10 Tools Every Home Mechanic Should Have

chris_duke_auto_center_22Taking your car to a professional mechanic can end up costing you hundreds of dollars and eat away at your savings. Most people don’t realize that you can do repairs and maintenance to your car yourself, saving time and money. To avoid unnecessary expenditures, here are some tools you need in your toolbox to be an at-home mechanic.... (more)


5 Reasons to Do Your Own Vehicle Repairs and Improvements

chris_duke_auto_center_21America is a nation of people who love vehicles of all types. In fact, the U.S. Department of Transportation reports that there are over 250 million registered vehicles in the country. With each of these vehicles comes the maintenance, repairs, and custom improvements that owners will need and want to do on a regular basis. While vehicle repair and body shops may be widespread and easy to access, there are ... (more)


Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Cinco de Mayo - Chris Duke - Motorz - Craftsman


Motorz S06E04 “Mustang Muscle”

Now that the Mustang has been restyled (see previous episode), our 2010 Ford Mustang GT gets the muscle it needs with a supercharger, exhaust, big brake kit, and an air lift suspension system!


My New Apps for iOS, Android & Kindle Fire

Motorz TV Show AppThe Motorz apps have all been updated and are completely new from the previous versions! These look better, are faster and easier for us to make changes.

Please grab one and if you could do me a favor and rate it 5 stars in its respective app store (and maybe leave a nice review, too?) all of us at Motorz would love it!

Download now for…

iOS http://mot.rs/ios
Android http://mot.rs/android... (more)


Motorz S06E03 “Mustang Restyling”

Me and my crew restyle a 2010 Ford Mustang GT by giving it a vehicle wrap and aftermarket appearance products.


Motorz S06E02 “Work Truck Makeover”

In Motorz S06E02, I take a well used Chevy 1500 work truck and give it a complete makeover.


Twitter Does NOT Retire Usernames

Angry Twitter BirdGrabbing yourself the ultimate Twitter username is the most infuriating process ever, which makes sense with over 695 Million registered Twitter accounts. But what if you find a username that you want, and it’s clearly not being used? Well, you contact Twitter through their Help Center and ask them about it, only to receive a canned response. It’s also posted here. The response looks like this:

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Motorz S06 Motion Graphics (Swipes, Bumper)

The new season of Motorz features all new motion graphics. While I didn’t have time to create the motion graphics, I did add in 100% of the audio sound effects. Watch this video to see the before (no audio) and after!


Tim Allen’s Vintage Car Collection

As may of you know, I’m one of Tim Allen’s biggest fans. Here’s a look inside his awesome vintage car collection!

 


Motorz Season 6 Premiere

Wow! We just launched our SIXTH season and 75th episode of Motorz! Here’s the premiere episode S06E01 called “The Diesel Episode”, or “Everything you ever wanted to know about diesel engines”.

For the full story, links, etc. go to the Motorz website.


“Two Chips” Animated Short

I just love this animated short called “Two Chips”. It’s a must watch!


I’m in the Sears Tools Catalog Again!

As part of my partnership with Sears Holdings, and because I’m a spokesperson for Craftsman tools at Sears, I’m going to be featured once again in the upcoming Sears tools catalog that comes out next month. Looks like a total of 6 pages, too! Here’s a preview!

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Motorz TV: 3 New Episodes!

My apologies! I clearly suck at updating my own blog. Been so busy lately. Here are the last three episodes of Motorz, in reverse order. The season finale (S05E12, episode #74) is the first one listed. We start filming S06 soon!

How-To Upgrade a Ford Mustang Engine

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eHow Auto Center: Ceramic Coated Headers

New episode of eHow Auto Center now online! Check out “Ceramic Coated Headers”

Click here to watch!


Project Mamba Introduction

The latest episode of Motorz is now out!

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Katzkin Leather Installation

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We Stopped Dreaming – A New Perspective

Inspirational video time!


Vehicle Wrap Episode

My new episode is now online! Learn how to wrap a vehicle! You can watch it in its entirety below, but be sure to check out the show notes page for more info!

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How-To Remove AdSense Ads From Your Feedburner RSS Feed

In the previous version of Google’s Feedburner and AdSense interface, it allowed you to add your Google AdSense ads to your RSS feed. You used to be able to disable them, however that is no longer possible. You’ve probably run into this problem if you’re reading this post. If you log into your Google AdSense and go to “My ads”, then click Feeds > Feed ads you will see all ... (more)