Showcasing the Best in the Mobile Enhancement Industry
If you spend time on social media, you’ve likely seen examples of incorrect devices being used in home and car audio fuse holders. Photos of a .22 round in a fuse holder, pieces of bubble gum wrappers wrapped around a blown AGC fuse and, my personal favorite, the Red Bull can tab intended for use as a replacement for an ATC fuse all send shivers up my spine. There are even Read more
Picking the best radar detector for your car or truck is no easy feat. Every brand out there seems to claim they offer the best sensitivity, excellent false alarm prevention and the ability to detect and scramble lidar signals. Rather than get into the minutiae of which models perform the best, let’s get back to the basics about the protection you need to help ensure that Read more
When choosing the best car starter for your car or truck, remote starter range is one of the most important factors. When you visit a mobile enhancement retailer to ask about purchasing a system to start your vehicle from the comfort of your home or office, their top priority should be to quantify where and how you’ll be using the system. In this article, we’ll discuss the Read more
If you frequent BestCarAudio.com, you’ll know that we love our remote starters. All of us on the editorial team have a remote start system in our cars and trucks. When it’s cold in the north during the winter or blisteringly hot down south in the summer, we use our starters to give the vehicles a jump on making the interior comfortable. We get asked frequently, “Is a manual Read more
Did you know that the quality of your vehicle’s remote car starter installation plays a significant role in its reliability and performance? It isn’t enough to have a starter system that works when your car leaves the shop. Every connection must withstand temperature and humidity changes while putting up with vibrations and jostling. You might be surprised if you think the Read more
When it comes to car audio bass upgrades, two options are popular: sealed and ported subwoofer enclosures. The proper names for these enclosures are acoustic suspension and bass reflex, respectively. Each has its benefits and drawbacks in reproducing low-frequency audio information in your vehicle. In this article, we’ll explain how a bass reflex enclosure works and share a few Read more
Water and road salt are known to wreak havoc on the body and underpinnings of our cars and trucks in the winter. Even living near the ocean, where salt levels are high, can accelerate the rusting process. In this article, with some help from the automotive electronic experts at Motron Automotive Electronics in London, Ontario, we’ll talk about how water infiltration can cause Read more
We can’t count the number of times we’ve heard about someone calling a mobile enhancement retailer to get a price on a remote starter. This certainly seems like the logical first step. What most consumers don’t understand is that the performance and reliability of a remote starter system have as much to do with how the components are integrated into the vehicle as the hardware Read more
Over the years, we’ve tested a lot of dashcams. We remember when 1920 x 1080 pixel high-definition sensors were the hot thing. We saw QHD and 4K sensors become available in the last few years to bump up the information and detail these camera systems could store. While sensor resolution is important, it’s not the only factor in determining the performance or suitability of a Read more
