Choose an Expert for Your Remote Car Starter Installation

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 that you choose. Let’s talk about why it’s crucial to have an expert install your remote car starter.

Remote Car Starter Connections

If you have a typical vehicle from the early to mid-2000s, a remote starter system will need to be wired into the high-current wiring connected to your ignition switch. These wire connections include ignition, accessory, ground and start wires. The starter system will also need to control door locking and unlocking, connections to monitor the door pins, and at the very least, a wire to a tilt switch or hood pin in the front of the car. Newer vehicles require that the starter talks to the computers in your vehicle on the CAN data network, so connections to the CAN Hi and CAN Lo wires are also necessary. If any one of these connections isn’t both electrically robust and mechanically secure, it can affect the reliability of the starter system. Worse, in some cases, a poorly executed connection may negatively affect the reliability of your vehicle.

How these connections are executed is the focus of much debate. Twist-and-tape, soldering, crimp caps, butt connectors, T-taps and 3M Scotchlok connectors are some of the most popular options used to connect a wire from your starter system to your vehicle’s wire harness. All can work flawlessly, but when done incorrectly, all can cause problems.

A Remote Car Starter Purchase Analogy

If you wanted to buy a painting for the front hall or dining room in your house, would you randomly call art stores and ask them what their price was on a “piece of art”? With almost guaranteed certainty, whoever answered your call would invite you to visit their store and have a look at the artwork they have in stock.

Buying upgrades for your vehicle is no different. To get the right solution, you’ll need to talk with the retailer’s product specialist about where you park your vehicle at home or work so they can provide you with a remote solution that offers enough range. They will also need to confirm what hardware is required to integrate the starter system into the vehicle, so the year, make, model and trim level need to be checked. Cross-referencing the VIN is also required in some vehicles, where changes were made mid-year.

Most importantly, you’ll want to understand how the shop will take care of your vehicle while it’s in their possession. Do they use seat, steering wheel and fender covers? Do they put the vehicle battery on a charger while it’s in the bay? Most importantly, how do they secure hardware and make electrical connections to the vehicle? Will a module hang down from the dash with wires poking out everywhere, or will the installation look and perform like something that came with the vehicle from the factory? We can assure you that a properly installed high-quality remote car starter won’t come with the least expensive price in town. With that said, a Rembrandt or Van Gogh painting will fetch a pretty penny.

Examples of Poor Remote Starter Installations

The examples you see below clearly indicate that having an amateur upgrade your vehicle is a fool’s errand. Most examples are from retail shops that claim to be professionals. We know that many of these businesses are, at best, hobbyists installing remote starters for a living. That doesn’t make them professionals or experts.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth 10 million. Our friends at Sweet Sounds in Mankato, Minnesota, made a video to show just how wrong things can go when you choose the wrong shop.

Do Your Research and Reap the Rewards

If you have the urge to call a local mobile enhancement retailer to get a price on a car starter, stop. You aren’t doing yourself or your vehicle any justice by shopping based on price. You don’t know what remote you’ll get or have any inkling of how the system will be integrated into your car or truck. Take a drive and visit some shops. Ask to see examples of their work. Ask why they choose the products they offer. Invest the time to select the best, and you won’t have to deal with headaches.

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Product Spotlight: Compustar EZGO-II

Hands-free proximity unlocking is a feature found on many new cars and trucks fresh off the showroom floor. The Compustar EZGO-II adds this convenience to your remote car starter or security system. Let’s take a close look at this unique keyless entry solution.

What are Keyless Entry and Proximity Unlocking?

A typical keyless entry system uses a key fob to unlock the doors of your car or truck. The key fob communicates with the electronics in the vehicle using radio frequency signals. In most cases, you need to press the unlock button on the fob to disarm the security system and unlock the doors. This keyless entry technology was a major upgrade from manually inserting a key into a door lock, as was common in the ’90s.

Compustar developed a fully hands-free unlocking solution when it launched the Compustar PRO T13 and R5 remote controls for its starters and alarms in 2021. That same technology is now available in the EZGO-II proximity unlocking system.

Proximity unlocking refers to the automated process of unlocking the doors of your car or truck as you approach the vehicle. As we found when testing the T13 and R5 remotes, when you are about four or five feet from the door, the system will automatically detect the remote in your pocket and unlock the vehicle. In most cases, the tailgate of an SUV or truck will also unlock to provide full access to the vehicle.

Once the last door is closed, the system will search for the EZGO-II remote. When it doesn’t detect the remote, it automatically locks the doors. If you remain around the vehicle for five minutes or more after turning off the engine, the proximity locking feature is disabled until a door is opened or the vehicle is started.

With a Compustar remote starter or alarm and the EZGO-II, looking for car keys is a thing of the past.

The EZGO-II Remote

The EZGO-II system includes a small antenna and a compact, square remote with a single button. In terms of features, it’s surprisingly similar to the T5 remote we mentioned earlier. First and foremost, the remote will automatically unlock your vehicle as you approach. This is a godsend if you are carrying groceries or have one of your kids in your arms. Sure, you still have to pull the door handle to open it, but that’s always been the case.

Next, the remote’s single button allows you to lock or unlock the doors from up to 150 feet away from the vehicle. A single tap sends a lock command, and double-tapping the button sends the unlock command.

Finally, if you hold the button for 2.5 seconds, the remote will transmit a start command to your car starter. Pressing and holding the button again for 2.5 seconds will transmit a stop command. So, if you are in your home and the vehicle is in the driveway, the EZGO-II remote provides enough range to start the vehicle remotely.

The EZGO-II remote has a small LED that indicates when it is within range of the remote car starter or security system controller.

If you need additional range, then upgrading your car starter or security system with the Drone smartphone-based control system is a perfect solution. So long as you have access to the Internet, you can lock, unlock or remote start the vehicle. With a premium service plan, you can also use GPS-based tracking to monitor the vehicle’s location and how it’s being used.

Compustar EZGO-II — If you need more range to control your vehicle, add the Drone smartphone control system.

How Does Proximity Unlocking Work?

If you are like us, then knowing how something works is as interesting as the features it offers. The EZGO-II system uses a communication system called Bluetooth Low Energy, or Bluetooth LE. The key fob transmits a low-power signal that can be picked up by the EZGO-II antenna mounted to the dash. If the signal matches the security pattern, the antenna sends a digital command to the remote start or security system controller in the vehicle. That module then sends an unlock command to the vehicle’s door locks or, in some cases, the body control module (BCM).

When you close the last door, the antenna starts communicating with the EZGO-II remote again. Once the communication stops, as would happen when you walk away from the vehicle, the antenna sends a lock command to the controller.

Bluetooth LE was designed specifically for applications like what we’ve described above. These systems can consume as little as one microamp of current when in standby mode. As such, a typical CR2032 coin cell can last for more than a year. Even when communicating, the current draw is well under five milliamps. This communication is brief, however – lasting only as long as the remote is near the vehicle and the engine isn’t running. Put another way, the remote only consumes relatively high amounts of current while you are approaching or walking away from your car or truck. Honestly, that’s pretty cool!

Upgrade Your Convenience System Today

If you have a Compustar, NuStart, or FTX-branded remote car starter, the EZGO-II should be a compatible upgrade. Your Firstech (the parent company of the above brands) retailer can provide up to two additional remotes—whether they’re the EZGO-II or a more conventional one-button or four-button unit.

If you want to unlock your car, truck or SUV by simply walking up to it, you can find an authorized Compustar retailer near you using the dealer locator tool on their website. Be sure to follow Compustar on Facebook, Instagram and, of course, YouTube to stay up to date with all the new products and technologies available from this award-winning company.

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Understanding Automotive Window Tint Shades and Colors

Picture this: You’ve just picked up a new car or truck from the dealer. They’ve washed it, given it a spritz with that lovely new car scent, put a big red bow on the hood or placed a basket of goodies in the trunk or cargo area. You’ve signed the papers, and you’re off for your first drive. For many of us, we’d drop by a family member’s or friend’s house to let them check out our new whip. For others, the first step is to start personalizing the vehicle. We’ve heard hundreds, if not thousands, of stories where new-vehicle owners head straight for their favorite automotive window tint shop for an upgrade. Unless you’re a veteran of vehicle upgrades, choosing the best window tint for your vehicle takes some knowledge and planning. What shade do you want? What safety and comfort options matter to you? Let’s look at automotive window tint shade and color considerations.

Why Should I Tint My Vehicle’s Windows?

There are four main reasons consumers might want the windows of their car or truck tinted. First, it can make the vehicle look better. A nice dark tint on a white or black vehicle can be very dramatic. The second reason people purchase window tint is comfort. The latest window tint films can block as much as 67% of the infrared heat energy from the sun. The third reason is security. Even a moderate tint film can help conceal objects left on the seat or floor of your vehicle. Finally and perhaps most importantly, all premium window films block between 97 and 99 of the harmful UV rays from the sun. This UV energy can damage your skin and accelerate the fading of leather, vinyl, carpets and upholstery in your vehicle. Your local mobile enhancement retailer can help you choose a film series to deliver the comfort and protection you want.

Understanding Window Tint Shades

Let’s start with a benchmark. The graph below is a spectrographic analysis of the energy coming from the sun. There was nothing in front of the sensor on the spectrometer.

The horizontal axis on the graph represents the wavelength of light in nanometers. Wavelength is the inverse of frequency. We are approaching the ultraviolet range on the left side of the chart, where the color is purple or violet. On the far right, we have dark red and are approaching the infrared range. The vertical scale is intensity, measured in microwatts per square centimeter. A higher value on the Y-axis represents more light at that specific wavelength. The small red line in the graph highlights the wavelength that was the most intense (brightest) for that measurement. The brightest in this measurement was 480 nanometers, which is a blue-green color.

Before we start measuring the tint films, we need to measure a piece of glass. I called a few local glass shops, and Clegg Glass in Burlington, Ontario, was able to provide me with a 12-by-12-inch piece of 1/8-inch-thick glass in less time than it took me to drive to their facility. Have to love prompt service!

While easy to see through, you likely know that glass isn’t transparent – it’s close, though. Most glass has a light green shade that’s visible when you look at the edge. Clear glass like you’d find in a house window blocks a small amount of light – usually delivering a visible light transmission (VLT) of around 89%. If you thought we wouldn’t start this article by testing these, you haven’t read enough BestCarAudio.com articles!

The chart above shows how much light energy passes through the glass compared with a direct reading from the sun. The difference isn’t significant.

This third graph shows how much energy and at what wavelength the glass blocks. The glass transmits all wavelengths reasonably uniformly. We can see that it stops some blue energy at 450 nanometers more than other wavelengths. There’s a spike at 380 nanometers where it blocks more energy that’s approaching the ultraviolet range.

Testing Automotive Tint Film Light Transmission

We reached out to Mike at Mobile Edge in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, to get some samples of the 3M automotive window films. They kindly sent 2-by-2-inch squares of the 11 different films they had in stock at the time. We’ll start our explanation of the film shades by measuring the light transmission performance of the Ceramic IR series, as they sent samples of 70, 35, 25, 15 and 5%.

The graph shows how much light energy the spectrometer captured after passing through the different pieces of tint affixed to our glass piece. The Ceramic IR 70 with a 70% VLT is the top blue trace. Not surprisingly, the Ceramic IR 35 (yellow) lets in about half as much light energy as the CIR70. Of course, the CIR 5 is the darkest of the tints and lets in very little light energy.

A few interesting things to note from these measurements: All of the films do an excellent job of blocking low-wavelength energy in the violet range. This is because they are designed to offer excellent ultraviolet protection. 3M says they block over 99% of the UV energy from the sun. The second thing to notice is that the films have a downward taper to their transmission at higher wavelengths. Ceramic IR tint film offers good thermal energy rejection, so it makes sense that less infrared energy will pass.

Window Tint Shades

The next test is three different films with a 35% VLT rating. I had samples of Ceramic IR, Premium Series FX-HP and the Color Stable tint. Here’s how these films performed on our glass sample.

You’re likely to notice that FX-HP and Color Stable let through more energy in the higher wavelengths. These films are not marketed as being designed to block significant amounts of heat. Next, you’ll notice that FX-HP has a big dip around 690 nanometers (red) compared to the Color Stable film. The different balance of light energy transmission will not only make objects seen through the film look different but will give the film itself a different hue. Because the Ceramic IR films let more blue and green energy through, they have a slightly blue-green hue. Color Stable film has relatively neutral transmission characteristics, so it looks neutral and just grayish. Finally, FX Premium blocks more of the yellow and red wavelengths, so it has a very slight brown hue. As you can see by the dip on the left side of the graphs, all of the films do a great job of blocking UV energy.

Picking the Best Tint for Your Car or Truck

The product specialist at the mobile enhancement retailer installing the tint on your vehicle can help you navigate the options available to you. If you want heat rejection, Ceramic IR is the best choice. If you’re after a film that matches the tint on the factory privacy glass rear side windows, then Color Stable remains a popular option. If price is a concern, but you still want a quality film, then FX-HP is an excellent choice.

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Not All Window Films Are the Same. So What’s the Difference?

If you’re considering having the windows of your car, truck, SUV or van tinted, there’s definitely a variety of films available. We aren’t talking about different brands like 3M, Llumar, Suntek and Tint World. We’re also not referring to the different shades or light transmission properties of film. There are four types of film available for your car or truck: dyed, metallic, carbon and ceramic. Each offers different benefits and, depending on your reasons for having your windows tinted, may or may not be the perfect solution.

How Dyed Window Tint Is Made

Dyed tint film starts with the delivery of bulb polyester beads to the manufacturing company. The beads are fed into an extrusion machine to mix and compress them until they melt together to form a thick liquid. An extruder is like a giant, heavy-duty meat grinder. Some companies will run the melted polyester through multiple stages of filtering and repeated extruding to ensure that the finished product is as pure as possible.

Once they’re happy with the mixing and heating process, they place the clear liquid on a smooth, temperature-controlled drum to begin taking the shape of the film. After the film comes off the drum, it’s stretched lengthwise and across its width to align the molecules and give the material strength. How much the sheet is stretched also determines the final thickness – an important consideration for a tinter who has to apply film to a curved glass surface.

A dye is then added to the polyester film to block light transmission. More dye results in a darker film. You can think of the dying process like making a tie-dyed T-shirt, though it takes special chemicals and proper heating to execute the process reliably. Films in a series are sold by their visible light transmission, or VLT, ratings. A very dark 5% tint film will allow about 5% of visible light through to the interior of the vehicle. A light film, say 50%, blocks only 50% of the light.

Once the dying process is complete, three more layers still need to be added. First, a scratch-resistant coating is added. This coating prevents swirls and scuffs when you or your detailer clean the windows. The next layer is an adhesive. The type of adhesive that each brand and series of film uses plays a huge role in the reliability of the film. If you’ve seen a rear window that’s full of bubbles – it’s most likely because an adhesive has failed. Finally, the last layer is a release layer. The release layer protects the adhesive and allows the technician to cut and shape the film until they’re ready to apply it to the window. This release layer is like the silicone coating paper that a sticker is attached to before you put it on your car bumper or your toolbox.

The benefit of dyed tint films is that they are the most affordable. The biggest drawback, though, is their limited longevity. The dyes are prone to fading or turning purple after months or a few years of exposure to the UV rays from the sun. There are, of course, many quality levels of dyed films. If the price you’ll be paying to have your windows tinted seems too good to be true, it’s not likely a deal – it’s inexpensive film.

If you need a tint for a vehicle that you’ll only own for a year or two, dyed film might be a solution. With that said, many shops that offer premium window tinting services no longer offer dyed films, since they turn out to be more of a headache than they’re worth.

Metallic Window Tint Film

The next step up in film technology is metallic films. This type of film starts with the same extruded polyester sheets but has a microscopic layer of metal (often aluminum) added either by sputtering, electron beam coating or vapor deposition coating. Vapor deposition coating involves super-heating the metal particles into a fog that the film passes through. While effective, the consistency across and along the film isn’t always perfect. The sputtering process is more consistent and involves passing the film through a vacuum chamber, where a high-voltage electric charge is used to vaporize and transfer the metal to the film. This method of coating is common in telescope and photography lenses as it’s very uniform.

Once the metal has been applied to the base polyester film, it’s finished in the same way as a dyed film with the addition of a protective layer, an adhesive layer and a release layer.

There are a couple of benefits to metallic films. They don’t have the same problems with fading as a dyed film, and they can block a small amount of infrared heat from the sun to help keep your vehicle cooler. Unfortunately, there’s an issue with metallic film in that it can block radio signals. If your car radio antenna is integrated into your vehicle’s rear window, metallic film can affect its performance. If you have a smartphone or a portable navigation system, the film may reduce reception. In some vehicles, it also affects keyless entry and tire pressure monitoring systems.

Carbon Window Tint Film

In recent years, one of the more popular films uses carbon to block light and heat energy. Different companies may use various mixtures of carbon to help produce a rich, dark look rather than the brownish hue that the early solutions offered. The nanoscale carbon particles are often mixed into the adhesive layer rather than being bonded with the polyester.

In terms of benefits, carbon offers a boost in thermal energy rejection over metallic films, and the newer formulations are very stable in terms of not fading or changing colors. Their drawback is a tendency to be a bit hazy when you look through them at a low angle, rather than being perpendicular to the glass. This haziness comes from the size of the carbon particles. Of course, it’s the size of those particles that offers the heat rejection.

A subset of metallic and carbon films combines one of those technologies with a dyed polyester sub-layer to fine-tune the color of the film and its darkness. The cost of metallic or carbon films is higher than those that are dyed, so combining them can yield financial benefits.

Ceramic Window Films

At this point in time, ceramic films are the best available. Though it varies from brand to brand, the basic concept is similar to a metallic film in that the light- and heat-blocking particles are suspended in a layer of adhesive. In most films, this adhesive is between two layers of polyester. Some manufacturers claim to have over 200 layers in their films. Though it appears to be a closely guarded secret, several brands claim to use titanium nitride in their ceramic films to block light and reduce IR transmission.

The biggest benefit of ceramic film is its ability to block infrared energy. Most ceramic films block three to six times as much heat energy as the darkest dyed films. Ceramic films don’t suffer from fading issues, and they don’t affect radio reception. They are also quite clear. Their only drawback is their cost and, depending on the brand, their color. You can expect to pay significantly more for a high-quality ceramic window tint film compared with all the other options. In our opinion, the performance benefits and longevity are worth every penny. As for color, ceramic films can have a slightly greenish-blue hue. This varies by brand. Don’t fret, the color is subtle, and it won’t make your car look like Kermit the Frog is behind the wheel.

If you’re shopping for window tint for your car or truck, be sure to choose a shop that can demonstrate the performance differences of the films they offer. Most importantly, they should have a clean workspace with the proper tools and training to perfectly execute film installations.

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Don’t Forget Aftermarket Options When Buying a New Car or Truck

Are you thinking of buying a new car or truck? Are you interested in a model with heated seats, a remote starter, blind-spot monitoring systems, backup sensors or a backup camera? In many cases, these upgrades are part of a premium option or technology package.

Take a look at a popular vehicle like the Ford F-150. Sure, the XLT comes with alloy wheels and different trim options. Still, for more than $5,000 over the price of an XL, you get rear parking sensors, color-coordinated floor mats, a rearview camera, blind spot monitoring and a few other elements of an advanced driver-assistance system.

What if you’re buying a work truck and want a backup camera? Don’t fret; your local specialty mobile enhancement retailer has exactly what you need. Let’s look at how you can upgrade your new vehicle to make it safer and more convenient.

Backup Camera Upgrades

Seeing what’s behind a pickup truck or SUV when backing up or maneuvering into a parking spot can prevent damage and accidents. Having a backup camera system added is a great way to ensure that you can see what’s behind the vehicle. These camera systems work with either the factory-installed display on an infotainment system, a rearview mirror with a color display or a stand-alone display in a commercial vehicle. In addition, the image from the camera displays automatically as soon as you put the transmission in reverse, so you don’t have to remember to push any buttons.

Aftermarket Options — Companies such as Momento offer high-quality rearview mirrors with integrated displays to let you see the image from a backup camera.

Forward-Facing Camera Upgrades

If you drive a large SUV, pickup truck or commercial vehicle, you may want to ask about adding a forward-facing camera to the front grille or bumper. These cameras can often be integrated similarly to a backup camera with a factory-installed display or an aftermarket rear view mirror. The cameras not only let you park nice and close to a wall or curb, but before you drive away, they let you see objects that might have been left in front of the vehicle.

Parking Sensor Systems

Parking sensors are another great upgrade to help prevent accidents. These small ultrasonic sensors can detect objects as small as a 1-inch signpost and produce a loud beep to let you know something or someone is behind your car or truck. Because these systems command your attention with a warning, they’re called active collision avoidance technologies. You don’t need to remember to use them; they’ll tell you when something needs your attention. You can choose from parking sensor systems for just the rear bumper or premium systems with front and rear sensors. Ask the retailer you’re working with about having the sensors painted to match the bumper cover perfectly, so the system is nearly invisible.

Camera- and Sensor-Based Blind Spot Monitoring Systems

The blind spot is the area beside your vehicle, typically from the B-pillar to where you can see objects in the rearview mirror. If your side mirrors aren’t adjusted properly, a car or motorcycle can be completely invisible to you unless you do a shoulder check. Two types of blind-spot monitoring systems can help prevent accidents when you’re changing lanes and someone is beside you. Camera-based blind spot monitoring systems will show you what’s beside your vehicle when you activate the turn signal. The images from a camera mounted on the side mirror can be shown on the factory infotainment system display or an aftermarket rearview mirror with a built-in color screen.

Another option for blind spot monitoring is a microwave-based sensor system. These are the most common solutions, and they work similarly to the ones in many new vehicles. A small indicator will illuminate if someone is driving in your blind spot. These indicators are usually mounted at the base of the A-pillars and flash a bright orange light to get your attention. If you activate your turn signal while someone is in this space, the blind spot monitoring system will start beeping to let you know not to change lanes.

Remote Car Starters

Letting your car or truck run for a few minutes before you drive away on a cold winter morning can save you time and make life easier. Having a remote car starter system makes it easy to warm up the vehicle while you’re putting on your coat and finding your wallet. Likewise, the air conditioning system can run for a few minutes to cool off the interior on a hot summer afternoon. Ask the shop you’re working with about automatic activation of the rear window defroster, heated seats, or a heat steering wheel when the car or truck’s interior is cold.

Heated Seat Upgrades

Wouldn’t it be nice to have seat heaters in your vehicle for those cold winter mornings? Did you know that they can be added as an aftermarket option to most cars and trucks? High-quality heating elements that use flexible carbon thread elements can be added to the back and bottom of your seats to add warmth. Most of these systems have high and low temperature settings. You can leave the control switch on and the seat heaters will start working with a remote car starter.

Floor Mats and Seat Covers

If you’re buying a new vehicle and want to help maintain its value, ask your mobile enhancement retailer about vehicle-specific floor mats. These molded mats not only help keep water, dirt, sand and slush contained, but they extend up the sides of the footwells to keep the carpet cleaner. Most high-quality mats are available in color options that match the vehicle’s interior and are available for front and back row seating. You can also get matching cargo mats to prevent spills from damaging the trunk or carpet in the back of an SUV.

Window Tint and Paint Protection Film

Window tint and paint protection film are two options that car dealers love to encourage new clients to add on. Just as with buying car stereo speakers, you’ll want to research these products before proceeding with a purchase. Window tint quality can vary dramatically. Inexpensive tint can fade quickly, turn purple, bubble and peel. The low-cost tint films also don’t offer much heat rejection compared with premium solutions. If you want your tint to perform, you’re better off dealing with a shop specializing in these upgrades.

The same goes for paint protection film, or what’s often called clear bra. These transparent polyurethane films are designed to protect painted surfaces against scratches and chips from gravel and stones, stains from tar and bugs and scuffs from jewelry or long fingernails around door handles. An expert will show you the films that are available and let you choose the surfaces you want to protect. At the very least, the front bumper and, depending on the vehicle design, the hood are good starting points. If you live somewhere where it snows and find yourself kicking your boots on the rocker panels, having those surfaces protected with PPF surfaces is a good idea.

Upgrade Your New Vehicle Today!

Before you check off the box for a technology package with options you don’t want, or have the dealership install window tint, paint film or a car starter, drop by your local specialty mobile enhancement retailer and ask what they have available. You may find much better pricing and much higher-quality solutions. At the very least, you can select the exact features that meet your needs. If there’s an option you want that we didn’t mention, be sure to ask them if it’s available as an aftermarket upgrade.

Lead-In Image Credit: Special thanks to Mat Romain from Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, for the photo of his awesome 2019 GMC Sierra pickup truck! We look forward to seeing the rest of the upgrades you have planned!

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Remote Car Starter Connections

A Remote Car Starter Purchase Analogy

Examples of Poor Remote Starter Installations

Do Your Research and Reap the Rewards

What are Keyless Entry and Proximity Unlocking?

The EZGO-II Remote

How Does Proximity Unlocking Work?

Upgrade Your Convenience System Today

Why Should I Tint My Vehicle’s Windows?

Understanding Window Tint Shades

Testing Automotive Tint Film Light Transmission

Window Tint Shades

Picking the Best Tint for Your Car or Truck

How Dyed Window Tint Is Made

Metallic Window Tint Film

Carbon Window Tint Film

Ceramic Window Films

Backup Camera Upgrades

Forward-Facing Camera Upgrades

Parking Sensor Systems

Camera- and Sensor-Based Blind Spot Monitoring Systems

Remote Car Starters

Heated Seat Upgrades

Floor Mats and Seat Covers

Window Tint and Paint Protection Film

Upgrade Your New Vehicle Today!

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