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AEV

American Expedition Vehicles an automobile and aftermarket manufacturing company

Beadlock

First manufactured for aftermarket racing and off road applications by Marsh Racing Wheels at Siloam Springs, Arkansas in 1980 but conceived, designed and tested by Marsh Racing Wheels years earlier.

Bentley Arnage

(Jankel and Andy Hotton Associates, for example, are two aftermarket coachbuilders especially known for this style.) Available only as a bespoke ("Mulliner") model, each RL is customised to the desires of the buyer.

Body kit

Factory-fitted body kits are now becoming more common, perhaps in response to the growth of the aftermarket tuning industry in the late 1990s and onwards.

Chris Duke

While working for Microsoft right after graduating from Sammamish High School, this autodidact spent most of his evenings and weekends modifying his car, mainly through aftermarket accessories.

Enterprise Engine

In 1988, IMO Delaval sold the Enterprise aftermarket services to Cooper Industries which, in turn, spun off its oil and gas related holdings to Cameron Corporation, previously known as Cooper Cameron Corporation, Cameron International Process and Compression Systems is the current original equipment manufacturer for Enterprise engines.

F650

F650 Pickups, a aftermarket automotive manufacture and distributor

Ferrari 456

An aftermarket conversion on a 456GTA once belonging to Shaquille O'Neal.

John S. Thackrah

He then became Vice President of UTC's Otis Elevator Company division, later returning to Pratt & Whitney as Vice President of Aftermarket Services, and later serving as vice president / general manager of one of its strategic business units.

Magellan Navigation

Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with European sales and engineering centers in Nantes, France and Moscow, Russia, Magellan also produces aftermarket automotive GPS units, including the Hertz Neverlost system found in Hertz rental cars.

Pfadt Race Engineering

Bearing the name of its founder, Aaron Padt \faht\, the company is one of the leading developers of aftermarket Corvette and Camaro suspension components.

Ram air

Short ram air intake -- a smaller, aftermarket version of ram-air intakes, commonly used on automobiles

Ride height

On most automobiles, ride height is modified by changing the length of the suspension springs, and is the essence of many aftermarket suspension kits supplied by manufacturers such as Eibach and H&R.

Rim mount

The earliest rim mounts were developed by Gary Gauger and first became available in 1980 as aftermarket accessories, under the registered name RIMS, standing for Resonance Isolation Mounting System.

SEMA

Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) of the automobile aftermarket was formed in 1963 by Roy Richter, Ed Iskenderian, Willie Garner, Bob Hedman,Robert E. Wyman, John Bartlett, Phil Weiand, Jr., Al Segal, Dean Moon, and Vic Edelbrock, Jr. and now consists of 6,383 companies worldwide, bringing together aftermarket manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, media, car dealers, specialty equipment distributors, installers, retailers and restoration specialists.

WiFi-Box

WiFi-Box is a distribution of aftermarket firmware for the Linksys WRT54G series of wireless routers, based on the original Linksys source code.


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