Top Car Tools and Gadgets of 2020 (Christmas Gift Ideas)

[00:03] top five christmas gift ideas for car guys and car girls like you check it out now this year just like every year we have a lot of really cool gift ideas they are unique they are helpful they

[00:17] candles it's not your mugs they're actually things that any car guy or car girl would love which is the whole point of the video holiday season so you don't have to stress out and you have something really

[00:29] something that somebody would love to get i'll be sure to link all these hunting around for them and i'm super excited i'm like a kid on show you what they are so let's get started all right

[00:44] the first gift let's see what we have here here oh man awesome a ceramic coating kit done by a professional or you could do it yourself with this kit

[00:58] has everything you need they got the instructions they got the gloves should be blue it has the ceramic coating it has the microfiber towel and sponge and that's how you apply it

[01:10] to buff it off and i'll show you exactly vehicle here is gonna be my mom's mercury milan and it is a mess it is super dirty look at this

[01:22] we need to do the paint with our pressure washer then we can hit it with some soapy water wipe it down to remove the dirt and then give it a rinse now the surface

[01:36] looks pretty clean but it feels gritty that means we need to grab our clay bar water and then clay the paint surface to embedded in that clear coat that's what makes it feel gritty then we

[01:49] and now the surface is clean but the clay puts micro scratches into the paint this by hand and you want to make sure that you polish the entire panel then we can buff that polish off and the final step is to do an alcohol wipe with

[02:05] or higher isopropyl alcohol this is very important because this is going to remove any oils on the paint and just prep the surface so our ceramic coating bonds perfectly to the paint finally we could begin ceramic coating

[02:17] around the sponge then get the ceramic coating and apply about 10 or 12 drops or so onto the towel to saturate it now we can apply the ceramic coat to the paint surface in a back and forth motion

[02:29] and you can actually see it going on and it's already making that paintwork pop and if you're wondering yes it really is this simple to do all the work is in the prep if you prep the paint right the ceramic coating

[02:41] and after you're done ceramic coating the entire panel you need to wait about and after five minutes of drying use a soft buffing microfiber towel the surface smooth so here's the before and after so we

[02:56] went from this dirtiness to this awesome shine look at how and it's protected now i can't show you that just yet because it takes 24 hours for this to cure you don't want to get it

[03:10] you want to try to let it sit and let it dry for 24 hours for the best year more like two to three years and the paint this also works incredibly well on

[03:24] trailblazer and you can see the huge difference and fiberglass boat holes i've been testing this out for a year now and by the end of the season for everybody who got their boats waxed the

[03:38] but my ceramic coating was still beating up and working perfectly now you can see it worked on a boat after an entire year but what about so i've always wanted to do this test where one side of the hood is ceramic

[03:50] coated and the other side isn't ceramic coated and we throw muddy water on top you'll see that dirty water and let's see how it flows off i'm not and which side isn't coated i want to see if you guys can figure it

[04:03] of muddy water and here goes nothing check that out that's right side is just rolling right off and that's taking all the dirt with it

[04:15] to the hood oh all right now i did that for you guys dirty water on your clean car is not a fun thing to do but it taught ceramic coated and which side isn't on this side

[04:30] we did not have a coating on this side i ceramic coated and you a huge difference which i'm surprised i didn't expect these results so ceramic that's exactly why it made the list for this year's top

[04:44] five christmas gift ideas all right so with every main gift idea i a stocking stuffer the whole point of a stocking stuffer is it's supposed to fit in the stocking kind of usually sometimes it doesn't

[04:58] and it's supposed to be less expensive than the main gift but somewhat related doesn't break the bank and this gift is really stuffing this is [Music]

[05:13] and it is ah nice an undercarriage pressure washer attachment if you want to clean the underside of your car or truck maybe you live in an area where they put road salt down in the winter

[05:26] rusty or maybe you like going off-roading or live on a dirt road or something with gravel and you get all this dirt buildup on your chassis well then this tool is for you i like to go off-road a lot in my truck and i hit

[05:39] every mud puddle because well because and my truck gets really i clean it now you need a pressure washer for this the quick connector like that now when you press the trigger

[05:52] four jets of water spray upwards and let me show you how well it works under the truck and i added the extensions that are included with the other side a lot easier and there's really nothing to this the

[06:05] you just have to aim you can see how this is perfect for off-roading or in the spring after all that salt is off the roads so this is a great inexpensive tool that makes it easy to clean the underside

[06:19] much dirt has come off of this thing in just a few minutes and that's exactly why it makes the list okay and the next gift idea is a heavy one and check it out a jack stand and i'll

[06:33] a guess and say this one is a jack stand too too yep now these are not your typical jack car a lot easier let me show you why so

[06:46] the car find a frame jacking point and then jack until the wheel is off the ground then you have to slide a jack stand now the problem is the frame is all the way back there

[06:59] because the jack is in the way and don't get me wrong we've all made re-jack up the car in a different position to get the jack stand to fit so the solution is this all you do is remove the two

[07:12] off now this piece can be placed on your point for your car which in this case is the pinch weld and then we can jack the car up all the way until the wheel is off the ground

[07:25] jack stand and make sure you push the pins in do the same for the other side good and now we can lower the jack stand onto the like so and now the car is safely on a jack stand

[07:37] so your jacking point is the same exact place as where your jack stand's gonna go because you jack up your jack stand i thought that was such a good idea and used right here you can see it has a little pinch weld adapter plate that

[07:51] plates if you want you could pick up the frame adapter that way you could jack it they have special adapters for a late model corvette for a tesla and i think you get the idea they have a bunch of different adapters depending on

[08:05] and to put the car back on the ground just jack up the jack stand remove both legs and then you can lower the car to the ground like that trivial but actually makes a pretty big difference for me

[08:18] on the driveway so know my driveway is an amazing shape but either way my dad doesn't want me good these dig in big time so every time you

[08:31] get a piece of wood so that you can slide it underneath it now the feet in this new jack stand is nice because it has a large surface area it's not a so you don't need to put wood it won't damage the driveway as easily

[08:44] and finally a normal jack stand raises pretty quickly although i wouldn't use now to raise the new jack stand all you need to do is remove the pins lift up and with the lowest setting this is 12 inches off the ground and with the

[08:56] this is 16. so since i used jacks and all common hand tools in my driveway to get the job done i thought this was a compared to the normal jack and that's exactly why it makes my list

[09:10] so let's see what stocking stuffers we have here more gift in here and we have rubber jack pads

[09:24] to chalk off the wheels that way the car doesn't roll and pieces of wood work but stocking stuffer are these rubber wheel chocks the rubber is a lot more grippy and it's angled so it fits the tire better now these are just wheel chocks

[09:39] just pretty nice especially compared to wood and that's why they make a good and the next stocking stuffer is also related to jacking up the car and that's these are rubberized pucks and the idea is some jacks don't have

[09:52] rubber on them so you have a bare metal surface jacking up against a bare metal car's surface it'll start causing rust and that's just not a good thing so what we want is something like this which fits right over that jack

[10:05] underneath the car and start lifting at that frame point we're not making direct you can see the rubberized jack pad is an insulator between the two doesn't slide off now this is a very simple but useful item it's inexpensive

[10:20] stuffer okay we are on our third main gift and okay we are on our third main gift and what do we have

[10:36] now one of the most important things when buying power tools is to make sure this is a little trick that's going to help you save a ton of money the reason why is a bear tool is usually not too bad price

[10:48] lithium ion batteries that's when it starts getting expensive and if you use all the same brands a lot of times the tools battery so you could change the batteries around

[11:00] batteries for each different tool so let's check out the newest tool that i got and that is their electric impact ratchet now to you can see it's not really moving these lug nuts

[11:13] meanwhile an impact gun has no problem getting these off i just want to try one more time and that actually worked

[11:25] this is so with the wheel off now let me show you where this tool comes in handy compared to a regular impact gun impact gun the issue with this it's awesome it has tons of power

[11:37] but it's huge it's large it's heavy i need two hands with this it's a little cumbersome in here i would need two hands i'd need to like force it because if it is there's not enough room here for this to

[11:50] issue let's just say we had to get this bolt off gun i'd have to use a shorter socket impact gun now compare that to the impact ratchet

[12:03] a lot easier to fit anywhere we could fit it there we could fit it here we could fit it down here no problem at all and yet it's still torque we could easily remove most nuts and

[12:16] at all and the last two features i want to show you real quick are the battery trigger a little bit and it'll tell you how much battery life bars and then you have this button right here which has three different settings

[12:29] the trigger it isn't very strong and i'll show you to the second setting you press the trigger it's stronger and then when you go to the third one you have it wide open when you press the

[12:42] it is super strong so the reason why you use the first one is for when you're torque them so we're going to tighten this fastener what happens i'm going to pull the trigger all the

[12:55] way and hold my finger down and once it gets tight it completely this by mistake now you go in here with your torque wrench and you torque it so although it isn't as powerful as its bigger brother this is nice because it's

[13:09] better and it's still plenty strong for most fasteners which is why this makes the list this year okay on to [Music] all right a mini screwdriver set now a

[13:25] makes a great stocking stuffer it's relatively inexpensive it fits in the stocking and it's just a nice overall set different bits here and some of these i've never even heard

[13:37] security torques we have some more security torques we have tri-point we have pentalobe square bits we have our phillips triangle bit we have a sim card ejector our flathead

[13:50] more flat head and then jis which is similar to phillips then we have hex we have some more hex and then finally we have our nut drivers now the screwdriver itself is a lightweight aluminum and

[14:03] they stick in place plus we're gonna be working with really screwdriver and the magnetic bits are real nice when and just to give you an idea of how the screwdriver works i have an led

[14:16] flashlight and we have small screws on the back here now with a precision screwdriver into your palm and then you unscrew it like that you has a bearing on it so that you could unscrew it with just one hand which is

[14:30] nice and then to screw it back in same thing so again this is a nice that's why it makes my list okay on to our fourth gift idea it's a okay on to our fourth gift idea it's a bit heavy

[14:44] sweet this is a nice ratcheting wrench set and the next one is even heavier now anyone who works on cars should definitely have a set of ratcheting

[14:59] so with the regular wrench as you loosen the bolt you need to remove the wrench the start put the wrench back on and loosen it again you have to repeat this process over and over and this could be a hassle

[15:12] which doesn't need to be removed from the bolt clearly see how much quicker and easier it is using a ratcheting wrench versus a conventional wrench and another good example where a ratcheting wrench is

[15:25] control arm bushing here if you try to use a regular ratchet you get it in there but if we get our ratcheting wrench it due to the low profile of the wrench compared to the ratchet i'm not gonna

[15:39] to get loosened it was more just an example to show you ratchet might not so i have two really nice sets to show either one this one is less expensive this one is more expensive i'll explain

[15:53] they're both lifetime warranty they're both 12 point they're both 72 tooth and they work very similarly this one is a chrome finish so it's more slippery up like if your hands are oily or you get oil on the tool and this one is a

[16:07] which grips a lot better when there's oil on the tool and then as you can see because these tools don't get disorganized you oh look that tool is gone and it's clearly labeled at the top now

[16:23] is a complete metric set we're going from eight millimeter all the way up to 19 and we don't skip a beat there's every single size in there now on this one sure you get sae which

[16:35] and you get metric but it starts at six millimeter then goes eight ten twelve so we're missing a bunch of sizes in between there they're not used often but when you do use them like the 11 millimeter and you don't have it

[16:48] that set and not that set but again you do get all these se wrenches and you but this doesn't have any case this plastic case that you see here is the store i had to open this up and this you can't

[17:04] so you're going to need to find yourself a way to store all your wrenches and video the last stocking stuffer he might have a solution for that so way both of these you can't go wrong with either one is a

[17:17] great pick which is why it makes my list okay only a couple more stocking stuffers left let's see what we get

[17:29] and let's see what the other one is and it's deep in there okay it's tiny and sweet a breaker bar adapter now you guys know how much i love breaker bars i use them in most of my

[17:41] with your breaker bar long breaker bars and a breaker bar so you're going to you get the breaker bar in there nice long breaker bars i'm going to try using with our breaker bar i'm using a breaker bar so use a breaker bar

[17:55] it and break it loose now with a typical breaker bar when you go to loosen a fastener a certain way so in this case that's how it fits i can't change anything this doesn't ratchet like a

[18:08] so if i need to loosen it which is pushing this down i can't because it's hitting the ground so what i would have to do is take this off adjust it to a new angle and hope that angle works we're in a wide open area

[18:20] parts in the way if you're working under a car that could be an issue but in this it's not too big of an issue we're just doing lug nuts but fits onto the breaker bar and now we have our ratcheting mechanism

[18:36] breaker bar onto the lug nut break it loose and ratchet away to loosen it the rest of the way like so i thought that was such a good idea i wanted to share it with you guys it makes a great little stocking stuffer

[18:50] and that's why it makes the list now most people working on cars want to get a new one you could get a ratcheting breaker bar like this and it this one's also adjustable so it could go at different angles but

[19:05] don't need to have an adapter you just use this so get it on the lug nut and let's break it free and now again we could ratchet the way with just our breaker bar so you don't

[19:17] something nice like this which ratchets and that's it makes the list now last but not least our final gift idea okay magnetic towel holder and the next one

[19:34] holder and i think i'm seeing a trend here yep a magnetic box holder and finally a magnetic tray now magnetic holders are great there's a bunch of different types as you just saw

[19:48] example i use this all the time on the side of my toolbox holder and it goes onto the toolbox like that and then grab your paper towel roll and fit it on there and close it up like so and now you have easy access to paper

[20:03] and the nice thing about these is the magnets have a rubber coating to them damaging the toolbox now if you're like me and use gloves when working on a car you have quick and easy access to the

[20:18] and then on the other side of my toolbox i like to use a tray like this and again piece right here is rubber coated so when you put it up against your box your tools in your engine bay while you're working

[20:32] toolbox and you know these are the tools that you've been using now another version of this which i like a lot and i suggest getting multiple of is this right here i like to keep my brake cleaner in there

[20:44] screwdrivers in there and one thing that's definitely through both of these holes in order to stay in like this stubby one right here and it only goes through that top hole

[20:58] this is more likely to come out you can see how it's very it's it's gonna pop you move the cart but as long as your screwdriver goes all the way through it holds itself in place like that so there you go if you have a metal toolbox

[21:11] magnetic holders for the paper towels for your gloves for your spray cans and just for random tools that you have out and about as you they're inexpensive and they make great gifts which is why

[21:24] it makes my list okay our last stocking stuffers and it looks like cooper wants to help open these let's see what we got all right magnetic socket holders and more magnetic tool holders and

[21:38] even more magnetic tool holders and finally tool holders make great stocking stuffers and also this itself the first time you use it so you're ever

[21:52] working on your car and you go to grab a bolt and then the depths but it doesn't fall out the bottom it gets stuck all the way down there you could try to get your hand in there

[22:05] damage the radiator fins i just can't i can't get to it and that's where our extendable stick magnet comes into play this thing is awesome it extends pretty far now you can easily go in here grab that

[22:19] bolt and pull that bolt out and there you go hassle check that out so this is the little pen magnet that comes with the kit and this is its bigger brother now this is also a

[22:31] and my favorite part with this is it has a light and this light is actually halfway decent it's daytime and you can still see how it brightens everything up especially if you need to go down deep somewhere and get a nut or bolt

[22:43] this is it comes in a case with foam although i have no clue why they didn't make a little cut out for the other one as well maybe it was an afterthought piece and then you could fit that right in your toolbox

[22:56] tools organized with this foam tool organization like that organization like that like that and like that all in one place organized it doesn't bounce around when

[23:09] better than just throwing it in like this you can see how this is kind of organized but still not as organized as that well if you want to organize don't worry you could use these magnetic tool holders we'll start with these

[23:22] have one quarter inch we have 3 8 of an inch get an idea this is what it looks like all filled up we have our deep sockets up here and then we have our shallow sockets

[23:35] here the thing i like about this is they're clearly labeled and there are no skipped sizes they even have 4.5 of this deep well socket which i don't if you're gonna store it in something like this i hate having open slots but

[23:49] this works very well and you can turn it upside down and which is awesome because it's magnetic if you have a toolbox like this with here it's nice it doesn't move you can move

[24:02] but the deep sockets make it so that it either put this on the side of your toolbox clearance find a spot in here

[24:14] you need a streamlined socket holder one of these works you can see it's magnetic these pop in and out very easily this can't get magic marker and just write the numbers right on the side

[24:28] and it's nice they hold in place really nicely and drawers no problem at all than one of these rail socket holders because these are a pain you have to

[24:40] pull on it hard sometimes they don't go in easily there's a whole bunch of them this is nice and simple they come right out they go right in deep sockets and shallow sockets and you're good to go

[24:52] holders i want to show you is this right here for wrenches and this right here now the ratcheting wrench set from before fits nicely into this magnetic and each wrench is easy to add and then on the other side the screwdrivers are

[25:06] like so now the screwdrivers are definitely better off on the top than but these should be fine let me give you a shake test

[25:21] gets loose and falls out but i prefer putting all on the top like this and you could just do every other one we are done our tool storage is very important so

[25:35] that's why i like these they make great stocking stuffers they're inexpensive and they work really well which is why it makes the list five christmas gift ideas for car guys and

[25:50] car girls we had a lot of really amazing gifts and i'll be sure to link easily find them i hope this video was helpful if it was remember to give it a think of the gifts in the comments if you have any other gift ideas put

[26:04] reading and the more gift ideas we have the better and as always i hope you guys have a merry christmas happy hanukkah happy kwanzaa whatever you celebrate enjoy even if you don't

[26:16] i hope you guys enjoy time with your friends and family and have a happy new year stay tuned