SEMA 2022: The Best Automotive Accessories – Best of SEMA 2022 – Popular Mechanics
Every year, the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) brings the American automotive industry to the particular Las Vegas Convention Center to showcase new products and vehicle builds. While the automobiles themselves are highlights, aftermarket products and accessories are equally popular.
After walking through hundreds of booths, we compiled a list of the best products that were on display at the particular show last week. With so much to see, all of us focused on accessories for detailing, overlanding, plus classic vehicle restoration.
Retro Manufacturing Radio
Breathing new life into a classic car is a rewarding endeavor, but it doesn’t take long to realize that the original radios are well… kinda old. Modern head units bring a ton of functionality but often crowd the particular dash with their massive touchscreens. That’s why Old style Manufacturing makes radios with a classic aesthetic but updated functionality—including Bluetooth audio, USB, and auxiliary input, along with AM and FM radio. Their radios are compatible with over 2, 000 classic cars and trucks, bringing just the right amount of connectivity without spoiling the look of your dashboard. This RetroSound 4HD unit (above) is fitted in order to NewLegend 4×4 owner Sean Barber’s International Scout II—the 4HD also lends the ability to listen to HD Radio.
Adam’s Polishes Matte Detailer
Plenty of automobiles nowadays are usually available along with matte paint finishes. While these might be nice to look at, they present unique challenges when keeping your automobile clean . Conventional detailing products like sprays, polishes, and waxes will simply blow through the matte finish, making it look like a normal gloss finish. That is why Adam’s Polishes came up with its Dull Detailer spray—allowing you in order to spiff up the color safely without adding any shine. Adam’s did this by taking out all of the particular silicone ingredients found in its regular detail spray, which are there to add shine. It might be a simple product, however it has its place.
Warn Epic Wheels
Warn will be most well known in the off-roading world for the winches plus recovery gear . However, the brand recently made a foray into producing aftermarket wheels. Called Alert Epic tires, they’re available three styles, in two finishes, and two bolt patterns—the picture above showcases the “Jackhammer” style in gunmetal gray. Andy Lilienthal, strategic communications manager at Warn, called out the gold fine detail on the center caps, which is a nod to the brand’s classic locking hubs.
Decked Truck Toolbox
Decked offers made the name for itself with its slide-out storage systems that drop into your truck bed—nothing you likely don’t already know if you’re into overlanding, as their boxes are well-known among enthusiasts. And they work really well, but use upward quite a lot of bed space, a hindrance if you need the extra room for bigger items in the back. That’s where the Decked toolbox comes within, bringing the same practicality as its drawer system without having taking up so much space. That’s not to mention that it’s a big improvement more than conventional truck toolboxes that are made from metal; the particular Decked box is built from the exact same steel-reinforced, injection-molded, high-impact polymer resin because all of its other products, meaning that it won’t ding, dent, or rust—all while staying water tight.
FrontRunner Expander Camp Chair
Camp chairs often existing a critical tradeoff between comfort and packability. Comfortable chairs are usually larger, heavier, plus harder in order to pack down. However , seats that are more compact aren’t very pleasant to sit in. Not so with FrontRunner’s Expander lounge chair. It’s able to fold in order to 1⁄16 associated with its size thanks to a clever telescoping mechanism, folding down completely in just three steps—no complex metal legs to get tangled with. Once everything was folded out, the chair itself was super comfortable, sitting in just the right height with regard to someone of my five-foot nine-inch stature.
Dometic Rooftop Tent Concept
You might think this flashy new tent just looks like any other Dometic TRT-series rooftop camping tent from the outside. And you wouldn’t be totally wrong. Nevertheless , it swaps the metal rods that will held the previous TRT upright for air chambers; this particular new inflatable design allows for much a lot more room once inside with out any aluminum poles running along the sleeping area. The only some other notable difference is the brand new tent will be the tri-fold, whilst the older model was a bi-fold—meaning this packs straight down in a taller yet narrower package. Dometic says the tent itself can be inflated in simply a few minutes with an onboard air compressor and will be obtainable in the particular spring associated with 2023.
Matt Crisara is a native Austinite who has an unbridled passion regarding cars and motorsports, both foreign plus domestic, and as the Autos Editor for Well-known Mechanics , he writes the majority of automotive coverage across digital plus print. He was previously a contributing writer for Motor1 following internships at Circuit Of The Americas F1 Track and Speed City, an Austin stereo broadcaster focused on the world of motor racing. He earned a bachelor’s degree from your University of Arizona School of Journalism, where he raced mountain bikes along with the University Club Team. When this individual isn’t working, he enjoys sim-racing, FPV drones, and the great outdoors.
