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Your Battery & What You May not Know: Ever have dirty battery cables be the cause of your ride not starting? Here's one of our annoyingly over used words: MAINTENANCE. The cables on your battery are subject to corrosion and, eventually, that will prevent your car from starting despite your battery being just fine. The ultimate result? Your day will be delayed or perhaps ruined. What if this happens in the middle of the night after a night out? Inconvenience is guaranteed, where it happens could be a dark and dangerous place. A small amount of maintenance can prevent the above. Here's how to do it: 1-always loosen, wiggle the cap off the cable and disconnect your negative terminal first and use a plastic tie to make sure to remove it from your work field. Why? Glad you asked. If your negative terminal is connected, it's still wired and connected to your entire car. Drop a tool on the battery or touch the wires and an electrical short may result. By leaving the ne ... read more

Is an grimey, yucky, greasy messy engine a red flag? NO! Is a clean one a good sign? NO! Ever open a hood and see a sparkling clean engine? Are you envious? Does it always mean the car you're looking at is in good condition? Hell, no. Even if it looks like Aunt Tillie has just waxed and polished it, is it an absolute good deal? Nope. Sure, it looks great and your thinking, "man, this baby is clean and kewl looking." Not so fast. Car dealers and buyers might be using a little psychology on you. A squeaky clean engine compartment makes any car, especially, a used car look newer and better maintained than it might be. All that glitters is not gold, remember. Ask the seller for his maintenance records to make sure what you see is what you get. Don't ever judge the cleanliness of the engine compartment as a statement about how good the car is. There are businesses who specifically do engine services such as cleaning and preparing cars for sale....of course, looks always matter but go into b ... read more

106 St Tire & Wheel experts have the know how to remanufacture a badly damaged wheel back to factory standards as well as repair dents and dings, cracked, dented, curb rash from scraping on sidewalks, bent wheels from hitting potholes and more. We're Queens expert alloy and steel wheel repair center and our restoration and repair services include: -Rim straightening-TIG wheel welding-Dented rim repair-Bent wheel repair-Curb rash repair-Wheel polishing-Cracked wheel repair-Computerized color matching-TPMS sensors replaced, reset and TPMS batteries for dashboard display replacedMost repairs are done on site at a fraction of the cost to replace the rim. Free estimates, 24-48 hour turn around time 106-01 Northern Blvdopen 24/7 in Corona 718-446-6769 118-02 Merrick Blvdopen 7 days in Jamaica, 718-276-4070 105-08 Northern Blvdopen 24/7 in Corona 718-446-6769 79-20 Queens Blvd718-446-6769, open 7 days in Elmhurst, 718-458-2500 ... read more

If your car doors or trunk sound like the creaking of a door at a haunted house, you need probably need grease or lubrication on the hinges. Ignore this and don't be surprised if your doors and trunk eventually land up damaged from binding, bending and twisting making closing or opening of doors difficult. The same goes for hoods, trunk lids, lift-gates and tail-gates. The longer you wait for lubrication the worse the damage can be and the more expense you will incur. Again, its one of 106 St Tire's important words we nag you about: MAINTENANCE. Our advice? If you are driving an older vehicle, use an aerosol lubricant like White Lithium or Super-Lube on the hinges and avoid "goop" type grease formulas because they make a mess, attract dirt, etc making the aerosol grease formulas a neater and better choice for folks who have never done this kind of thing before. Some mechanics recommend a lubricating gun and that makes sense as well as long as you don't over do it making a mess because ... read more

Would you like to try on Vellano wheels? Vossen Wheels? How about Savini or Konig rims right from the comfort of your own home without getting out on without getting out of your Lazy-Boy rocker? We've made it really easy and SIMPLE if you are a 106 St Tire & Wheel customer. Innovation, tech-savvy, customer comfort, high def TV is what sets 106 St Tire apart from the ordinary tire dealer, Remember Grandpa's tire dealer had a car seat for you to sit on and read a 4-year-old magazine. It's the kind place kind where you sit on a car seat, look at tire posters in a dirty old place like your grandfather did. That's not the way it is at any 106 ST Tire location....we have plants, we have music, informative videos, soccer games or just plain high def TV on so you can relax. We're been called an upscale tire dealer with the best prices in Queens. Welcome to Queens, Brooklyn 's NYC's premier tire and wheel center, a 21st century, classy, tire, wheel dealership doing Napa bra ... read more