Built Ford Tough?…Nah, Built Ryan Tough

Built Ford Tough is a good slogan, but when it's not as tough as I need it to be, then I gotta make it tougher. That's why I spend almost as much time working on my truck as I do driving it. For example, three weeks ago I went off-roading with some buddies.I ended up hitting a hidden pothole of the muddiest kind; this led to three hours of troubleshooting, a whole lot of elbow grease and a broken axle.I had the new axle in. Then I went to work on the suspension; since the tires were already off and the A-Arms were loosened, it was pretty easy to get in there and swap the shocks. After I was done with that, I put everything else back together and boy, she was good as new… no, better than new. My truck could now get through the deep stuff easier, but it wasn't necessarily any tougher. So to avoid snapping another axle during my weekend wheelie sessions, After getting the truck towed back to my house, I took a shower and got cleaned up. Then I got online and ordered a new replacement axle, along with some new shocks and a six inch lift kit.

Blue Xenon Bulbs: A Guide to Upgrading your Headlight Bulbs

We have all been there, driving along the motorway at night when suddenly you see a vehicle approaching in your rear view mirror with intensely blue xenon headlights that seem to stand out from all the other cars around you.the HID stands for High Intensity Discharge and it means that these xenon bulbs operate on a different principle to normal halogen headlight bulbs. you may have seen a science experiment whereby a white light is split into to different colours by passing through a glass pyramid. The same principle occurs with HID xenon lights, normally the xenon bulbs emit a white light but as the light is refracted around the metallic reflector and glass lens it changes colour to give the impression of a blue xenon light.Instead of using a metal coil filament to create light the HID Xenon bulbs use a very high voltage spark to ignite the xenon gas inside the bulb to create a much more intense and powerful light.ECE regulations limit the maximum level of blue tint, so you will find that the amount of blue light emitted by street legal upgrade bulbs is very similar. Typical examples of street legal blue xenon bulbs include Osram Cool Blue, Philips Blue Vision and Ring Extreme Blue.