The Complete Idiot's Guide to Customizing your Ride [Paperback]

Tom Benford (Author), Andy Goodman (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: June 5, 2007

A one-of-a-kind, fast and furious how-to for modifying cars.

Customizing cars is one of the hot trends in the auto industry today. This is the only book to reveal everything about mod shops, with topics that include finding the best shops and prices, do- it-yourself modifications, exterior body modifications, performance upgrades, suspension, brake, wheel and tire upgrades, interior enhancements, audio and video upgrades, and more.
—Goodman is the president of the National Custom Car Association

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About the Author

Tom Benford is a freelance writer and editor on automotive publishing with more than 20 books to his credit. He has also written articles for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Harley-Davidson Enthusiast.
Andy Goodman is the president of the National Custom Car Association, and writer of the NCCA rulebook, which has become recognized by the tuner industry as the official guideline for car show preparation and judging. He writes for HCI, B-Scene and Speed Style and Sound Magazine, Street Trenz, and DailD.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (June 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592576540
• ISBN-13: 978-1592576548
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,131,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Benford is a multiple award-winning author of more than sixteen published books including three on computer science and over a dozen on automotive and related subjects.

His first novel, The Last of the Unicorns, was published in mid-February, 2010 and is available in print, Kindle, and e-book formats.

A freelance journalist and photographer for over thirty five years, he has garnered awards for his writing from organizations that include the North Jersey Press Association, New Jersey Working Press Association, the International Automotive Media Association and others. He was inducted into the Bayonne (NJ) Writer's Hall of Fame in 1995 and was recently honored by a New Jersey Joint Legislative Resolution from the State Senate and General Assembly lauding his literary contributions and accomplishments.

He contributes articles on a regular basis to several national magazines and he is also an ASCAP award-winning song writer with two CD albums.

A native and lifelong resident of the Garden State, Tom and his wife of 32 years, Liz, reside with their German Shepherd dog, Major, on a 4+ acre estate on the New Jersey Shore. His website is www.tombenford.com.