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Dollar Store Auto Detailing & Save Big

Dollar Store Auto Detailing & Save Big

Forget Shopping for Expensive Car Detailing Products! 106 St Tire & Wheel always prides itself in being able to save our customers money. That's one reason why we stress maintaining your vehicle with our bevy of free inspections. We're taking this a step further and giving you the scoop on expive car care products that can be replaced with what you have at home or can easily be obtained in any dollar store anywhere. 1. Dawn Dish Soap Ever see what happens to the bird life when there's an oil spill in our precious waterways? Animal rescuers clean the delicate feathers and fur of oil soaked critters with Dawn dish soap. Dawn is so proud of it, the company sponsors ads displaying greasy, oily bird and animal life saturated with nasty oil based gunk. Commercials show a variety of bird life and sea others being cleansed while not being hurt by Dawn...we do our dishes in it so we know its safe for skin, feathers, fur and now for the news....YOUR CAR.Whe ... read more

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Cleaning Battery Cables-5 Quick Easy Steps

Cleaning Battery Cables-5 Quick Easy Steps

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

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Saving Time, Money, Lives & the Earth with High-tech Nitrogen Tire Fill

Saving Time, Money, Lives & the Earth with High-tech Nitrogen Tire Fill

Nitrogen fill, A Space Age Marvel...ask Jay Leno106 St. Tire & Wheel is one of the few tire dealers in Queens, NY offering nitrogen fill and it was the very first tire shop in this part of NYC to introduce this incredible, environmentally friendly technology to our borough many years ago. 106 St Tire & Wheel, concerned with the environment here in Queens where the staff, ownership and management live along with 8 million other residents, was inspired by TV's Jay Leno, national spokesman for nitrogen fill, and both his interest in the topic as well as his video explaining the benefits of nitrogen fill to drivers in the United States. (see below) The owners, staff and management of 106 St Tire, all lifelong residents of Queens and operating 5 tire shops in our borough while raising our families here. And like most drivers, business owners and parents today, we are concerned not on ... read more

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