selections. The product line should include Cargo Bags, Spare Tire Cover, Gas Doors, Bed Accessories, Steps, and Grilles among others. A lot of truck owners choose their truck accessories based on purely aesthetic reasons. Meanwhile, others want a combination of functionality, style, and appeal. Basically, it is about giving your high-performance truck the kind of visual appeal it deserves.

If you’re looking for an enjoyable vacation on the road, look no further than Cargear.com for recreation items. We specialize in selling auto parts and accessories. But through our vast experience in the industry, we discovered that most car accessory buyers are people who spend a lot of time on the road for recreation, specifically outdoor activities. In line with this, we are also offering popular outdoor items to complete your shopping experience.

Portable Infrared Grill

Cars remain one of the most prized possessions of people today. For many, it is not enough to simply take care of their cars, they also want to personalize it. But with the number of car accessories available in the market, finding the ones that suits your car and preference can be challenging. That’s why it’s important to determine how you want your car what electronics you want to install, the safety features you will useful, and how you want the vehicle to look like from the inside out.

We have begun enabling APC's catalog into web pages in which product images are more vivid and product numbers are clickable and takes you directly to the parts page on the web site. This is a work in progress in striving to provide our customers with a more user-friendly shopping experience.

Click here to view the first page of the APC head lamps catalog.

Enjoy the best car performance by upgrading your engine, gauges, exhaust, steering wheel, and specialty exterior lighting. At Cargear.com, we carry a wide range of product lines for the ultimate auto performance upgrade. Our company is affiliated with both mainstream and specialty manufacturers. Look no further than Cargear if you want to have a seamless, hassle-free, and convenient shopping experience.

Specialty Exterior Lighting – lighting is crucial for any vehicle, especially if it has recently had a performance upgrade. This is because you’re still not used to handling its enhanced power. Getting more information, both internal and external, is crucial. On the inside, better gauges can display important vitals. On the outside, fog lights, headlamps, corner lamps, bumper lamps, and tail lamps are all important.

Collision Auto Parts

Being involved in any car accident is a terrible experience. Aside from the stress you need to deal with, you would also need to find high-quality collision replacement parts to repair the damage on your car. There’s two ways to solve this problem: (1) Go to a Trusted Auto Body Repair Shop or (2) Do It Yourself. The latter is not always easy especially if you’re not that familiar with auto parts and accessories. But with a few good recommendations, you can fix the damage yourself.

When it comes to auto collision repair, there are several steps you need to take:

Know the Full Extent of the Damage

Before you start buying collision parts and accessories, determine the full extent of the damage first. Trying to fix it immediately without understanding the exact requirement of the repair may do more harm than good. Survey your car from the inside out. If the damage looks too significant, ask to see a professional who can provide advice and a better estimate of your needs.

Repairing Dents

The most common forms of car damage after a collision are dents in the body. It is usually found on the hood, the door, side panel, or along fenders. If the damage is minimal, using simple tools like the dent puller can provide great results. It will smooth out the dents and make your car look as good as you. Take note that there are many kinds of dent though. Crease-like damages are best solved by using a mallet and a block of wood. Position the wood on the crease and tap it with appropriate force using the mallet. If the damage looks like it’s beyond your capability to fix, seek professional help.

Filling In the Scratches

Scratches are inevitable in any car collusion. This is also one of the easiest problems to solve. Simply use some Bondo as a base layer and then paint over it. Find the exact paint code to ensure that it will blend well in the car. This code can usually be found on the glove compartment, the door jamb, or under the food.

Replacing Chrome and Lights

In many cases, car collusions will cause your headlight, taillight, or fog lamps to be shattered. These lights are secured in its housing with a few small screws so it is important to remove it carefully. Disconnect the light bulbs first before removing the old assembly. Once the metal surrounding it has been repaired, it is easy to install the new.

Chrome trim and other types of trim are usually installed with adhesive and small screws. Some adhesives are bound to remain, remove it with auto sandpaper. Cover up any scratches to prevent rusting. Then put the new trim in place.

Car lighting is one of the most overlooked aspects in road safety for many drivers. Make sure you don’t commit this mistake. Before using your car again, it is important to make sure that every car light is functioning properly.  Please check out our wide selection of collision replacement head lights and OE Replacement tail-lights and fog lamps.

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Summer vacation is just around the corner. Time to plan your outdoor barbeques and picnics.  Check out Pilot's Portable Infrared Grill,

Portable Fire Pit

and Induction Hot Plate

CarGear.com recently relaunched our web site by revamping the product categorization, product details layout, and better performance.

The site features a slideshow on the home page to better feature products and prominent links for easy product navigation and search.