Steering feeling loose? Feathering tire wear? Car seems to wander all over the road? These are all telltale signs of worn, loose control arm bushings. Replace the whole control arm One of the...
After a full winter of hibernation, the shudder in my VW's braking system was not going to go away on its own. After 23,000mi the rotors began to develop a slight pulsation at elevated highway speeds. This is something that I find intolerable for any length of time, so it was time to swap them...
One year ago my family purchased a 2004 Volvo XC70. It seemed that not too long after owning it, the AWD would fail to engage under certain circumstances and the shortly after that it failed to engage at all. When the system fails, you are left with a vehicle that is still completely drivable as...
When used car shopping, most buyers are looking to get the best deal out there weather buying from a dealership or private seller. The term " best deal" usually means that you're paying much less than the market value of a particular car. However, we have all come across cars on the classifieds...
Chances are that many of you have received the common "Anti-Skid Service Required" message from your P2 Volvo. If you haven't, there's a good chance that you may come across it during the span of owning your vehicle. This common error message tends to be found the most on the P2 platform vehicles...
Last week, I posted about understanding wheel spacers for RWD Volvos. In case you might be wondering no, I am not planning on joining the hellaflush stanced car club, but instead simply changing the offset of my car to allow the installation of a new set of wheels. In order to install my set of...
FCP Euro has launched a new product line from Elevate Performance. Elevate provides and specializes in producing performance and styling enhancing products for late model P1, P2, and P3 platform Volvo vehicles. ELEVATE’s mission is to create the world’s leading line of Volvo styling and...
As I continue to build out the Mercedes Product catalog I want to highlight some of the most recent changes that have been made in our Oil Change, Brake, Ignition, Transmission and Suspension categories. Oil Change Kits In addition to the 5W40 kits that were on the site there are now 0W-40 kits...
Now that spring has officially arrived, it was time for me to pull out my summer wheels and mount them on my car. As I have a 1991 Volvo 940 GLE, you’ll know that it’s not the easiest task in finding a wheel upgrade for RWD Volvos. If you’ve got a RWD brick and want to put some new shoes on your...
Most Volvo parts are designed to and often last a very long time, with the fuel pump being no exception. The fuel pump sending unit only houses a few parts but their perfect function is essential to long life and proper operation. The fuel pump assembly consists of a fuel pump, fuel line, level...