If you saw our Bargain Subwoofers article (and apparently a lot of you did), then you no doubt noticed the Rockford P3 on that list. Our Eric Holdaway listened to the woofer when it was first available and he tells us how and in what ways this sub excels....

Recently, my wife and I reached the conclusion that our 2009 Honda Civic LX sedan, while a brilliant all-around commuter/daily driver, somewhat lacked in one key area, internal space. Each time one set of our parents visited from out of town, we were forced...

It's getting increasingly difficult to select the our Gallery Pic of the Week. August was our biggest month for user submissions and the quantity and quality of images we've been receiving has been phenomenal. That being said, we still were able to determine...

It's Spanish-language music day! I don't know what they're saying, but hey, music is music.One of the best rock-pop-folk--however you want to classify them--bands of the last decade or so. Had the chance to see Cafe Tacuba at the Hollywood Bowl. The only negative...

In California this qualifies you for the car pool lane! But yes, you need a special harness for safety.

Press ReleaseSecond Skin, which was started in 2002 by Anthony Collova, was recently sold to an individual buyer. After 22 years in the auto glass business, Ken Kanefield decided that the timing was good to pursue an entirely new venture. Ken remarked, “The...

This Tricks of the Trade is about the sub/amp install in a Honda Element. This vehicle served as one of Alpine's show vehicles a while back. Some of you may recall that we ran another how-to on the building of the pillar-mounted speaker enclosures in the magazine....

Budget woofers are great, big bass for small bucks. But if you can afford a little more, you can get that much more performance and musicality for your car audio system. Here, we look at the more than formidable Alpine SWX-1243D, a finely engineered product... See all 3 comments

I want to thank our users for loading some terrific pics in the galleries this past month. We couldn't possibly have covered every amazing custom car we've seen the last few weeks, not in the same period of time anyway. And that's why as much as I miss the...

Gear gets old, but a great install design doesn't age, as is evidenced here with this amazingly sophisticated system by top installer Calvin Thomas from a while ago. We saw a lot of bad custom cars for celebrities over the years on the magazine. And we unfortunately...

Big bass doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. In fact, these days it’s easy to round out a system on a budget without sacrificing much in the way of sound quality or overall volume. We spoke to some of the finest installers from across the country to...

It has been more than two weeks since we purchased our CAE project vehicle, the 2011 Kia Sportage. During that time, the odometer has zoomed past the one thousand mile mark. Having had a bit more experience with the vehicle, including two roundtrips to San...