Bret Voelkel is a multifaceted guy. An entrepreneur and astute businessman by nature he's also a hard-core hot rodder who always liked cars that were low and fast, qualities that could be found in air ...

Towing heavy loads can make a vehicle's rear start to squat as its rear suspension compacts under the added weight. This can cause a variety of problems, from increased braking distance to the vehicle ...

Hot rodding isn’t always exclusively about speed; sometimes it’s also about style and grace. Whether you’re into tire-smoking street machines, lowriders, or rat rods, there is a powerful statement in ...

Every vehicle has its own suspension system, a collection of springs, shocks, and bars that keep the vehicle level and keep the tires on the pavement at all times. Remove a vehicle's suspension, and ...

A friend of ours has been burning the midnight oil on a '69 Mustang SportsRoof project. One of the main things he wanted was a suspension setup that could be adjusted to support changing load demands ...

Air springs are to suspension systems what vacuum-secondary carbs are to engines. Catch a glimpse of vacuum-secondaries under the hood of a hot rod and you'll automatically assume the motor's a turd.

After years of speculation, the Golf 8 is finally here, a modern hatchback you can order today. But look past the hybrid engines and you'll find it's still a normal German hatchback, which means it's ...

“I need new shocks. What should I get?” This is a prompt you’ll see almost every day in car forums and Facebook groups. Inevitably, somebody will reply, “Just get coilovers.” That is bad advice.