Ring Automotive has launched a rechargeable underbonnet inspection lamp, providing 1200 lumen brightness for up to 4½ hours of continuous use.

The RUBL200 Underbonnet Inspection Lamp provides technicians with a versatile lighting solution for working within engine bays.

Its extendable 1.8-metre length and grab hooks make it ideal for attaching to the underside of a vehicle bonnet, or the sides of a roof for interior work such as valeting or electric work.

Ring’s new underbonnet lamp features a 360-degree rotation of light to get light exactly where it is needed. At full extension, the light source can be positioned to illuminate the working More >

One primarily for our friends in North America but equally has transatlantic appeal!

Keep your hose and tubing nice and secure with Granatelli Motor Sports aluminium clamps. They seal more efficiently than worm gear clamps and look a heck of a lot better.

These compression-style hose clamps provide five times the clamping force of a traditional worm gear clamp and apply that force evenly around the circumference of the hose without deforming. A hex bolt secures the clamp to the hose with little chance of popping off. These features make the clamps a great choice for silicone tubes and couplers used for More >

I was delighted to learn that a special-order model sitting on the price list of Race Car Replicas is a Porsche 962 replica.

Of course, the 962 is a race car, through and through. With a small cockpit, it’s not really very comfortable. Plus, it’s noisy and you don’t have very good rear vision. On the other hand, none of that stopped the brave souls who drove them from setting the sportscar world on fire when it debuted.

The originals are pretty much unobtainable for the normal person. But the RCR 962 is available now, with an aluminium monocoque centre section and tube frame More >

I am a big fan of drying towels and use them as part of my detailing schedule.

Once you’ve rinsed the shampoo of your car’s bodywork you need to move fast or else you could end up with a streaky, blotchy finish, which kind of puts a dampener on the hard work you will have put in.

You can use a standalone electric dryer or even one of the little blowers that poodle parlours use for dogs once they’ve been pampered. However, I prefer to use a quality drying towel.

As with most things these days though there are drying towels and drying More >

Repairing a windscreen washer system can be problematic at times; you may need to replace degraded, kinked or rodent-nibbled washer hose, or even stuck one-way valves and leaking connectors. This windscreen washer pipe repair kit from Connect Workshop Consumables (part number 36757), has been brought together as a one-stop box, offering the most common components found in the windscreen, headlamp and rear-window washer systems, allowing the technician or owner to quickly get the system working again. Also ideal for one-off, historic and kit-car windscreen-washer system manufacture. The kit even includes a pipe-cutting tool to ensure straight, clean cuts every time.

Included More >