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Explore the World of Automotive Accessories

Car industry alone is a big business and in fact, it is a billion dollar industry. Under its field is the automotive accessories dealing. These are optional car parts, which improve the looks and the performance of your cars. This also shares success with the entire automotive industry. This is perhaps the reason why many investors opt to invest in car accessory manufacturing and distributorships business.

The world of car accessory business is like any other car related business. It has its ups and down but remains a formidable industry that has billion dollar revenues every year. In United States alone, the industry offers a remarkable increase in revenues. Although the world economy has been disturbed by previous global recession, there are strong evidences that the future for car industry is going to have a strong positive momentum. This is what the investors in the industry are trying to anticipate.

What covers automotive accessories?
This car accessory business caters all types of cars out there. From commercial vehicles, sports utility vehicles, trucks and other type vehicles, all of them require accessories to have that tough and cool look. As a car owner, are you satisfied with your current car design and standard accessories? You probably not have realized the importance of setting up your cars not only for the look but for the convenience and better performance.

Automotive accessories can either be about electronic accessories such as installation of MP3 or DVD player, television sets, audio speakers, cell phones, back sensors and other electronic gadgets, Hybrid-kits such as neon and halogen lights, chrome mugs and wheels, spoilers, fenders and step boards, chrome tail gate handles and signal mirrors.

Shopping for automotive accessories is quite a tough job. As a car owner, you have to consider the following details:
• Know what type of car accessories that you need, which matches your car.

• Have a good background about cars, car detailing and car accessories.

• Know those accessories that you can just buy in any auto supply stores. These includes interior floor mats, steering wheel covers, seat covers and seat cushions, air fresheners, hand break covers and cup or bottle holders.
• Know which accessories are difficult to find due to scarcity of supply or which can be customized for your car. Such accessories include customized wheels, customized car stickers, carbon fiber hoods and other exterior accessories.
• You can luckily purchase some of them in some main auto accessory shops or brand distributors. You can also check on the web bargains for car accessories.

• Always look for great deals in buying auto accessories. Find shops that offer big discounts, special offers and promos.
• Join any auto clubs and become a member to receive some privileges and discounts in buying car accessories.

• Consider reading magazines about cars and accessories and search the news paper ads for cheap car accessories for sale.

• Don't forget to compare price of car accessories.

Thomas Myroniak is the author of this article on Bolt-on performance.

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ITCC Round 1 - Mondello

Round 1 of the Irish Touring Car Championship took part recently at Mondello Park

On pole was the former J's Racing CRX, now run by Tuning Factory

Second on the grid was Martin Tracey in the Westward Engineering RS500 Sierra Cosworth

Third was Tomas O'Rourkes Astra

and fourth was Brian Sextons Urban Per4mance Honda Integra

Onto the race and a storming start from O'Rourke saw him jump into the lead...

...chased down by the pack

But it didnt take long for Martin Tracey to take the lead and a sizeable one at that, he was soon lapping the field

but with a few tight battles going on midfield

and more than 1 case of doorhandling going on!

But Tracey was not to be caught and victory was his!

Round 2 is at Kirkistown on April 24th

ITCC

A new direction for me in 2010 is the newly formed Irish Touring Car Championship
This new series has developed out of both Irish Time Attack and the need to have a decent Saloon car series in Ireland.

The class is open to any make and model of saloon or hatch back car. The openness of the rules means the first race will boast a grid consisting of BMW, Peugeot, Mazda, Honda, MINI, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Ford, Renault and other well known marques.

I am now the official photographer for this series so regular coverage will be found here

The B-Racing K20 Civic doing some testing, with a best lap for now of 1.02, expect more from this car

Round 1 is at Mondello Park, this weekend - April 4th

Video: Super GT Round 1 Suzuka review

Round 1 from Suzuka, best viewed in fullscreen/HD mode. Few surprises in store!

If only F1 was exciting as this!

All change

2010 brings a few changes ,mainly no more coverage of the UK Time Attack series for me as the current economic climate means that I just cant afford to do the rounds in 2010. Ill be concentrating on the new Irish ITCC series and a few other local series, but a few overseas Sportscar trips are lined up, among them the FIA GT1 and the Le Mans 24H race

Onwards and Upwards as they say

Video: Super GT Testing at Suzuka

A video of recent Super GT testing at Suzuka Circuit in Japan. All 3 cars in the GT500 class can be seen here; Nissan GTR, Lexus SC430, and the new Honda HSV-010. GT300 cars are the Ferrari 430, Lamborghini Murcielago/Gallardo and Mooncraft-Shiden (click the link). Some of the cars are still in plain test liveries, but others including the orange ARTA HSV-010 are in full 2010 livery.

The season starts soon, should be interesting as always

Honda HSV-010 GT

From 1997 until 2009 the Honda NSX was a front runner in the JGTC and later Super GT series, winning 37 races out of 106 and 50 pole positions, but a rule change for the GT500 category for the 2010 season outlawed the car as only front engined, rear wheel drive cars will be allowed to compete. The NSX is no longer in production, so in a special ruling, Honda were allowed to race with the NSX's still born sucessor, - the HSV-010 GT, even though it has yet to make it to production

HSV stands for Honda Sports Velocity and test versions had been spotted on the Nurburgring and elsewhere, before the project was cancelled (for now at least). So onto the racing version..

There is a saying in motorsport that if a car looks right at first glance, then it generally turns out OK. That is the case I think with the HSV-010, combining a carbon-fibre shell with a sleek functional and aggressive design.

A purpose built racer, with very little ground clearance. Underneath the carbon lurks a spaceframed front/rear end

But unlike other GT series, carbon brakes are not permitted so fairly substantial steel discs are in place

Plenty of ducting to help cool both the engine and the brakes

and more carbon

The heart of the beast,the Honda HR10EG a 3.4 litre,32V normally aspirated V8, this is a similar engine to those found in both Formula Nippon and Acura LMP2 cars

So how does it compare to the NSX? Taller with a longer wheelbase, but with the same overhangs. Handling will probably be similar though with the engine mounted low and all of the racecar chassis work making this a pure racecar rather than a roadcar converted to racer

Aguri Suzuki, owner of the ARTA team during the press launch of the car, where most of the photos Ive used on this post came from, indroducing his drivers for the HSV-010 GT in 2010,Takuya Izawa and Irish driver, Ralph Firman

And some fantasy liveries that the car may be seen in during 2010, all based on the NSX liveries on the first photo in this post.

And finally a testing video of the car, probably where most people became aware of this new car


5 weeks to go until its racing debut, should be good and hopefully competitive

Another loss - Atsushi Kuroi RIP

Atsushi Kuroi - he might not look much but this is what he was capable of - and in this very video I was in the mesmerised crowd. It was the very 1st bit of D1GP action I witnessed in Japan:



The true qualifying run master - 1969 - 2010 RIP

Autosport International 2010 - Part 3

Time to round up coverage of Autosport International with another tiny selection of what can be seen, above the Fiat 500 Abarth, which will form a 1 make racing series this year

Surprisingly the only Group C/GTP car at the show, the Nissan NPTI

A treat for the ears in the Le Mans Series in 2010 - the JMW Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT2

Not as common here as in America but the new Camaros look great

Standing still rather than trying to pan it at high speed - the 2008/9 Time Attack winning Roger Clark Motorsport Impreza - The Gobstopper

A pair of classic rallying Lancias - 037 and Delta Intergrale

Group B Metro 6R4

Peugeot 205 T16

and former works Imprezas of the much missed Colin McRae and Richard Burns

The Ginetta-Zytek LMP1 car of Beechdean-Mansell Motorsport - to be driven by Nigel Mansell and his sons in 2010

The Drayson Racing Lola-Judd LMP1 car, to be raced in the American Le Mans series in 2010

This wraps up coverage of Autosport International, but there is a lot more to come, even though the season is quiet

Autosport International 2010 - Part 2

Part 2 of Autosport and we arrive in easily the highlight for many of the show - the Live Action Arena. 1 entire hall is transformed into an indoor racetrack for racing and demonstration runs, so tight racing and very noisy! The Fiesta racing was the 1st racing demo out

Followed by the European Drift Championship drifters - Mark Luney, Paul Conlan and Pete Barber

and some close dirtbike racing

Then 5th Gear presenters Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler Henderson doing some semi drifting - Tiff struggled to do competitive drifting way back in 2006 so he might be better next time he fancies a proper go - or not, particularly when he claimed not to be able to turn the traction control off on the Jaguar he is seen driving above.... Vicki was a bit better in her Porsche though!

Then we have the Autograss specials - purpose built chassis, usually motorcycle engine powered so a very high power to weight ratio - so wheelies and the ability to drift almost the entire arena easier than the drift cars almost, although I think the wheelies were more for show, still good to see though!

And close racing, Id love to see these on their natural surface - grass and mud

The Formula Palmer Audi single seaters were good too, plenty of flames, although this,again, might have been done for the show with the cars adjusted to overfuel slightly, but looked good in the dark!

The cars were being driven by the finalists of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award

Pat (on the right, Fiesta) and Liam (on the left,Citroen C4) Doran about to do a rallycross demo - but given these cars are ideal for the slippery surface of the arena (4wd and 600bhp) the show they put on was a little tame compared to what Ive seen them do before, but then again with 17 shows to do over the 4 days of the show and practice sessions, you have to make the cars last

F1 stockcars - big, heavy, fast - and loud with their unsilenced Chevy V8's - always a favourite of mine - you dont just hear them, you feel them

Being RWD with low grip meant they too, were easy to drift around the arena and are full contact racing, so bumping,nudging and pushing is allowed

An original (not a replica) Lancia Stratos, sounded lovely with its raspy Ferrari V6

An original Audi Sport Quattro - driven here by none other than Stig Blomqvist - the original Stig!

And to end, figure of 8 banger racing, the previously made comment regarding 17 shows applies here too, Id say the last show on Sunday was entertaining!

Part 3 soon