We scoured one of many largest commerce reveals, and the biggest automobile present, on the earth, The SEMA Present, to seek out the best new automotive aftermarket merchandise.
With over 140,000 registered attendees, 1,000s of automobiles on show, over 1,800 distributors, and properly over one million sq. ft of reveals, there was lots to soak up at The SEMA Present 2022. We walked almost your complete present for 3 lengthy days to find the really new and funky stuff the automotive aftermarket has to supply us very quickly.
Listed here are our prime 15 Greatest in Present picks. Yep, that’s 15 new merchandise for automotive journey which can be price your consideration.
Whereas we didn’t get video of all the most recent and best that we’ll share with you beneath, we did seize video of 10 merchandise and 4 automobiles so that you can try extra intently.
Greatest in Present Merchandise: SEMA 2022
Whereas there have been a lot of new merchandise on show throughout the huge present, we discovered these prime new merchandise to be essentially the most thrilling and progressive. All of them are designed to enhance your automotive adventures, and we’re all for that.
Now, let’s dive into our picks for Greatest in Present from SEMA 2022.
RRE World: World Swivel Base
Whereas there are even OEM entrance swivels for camper vans as of late, getting the flexibility of a rear seat swivel has been almost inconceivable to seek out. RRE World has stepped up and constructed a burly, totally crash-tested, and tremendous easy-to-use rear seat swivel base. The swivel base might be accessible in December 2022 and be accessible via RRE World upfitter/sellers for round $600.
Whereas the bottom ought to work for a lot of varieties of seats, it has been particularly designed to work completely with the Scheel-Mann touring seats.
Big Loop: Cactus Canteen
Constructing on its nice line of soppy gas storage options for motos, UTVs, and 4x4s, Big Loop has now developed a line of water storage containers. The brand new Cactus Canteen is available in two sizes, 1 and a pair of gallons, and can price $79 and $99, respectively, when deliveries begin in February. You possibly can preorder them now, for a reduction.
Rhino-Rack Hitch Mount Platform
Rhino-Rack has a bunch of cool new merchandise popping out in 2023, however one actually caught our eye. It’s the brand new Hitch Mount Platform, coming in the summertime of 2023. It’s principally a small part of platform roof rack connected to a hitch mount, with built-in brake lights.
Not solely is it tremendous versatile at carrying absolutely anything as much as 500 kilos — together with grime bikes, bicycles, coolers, and so on. — it additionally has a second standout function. The system converts to a desk with its built-in legs. Sure, a desk/bench/seat for round camp whenever you unload the hitch rack. Fairly sensible, for those who ask us.
Icon Alloys Recon Professional
Icon Alloys continues to innovate within the off-road wheel area. Their newest will hit the market in early 2023, seemingly be priced a bit over $400 per wheel, and has its Interlock bead retention system in-built.
It’s referred to as the Recon Professional and has a four-section arduous anodize aluminum influence/rock ring. The Icon Alloys Recon Professional will are available grey or black, with an opposing colour rock ring.
Redarc TVMS Rogue
Redarc is an Australian firm that has made a giant splash within the U.S. overland area over the previous few years. It’s identified for its high-quality electronics management methods for automobiles, or Complete Automobile Administration Programs.
Its newest is the TVMS Rogue, which is tremendous compact, has solid-state internals, and dimmable outputs. The TVMS Rogue is an all-in-one car electronics administration system that may hit the market in early 2023, with a value nonetheless TBD.
ARB Tacoma Summit MK2 Bumper
ARB has up to date its traditional Summit bull bar, first up for the Tacoma. The brand new ARB Summit MK2 entrance bumper has an all-new mild cluster and welded nook seams, as a substitute of buffers to cover welds. General, it’s a way more trendy tackle a traditional. It can hit the U.S. market in early 2023 and value about $2,600.
ARB Tacoma Depth IQ
ARB additionally will get one other nod for essentially the most spectacular off-road lighting tech at this 12 months’s SEMA Present. The ARB Depth IQ has all lens types — width and vary — of lighting built-in, is app-enabled, and comes with a multi-switch with eight presets. All that tech and the glossy trendy seems to be received’t come low-cost, nevertheless, with the Depth IQ being bought as pairs for $1,850.
Mickey Thompson Baja Boss
When you’re in search of the most important burliest street-legal off-road tire on your 4×4 the most recent from Mickey Thompson goes to be your jam. First launched in 2019, the Baja Boss M/T will begin transport in a large 42″ measurement, in each 17″ and 20″ wheel fitments, in the summertime of 2023.
If one way or the other that isn’t even large enough for you, the burly Mickey Thompson mud-terrain can even be supplied in a 44″ measurement (44×13.50R20LT). Oh, they usually’ll proceed to be made within the U.S.
Bundutec Bundu Path Trailer
Bundutec has been making fascinating overland tents and equipment out of South Africa for many years now. Simply launched on the SEMA Present 2022 is the Bundu Path, an overland trailer with a powered pop-up tent and a cool flip-out full-featured kitchen. This spectacular off-road trailer begins at $28,000 and is now accessible for buy.
Let’s Go Aero VTR
Let’s Go Aero makes a ton of economical and versatile car rack methods and equipment. The most recent is the Let’s Go Aero VTR, a two-bike hitch rack that may deal with as much as 300 kilos and is designed to work properly for e-bikes. The rack comes with a ramp system, might be expanded as much as 4 bikes, will price $949, and hit the market in December 2022.
American Journey Lab BASE
American Journey Lab continues to make versatile car storage system options for a variety of well-liked overland automobiles. The most recent, coming in early 2023, is the BASE (mattress attachment system and gear) system for pickups. It’s a slide system with cabinets and drawers that may be configured to your particular wants.
It can are available 48-inch and 54-inch lengths. It can have each 4-inch and 6-inch drawer peak choices in addition to a fridge mount, and a pop-up desk system. Pricing is TBD, and really depending on which modules and sizing you want.
BedSlide 500CL
When you’re in want of a cost-effective and light-weight bed-slide on your pickup, then the brand new BedSlide 500CL is what you’ve been in search of. It can are available two sizes — to suit mid-size and full-size vans — and extends for quite a lot of mattress lengths.
It additionally has built-in divider grooves to assist maintain cargo from transferring round. It solely weighs 70 kilos, whereas nonetheless having a 500-pound capability. Count on the BedSlide 500CL to hit the market in early 2023 and retail for $899.
Bubba Put on-Ever Artificial Rope Thimble
Bubba Rope continues to make high quality off-road restoration gear and discover methods to make that gear extra sturdy. Its newest product is the Bubba Put on-Ever replaceable artificial rope thimble. It’s injection molded and designed to be replaceable. It can price $35 when it hits the market in December of 2022, first for 7/8-inch artificial strains — with extra sizes coming quickly.
Maxtrax Flatrack Mount
There are many Maxtrax mounts on the market, however the newest straight from Maxtrax seems to be like a flexible properly constructed one for almost any roof rack system. It could mount to platform racks, crossbars, and even toolboxes in truck beds. This mount has even been crash examined to 12 Gs. Will probably be hitting the market in early 2023 and can price round $110.
iKamper Fireplace Pit
IKamper continues to innovate and develop its choices for vehicle-based journey journey. Their newest merchandise are a full cook dinner set, quite a lot of delicate baggage, and three totally different sizes of six-sided folding fireplace pits. All of those new merchandise might be accessible within the spring of 2023.
The collapsible fireplace pit is what actually caught our eye, because it packs right into a sq. bag and appears like a powerful, and distinctive, design.
