Lewis Used Auto Parts

You spend a lot of time and effort making your car's engine sing, so why not let the world know it? When you install a high-performance exhaust system, it can give your car that distinctive low growl when it's idling, then a powerful roar when you accelerate.

Time to replace your shocks? Shocks improve handling, keep the car stable, and help tires grip the road so the car stops more quickly. Worn shocks are hazardous because they can increase stopping distances by 10 percent to 20 percent.

The science of auto maintenance and repair has come a long way. Today, it’s possible to analyze a car’s oil long before symptoms surface to identify failing parts and potential problems like wear to the pistons, cylinder walls, crankshafts, camshafts and bearings.

Safety Tip to keep in mind when going mudding: Momentum is key to getting through the deepest mud. Just make certain you are not going so fast you lose control of your vehicle.

Using high beams can be incredibly hazardous during fog or obscured visibility, and even low beams can have problems. That's why fog lights are specially made to increase the illumination directly at the road's surface, usually with a wide, bar-shaped beam of light.

Cars first started showing up in the 1890s, and used chains to spin the wheels for the first decade. That changed when Clarence W. Spicer first used the U-joint on a car in 1904. These made it possible to use a driveshaft to power the wheels, and quickly took over in drivelines.