The annual SEMA Present is all concerning the automotive aftermarket, and I’ve been overlaying the present for over a decade now. For 2024, I scoured the two,400 distributors unfold out over 1.2 million sq. toes of exhibit area to seek out the really new and funky merchandise that you may want in your subsequent vehicle-based journey.
With round 160,000 individuals from 140 nations in attendance, I pushed via shoulder-to-shoulder crowds day by day on the present to seek out the products. Being one of many largest commerce reveals on the earth and the most important automobile present, with about 1,400 autos on show this 12 months, I walked many, many miles this week.
5 High Merchandise: SEMA 2024 Finest in Present
Listed below are my prime 5 greatest in present product picks from The SEMA Present 2024.
(You may also take a look at my greatest in present product picks for: SEMA 2023, SEMA 2022, SEMA 2021, and SEMA 2019.)
Kuat DEK Roof Rack
Kuat continues to make handsome, sturdy, and modern car rack methods. It simply debuted the DEK roof rack system at SEMA 2024.
The DEK is a platform rack system that can be utilized on crossbars or via direct mounts — with Tacoma and 4Runner fitments first and extra quickly. What makes it stand out from the competitors is its customized glossy and classy extrusions with T-channels. This building ought to supply most energy, versatile accent mounting, and cut back wind noise.
What caught most individuals’s consideration concerning the racks is the optionally available built-in off-road lighting system. Kuat labored with Diode Dynamics to combine lights and wiring into the entrance of the DEK rack. The setup options 5 Diode Dynamics C2 Professional LED Pods delivering over 10,000 lumens in a glossy bundle. The lights are additionally switchable from amber to white, so you possibly can modify them to your driving situations on the fly.
The DEK rack from Kuat will hit the market within the second quarter of 2025. Pricing will vary from about $900 for a base unlit rack, to over $2,000 for a lit, giant, and direct-mounted rack.
Cache Basecamp Pad 3.0
Cache has been round since 2018 making truck tailgate pads for bike transport. At The SEMA Present 2024, it launched the subsequent technology of its system, the Cache Basecamp Pad 3.0.
What makes the Cache Basecamp Pad actually stand out is its patented lock. It locks the pad to the tailgate and offers an anchor level to lock your bikes or different gear to. Then there are the equipment, like cushioned seats and a cooler that turns the tailgate into a comfortable seat and storage system. Oh, and it’s made from burly supplies that ought to maintain up nicely and in addition supply essentially the most safety to each the car and the bike.
The Basecamp Pad 3.0 will are available two sizes and be out there within the spring 2025. Cache will supply a presale this December if you wish to get in early, and certain get a little bit of a reduction.
MSRP on the XL dimension is $270 and it’s $240 on the S dimension. The system, which incorporates the pad, two seats, and a cooler bag, will run you $370 for the XL and $340 for the S.
Warn ZEON XP 14-S Winch
Warn continues to innovate and produce us high-quality winches for our off-road journey autos. It simply debuted the brand new XP line of ZEON winches at SEMA 2024, which is able to substitute its ZEON Platinum lineup. The ZEON XP line is now the highest off-road efficiency line of winches at Warn.
ZEON XP now options each wired and wi-fi management, each an electrical and a handbook clutch, and LED lighting. It’s supplied in artificial line solely and is inbuilt Oregon.
I’m giving this award particularly to the 14-S model of this winch, because it’s an all-new capability within the lineup, and an ideal complement to lots of right now’s full-size American vans.
The Warn ZEON XP 14-S will retail for $2,720 and be out there December 12, 2024, together with the remainder of the XP lineup.
ARB Brushless Compressors
The ARB Twin Onboard Compressor has been the go-to air system for off-road and overland vacationers for a really very long time now. Whereas its a high quality system, which can be staying within the lineup, ARB has simply launched a brand new, even higher compressor line.
The brand new ARB Brushless Air Compressor lineup presents 50% extra airflow. That makes airing up large off-road tires a lot sooner, and much more handy when utilizing two- and four-way tire inflation methods.
ARB says its new brushless motor and related applied sciences in these compressors supply extra management over all of the parameters of operation, which permits for rather more airflow and longevity of the compressor.
The ARB Brushless Air Compressor Twin Onboard unit additionally features a very slick cam-lock-style, quick-release mount, in addition to all of the wiring wanted for set up.
This new ARB Brushless Air Compressor lineup can be out there very early in 2025. Pricing within the U.S. will come it at $849 for the Twin Onboard and $469 for Single Onboard. The transportable untis will are available at $1,289 for the Twin and $799 for the Single.
Mopar ILLUMINAT3 Pivoting Lightbar Prototype
Stellantis, the guardian firm of Jeep, Ram, Mopar, and so on., pushes innovation from inside. A method it does that’s the Starup Innovation Design Program that has its staff pitch new design concepts, with the winners getting a full 12 months to develop the product, enterprise case, and so on. Cole Schaenzer was a North American winner of the competitors this 12 months for his ILLUMINAT3 Pivoting Lightbar idea.
The design now has two patents and is probably going coming to market quickly. It’s a lighting accent for Jeep Gladiator and Wrangler that goes over the entrance of the windscreen body and presents three adjustable TYRE LED lights. The middle gentle could be adjusted on one axis, however the two lights on the perimeters could be swiveled 360 levels on two axis.
The thought is which you could have an off-road driving gentle, ditch gentle, space gentle, and so on. multi function setup. Simply attain out the window of the car, and you may modify the facet lights to the place you want them at that second.
A secondary advantage of this technique is that it protects the A-pillars from tree department hits, and certain helps hold the limbs off the windscreen a bit as nicely.
Should you’re eager about becoming a member of the waitlist for this Jeep Efficiency Components product, you possibly can add your e mail right here. At present, the MSRP is projected to be $2,195.