Top 10 Truck Accessories

How to Choose a Tonneau Cover for Your Truck

Tonneau covers—for us—are clearly the top truck accessory ever. You have many choices when it comes to choosing tonneau covers, as there are several different designs. All have their particular postive characteristics. If you’re adding a tonneau cover to your truck, style-wise, there are no wrong choices. Only several degrees of right. You decide. Types of Tonneau

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Truck Exhaust Guide: How to Choose an Exhaust System for Your Pickup

  The purpose of your factory exhaust system is to muffle as much sound as possible. With that comes power-robbing backpressure created by restricting exhaust gas flow from the tailpipes. Aftermarket exhaust systems help you reclaim that power with less-restrictive performance exhaust components to add a little giddy-up to your rig along with more-aggressive exhaust

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Plug-In Power: Quick Guide to Truck Programmers and Performance Chips

  By now, you know the factory programs your vehicle’s computer with the everyday driver in mind. That means things like power and torque are often sacrificed in favor of more mild performance and driver convenience. Luckily, an avalanche of aftermarket computer programmers, modules, and chips has made it easier and more affordable than ever to

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How to Choose a Running Board or Nerf Bar for Your Truck

  Much like hitches, running boards and nerf bars (and their little cousins—side steps) are among the most useful truck accessories available. But unlike hitches, they are used virtually 100 percent of the time drivers and passengers hop into the cab, and they provide the awesome bonus of significantly improving how a truck looks. Running

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A Quick Guide to Off-Road Lighting and Auxiliary Lights

Auxiliary truck lighting performs an important task, whether it’s to light the way in inclement weather conditions or provide much-needed additional lighting on the trail. It’s also become a fashion accessory for some as LED lighting has now been incorporated into grilles, grille guards, bull bars, and other accessories. How to Choose Auxiliary Lights for

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How to Choose an Air Intake Kit for Trucks

The game changed in the mid-1980s. That’s when electronic fuel injection really took over the automotive world. The venerable old carburetor was on its way out (at least on factory vehicles), and a brave new world dominated by ECUs and individual fuel injectors was dawning. Before long, aftermarket parts manufacturers were developing new parts to make electronic fuel

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Hitch Guide: How to Choose a Truck Hitch and Accessories

They make towing possible. From a utility standpoint, they may be the most useful and important truck accessory available. Hitches. That all-important link connecting your truck and trailer. The hitch is the unsung hero of racing weekends at the track, boating weekends at the lake, start-up lawn care companies, travelling show car owners, and the

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Grille Guide: Why and How to Choose a Grille Guard for Your Truck

Grille guards. Bull bars. Brush guards. Whatever you call them, they’re a great way to add front-end protection and styling to your truck. Grille guards (the umbrella term we’ll use here) aren’t often the first upgrade truck owners make, but they’re popular nonetheless. You can find grille guards from several dozen manufacturers and for trucks from the 1950s

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