Categories ATV/SIDE by SIDE PRODUCTS BILSTEIN SHOCKS RHINO RACING 35 Watt HID LIGHTS 50 Watt HID LIGHTS 35 WATT HID KITS 50 WATT HID KITS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES HARDWARE/TOOLS Specials Newest Products Go to... Please SelectATV/SIDE by SIDE PRODUCTS Arctic Cat Bombardier BILSTEIN SHOCKS Honda HID Headlight Conversions Polaris Yamaha "HID" ConversionsBILSTEIN SHOCKSRHINO RACING Yamaha Rhino Lights35 Watt HID LIGHTS50 Watt HID LIGHTS Hella Lights McCulloch Lights PIAA Lights35 WATT HID KITS50 WATT HID KITSELECTRICAL SUPPLIES Connectors  Aircraft Style Smart Switches Fuse HoldersHARDWARE/TOOLS Tools Fuse Accessories   Shopping Cart 0 items   Search   Advanced Search   What's New? BILSTEIN "LONG TRAVEL" Shocks for Rhino's $1,750.00   Information Shipping & Returns Terms of Use Privacy Notice Shop with confidence! Micro Touch is the leader in HID Lighting for off-road racing. Micro Touch founder, Gary Fries, has been an off-road enthusiast since 1973. Gary got his first motorcycle at the age of ten. His first car was a Myers Manx style buggy that he built from a pan buggy in 1971. After abusing the stock suspension well past the destruction threshold, Gary "triple shocked" the rear end. This sparked the beginning of an addiction for off-road performance. Gary then purchased his first buggy from Brian Skipper (now owner of Sway-A-Way Products) in 1973 and started racing it in the local AMSA races held at Saddleback Park and Santa Maria, CA. The competition at these races was pretty tough. Fellow racers you might recognize included Parnelli Jones, Rick, Roger and Bill Mears, Bobby Ferro and more. AMSA racing was great! The next step was a new race at Riverside Raceway promoted by SCORE. Gary entered every race SCORE held at Riverside and raced everything from Class 1 and Class 2 to Class 8. At this time Gary also got involved in SCORE Off-Road Racing (Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, The Mint 400, Firecracker 250 and more.) We're proud of our heritage and the relationships we've made with some of the most successful figures in motorsports... This is when the importance of lighting really came into play. The cars and trucks Gary raced always had more light than any of the competition. While racing Baja in Class 8 his PCA/GMC Sponsored Class 8 Truck was heavily customized. One innovation was running two alternators in series producing 24 volts. The 24 volt system allowed the use of air craft landing lights from a 747 airplane! During this time Gary was working as a technician at Beverly Hill Porsche. Another innovation was outfitting the driving lights with Porsche 930 Turbo headlight squirters. Squirters? Yes, why not clean the headlights from the cockpit of the truck. We pioneered many of the current innovations in the off-raod products industry. During the Early 80’s, Gary worked as racecar mechanic for the PPI Team (Precision Preparation Inc.) with such drivers as Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart, Robby Gordon, Steve and Rod Millen and Frank Arcerio. HOME | PRODUCTS | FAQs | NEWS | GALLERY | COMPANY | CONTACT | LOG IN | VIEW CART | ACCOUNT Copyright © 2005 Micro Touch, Inc. All rights reserved. Hella is a registered trademark of Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.