We scoured one of many largest commerce exhibits, and the biggest automobile present, on the earth, The SEMA Show, 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 nicely over one million sq. toes of displays, there was lots to absorb at The SEMA Show 2022. We walked practically the complete present for 3 lengthy days to find the actually new and funky stuff the automotive aftermarket has to supply us very quickly.
Here are our high 15 Best in Show picks. Yep, that’s 15 new merchandise for automotive journey which are value your consideration.
While we didn’t get video of all the most recent and biggest that we’ll share with you under, we did seize video of 10 merchandise and 4 automobiles so that you can try extra carefully.
Best in Show Products: SEMA 2022
While there have been a lot of new merchandise on show throughout the large present, we discovered these high new merchandise to be essentially the most thrilling and revolutionary. They all are designed to enhance your automotive adventures, and we’re all for that.
Now, let’s dive into our picks for Best in Show from SEMA 2022.
RRE Global: Global Swivel Base
While there are even OEM entrance swivels for camper vans lately, getting the flexibility of a rear seat swivel has been practically unimaginable to seek out. RRE Global has stepped up and constructed a burly, totally crash-tested, and tremendous easy-to-use rear seat swivel base. The swivel base shall be accessible in December 2022 and be accessible by way of RRE Global upfitter/sellers for round $600.
While 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.
Giant Loop: Cactus Canteen
Building on its nice line of soppy gasoline storage options for motos, UTVs, and 4x4s, Giant Loop has now developed a line of water storage containers. The new Cactus Canteen is available in two sizes, 1 and a couple of gallons, and can value $79 and $99, respectively, when deliveries begin in February. You 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 mainly 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 characteristic. The system converts to a desk with its built-in legs. Yes, a desk/bench/seat for round camp once you unload the hitch rack. Pretty good, in the event you ask us.
Icon Alloys Recon Pro
Icon Alloys continues to innovate within the off-road wheel house. Their newest will hit the market in early 2023, doubtless be priced a bit over $400 per wheel, and has its Interlock bead retention system in-built.
It’s known as the Recon Pro and has a four-section laborious anodize aluminum affect/rock ring. The Icon Alloys Recon Pro will are available grey or black, with an opposing shade rock ring.
Redarc TVMS Rogue
Redarc is an Australian firm that has made an enormous splash within the U.S. overland house over the previous few years. It is understood for its high-quality electronics management methods for automobiles, or Total Vehicle Management Systems.
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 new ARB Summit MK2 entrance bumper has an all-new mild cluster and welded nook seams, as an alternative of buffers to cover welds. Overall, it’s a way more trendy tackle a traditional. It will hit the U.S. market in early 2023 and value about $2,600.
ARB Tacoma Intensity IQ
ARB additionally will get one other nod for essentially the most spectacular off-road lighting tech at this yr’s SEMA Show. The ARB Intensity 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 smooth trendy seems to be gained’t come low-cost, nevertheless, with the Intensity IQ being bought as pairs for $1,850.
Mickey Thompson Baja Boss
If you’re on the lookout for the largest burliest street-legal off-road tire to 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 in some way that isn’t even large enough for you, the burly Mickey Thompson mud-terrain may even be provided in a 44″ measurement (44×13.50R20LT). Oh, they usually’ll proceed to be made within the U.S.
Bundutec Bundu Trail Trailer
Bundutec has been making fascinating overland tents and equipment out of South Africa for many years now. Just launched on the SEMA Show 2022 is the Bundu Trail, 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 newest 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 nicely for e-bikes. The rack comes with a ramp system, might be expanded as much as 4 bikes, will value $949, and hit the market in December 2022.
American Adventure Lab BASE
American Adventure Lab continues to make versatile car storage system options for a variety of well-liked overland automobiles. The newest, coming in early 2023, is the BASE (mattress attachment system and tools) system for pickups. It is a slide system with cabinets and drawers that may be configured to your particular wants.
It will 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
If you’re in want of a cost-effective and light-weight bed-slide to your pickup, then the brand new BedSlide 500CL is what you’ve been on the lookout for. It will are available two sizes — to suit mid-size and full-size vehicles — and extends for quite a lot of mattress lengths.
It additionally has built-in divider grooves to assist hold cargo from transferring round. It solely weighs 70 kilos, whereas nonetheless having a 500-pound capability. Expect the BedSlide 500CL to hit the market in early 2023 and retail for $899.
Bubba Wear-Ever Synthetic Rope Thimble
Bubba Rope continues to make high quality off-road restoration tools and discover methods to make that tools extra sturdy. Its newest product is the Bubba Wear-Ever replaceable artificial rope thimble. It’s injection molded and designed to be replaceable. It will value $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 a lot of Maxtrax mounts on the market, however the newest instantly from Maxtrax seems to be like a flexible nicely constructed one for nearly any roof rack system. It can mount to platform racks, crossbars, and even toolboxes in truck beds. This mount has even been crash examined to 12 Gs. It shall be hitting the market in early 2023 and can value round $110.
iKamper Fire 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 gentle luggage, and three completely different sizes of six-sided folding fireplace pits. All of those new merchandise shall 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.
