I’ve already mentioned how much I love lighting and playing around with different options, and LED lights are always a good way to go with vehicles, so I thought I’d show you some quality stuff you could easily install yourself.

The Hella LED Tail Lights are a great solution for your lighting needs because they look awesome, and according to the manufacturer they light up faster, which obviously makes the open road a safer place. To be frank I didn’t really think my older lights took to long to light up, although this is obviously a tough one to check.

I simply like the look of LED lights. They are very bright and tend to give a sort of better defined light, they don’t disperse as easily as normal lights, which is especially good in foggy conditions. The Hella ones are quite well arranged too in a sort of tower, giving the impression of “meaning business”

Each light contains 24 LED bulbs and you also get a third horizontal brake light in the pack, making it quite the deal. If you want people to take your breaking seriously and also look cool, take a look at these lights, people on the forums and customers seem to like them a lot!

I bet that if you have a truck, you’ve loaded stuff into the tuck bed before. I would put a safe amount of money that you have also put some heavy stuff in there. I don’t have to stretch far to imagine your grip slipping, not much, just enough to dislodge the load in your hand enough to give your truck a little bump where it hurts the most, the bed rails.

Ok, I take that back, giving your truck a ding anywhere hurts like hell, but giving the bed rails any unwanted pressure is especially frustrating, since you may need to fix this immediately. I know this has happened to many of my friends and sure enough, chaos and swearing ensued.

There’s a line of products which will help you escape this predicament, these are of course our friends the bed caps. Dee Zee has made an exceptionally high quality model called the DyNamX (easy to type) which I am quite fond of because of the way it sort of melts into your trucks body. It is of course custom made for your specific truck, and especially if you decide to go with the carbon fiber type, your looks will also get an overhaul.

I like these bed caps because they fulfill my two favorite criteria for these types of products, they provide quality protection and they provide quality looks. As I’ve said, personally I think the carbon fiber ones are best, but all three types can add to your design of course.

Summer is upon us, the time for fun, festivity, family trips, ice tea, beaches and I could go (and want to go) on and on. As I am writing this, rain is pouring down where I live, but don’t let this stop you from having a nice Summer vacation!

If you take a load of stuff with you, you know that your truck can be an invaluable accessory in transporting all your things. This is great when you have boxes, or even simple luggage, but what happens if you want to take a ball or two, a racket, some tennis balls and so on to the beach? Is it really worth packing these stuff into a bag which you’ll open every 10 seconds once you’re there?

Take a look at the Core Cargo Sports Bags for a great solution in this area. This product changed my views of tie-downs which I associated with moving, huge boxes, big straps and so on. This is a simple and cheap accessory to keep those small bits and pieces you want to take with you still. This saves the paint job of your truck bed, and also your from a headache from the stuff banging around without the sports bags.

You can come up with some other creative uses for these bags, buy one for each family member for easy packing and subsequent access, use it to keep the groceries in one place while you get home, and so on. You can position it across the truck bed or along its side, use it with a tonneau cover, this is truly a multiple use accessory.

I’ve already written about how I love biking and driving put together. There’s nothing better than heading out into the mountains, or to the ocean and going out for a bike ride. The Thule Roadway Bike Rack comes in a variety of sizes, the largest is able to take 5 bikes at once, quite a feat, although I bet it looks scary if you’re driving behind one of these!

The rack mounts into the hitch receiver, which is a way better way of taking your two-wheelers than on the roof I think. I always get nervous when driving with bikes on top because to me they just seem less secure protruding out like that.

The T3 cradles used are padded to protect your bike’s paint job, but will hold all size frames firmly in place all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast if needed. You don’t even need to remove it when empty, the carrying arms just fold down so you regain the space at the back.

Weather it’s just you, the missus and your son/daughter or the whole family, you’ll find the Thule rack with just enough space for you. You can take your bikes anywhere, just clamp them off and ride out into the wild! Happy Cycling everyone!

I’ve never been a fan of custom designed grilles because they tend to look wacky, tacky, or simply weird. I have found one though that could be an awesome complement to your fiery decals, the Putco Custom Hand Made Fire Grilles.

There’s not really much to say, just take a look at the pic! I could tell you that the patterns are precision cut, hand made from heavy gauge stainless steel, the whole grille is customized for each make, model and year, but I mean the point is how it looks, and it looks… well, cool.

I’m not the best at drilling and modding myself so this grille will probably appeal to those like me, it requires absolutely no meddling, it just mounts right onto the factory grille with the included mounting hardware. On the other hand, this may deter more hardcore truck modders who want to replace the stock grille instead of add to it.

However you feel about the mounting though, you can’t argue that it looks stunning. Imagine it on a buffed black truck with fire decals, you will turn all the heads, that’s for sure!

I can not say that I am the proud owner of this product, but this is probably the one product I want most. It basically allows you to transform the back of your truck into a camping space. I’m not saying this is a hugely innovative product, it’s a simple tent, put on your flatbed with longer legs for the canopy.

Nevertheless, the Napier Sports Truck Tent is a great idea for the truckers/campers out there. If you want a romantic ride with your fiancé or girlfriend, this is the perfect way to just drive off into the sunset, go on a few day long vacation, or just nip down to the lake for a night of fishing.

Obviously it is optimized for trucks, specifically the Dodge Ram, but if your flatbed has similar dimensions you will be fine. It is constructed of very durable, impossible to rip material and carbon fiber wrapped poles so it actually lasts more than one trip and I haven’t even mentioned the best feature yet! It includes a sleeve which enables you to run chords from the cabin to the tent safely for phones, laptops and so on. Since I rely heavily on working on the road as well as from home this is the most awesome feature ever.

This is a nice way to use the space in the back, trips have just become much more interesting, Just try not to fall out of the tent in the morning!

I wanted to show you some power boosting goodness today and I thought I’d venture into the higher price range by taking a look at some fuel injectors. My choice of the day is the Edge Jammer Injector set which only costs around $500 (or $170 for just the nozzles) and gives you 150 hp plus, and 300 lbs of torque.

I love the fact that you need to sign a high performance application form the buy these babies, that shows that this is the real deal, I mean some cars don’t even have 150 hp to begin with! I actually drove a truck with a performance injector system (I don’t recall what type) and the difference is awesome. You can feel the car bite, as you are pushed back into your seat and the view flies by. The greatest advantage of hp for me is always the acceleration advantage it gives me and let me tell you, you will be shaving hours off your 0 - 60 time!

As if this close to thermo-nuclear propulsion wasn’t enough, your fuel economy will be much better, by 1.5 mpg officially. I find that typically you will consume more fuel though because you will tend to push the pedal right into the metal each time, it’s hard to resist!

Since these aren’t modded units, the flow rate variation is only about 1%, which means better performance, longer life and a two year warranty for the parts. If I were you I’d get my hands on this part right now, and if you’re a bit short on cash, just get the nozzles, you can buy the injectors later.

One of the quickest and cheapest ways to add some pep to your truck is to grab hold of some air filters. You can get them for as low as $25, like these S&B Air Filters proving that you don’t always have to spend hundreds of bucks to get some extra power.

Replacing your stock air filters for some fancy new ones will bring many benefits, not just the power boost, let’s take a look at what they actually do though. I don’t think it comes as a huge surprise that they clean air, or putting it another way, they filter air. They prevent tin particles of dust, dirt, pollen, etc from getting to your engine.

First of all, cleaner air, means higher quality air, which means better cooling, which in term means more power because the combustion will become cleaner as well, which is a prerequisite for a power boost. Second of all, it will keep some stress off your engines, you don’t really want anything getting in there do you? Imagine just some dirt getting in, getting blown to pieces during combustion, and then quietly adding some residue inside your engine. Wait a few years and this will lead to some serious problems.

If you would like to add to your performance and also keep an eye on your engines, without breaking the bank, look to air filters. They don’t cost too much, and I’ll grant you, you won’t see a 90+ hp increase, but you will notice, and bit by bit, part by part, you can get to that 90+ hp increase!