Automotive Aftermarket News

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Californian Mini Moke Replica Kit Car Now Available in Do-It-Yourself Kit Form from Mini Mania, Inc.

Californian Mini Moke replica kit car now offered by Mini Mania, Inc. - February 23, 2008 - Mini Mania, Inc

HighLineMeter January Sales Reached New Heights

In the month of January, only 6 months since its launch, the HighLine Paint Meter has become a popular paint gauge on eBay. - February 21, 2008 - HighLineMeter.com

Personallyyours.co.uk Has the Car Numbers (2008 Edition) on Sale Now

Personally Yours Registrations are offering the Car Numbers (2008 Edition) at a very special price of £45. http://www.personallyyours.co.uk/car-numbers-book.htm - February 19, 2008 - Personally Yours Registrations

WyoTech Receives President’s Honor Roll Award for Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service named WyoTech’s Laramie, Wyoming, campus to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. If there is any school in the country that deserves this... - February 15, 2008 - WyoTech

Number Plate Goes for a UK Record, £375,000

With number plates that fetch prices as high as £375,000, it’s no wonder that people are thinking of these as a potential new investment for the future. The previous record was for a number plate with the number M1, this went for £331,000. But it was the famous F1 number plate... - February 12, 2008 - Carreg

Mini Mania Offer Dyno Testing for All Mini Coopers at the Annual Nevada City Adventure 2008

Mini Mania announces expanded activities for Mini Coopers at Nevada City Adventure - February 10, 2008 - Mini Mania, Inc

TeleType Releases Portable GPS for Commercial Truckers

TeleType offers portable GPS navigation system for professional truck drivers, bus drivers, and RV'ers. - February 08, 2008 - TeleType Co.

Mini Mania Announces Sponsorship of SCCA Racing MINI Cooper S of Brad Davis Racing

Mini Mania Inc. announced today it has signed a sponsorship agreement with Brad Davis Racing. Brad Davis Racing will again be running the MINI Cooper S of MINI of Charleston. The MINI Cooper S, which competes in SCCA class “B” stock will be driven by team owner Brad Davis. The MINI... - February 03, 2008 - Mini Mania, Inc

SpeedHut Amazes Car Enthusiasts with New Aftermarket Gauges

SpeedHut revolutionizes the automotive market of gauges by offering new products, new designs and allows customers to make their own gauge designs. - January 30, 2008 - SpeedHut

Mini Cooper Nevada City Adventure 2008

The 7th "Nevada City Adventure" for Mini Coopers is set for Saturday, May 17th, 2008. Held annually in heart of the gold country, this event celebrates both the Classic Mini as built by BMC (and Rover) and the latest Mini Cooper as built by BMW. Planning is now underway to insure this... - January 24, 2008 - Mini Mania, Inc

Celebrate the personallyyours.co.uk 20th Anniversary by Entering Into the Free Number Plate Competition

Personally Yours Registrations are giving away thousands of pounds worth of gift vouchers, ready for the festive season. http://www.personallyyours.co.uk/competition.htm - January 22, 2008 - Personally Yours Registrations

Mini Cooper Message Forum at Mini Mania Achieves Another Milestone

Over 16,000 users have now registered for one of the longest running message forums on the Internet. The Mini Cooper forum has now been on line for more than 10 years and is celebrating yet another milestone with the number of registered users. - January 17, 2008 - Mini Mania, Inc

Carreg.co.uk Celebrates Twenty Years in the Private Number Plate Industry

Carreg.co.uk enters its twentieth year in the private number plate industry. - January 15, 2008 - Carreg

Mini Mania Announces a Broad Range of OEM Maintenance Parts for the BMW Mini Cooper

Mini Mania Inc. announced today it has expanded its service to include a broad range of Original Equipment Manufactured maintenance parts for the Mini Cooper. The range of maintenance parts will provide customers with a single source for all Accessories, Performance and maintenance parts for both... - January 10, 2008 - Mini Mania, Inc

Personallyyours.co.uk Have New Number Plate News from Around the Web on Their Website

Personallyyours.co.uk offers number plate news and breaking stories at http://www.personallyyours.co.uk/number-plate-news/international_news.htm - January 08, 2008 - Personally Yours Registrations

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. To Acquire 60% of Perfection Clutch’s Parent Company

Berkshire Hathaway will purchase 60% of Marmon Holdings, Inc. Perfection Clutch is one of the one hundred and twenty-five companies held by Marmon Holdings, Inc. - January 05, 2008 - Perfection Clutch

Mini Mania Has Announced the Acquisition of the Specialist Mini Cooper Company "Mini Motors"

Mini Mania has announced expanded products and services with its acquisition of Mini Motors of Santa Rosa Calif. - January 01, 2008 - Mini Mania, Inc

Miracle Drywash Waterless Valeting Kit for the Professional Car Enthusiast Now Available Online

SJK Products announces its waterless detailing car cleaning kit just in time for Christmas with a Buy-3-Get-a-4th-Kit-Free Christmas special offer. - December 24, 2007 - SJK Products Ltd

Jax Wax Car Care Products New Super Chevy Show Sponsor

Roger Gustin, President of AutoStar Productions, Inc. announced the addition of Jax Wax Car Care Products as a sponsor of the 2008 Super Chevy Show Series. - December 16, 2007 - Jax Wax

Jax Wax Complete Scratch Free Wash and Detail Bucket Organizer Kit Now Available

Jax Wax, the choice of detailing professionals for 18 years, today introduced the Jax Wax Complete Scratch Free Wash and Detail Bucket Organizer Kit as now being available to the public for the first time. The professional-grade kit combines a comprehensive package of products to enable anyone to effortlessly create a showroom-fresh vehicle. - December 11, 2007 - Jax Wax

Flitz International Introduces Headlight & Plastic Restoration Kit. Fast, 1-Step Process is Easy-to-Use, Saves Time & Money

Flitz International has introduced the “Flitz Headlight & Plastic Restoration Kit": A non-toxic, easy-to-use 1-step process (in rare cases 2-steps). In a matter of minutes, this product will restore clarity to hazy, yellow, opaque head and tail light lenses. The same kit can also be used to restore clarity to plastic light bars, bug shields, plastic car and truck windows, plastic airplane windows, motorcycle windshields, and boat windows. - December 01, 2007 - Flitz International, Ltd.

Alphamirror Inc. - New Product Announcement - Next Generation of Auto Dimming Mirror

Introducing the Clip-on, Auto Dimming, Rear-view Mirror by AlphaMirror - November 28, 2007 - alphamirror inc

Advanced Film Solutions Announces Their No Cost Purple Film Removal Promotion

Advanced Film Solutions announced that they will offer window tint removal for defective films sold by their competition at no charge for the balance of 2007. "The typical remove charge can really add up" said Mike Feldman, President of Advanced Film Solutions. - November 25, 2007 - Advanced Film Solutions

The Promotriz International Online Parts Store Has Been Active for Over 12 Months Now. How Time Flies

The Promotriz International, Inc. website went live at the end of September 2006. They were so busy taking care of customers and giving them value for money that no one realized the date of the first anniversary had come and gone. PromotrizInt.com have just lowered the minimum order value for free... - November 14, 2007 - Promotriz International, Inc.

Azentek Rocks SEMA with the Atlas CPC-1000

Azentek, LLC., in partnership with Microsoft, made quite a bit of noise at this year’s SEMA show with the all-new Atlas CPC-1000 in-vehicle computer, preloaded with high-fidelity digital music provided by MusicGiants. The Atlas is a double-din “all-in-one-chassis” multimedia... - November 09, 2007 - Azentek

Groundbreaking Technology in Global Positioning System (GPS) Internet Vehicle Tracking Now Being Sold to the Public at www.stressfreegps.com

Millennium Plus GPS Tracking is a powerful vehicle gps tracking device and fleet monitoring system with satellite photos, near real-time location updates, and detailed reporting features and is now available to anyone who owns a car, truck, motorcycle or atv. - November 04, 2007 - Stress Free GPS

SonicElectronix Introduced the New Envy NV-A211 Head Unit

One of the leading companies in car audio and video electronics (SonicElectronix) has introduced a new line of head units called Envy NV-A211. The Envy NV-A211 is an In-Dash or Remote Mount DVD, VCD, CD, MP3, WMA Player. The main focus of this new head unit is to provide all the great features other leading head units offer with added features of expandability and unit design. - October 14, 2007 - Sonic Electronix

Mr. Van’s LLC Introduces Hitch Hands - a Unique Novelty Truck Accessory

Mr. Van’s LLC just launched a novelty Truck Accessory that is bringing smiles to the faces of drivers all over the world – or at the very least providing them with a unique way of giving each other the finger. - October 12, 2007 - Mr. Van's LLC

Affordable Method of Drying Waterborne Paint Introduced

AMH Canada Ltd have introduced SpectraJet, a new non-infrared product into the Spectratek range. SpectraJet is a simple air moving system that solves the problem of slow drying waterborne basecoats increasingly used in the automotive refinish industry. SpectraJet pushes clean fillterd booth air... - October 11, 2007 - AMH Canada Ltd

AccessorizeYourVehicle.com Expands Automotive Console Line, Announces Sale

AccessorizeYourVehicle.com has recently expanded it line of automotive consoles to include two economy consoles and a new offering for full size van owners. In support of the new products, the economy consoles are on sale through the month of September. - September 27, 2007 - AccessorizeYourVehicle.com

LSKoncepts.com Unveils New Website with New Classifieds Section

LSKoncepts.com unveils their new updated website that has live help chat and a new classifieds section. - September 22, 2007 - LS Koncepts, Inc.

Two for Two – Once Again Jax Wax Assists with a First Place Finish at the NOPI Nationals

For the second time in a row, at the world's largest Sport Compact Car Show, the NOPI Nationals - a Jax Wax sponsored car owned by Jason Barr of Westerville, OH - snagged a First Place finish. Over seven thousand sport compact cars and thousands of spectators from across the country migrate to... - September 21, 2007 - Jax Wax

Paint and Coating Thickness Industry Leader Entering the eCommerce Channel

Elcometer and its flagship paint thickness gauge, Elcometer 311, going from brick-and-mortar to click-and-order. - September 20, 2007 - Elcometer USA

Jax Wax Passes the Test from Car Craft Magazine's Speed Shop

The choice of detailing professionals for over 17 years, the high performance line of Jax Wax car care products were recently tested and featured in the November 2007 issue of Car Craft Magazine. The article, titled “We Test It – Jax Wax Car Care Products” is an editorial that... - September 18, 2007 - Jax Wax

StreetGlow’s Process of Illumination™ Moves Mainstream

Sales of strobe lights and interior lighting soar as consumers purchase automotive aftermarket lighting for both practical and expressive use. StreetGlow fulfills this need by servicing both mainstream consumers and its core performance lighting customer base. - September 11, 2007 - Street Glow, Inc.

Mini Mania Inc. Announces La Carrera Panamericana 2007 Race Entry - The First Late Model MINI Entry for the Event

Mini Mania Inc. announces the entry of the first BMW MINI Cooper S entry to the La Carrera Panamericana 2007 Mexican road race driven by Colin and Eric Herrick. - August 30, 2007 - Mini Mania, Inc

Mini Mania Sponsors Mini Cooper High Performance Driving Experience Hosted by Hooked on Driving

Mini Mania sponsors Mini Cooper High Performance Driving Experience at a 'Mini's only' driving event at the Thunderhill Raceway Park on November 1, 2007, hosted by Hooked on Driving. - August 29, 2007 - Mini Mania, Inc

Leading Online Custom Auto Accessories Firm Marks 10 Years on Internet

In 1997 a San Diego-based company specializing in selling custom auto accessories decided it was time to enter the fast lane on the information superhighway. Now AUTOMEGA® celebrates 10 years on Internet. - August 22, 2007 - Custom Auto Trim and Graphics Inc.

TeleType Portable GPS Navigation Product Awarded GSA Advantage Contract

The TeleType GPS WorldNav 3100 Premium has been awarded a GSA Advantage contract allowing government agencies to easily purchase this portable navigation system. - August 17, 2007 - TeleType Co.

Way Systems Selected as Preferred Mobile POS Provider by Encore Payment Systems

WAY Systems, the premier provider of mobile phone based wireless transaction solutions, recently announced that Encore Payments Systems has selected the company as their preferred mobile POS provider. As a result of this new partnership Encore Payment Systems will offer the WAY Mobile Transaction... - August 17, 2007 - WAY Systems

Deves Piston Rings Announces a New Customer Support Program

Deves Piston Rings, the leading supplier of classic car and custom piston rings for over 75 years, announces a new Customer Support Program. - August 11, 2007 - Mini Mania, Inc

Carreg.co.uk Have a Number Plate for Everyone

Carreg.co.uk has a number plate with almost everyone's name on it; there are so many opportunities these days to find a number that is right for the individual or company. Carreg.co.uk makes finding them easy. http://www.carreg.co.uk/number_plates/buyers - August 07, 2007 - Carreg

Thumpr™ Cams Introduced for Ford Windsor Engines

New retro-fit hydraulic roller cams provide unmatched muscle-car sound & power - August 01, 2007 - COMP Performance Group

Stick Plants to Glass. Grow Plants in Your Car

With the Grass on the Dash mobile planter you can stick your plants where you want. The suction cup attachment allows you to stick your plant to glass. You can put a plant in your kitchen window, office/cubicle window, bathroom mirror, car windshield, etc. This makes a great gift and a great idea for employee recognition. - July 26, 2007 - Grass on the Dash

PersonallyYours.co.uk Holds On-Line Auction

PersonallyYours.co.uk are holding an on line number plate auction. This is a great opportunity for someone to pick up a great bargain or two - http://www.personallyyours.co.uk/private_number_plates_auction.htm - July 16, 2007 - Personally Yours Registrations

Mini Mania at Fuji International Speedway in Japan

Mini Mania's Owner Don Racine was honored to run the Mini Mania endurance car in exhibition laps on a Formula 1 track at Fuji International Speedway in Fuji, Japan for Nicole Racing’s 30th Anniversary Celebration on 29 June, 2007. - July 14, 2007 - Mini Mania, Inc