By James Chevrette
Professional Car Audio (PCA) has partnered with Katzkin, the leather seat supplier, to offer customers factory-matching leather finish options on their subwoofer enclosures.
PCA provides leather swatches from Katzkin to its dealers to demonstrate the color and leather pebbling options when ordering the enclosures. The dealer can accompany the customer to their car and choose a matching swatch from Katzkin’s factory-matching products. The customer is then assured a total match to his vehicle interior.
Under the PCA enclosure program, users also select options such as the logos to be inlaid and a Bluetooth LED lighting option, as well as the subwoofer configuration. The box arrives from PCA about a week later.
The acrylic logo inlay can be customized to display the dealer’s logo instead of the traditional vehicle brand.
The partnership with Katzkin serves as a low-risk entry point for dealers to explore becoming Katzkin dealers, offering complete leather seat vehicle conversions. Dealers can test market demand before fully committing to the business model.
PCA’s enclosures allow interchangeable logos. For instance, if a dealer stocks a Chevrolet truck box and a customer arrives with a compatible GMC vehicle, the logo can be swapped in under five minutes. This allows dealers to keep a larger logo inventory while stocking fewer actual subwoofer boxes.
PCA has been a California-based retailer since 2012 and has since expanded to three locations. During the COVID pandemic, the company experienced a three-month backorder in sub boxes due to increased demand. In response, founder David Tapia decided to scale up production in 2021, creating a full-service customer subwoofer box facility at the store’s Visalia location.
Professional Car Audio is expanding into the Chevrolet OBS and C-10 markets, introducing three enclosure models and a center console option. The company will debut these products at the C10 Slow Down Show on July 26-27 at the Avila Beach Golf Resort in Avila Beach, California.
PCA operates as a direct-to-dealer company, selling exclusively to brick-and-mortar businesses. For more information, visit pcaenclosures.com/.
Great move and idea. I hope it is successful.