A Handheld Drill Will Make Your DIY Career Way Simpler

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The common handheld drill isn't the first tool that comes to mind when talking about cars, but you'd be surprised just how useful one can be if you work on cars for long enough.

Whether it's powered by air, a wall socket, or a battery, a drill can be a supremely handy piece of equipment when performing DIY work on your car. If you don't have any sort of powered wrench or ratchet, driver attachments can make routine maintenance easy. And if you're doing modifications, it takes just seconds to drill out the necessary holes.

The most obvious example I can think of is adding hood pins to a car. In addition to the pin holes, the mounting points for each pin also need holes of their own to be bolted down. All you need to do is mark the holes correctly, pull the trigger on your drill a few times, and boom, you have all the holes you need to get your race car one step closer to passing tech inspection.