ludhiana going by the recent trends the car accessory market has gone in for a boom as consumers are going in for the most sophisticated devices and gizmos to transform their car into an entertainment zonethese gizmos not only allow you to listen to music but also watch tv charge laptops play video games and talk on the phone while driving out of various accessories available in the market which are the ones that drive youngsters crazy according to shopkeepers in the local market radial tyres and alloy wheels figured on top of the listwhile stating that these had become a rage among youngsters harjinder singh owner of shakti tyres informed before one drives home a car from the showroom he comes to enquire about wheels and tyres every standard shop gets 10 to 20 enquiries per day some even venture out to chandigarh and delhi for the same he addedadmitting that music systems are in great demand gurpreet singh of karobar car accessories said a music system is must for a car collegegoing students splurge money on these and alloy wheelsduring the past decade the number of car accessories shops has risen to a large extent in comparison to 1982 when there were only three such shops in the entire city the number has presently reached to three figures sources said out of more than 100 car accessories stores around 10 dealt in radial tyresearlier there were only two shops dealing in spare parts when we entered the scene with our seatcover manufacturing company we now cater to the entire citys demand for seatcovers reminisces surjit chopra owner of sudarshan seat manufacturers and president ludhiana car accessories dealers associationpresently the number of registered members with the association is 70 but there are many more small players who are still not registered said choprainforming that the business had flourished gradually as the city grew into an industrial hub he said seat covers are available in the range of rs 300 to rs 35000 though there are only a few people who buy these highend products there are numerous buyers in the range of rs 15000 to rs 20000more so even as the younger generation is crazy after wheels and music systems classy seatcovers and metal polishes are a favourite among the older lot as they enhance the look of the car the car accessories market has also shattered a few old perceptions like the costlier the better and that holds true as far as powerful music systems are concerned a rs 200 fm modular is presently rocking every other caravninder rana owner of tip top car centre said the owner of a peugeot model costing rs 25 lakh came running for this modular the device can play music and set the frequency of the modular with the cars radio music can also be copied from the computer into the memory card of the device he addedsumming up peoples craze for different accessories sandeep malhotra of malhotra accessories commented when one