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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!

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    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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    Daniel Island

    I chose C.A.R.S. after doing a Google search and reading their reviews. I emailed them my request…read morefor what I was looking to have done, which was a full replacement of my stock stereo in my 2013 GMC Sierra X-cab. First things first, Rommel (the owner) replied to my email in less than two hours! That's good customer service in my book and they displayed this throughout the entire process. Since I had been out of the custom stereo world for a few years, I was curious as to what new technology and sound was out there. Rommel suggested two options. The first was Digital Design and the other was Hybrid Audio Technologies. Both were new names to me. I researched them both and they both had very good reviews themselves! I decided on Hybrid Audio and had new speakers installed throughout (front & rear doors, front tweeters and two 12" subs under my rear seat, all powered by a Helix G Five 5 channel amp. I also purchased a Pioneer AVH-4200NEX head unit. Now, I've yet to check out all that the Pioneer head unit is capable of, but zero complaints so far. Lastly, I had sound deadener installed in the front doors upon Rommel's advice, no regrets at all on that, it sounds amazing! Ok, the verdict...ladies and gentlemen, this set up F@#$ING ROCKS! It's clarity was the first thing I noticed. It's a very clean sound, with great middle base (especially for what I mostly listen to: new rock, classic rock and metal). The two 12"s have PLENTY of bump as well. They hit very nice lows for that classic R&B and Hip Hop (N.W.A., Rob Base, Biggie, Tupac), yeah I'm old and that shiz jams! Ok, you're wondering if I had any issues, and yes I did. First, my reverse warnings beeps were almost inaudible after the install. They fixed that in minutes. Secondly, the steering wheel controls weren't transitioning from preset to preset correctly. Turns out this is an issue with SiriusXM only and not too big of an issue anyway. Lastly, although it was loud, I wanted it louder. I primarily listen to SiriusXM, and as it turns out, there was a setting within that had to be adjusted to make it louder. Everything else, CD, FM radio was already plenty loud! Rommel and his crew rectified these issues almost as fast as I could get the truck to them. The entire install only took them a day! Rommel demo'd it for me after install, showed me numerous features and even went through the process of syncing my phone to the bluetooth! Additionally, I didn't lose any features that I had before the install. I know sometimes installs like this can result in losing a feature or two along the way for various reasons, but not in my case! Excellent craftsman ship all the way around. I can't see a single scratch or flaw anywhere. Everything looks just as good as it did before I rolled in there. The lone exception is that now my whip ROCKS like a hurricane (yeah, that was a Scorpions reference)! I highly recommend these guys! Thank you very much Rommel and you're entire crew!

    I called and spoke with Mel regarding adding a system with Android Auto to my 2019 Ram 1500. He…read morechecked his current supply and made sure he had all the parts needed. Called me back and said they had what was needed, that i could come in right then if i wanted to... I got there within the hour and within 30 minutes they had my system installed and did a test run with me . All works great and their price was very competitive.... No complaints, only positive comments... I would highly recommend them for any of your audio needs. Overall A++++++

    Custom Car Stereo - stereo_installation - Updated May 2026

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