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Using resistors
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Courtesy Cressall
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Parts
RDA Brakes
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
RDA has a range of brake pads, shoes, rotors and drums which let you save significant effort with their time and environmental savings. They are available through NAPA and accredited resellers.
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Other
Autonomous vehicle trends and milestones
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
They may not be ubiquitous yet, and the day-to-day advantages that they will start to provide may not be noticeable, but automated technologies across the automotive industry are starting to come o
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Ed Speak
Welcome to 2023
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Hope all our readers, especially those in the Auckland area are okay and your family, staff, houses and businesses are all safe after the major flooding at Anniversary weekend.
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Motorsport
Premier race series back on the pace
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
After three years of pandemic that crippled economies worldwide, New Zealand’s premier race series is at full speed once more.
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Diesel Industry News
NAPA Truck show
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
I breezed into the NAPA Truck Show in Christchurch in late November 2022. A two-day event, Friday was poorly attended I felt. Saturday would be huge, they said, but I wasn’t available...
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Parts
Terrain Tamer’s growing brake range
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
It is well known to owners of Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series vehicles that the OE handbrake on these models is insufficient and prone to failure, causing slipping and dangerous rollaway events.
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Servicing
Bendix shares common brake job oversights
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Given how vital a vehicle’s braking system is to the safety of the driver, occupants and other road users, it’s critical that all aspects of brake servicing, maintenance, repair and replacement is
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Parts
Clutch Industries – innovation focused
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Clutch Industries is proud of its 70-plus year history as a major Australian clutch manufacturer, supplying original equipment for Toyota, Nissan, Ford, GM and Mitsubishi.
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Motorsport
THTGUY Drift takes Techspan Motorsport to a higher plane
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
You may recall that in the April 2022 issue of Motor Equipment News we featured the Techspan Motorsport Toyota GT86 that Jake Fastnedge (Thtguy Drift) and his dad Tim were building.
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News
Raptor owners can dial-in their exhaust sound
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
The Next-Generation Ranger Raptor is not only built to dominate the deserts and master the mountains, but thanks to the 3.0L twin-turbo V6 model’s new active valve twin exhaust system and four driv
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Workshop Equipment
Autel EV diagnostics equipment
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
The EV market and the subsequent potential for EV servicing is growing exponentially, whilst this is from a small base in New Zealand the numbers are adding up with an estimated 68,000+ EV’s  (BEV
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News
Hell yes – the rotary is back!
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Mazda has launched the Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV, a plug-in hybrid model that uses a rotary engine as a generator, at the Brussels Motor Show1.
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News
Game-changing two-piece connecting rod
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Transcend Energy Group is innovating the combustion engine. Their latest product, the Thunder Rod, made its debut at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, in November 2022.
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News
Engineering students to McLaren
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Sixty years after Bruce McLaren made the journey from New Zealand to England to establish the company that still bears his name today, two young engineers have followed in his footsteps as part of
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Other
Counterfeit LVV Certification Plates on AliExpress
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
The problem of counterfeit LVV Certification Plates (LVV plates) has reared its head again this year.
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Parts
Autolign - the constant in a changing market
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Back in 1950, there was one name you turned to when it came to anything to do with suspension and steering systems.
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Other
Collins Automotive joins the Bosch Car Service network
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Collins Automotive, located in central Hamilton is the latest comprehensive workshop business to join the growing Bosch Car Service Network.
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Parts
Summer’s here; stay cool. BNT is here to help
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
As a workshop, you know what your customer’s vehicles are going to go through over the next few months: sitting in queues which can easily be miles long creeping along with the air conditioning roa
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Parts
Mount Shop – your steering, suspension and undercar specialist
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
It’s fair to say the last 25 years or so have seen some interesting and challenging times for the auto industry and perhaps even more so for the auto aftermarket industry, where flexibility and dep
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