Car Care is a twice-monthly series offering maintenance best practices and DIY tips for car owners. You’ve probably seen bumper covers on vehicles while traveling down the road, but do you understand ...

Few things yield a higher pucker factor than paint damage, then having the damage repaired only to discover the repair doesn’t match. Even from 30 feet away a poor paint match is obvious, especially ...

Chrome bumpers made a quick exit from the automotive scene in the late '80s. In their place are elaborate, but flimsy, plastic covers hiding stamped-steel impact beams with a wide swath of Styrofoam ...

Maybe you've been there, trying to drive your car into a corner too quickly or simply putting it in Reverse and cringing at the crunch. The resulting damage used to mean a quick trip to the auto-parts ...