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10 Steps to Take if You Have Worn Brake Pads

You might be experiencing worn out brake pads right now, but you don’t know what to do after finding out. Your brake pads are located behind your rims, so when you decide to replace them, you’ll have to take the whole wheel out in order to be able to access them.

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What Causes Brake Pad Wear?

So if your vehicle is experiencing brake wear, and you want to know how to address it, this article is for you. You can address this problem by inspecting the hydraulic brake system for residual brake pressure, servicing or replacing the caliper guide pins and bushings, or by lubricating the caliper slides.

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Drilled vs Slotted Rotors: Ford Focus ST

Ford Focus Sports Technologies (Ford Focus ST) first appeared in 2005 when Ford released a new vehicle for their Sport lineup. Before determining whether drilled or slotted rotors are best for your Ford Focus ST, we have to understand what the vehicle was designed for.

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Off-Road Week: Toyota Edition

See RoqTaco Go! Check out our behind the scenes footage as Rex powers over sand! Sand racing is the highest speed type of off-roading. Introducing RoqTacoA 2017 Toyota Tacoma built to be an overlander, sporting R1 Concepts’ Big Brake Kit.  This is Rex Follow Rex and his off-roading adventures with RoqTaco on Instagram: @RoqTaco Adventure Sometimes you […]

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Introducing Off-Road Week! (Jeep Edition)

Where are all the Off-Roaders? It’s Off-Road Week! Sometimes you have a need for speed, sometimes you have to slow downnnn to a crawl. . .on the rocks, of course.  The crew recently got back from crawling the Poison Spider Trail rocks at Moab with a bunch of friends. The steep inclines and declines were […]

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R1 Concepts’ FIRST ever Track Day Event! Here’s What Happened

We recently had our first R1 Track Day event in its history, and boy it sure was a hot one!  Our R1 Track Day event was held at Buttonwillow Race Park on June 18th and hosted by Turn 8 Track Days. Temperatures soared well over 110 degrees throughout the day and over 150 cars registered […]

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