#Parts-Accessories

Are you looking to replace your standard halogen turn signal bulbs with something brighter? LED turn signal bulbs have become relatively inexpensive in recent years, allowing vehicle owners to upgrade at a low cost. In addition to offering brighter performance, LED bulbs generally last significantly longer than standard halogen bulbs, meaning you’ll save money in the long run without having to constantly replace your bulbs.

Nearly all modern vehicles come standard with a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS), but maybe you own an older vehicle that doesn’t have one. It’s important to know when your tires are overinflated or underinflated, as it can affect the performance of your vehicle including its fuel economy. Fortunately, the automotive aftermarket now offers convenient and affordable TPMS kits that are easy to install, allowing you to add a monitoring system to your older vehicle.

Your car may have a big trunk that can swallow a lot of luggage and cargo, but it’s a big, empty area, which means that it’s not very good at organizing your stuff. Sure, some manufacturers put some kind of storage under the floor for smaller items, but for general use, it’s very hard to keep the trunk organized.

Unlike traditional halogen headlight bulbs that burn out with around 500 hours of use, quality high intensity discharge (HID) bulbs can last anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 hours. That likely means you aren’t shopping for replacement HID bulbs as frequently as you would if you had halogen headlights, but eventually they will need to be replaced.

If you often travel with your four-legged best friend, you probably want to keep them as safe as possible in your vehicle. Just like humans should always be wearing a seat belt while in a car, you’ll want to make sure your dog is restrained while you’re driving. There are a few obvious reasons, such as making sure your dog doesn’t jump out the window or go flying inside your car from harsh braking. But more importantly, in the situation of an accident, an unrestrained dog could get seriously harmed or cause harm to passengers inside the vehicle.

It may seem like there are about a million and one different types of car seats out there, but it helps to group them into the four stages of your child’s growth. Newborns come home from the hospital and spend at least their first few months in an infant seat, then move up to a larger rear-facing child seat, then onto a forward facing car seat with full harness, and finally a booster seat. However, many companies have designed seats that work well for more than one of those stages, adjusting to accommodate the growth of your child, so one seat can be perfectly safe for many years of service.

Are you a BMW owner who is happy with their vehicle, but feel like it’s missing a certain touch to make it their own? There are tons of aftermarket parts and accessories that can do the job, but sometimes a four or five-figure custom build just isn’t in the cards. In this article, we’ll take a look at the top 10 BMW accessories that won’t leave you wondering if you can pay rent at the end of the month.

Health and safety aren’t things you want to skimp out on, so having a well-stocked first aid kit in your car should be something you’re willing to spend on.

These days, we’re always on the go and living in a connected world. That means we constantly need to have our smartphone charged and on the ready. Nothing is worse than dealing with the anxiety you get when you realize your phone’s battery has just a few minutes of life left.

A trailer hitch cover may be something that you’ve never even considered buying for your vehicle.

You don’t need to be a car expert to realize most factory side mirrors have blind spots. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 840,000 blind spot-related accidents occur every year. Some modern vehicles now offer blind spot detection as a safety feature, typically a light that illuminates on the side mirror if an object is in your blind spot. But maybe your vehicle doesn’t offer blind spot detection and you’re looking for a way to conveniently see what you’re missing while driving.

The engine in your car, truck, or crossover operates on the simple principle of capturing the energy from countless tiny explosions created when a mixture of gasoline and air is ignited inside of its cylinders. Deep inside of your engine, fuel and air are drawn in and compressed by the pistons before being ignited many times per second. This creates an energy-dense explosion whose power is used to drive the vehicle.

You’ve likely seen it before: A car sitting on bricks or concrete blocks after its wheels and tires have been stolen. Whether you have a nice set of aftermarket wheels or you want to prevent your factory ones from getting stolen, owning a set of wheel locks is a low-cost investment towards helping make sure those wheels stay on your car.

Smartphones have GPS to get you where you need to go, and most vehicles offer a built-in navigation system as standard or optional equipment. But plenty of older or entry-level cars on the road lack that convenience.

You’re feeling pumped as you drive to work, you’ve just finished a killer workout, and you beat your personal record for the bench press. Simultaneously you conceived the perfect close for the big presentation you’re making that morning. Life looks good.