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    Custom Car Stereo

    3.8 (64 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Auto electronics installation

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    The completed new head.
    Ron G.

    There was mostly good, but there are some areas to improve. I'm not an idiot when it come to sound systems in vehicle, that said, I haven't been concerned with it since my youth. This team treated me professionally the day I setup the work, and the next day at the install. So let's talk about it. THE GOOD 1) I went in knowing what I was comfortable spending. Stayed in budget 2) Worked with me to find the right solution. 3) Seemed knowledgeable when explaining concepts I didn't fully understand. 4) Had vehicle mostly ready to turn back over on time. THE BAD 1) There was a mix up, and part of the install had to change. Cost $$$ 2) The car we had the install done on has an electric antenna that was controlled by the old head. Antenna no longer raises, and they didn't rewire to the fuse box to maintain functionality. So FM signals are poor at best. Couldn't even auto find one of my favorite local stations, 98 Rock 3) The microphone install into the instrument cluster was sloppy at best. They tried Gorilla tape after I pointed it out, it didn't adhere. I will be using some epoxy to set it in place permanently. They did offer to work on the antenna at a later date, but they already knew the car was never coming back to Charleston. I had to take it to my daughter in North Carolina going to college.

    Custom Car Stereo would not let me have my VAN unless I signed a letter I was happy! They blocked my Van after paying them in Full at $5,400
    Kelley D.

    I am seriously disgusted how no one at Custom Car Stereo has taken any responsibility for their actions and failure to help me as a customer. I have been back to Custom Car Stereo 5 Times to fix my Issues, it is a SCAM, they make your purchase products to fix the mistakes they made. I had a $4,000 System turn into $5,400 and Two Weeks of my life going back in hopes this would be fixed, This place should be SHUT DOWN, they are not Focused on the Customer Experience, all they care about is making the SALE, letting Inventory Manager sell systems that he wants, not what the customer wants. If Brian listened to ME the customer the FIRST TIME, and if the OWNER would have actually get involved. This ENTIRE NIGHTMARE COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. The Owner only spoke with me ONE TIME, and refuses to speak with me, and has a 28 year old Service Manager deal with HUGE Issues like mine. I had to call the Police on them for refusing to give me my Van the first time, then the last time they would not give me my Van (had a car parked in front of it), unless I signed a piece of paper stating I was happy, which I refused to sign, they again blocked my car after the Fourth Time and another $1,400 they had me keep buying to fix the mistakes the made. They seriously are running a Scam, with Clueless Employees, and and Absentee Owner. They have ZERO EMPATHY for what they put people through, and that includes not even apologizing for a 76 year old woman falling out of the RV due to the fact they did not SCREW IN THE GRAB BAR! I have Videos, Photos, Recordings, All Proof of everything I have gone through, and no other person should have to go through the Stress they put me through. I expect Reimbursement. So now I have a Car Audio System that Costs $5,400 that I cannot play when parked because of the Speakers Making the Electrical Zapping Sounds, and Smells of Smoke, AND the Front Cab System, is just AWFUL, If a Woman is Singing like Adele, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, it is literally feels like getting an Ice Pic in my EAR from the HIGH PITCH, the only way to listen to them is on LOW Volume and LOW FLAT Equalizer, that drowns their Beautiful Voice out. The system I have sounds like an $800 Defective System, let alone $5,400 System! Again, Brian the Inventory Manager sold me a System he likes, not one that I WANTED. The speakers he sold me are for more Guitar and Acoustics, and that is what is playing in the DEMO ROOM. Brian should be OUT OF A JOB, Tyler needs a BETTER Manager and the Owner Needs to MAN UP and take care of Customer Issues! This whole place is just a Bunch of UNTRAINED Employees with NO Leader, and have Free Reign to Treat Customers Like Crap, and Scam them into buying more Stuff! Actually trying to make ME FEEL GUILTY because they had to STAY LATE TO FIX MISTAKES THEY MADE! If you Value your Time, Money, and Vehicle You will not go to this AWFUL PLACE!

    Custom Car Stereo
    Evan G.

    Custom Car Stereo on Sam Rittenburg Boulevard in West Ashley is one of the best places to go for a car stereo system in the area. The professionals here know what they are doing and will make sure that you get exactly what you want. They work quickly to get everything done. I have been happy with all of the purchases that I have made from here.

    JL Audio Tower Speakers
    Robert C.

    Your expectations will be exceeded. If you want to know who the best is, this is it. The team at CCS pulled off what I can only describe as impossible. I purchased a 2017 Yamaha 242 LTD S a couple weeks ago and needed to have tower speakers and a 10" sub installed. The boat dealer built in the installed price into the contract so I had already "pre-paid" for this install. I was originally sent to Dealer Electronic Services (DES) but was really disappointed in their customer service. I was told that they didn't have time, that they could get to it the following week (mind you after being told they were ready), and that they had received no direction from the boat dealer. All of this was unacceptable, but I told them ok. Thursday of that week (two days later), I receive a call from DES that I needed to pick my boat up because they were leaving early both Thurs and Fri. Interesting since they HAD WORK TO DO. Nevertheless, I informed my boat dealer and they were just as upset. My dealer picked up the boat and took it to CCS (on Friday). I met with Nick Friday afternoon and walked around the boat and showed him where I'd like everything to go. He wasn't optimistic that they would be done with the whole project, but guaranteed that I would have my boat back Saturday so I could hit the water. I get a call Saturday afternoon with fantastic news - the install went so well that they would be finished by 16:00 that day. WHAT?! ONE DAY NOTICE and they complete the whole job?! How is this possible...? Well, I get down there to pick it up and it blew my mind how good everything looked and sounded. They paid attention to every slight detail. The locations turned out perfect and their cable management was excellent. They performed a demo for me and made sure everything was just as clean as when it arrived. I was also pleasantly surprised that they only charged about 60% of what the dealer expected, so I'm receiving a nice little refund as well. Now that this phase of the audio upgrade is complete and the impossible was pulled off, my boat dealer has severed ties to DES and will be sending their work to CCS from now on. Very good call - spending $68k on a boat with a few grand in audio to be treated like a 2nd class citizen will quickly run patience thin. CCS is now doing the tint job for the boat and I'm excited to have that project completed. I'll update after it's complete. Extra compliments to Nick - He has treated this project and me as a priority 1 issue and resolved it to the best of anyone's ability. I'm thoroughly impressed and will only consider recommending my friends, family, and colleagues to see him at CCS.

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    Caro M.

    After years of using aux cables (that constantly frayed) to play music in my car, I decided it was time for an upgrade. Yelp took me to Custom Care Audio which I've driven by a hundred times. I went in having done no prior research (totally unlike me and I don't recommend it), but Dustin listened to what I wanted and delivered it and then some. While I originally figured I would get a cheaper way to achieve what I wanted, I ended up going the more expensive route. Totally worth it! I was able to get my new Kenwood touchscreen system installed the very next day. Custom Car has a lifetime installation warranty which means you can have them take out your system if you get a new car (just hang on to the factory radio). The labor was more expensive than the actual product, but it did seem very labor intensive, albeit I have no clue if it is or isn't. I ended up spending my entire tax refund and then some, but I'm so excited to have Bluetooth. It's like I have a brand new car! Aside from audio systems and speakers, they do window tinting, cameras, key fobs, and just about any other car build you can look for. I totally recommend them!

    awesome job guys!!!

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    Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Fair prices with a good installation. My new radio in my camper work fine. Thanks

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    customer service was top-notch. I requested a tuneup on my apps. They did it free of charge overall five stars.

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    2 years ago

    Charged to much on labor charged 5 1/2 was only there 3 hours and a surcharge on using a credit card of 80 bucks

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    Chris was awesome to work with and they did a phenomenal job with installation of Car Play and the window tint looks great!

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    Nick and AJ were a huge help throughout the process of putting together a sound system for my boat.

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    Pleasant Details And TINT - Very nice and far more comfortable with this heatwave!

    Pleasant Details And TINT

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    We built a custom glass office in our home and couldn't find a quality interior tinting company…read moreanywhere. The few companies we found mostly specialized in auto tinting and didn't know how to price the job. I found Pleasant Details & Tinting on the internet, contacted them and spoke with Andrew Hellier. He came out same day to assess the job, offered fair pricing the same evening and less than a week later the job was done. Efficient, professional, quality work would best define my experience with this company and especially Andrew and his coworker. My neighbors have seen the work and plan to reach out for similar projects in their homes in the future. See before and after shots.

    PD did nice work tinting the front windows of my SUV. They charge $75 per side window for basic 3M…read moretint or $100 for 3M with heat reduction. Options are available from very light tint to dark limo. So far I don't see any air bubbles or imperfections under the tint. Job was completed in about 30 minutes. They said the tint comes with lifetime guarantee against installation defects. They also recently tinted the Mrs' SUV, and while they also did a good job on installing the tint (which looks great), they did fail to properly reinstall an inside door panel by leaving half the clips out, leaving the door panel loose. We had to take it back a couple days later to get this fixed. The owner and employees were all professional and friendly. Note they add 3.5% if you pay with a credit/debt card. Be sure to make an appointment; appears the employees split time between the N. Charleston location and one in Mt. Pleasant. They also do vehicle wraps, and based on the two I saw sitting outside the work quality appears to be good.

    Custom Car Stereo - stereo_installation - Updated May 2026

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