Features In Top End Trims Which Cannot Be Installed As Aftermarket Accessories

Aftermarket accessories, as its name suggests, are the accessories or features that are installed by a third-party after you purchase a car. People prefer aftermarket accessories because they usually cost less compared to the price you pay for pre-installed features. Now if you are the person willing to purchase base-variant or any other lower spec variant in the hope of installing aftermarket accessories, here's what all you may miss out.

Ventilated Seats:

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Ventilated seat is one of the most pleasant features a manufacturer can offer. When your car is parked in scorching heat but instead of frying your back, ventilated seats make it much easier to sit in the car plus it maintains a comfortable temperature for your body. It does so by sending cold air from micro holes on the seats.  Since this feature requires special seats and air flow channel, this feature cannot be installed as an aftermarket accessory.

Digital Instrument Cluster and sensors:

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Now-a-days cars come with a load of sensors to find and detect problems with car and even patch some minor issues on their own. This require a lot of electronics and integrity which is not possible to be carried out by a third party. These modern sensors and computers provide a lot of information which informs the driver about the vital stats of the car like average fuel consumption, calculated range out of remaining fuel, tire pressure monitoring etc.

Tilt-Telescopic Steering:

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Driving position plays an important role in a person's driving experience. Tilt and telescopic steering help making this a better experience. As explained in the image, tilt adjustment helps adjust the angle of the steering while telescopic adjustment helps adjust the reach of the steering wheel. The absence of this feature can be bothersome since the driver will not be able set the steering wheel according to his/her comfort.

Defogger (Rear):

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Rear defogger plays a crucial role in driver's road visibility during foggy or rainy season. The car does so by heating the glass pane via a heating element running across the entire rear glass area. It is a very essential and basic feature which the manufacturers usually neglect in the base variants and cannot be installed later.

Height Adjustable seats:

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This feature falls into the category of comfort and convenience. A very basic feature which lets a person adjust seat vertically according to their height for road visibility and its absence can be irritating sometimes.

Automatic Climate Control:

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Automatic climate control is one of the features which falls into category of comfort and convenience. This feature maintains the temperature of the cars once it is set unlike the normal AC which keep on cooling until the temperature is changed. Well, this cannot be purchased as an aftermarket too.

EBD and related systems:

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While ABS or Antilock Brake System is standardized across all variants, EBD or Electronic Brake Distribution is still available as an option. While both ABS and EBD rely on same set of sensors, data from EBD can be used for other functions like ESP or Electronic Stability Program and Traction Control. While these features are not bare essential ones but can prove of great importance during times of emergency. Unfortunately, these features cannot be installed as aftermarket accessories and

Electronic Hand Brake:

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Some people like this feature while others don't. Electronic hand brake is seen in relatively new generation cars or expensive cars. This allows a button to function like a hand brake. This feature also cannot be installed as an aftermarket accessory.