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What Car Upgrades You Can Do?

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For some people, due to various reasons, a factory car may not perfectly meets their needs, as a result, they decide to make some car upgrades.

There are many car upgrade projects such as tires, paint, seats, brakes etc. If you want to upgrade your factory car, you must learn to know the reasonable and illegal upgrades. While in this post, we would like to share with you some reasonable upgrades.

Change the tire style

As long as the size of the wheel is consistent with the registration certificate, the style can be changed, even if the four wheel styles are different. However, I suggest that the modification of the tire still needs careful consideration, because it is an important part to support the car. If something happens to the tire, it will be more dangerous than the brake.

Install luggage racks

If you love to go road trips and have a SUV or MPV, you may need to add luggage racks to the car, so you can pack more useful things to have a better trip. Just keep in mind that the height of the installed luggage racks must be controlled within the range of 300 mm.

Replace the factory radio

This has been the most popular car upgrade. A lot of drivers get a touch screen Android radio head unit to their dashboard. The big screen not only looks exquisite, but provides various useful functions. Compared to the standard radio, the touch screen radio can support GPS navigation, Carplay or Android Auto, 1080P video, rear view camera, dash cam etc, making your drive more fun and convenient.

Install aftermarket sound system

The fact is that we always listen to music whenever wherever we drive. But not all car brings wonderful sound effect, we have to install some aftermarket sound systems for quality sound. Anyway, you can find affordable stuff after costing some time on searches.

Consider massaging and heated seats

On long drives, it’s great to get a massage to keep relax. And, on cold mornings, heated seats warm you up before your car’s system blows hot. There are many models available for less than $100. All you have to do is put it in place and plug it into your car’s power source.

Add fog lights for bad weather assistance

Fog lights rarely are standard equipment, and although they’re only necessary for bad weather conditions, they’re incredibly useful — and safe — in limited-visibility driving conditions. They emit light from a bar-shaped beam pointed toward the road at a sharp angle, illuminating the ground immediately in front of the car without reflecting light back at the driver off of dust, rain, heavy snow and, of course, fog.

There are more common upgrades than we discussed in this short list. You can dig into fuel upgrades, bigger intake manifolds, engine internals and more. However, before taking any car upgrade project, you must know everything about it.

How to Install a 12.3″ Touch Screen to 2014-2019 Lexus RX?

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In the modern society, full-size screen smartphone, laptop, TVs etc. are seen everywhere. They greatly improve our visual experience. The good news is that now you have chance to put a large screen head unit in your car dashboard too, making daily drive more convenient.

Last week, I just replaced the small screen of my 2019 Lexus RX to a 12.3-inch head unit. Compared to the old screen, it looks very exquisite, not only shows information super clear, but comes with various useful functions. Now, let me tell you how I did the replacement job.

This is the original radio screen of my ride, the available section is a half of the new radio.

About the removal and installation part

To be honest, it’s not a difficult DIY project, most people can do that. The tools we need are plastic pry tools and screwdrivers. Before working, we must power off the car battery to keep safety. Let’s get started.

1, Remove the armrest part between the front seats, and disconnect its plug.

2, Remove the side panels of the left and right.

3, Remove these frames that fixed the radio system.

4, Remove the screws that fixed the radio unit, then pull out the unit.

5, Pry to remove this plastic piece near the radio screen.

6, Take away this protective panel of the screen.

7, Remove all the screws that fixed the screen.

8, Take off the screen and disconnect its plugs.

9, Have a check for the new touch screen radio head unit.

10, Use the new cables to connect to the original radio unit.

11, Then connect the new screen and install it back.

12, Turn on the car to test the new radio system.

About the new large screen head unit

I was recommended to get this (2014-2019) Lexus RX touch screen radio from Seicane, and it didn’t let me down.

The head unit is designed with 12.3” big screen, smooth to operate and fast to respond. I can watch 1080P video, apply off-line navigation, check driving information etc.

On the other hand, it absolutely brings Carplay function, that you can freely use phone applications like call, music, map on the radio screen. You are able to install backup camera to the car, and the screen will show you the rear images whenever you reverse and park car.

Drivers are highly advised to use large screen stereo system when there is only old standard radio in their cars. That stuff makes your every drive better.