You want your engine to shine when you pop the hood, don't you? For most hot-rodders, the engine is the whole point of building, driving, racing, or otherwise owning a kick-ass machine. But it's not ...

We performance junkies sometimes forget about the finer points, like aesthetics, but every time we (or anyone else) look at our hot rods the paint is the very first thing we see. As a result, it ...

1 The One-Day Special: Once over with degreaser; scuff it down with 320 paper; mask off everything you don't want painted; shoot the car with enamel. 2 The Sand-and-Paint: First take off bumpers, ...

Good quality paint, a clean paint booth, and a capable painter are certainly necessary to pull off a good paint job. But beyond that, tedious tasks like sanding and blocking before, and wet-sanding ...