AudioMax Tint & Security

About AudioMax Tint & Security

The sign over 2311 Forest Ave reads like a menu: tint, wrap, PPF, remote start, alarm, LED lights. AudioMax Tint & Security is Staten Island's outpost of the Auto Sound & Security family, a multi-shop operation that has been outfitting New York vehicles since 2002, and the Forest Avenue bay carries the group's whole catalog of electronics and protection work under one roof in Mariners Harbor. The electronics side is the deepest bench. The shop is an authorized dealer for Viper and Compustar security and remote start, and for Pioneer, Kenwood, Kicker, Alpine, and JVC on the audio side, which means the gear is genuine, the warranty is the manufacturer's, and the car stereo installation is done by people the brands trust with their names. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto retrofits are among the most requested jobs on the books, bringing modern screens to cars that predate them, alongside dash cams wired cleanly with nothing dangling, rear entertainment for family haulers, and radar detectors integrated to look factory. A backup camera retrofit shows why installation quality is the whole product here. The camera lives at the tail of the car and the screen at the dash, so the job runs power, signal, and a reverse trigger the full length of the chassis, through grommets and trim that all have to go back exactly as found. Done right, the result looks born with the car; done casually, it is a loose harness and a screen that flickers over bumps. Reviews describing suggestions on the right parts for the vehicle before the work began point to a counter that engineers the job rather than just selling the box. Remote start is the other job where integration is everything. A modern car will not run without its key because the factory immobilizer forbids it, so a remote starter has to negotiate with that system through a proper integration module, telling the car a key is present for the start and shutting things down if anyone tries to drive off without one. Handled by an authorized dealer, that handshake is invisible and the car simply warms itself on a January morning; handled badly, it is how do-it-yourself kits strand vehicles in driveways. The same discipline extends to the truck side of the counter, where spray-in bed liners take the dents and rust out of a working bed, tonneau covers keep cargo dry and out of sight, and running boards and light bars get wired and mounted to survive the job sites they are bought for. The protection side keeps pace. Ceramic window tinting comes with turnarounds customers clock at about two hours, and film work extends through vinyl wrap and paint protection film. The customization list runs from LED and ambient lighting through grille swaps, fog lights, horn upgrades, and a full wall of truck accessories. One recent customer had ceramic tints, a grille replacement, fog lights, and a horn upgrade handled in a single visit, which is the point of a shop built this wide. Hours run 9 to 7 Monday through Saturday with Sundays closed, on a stretch of Forest Avenue minutes from the Goethals Bridge and Route 440, within easy reach of Port Richmond, West Brighton, and the whole North Shore.