Car Care is a twice-monthly series offering maintenance best practices and DIY tips for car owners. Getting your old stereo system looking and sounding like new doesn’t have to cost a pretty penny.

Thanks to complicated networks of microphones taking over car audio systems, some features can't even be turned off in order to upgrade the sound.

If you’ve bought a new car lately, you know the optional extras go on and on. In some cases, it’s possible to nearly double the car’s price by checking every box. Beyond boosting the rims or adding ...

Compare plans tailored to your car & budget. If you’re looking to upgrade the audio quality in your car or fix a broken part of your sound system, the good news is that you can sometimes do it for as ...

So I want to upgrade my 2004 Honda Civic SI stock sound system. The stock system has two front and two rear speakers. Let's say I replace these speakers with 3, or even 4-way speakers combined with a ...

There have been a few car audio threads here that I have been following lately and they have awaken an upgrade itch which I managed to avoid last Spring - thanks ...

Las Vegas – More aftermarket car-audio upgrade packages are being tailored for use in specific vehicles with the vehicle’s factory radio. At International CES, Harman unveiled vehicle-specific ...

Q: I love my car, but I hate its dated stereo. How hard is it to replace? A: Easier than you might think! It should take you less than an afternoon to install a new receiver that will not only let you ...

When I was a kid, I used to make my dad take me to a local junkyard, where a fancy Kingswood version of our workaday Chevy Townsman station wagon reposed. Over the course of several visits, I ...