Who is the best designer of trucks is our truck driver friends.
After buying a new truck, many truck enthusiasts will make more or less modifications to the vehicle according to their own habits, needs, and frequent driving conditions, so that they can drive more smoothly.
What are the common truck modifications?
1. Install the parking air conditioner
Every summer, the cab becomes a sauna in seconds, especially when running long distances. Since the engine is just below the driver's seat, the heat generated by the engine will be continuously transferred to the cab. At this time, only relying on the on-board air conditioner for cooling will have no effect at all. If you want to take a break with the air conditioner while parking, you have to start the engine first, which consumes fuel and electricity and makes noise.
Therefore, many car enthusiasts will choose to install an truck sleeper air conditioner, which can improve driving comfort and avoid engine carbon deposition caused by long-term idling of the car air conditioner, while saving fuel consumption.
2. Install parking diesel heater
The winter in the north is much colder than that in the south, and the phenomenon of adding parking diesel heater to the truck is also common in the north. Diesel heater is a kind of parking heater, which uses diesel fuel as fuel and generates heat by burning it. It can be used independently when the truck is parked and turned off engine. It is also favored by many northern car fans because of its low cost and good effect. However, if the cab is not well sealed, it is easy to be poisoned by carbon monoxide. Card friends should pay more attention when using it.
3. Lay light-proof mats
The cab is the second home of driver friends, and it is also a pleasure to decorate your own small home. The most common one is to lay a light-proof mat on the center console.The effect of the light shielding pad is not small, it can avoid direct sunlight on the center console, reduce the reflection phenomenon, and then increase the driving safety.
4. Install the fuel tank guard
The guard plate mentioned here is to add a baffle plate above the fuel tank or to pack a steel plate for the fuel tank, no matter which, the purpose is to prevent fuel stealing. Although this will increase the weight of the car, it can at least reduce the risk of fuel theft.
5. Add a water tank
It is necessary to run a long-distance water tank, especially for long distance traveling,the water demand is larger. On the one hand, the brakes are easy to heat up when going down a long slope, and you need to spray the brakes regularly to cool down. On the other hand, it can be used as water for daily life, which is convenient for washing and cooking during breaks.
6. Add Toolbox
When you go out of the car all the year round, you have to bring many tools, but putting them in the cab is too much trouble, so driver friends will choose to add one or two tool boxes to increase storage space, and install them on the side or rear of the vehicle.
7. Install the spare tire bracket
Like passenger car that there is also spare tire for truck, to protect the spare tire,truck drivers like to make a bracket to fasten the tire.
8. Install the tail plate
The driver friends who run the city like to add a tailgate to their truck, because when it comes to the delivery of goods with a certain weight such as rice, noodles, grain and oil, the tailgate is a natural freight elevator, which can be automatically lifted to facilitate loading and unloading. , saving labor intensity. Now the coverage of the tailgate is also very wide, not only light trucks, but also van trailers, flatbed trucks, and warehouse trucks can also be equipped with tailgates.
9. Rear spotlights installed
The rear spotlight of the truck is installed in the lower part of the vehicle, which can provide illumination when reversing and loading and unloading at night. It is understood that the rear spotlights can be manually switched on and off. Driver friends must use them in a civilized manner, and do not turn them on while driving.
10. Install the air shroud
Air resistance is a key factor affecting fuel consumption. With the rising awareness of vehicles among the majority of truck enthusiasts, the importance of air shrouds has also been recognized by more and more people. However, some trucks are not equipped with a shroud when they leave the factory. It is necessary for drivers who often run at high speed to install a shroud. While saving fuel and speeding up, the appearance can also be more beautiful.
11. Add side skirts
The installation of side skirts is the same as the installation of a shroud to reduce wind resistance and fuel consumption. It can effectively block the airflow on both sides of the car body from entering the bottom of the car. It's just that this side skirt is more popular in European countries.
12. Add the front bumper
A bumper is also a collision avoidance device that has the ability to reduce injury to occupants in high-speed impacts. Safety is the number one priority when traveling thousands of miles a day.
In addition to the 12 kinds of modifications mentioned above, there are actually 3 kinds of modifications that are quite common, but also very hateful, that is, increase the tires, increase the number of leaf springs, and widen and lengthen the cargo box. Why hate it? Because these 3 kinds are all proper illegal modifications.
It is suggested that truck friends can consult the local vehicle management office before modification. If it is allowed, the record should be filed; if not, follow the regulations and do not modify privately.
Due to the national conditions, there are still many restrictions on truck modification in my country, but in foreign countries, many countries respect truck modification.
In my opinion, domestic and foreign truck modification is a manifestation of the love of work, the only difference is that foreign truck modification is in pursuit of individuality, while domestic truck modification is for life.
