Performance Car Stereo

Performance Car Stereo North Vancouver's Friendly
Mobile Electronics Experts

Customers from the North Shore and across the Lower Mainland have trusted Performance Car Stereo for their mobile audio video needs since 1985. Conveniently located on Pemberton Drive in North Vancouver, Performance Car Stereo offers a wide range of quality products selected from the leading vendors in the industry. Visit our showroom to look at our displays of the latest in mobile technology and

talk with our knowledgeable sales staff for advice tailored to your needs and the practical considerations of your vehicle and lifestyle. From mothers wanting rear vision cameras for safety or touch screen overhead monitors with DVD players to businesses looking to upgrade fleet vehicles with navigation and security systems, we can help you troubleshoot and consider your options. Our experienced team of installers expertly outfit your vehicle with the multimedia, audio, navigation and security products of your choice. Always mindful of safety, our staff members are qualified and highly skilled professionals who have earned us a solid reputation as the best in the business. Performance Car Stereo is driven by: * exceptional customer care * quality products * demonstrated expertise * reliable service * competitive pricing

Windshield mount or custom install?A suction cup on the windshield says two things: "there's a detector in this car," an...
09/03/2026

Windshield mount or custom install?

A suction cup on the windshield says two things: "there's a detector in this car," and "it's worth breaking a window for."

We build them in. Front antenna behind the grille, rear at the back, hardwired power, a small display where you want it and nowhere else.

The car looks like it left the factory. It just knows more.

📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171

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Will it warn me about BC's intersection cameras?BC's intersection safety cameras use low-power radar and stereoscopic im...
09/01/2026

Will it warn me about BC's intersection cameras?

BC's intersection safety cameras use low-power radar and stereoscopic imaging — by the time a detector hears one, you're already in frame.

Which is why the good detectors don't rely on hearing them. Every one of the 140 sites is published, and detectors like the Uniden R9 carry a GPS database of them: it warns before the intersection, not at it.

Detector for the radar you can't predict. GPS for the cameras you can.

📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171

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What about laser jammers?Detectors: a clear yes. Laser jammers — the honest answer is "grey."BC's Motor Vehicle Act does...
08/27/2026

What about laser jammers?

Detectors: a clear yes. Laser jammers — the honest answer is "grey."

BC's Motor Vehicle Act doesn't prohibit installing a laser shifter. But actively defeating a police laser reading can be treated as obstructing an officer, and that's a Criminal Code matter — not a ticket.

Our approach: tell you that plainly, install what's appropriate for how and where you drive, and set it up properly. Rules change; we keep up. Ask before you buy — here or anywhere else.

📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171

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He came in and asked for the whole thing. Better sound, all of it, top to bottom.That ask is where our job actually star...
08/26/2026

He came in and asked for the whole thing. Better sound, all of it, top to bottom.

That ask is where our job actually starts. A 2024 F-150 has its own set of problems — a big cab with a lot of road in it, factory door openings that limit what will physically fit, and an owner who isn't willing to give up the back seat or the floor to get there.

So we didn't hand him a catalogue. We spec'd it.

BLAM Relax 570/690s go into the factory door locations for a real front stage. A MATCH UP 6DSP MK2 sits behind the factory radio and tunes the whole system to this cab specifically. A MATCH UP 1FX drives dual Kicker L7s in a low-profile enclosure that lives under the rear seat.

Every piece was picked because it was the right piece for this truck at the right money. Nothing oversold to pad a ticket, nothing cheaped out to hit a number.

The rear seat still folds down over it. The floor is still empty. From the driver's seat it still looks exactly like a stock F-150.

That's the difference between buying gear and having a system built.

Thinking about your truck? Come talk to us. We'll tell you what it actually needs.

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📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171

How heavy is enforcement on the Sea to Sky?Heavy — and not letting up.BC Highway Patrol’s numbers from the May long week...
08/25/2026

How heavy is enforcement on the Sea to Sky?

Heavy — and not letting up.

BC Highway Patrol’s numbers from the May long weekend: 66 vehicles impounded between Lions Bay and Mount Currie — a new record, up from 60 at Labour Day — and 212 tickets written. Squamish RCMP logged 457 excessive-speed violations in 2025. Across the South Coast, 2,167 speeding tickets in a single October.

Forty over the limit is “excessive” in BC: the car goes on a truck for seven days, first offence.

A hidden, always-on detector isn’t a licence to speed. It’s smarter information for the drive — and more of that drive is being watched than there used to be.

📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171

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Are radar detectors legal in BC?The question we get asked most, answered in one word: yes.Radar detectors are legal to o...
08/20/2026

Are radar detectors legal in BC?

The question we get asked most, answered in one word: yes.

Radar detectors are legal to own and use in a passenger vehicle in British Columbia. Nothing in the Motor Vehicle Act says otherwise. Same story in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Cross into Manitoba, or anywhere east of it, and it flips — illegal, and they can seize it. Heading south? Legal in Washington and almost every state; Virginia and DC are the holdouts.

Built into the car and hidden, it's also not a windshield ornament worth breaking a window for. But that's another week's question.

📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171

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Different week, different Ferrari, same problem.This beautiful Ferrari California came in to us with the same issue we s...
08/19/2026

Different week, different Ferrari, same problem.

This beautiful Ferrari California came in to us with the same issue we see all the time. An amazing car, amazing performance, dated tech.

Now the tech matches the beauty and the performance. An updated Kenwood receiver brings wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for full phone integration, while keeping that factory look, right down to the prancing horse on startup.

Come see us for any of your vehicle tech upgrades.

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📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171







Ferrari week. The 458 Italia arrived with performance that was years ahead ofeverything around it — and an infotainment ...
08/10/2026

Ferrari week. The 458 Italia arrived with performance that was years ahead of
everything around it — and an infotainment stack that was merely of its moment.
One aged beautifully. The other did not.

So we closed the gap. A Pioneer floating widescreen receiver in the centre
stack: wireless Apple CarPlay, HD Radio, a proper modern screen — and every
factory control left exactly where Maranello put it.

Still one of the most beautiful things ever built. Now the dash finally deserves
the drive.

📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171








Hidden in plain sight. 👀This Mercedes-AMG SL 63 came to us with one request: full radar protection, zero visual clutter....
07/29/2026

Hidden in plain sight. 👀

This Mercedes-AMG SL 63 came to us with one request: full radar protection, zero visual clutter.

So we went with the Uniden R9W — the most capable radar and laser detection system money can buy — and integrated the transmitter and receiver directly into the Panamericana grille.

⚫ Both modules sit flush between the grille bars — blacked out, factory-clean, invisible unless you know exactly where to look
⚫ Nothing bolted to the bumper
⚫ Extreme-range detection with none of the visual compromise
⚫ Looks 100% OEM. Sees a whole lot further than OEM ever could.

Beautiful cars deserve better than a gadget stuck to the glass.

Bet you can't spot it on the first pass. 🤫

📍 Performance Car Stereo · 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · (604) 986-1171

▎ He wanted real bass. He wasn't giving up his back seats.▎▎ That's a request we get constantly now — people want the sy...
07/21/2026

▎ He wanted real bass. He wasn't giving up his back seats.
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▎ That's a request we get constantly now — people want the system to hit, but the vehicle still has to work for real life. Kids, gear, dog, job.
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▎ For this 2019 Tacoma, the answer was a JL Audio Stealthbox. Engineered specifically for this truck, tucked into unused factory space, carpet-matched and hidden. Zero cargo lost.
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▎ But that's the answer for this Tacoma. Your vehicle might need something completely different — and knowing which is which is the whole job.
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▎ Come see us. We'll tell you honestly what your ride can do.
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▎ 📍 150 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver · 📞 (604) 986-1171 · Est. 1985

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150 Pemberton Avenue
North Vancouver, BC
V7P2R5

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Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm
Saturday 9am - 5:30pm

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