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breakingfor.parts: a marketplace for parts, projects and more

breakingfor.parts bills itself as your new go-to online marketplace for spare parts, as well as project and parts cars.

Anti-rat electrical tape? Honda has an OEM part for that.

A spicy roll of electrical tape? This one from Honda is meant to help keep rats and other rodents from chewing up your wiring.

Make the most of your winter break: Build a $2000 Challenge car.

Keep your hands busy during the winter break by building your entry into the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge.

In the latest issue: Our 7 rules for a successful project car

Does your project have a plan? Read about our seven rules for project car success in the upcoming November 2025 issue of Grassroots Motorsports.

Tech Tip | Why buy what you can make: Hood pins

This tech tip from a collegiate competition team? Fully functional and adjustable hood pins. The total cost? Free.

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Shop Work: Four lessons learned after a lifetime of roadside repairs

What do container ships and project cars have in common? Both often require their mechanical issues to be diagnosed and repaired on the fly.

Columns: How to tackle the most radical project of your dreams?

Patrick Caherty–better known in these parts as AngryCorvair–shares his wisdom on tackling a big project when you have a family, a job and only a small two-car garage to build in.

Features: How to make progress on a stalled project car

How to keep that project from getting stuck in the garage? Perhaps some planning can help.

Shop Work: New to cars? How to assemble your first mechanic’s tool kit.

Want to work on your car at home, but don't have any tools? Here's how to assemble a tool kit that can get you started on your wrenching adventures.

Shop Work: My new favorite thing: Tamper detection paste

Can a paint pen indicate a loose fastener? Yes, but we've found a solution that's better dedicated to the task: Tamper detection paste.

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Broken E9x a/c vent tab? How we fixed this common issue.

We just wanted cool air. As we slid the vent’s tab toward us, it broke.

We learned that this is a common occurrence on E9x-chassis …

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Is no news good news? That’s pretty much been the story with our M3. The latest? Well, kinda nothing.

A few planned events this spring got rained …

Club Spec Mustang: Time for its first SCCA autocross

It’s been on track and in the GRM shop. Next step for our Club Spec Mustang? Autocross.

The goal of our last work day? Bringing the Mustang back …

Our brake fluid resembled Dr. Pepper. Time to get to work.

As the sunshine swept across the sky, our GRM shop bustled with action. Someone was moving our other projects around, another was cleaning up the shop and our

Who'd say no to driving lessons with pro driver Randy Pobst? Not us.

Rand Pobst, a Mustang and two novices itching for seat time: the outcome?

During our time at the official GRM test track, the Florida International Rally & Motorsport …

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