Graphic Kits and Decals

SAN DIEGO, CA, July 16, 2010 / — Custom Auto Trim and Graphics Inc. offers personal service with online convenience.

The Internet was still an unexplored frontier for most businesses in 1997, when a San Diego-based company that specializes in selling custom auto and truck accessories decided it was time to make the leap onto the high speed lane of the information superhighway.

After all, Custom Auto Trim and Graphics Inc. already had a 23-year track record of providing car and truck lovers with selection, quality, and service, Mike Briglia, the company’s president, pointed out. And that meant the company already had the experience, the knowledge and the reputation customers everywhere want from a dealer, he added, so the firm was ideally positioned to move into the national and international marketplace via the World Wide Web.

Now, Custom Auto Trim and Graphics Inc. is celebrating its thirteenth anniversary on the Internet with its webstore at www.customautotrim.com.

In those thirteen years online they have become one of America’s fastest growing online custom auto accessories companies. The growth, Briglia said, has been built on the same values that guided the business through its first two decades as a traditional land-based retailer.

“Our dealerships and other clients depend on us. They have been recommending their customers to us over the years because they rely on our vast resources, and they trust our knowledge in the industry,” he said. “They know that if their customer needs it, we will find it and take good care of them. We care about what we do here.”

Briglia said that continued focus on personal service has kept Custom Auto Trim attuned to the needs of each customer, even as its business has gone global.

“Our network of warehousers, distributors and manufacturers all have products stocked and ready to ship to our customers across the USA. We even ship internationally.

“With such a great networking system, our customers receive their products fast – usually within one to three working days,” he said.

Numerous customer testimonials to be found on Custom Auto Trim’s website (www.customautotrim.com) bear out that claim, while others cite the company’s exceptionally extensive inventory of top quality products as a major draw. Such auto and truck accessories as body kits , wood dash kits, auto graphics, and nerf bars are among Custom Auto Trim’s most popular products, Briglia said.

But a quick glance at the customautotrim.com website reveals selections ranging from carbon fiber wrap to hubcaps, or chrome rocker panels, truck graphic kits, body side molding and lambo door kits, euro tail lights, and even more than 2,000 car spoilers and wing applications, among many other items.

Briglia said Custom Auto Trim’s vast selection grows out of the company’s commitment to offer its customers both time-tested classics and tomorrow’s hot products. Since the company was founded, he said, it has made it a priority to stay on the leading edge of industry trends.

“We continually find new products that we think our customers would like. We find out about the latest and greatest auto accessories by networking with manufacturers, attending trade shows, meeting with our sales reps, car dealers and others in the industry,” he explained.

Although this year marks Custom Auto Trim’s thirteenth anniversary online, Briglia said the company traces its origins back to 1977, when “we began installing factory and aftermarket auto accessories for car dealerships in the Philadelphia area.

“With over 33 years in the automotive accessory business, we have the experience you need to make the right choice when it comes to purchasing an accessory for your car or truck,” he said.

Custom Auto Trim is an industry leader in sales of auto parts and accessories. For further information please contact us at 858-273-5700 or at www.customautotrim.com

ZR Corvette Body Kits

Just Released! ZR Corvette Body Kits available in Duraflex Fiberglass, and also in Full Carbon Fiber.

2010 Mustang Body Kits - Hot Wheels Body Kit

Custom Auto Trim and Graphics Inc announced the release of the new Hot Wheels Wide Body Kit for the 2010 Ford Mustang today in San Diego CA. Releasing new body kits to the automobile aftermarket ahead of the competition has always been a main focus of the company.

These new Mustang Body Kits will definately lead the way in customizing for this vehicle. The Mustang is hot, and it deserves a hot body kit for it.

For more information contact Custom Auto Trim and Graphics Inc., 4747 Morena Blvd., Suite 355, San Diego, CA 92117. 858-273-5700. http://www.customautotrim.com

Vertical Doors Inc - Bolt-On Lambo Door Hinges

Vertical Doors Inc has partnered again this year with Custom Auto Trim in offering an early Holiday sale on their bolt-on lambo door kits. An instant coupon of $100 OFF will appear in your shopping cart once you add your bolt-on lambo door kit to your shopping cart. No special code is necessary. This coupon is only available at Custom Auto Trim and may expire without notice, so act quickly to take advantage of this great savings offer. As always, free shipping still applies to our Vertical Doors direct bolt-on lambo door kits.

Extreme Dimensions Body Kits

Extreme Dimensions is currently expanding its body kit product line, but they can’t create new body kits and ground effects without your help.  They are looking for the vehicles in the list shown below to bring in to their facility for prototyping.  If you let them use your car, they will make molds from your parts to create new carbon fiber and duraflex body kits. In turn they will give you a free body kit just for letting them make the molds. The car should not be your daily driver because you may have to leave it with them for a few weeks, and you should be located in Southern California.

For helping with the prototyping process, you will get a FREE BODY KIT or ground effects kit in exchange for your time.

If your car is on the list below, please contact GeoffreyB@ ExtremeDimensions.com. They are only looking for vehicles on this list at this time. If you are chosen you could get a free duraflex or carbon fiber body kit for that car!

Extreme Dimensions manufactures Duraflex body kits, urethane body kits, carbon fiber body kits, hoods, hood scoops, spoilers and wings.

SCP-1 Sport Trac Hood Scoop

These days most of us are fuel conscious. With the gas prices so high there are some that just can’t justify buying a big car or SUV any more, let alone getting the big V8 engine in it. But then there are lots of us that still want to look like we have a monster motor under the hood.

An easy way to accomplish this is to install a universal hood scoop to the existing hood of your car. There are no parts to remove. You will not need to get a new hood. However, once a hood scoop is installed it will appear like you changed the entire hood to accommodate this huge motor that you are hiding under your hood.

So you may have a few questions at this point, so let’s address some of them:

Will I get any better gas mileage with a hood scoop?
- No you won’t!

Will my car go any faster than it did before?
- No it won’t.

So then what will I get?
No doubt, you are sure to get some looks. You will turn a few heads, and you will make them wonder what it is that makes your car or truck so tough looking. Even the people that have the same type of vehicle that you do will wonder what motor it is that came with your car or truck.
In the end, it will surely get you attention.

Hood scoops are not expensive. Good fiberglass hood scoops generally run between $110 and $125 dollars unpainted, and a little bit higher if you want to have one prepainted and sent to you.

Installation is not hard. It’s just like installing a car spoiler. Usually hood scoops come with instructions and all necessary mounting hardware, which includes stainless steel screws, drill guides, 3M two way mounting tape, front inserts, and vinyl trim so your front inserts will not scratch your hood..

Before you purchase one, check the sizing of the scoop that you are looking at, and see if those measurements will work out on your hood. It’s better to find out if the hood scoop will fit before you purchase one rather than after, especially if you are having one prepainted.

There is no doubt that adding a hood scoop to your car, truck or SUV will help increase the resale value of your vehicle. Usually it is just by the fact that the buyer likes your vehicle better than any other that they have seen. Your car is different, and it is understandable to most that others that are looking at the same vehicle will think in this same manner.

This is what drives up the sale price. The fear alone of losing this vehicle to another buyer will make someone commit even earlier at a higher price just to they ensure that they get the vehicle that they want.

About the Author

Mike Briglia is the owner of Custom Auto Trim, a auto accessories company based out of San Diego CA. Find more information on hood scoops at http://www.customautotrim.com/

Just released today is our New Carbon Creations F-1 Spec body kit for the Ferrari 360 Modena. The Modena carbon fiber body kits consist of an F-1 Spec carbon fiber front bumper, a pair of carbon fiber F-1 Spec side skirts, a carbon fiber F-1 Spec rear bumper, and a 2 piece F-1 Spec carbon fiber rear diffuser.

Ferrari 360 Modena Carbon Fiber F-1 Body Kit

With a list price of $5499.00, this full carbon fiber Ferrari Modena body kit is priced THOUSANDS of dollars less than the competition. 

Currently this body kit is sale priced at $4949.10. 

http://www.customautotrim.com/bodykits/extreme-dimensions/ferrari/360-modena/2000-2004/

Couture Luxe Widebody Kit for the 2006-2009 Dodge Charger!

Extreme Dimensions offers the best products and support in the business, and Custom Auto Trim is proud to be a master distributor for this product line. Give us a call at 1-800-232-6922 so we can find custom body kits for your vehicle!

These are important questions. A used car dealer may know the history of the vehicle, but most of the time the cars and trucks that you see on a local car dealer lot come from auctions and your dealer will not know the history. At least half of the time you trade in your vehicle it will end up at a dealer auction. And MOST of the time you turn in your leased vehicle it will end up at auction. So how are we supposed to know what happened to this vehicle that we are eying? What am I getting into here?

The first thing to do is to go to either end of the car and squat down at the corner, such as by the tail light, and look straight down the body of the car, down the body line starting with the quarter panel, down the doors, and right up the fender. Notice the shine or reflections that you are getting off of the paint? That is where you want to start. Are there sections shinier or flatter than others? Does everything line up? Are there any ripples at all? It should look like a nice mirror reflection. If the surfaces of each panel look different, this could be an indication of poorly done body work.

Next, feel the paint all the way around the car. All of the painted surfaces should feel the same. Feel the bumpers and the hood. These are common spots to repaint. Are there any spots on the car that are a little rougher than another? If so, then you have good reason to be suspicious.

If a car has a pinstripe or graphic kit, look along the edge of it to see if a body shop painted part of a body panel. One trick a painter will use to save some work is to only paint part of a panel (if they can get away with it) and only repaint a small area that was most significantly affected by body work. If that is the case, the painter will probably do his masking right next to a pinstripe and try to paint either above it or below it. He will use the stripe line as a stopping point for his paintwork. Feel the edges of the stripe. Do you feel a sharp edge? It’s probably been repainted then.

Finally, always look for hints of over spray or an old color that give away an undisclosed paint job. This requires checking door jambs, under the hood, in the trunk and under the gas cap door. Putting in a little extra time while shopping for your vehicle can save you a lot of time and money down the road.

Best of all, buy a used car from someone you trust, be it a dealer or an individual. And never, ever jump at a deal that seems too good to be true. It almost always is.

About the Author

Mike Briglia is the owner of Custom Auto Trim, specializing in body kits and car and truck graphics, and is based in San Diego CA. Find more information on auto accessories at http://www.customautotrim.com/