2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Gifts for Every Gearhead: Products for all Interests and Hobbies

Ordering gifts for gearheads can be a challenge, regardless of whether or not you're an auto enthusiast. Every enthusiast has a different idealized build optimized for their unique driving habits, aesthetic preferences, and build. For this reason, we're separating our gift guide into various sections, each serving a different enthusiast. 

Whether they're an outdoor adventurer or certified clean freak, we have the parts and accessories to appease the auto enthusiast in your life. In this guide, we're keeping the majority of gifts within the 300-dollar range, ensuring the happiness of the gift giver and recipient.

Gifts for the Exterior Accessorizer

For our first gift recipient, we're looking at classic aesthetic accessories. If your resident gearhead has a knack for anything that boosts exterior styling and attracts compliments at the gas pump, this is the section for you. Here, we're covering some of our favorite gift ideas to boost exterior styling without breaking the bank.

Aftermarket Tail Lights

While you may assume that all aftermarket tail lights cost an arm and a leg, that couldn't be further from the truth. At RealTruck, we carry high-end, stylish automotive lighting from reputable manufacturers like Alpharex, Recon, and Rugged Ridge. These products enhance aesthetics and visibility at a price that won't break the bank, ranging from 75 to 300 dollars.

Emblems and Badges

If you're looking for more of a stocking stuffer, check out our selection of aftermarket emblems and badges. These products significantly enhance styling, whether you opt for illuminated and custom-colored factory-style emblems, like Recon illuminated tailgate emblems, or premium vinyl inlays, like Tufskinz Chevrolet lettering emblems.

Gifts for the Off-Road Enthusiast

If the auto enthusiast in your life spends more time in the dirt than on the pavement, check out our top off-road gift ideas. This section includes several products that, while not breaking the bank, perfectly fit the bill for the avid off-roader or overlander.

Off-Road Lights

While we carry several pricey aftermarket lights offering race-ready performance, most casual off-roaders don't require such expensive or high-powered lights. In most low-speed, dimly-lit conditions, our selection of budget-minded LED lights provides excellent performance for the price, making them the ideal gift for the off-road enthusiast in your life. 

For low-cost performance, we'd consider products like the all-new Havoc Offroad 5" Round LED Lasso Lights or Go Rhino Xplor Blackout Series 2x2 cube lights. Both offer premium styling, exceptional output, and unmatched durability at a sub-300-dollar price point.

Recovery Gear

For the dedicated wheeler, we'd recommend recovery gear to ensure that your off-road enthusiast makes it home safe and sound, no matter the trail's difficulty. We offer several recovery accessories, but to keep prices within our sub-300-dollar price point, we'd recommend products like Rugged Ridge Traction Recovery Kits or a comprehensive recovery kit, like the Rugged Ridge XHD Recovery Kit. 

Remember stocking stuffers. Products like Rugged Ridge D-ring shackles and isolator kits fit perfectly above the fireplace.

Gifts for the Outdoor Adventurer

If your family's resident gearhead prefers outdoor adventuring over hardcore wheeling or aesthetic upgrades, don't fret. We carry plenty of products that are ideal for campers or overlanders.

Coolers and Ice Chests

Every outdoors person needs a quality cooler to keep drinks and perishables cold and well-preserved on multi-day trips. You may be surprised to find that high-end coolers can be had for under 300 dollars. We offer several products at attractive price points, like the Dometic WCI 33-liter ice chest or Bulldog Winch 45-qt Sportsman cooler. 

Plus, coolers make excellent gift boxes for small parts and accessories.

Racks and Carriers

Outdoorsmen can never have too much cargo space, and there is no better way to bolster cargo capacity than installing a quality rack or carrier system. At RealTruck, we offer a wide selection of rack systems, including several budget-oriented base systems and rack accessories. 

If the enthusiast you're shopping for already has a RealTruck Elevate Rack or similar system installed on their truck, consider bolstering it with our collection of Elevate Rack Accessories. We offer numerous products that work alongside the Elevate rack, including RealTruck Elevate Rack sidebars, tie-down kits, and load stops.

Gifts for the Performance Junkie

If the auto enthusiasts in your life have the need for speed, consider RealTruck's selection of performance products. We offer everything necessary to boost a vehicle's performance, from simple drop-in upgrades like high-flow air filters to high-end mods like performance stainless-steel cat-back exhaust systems.  

For the sake of this guide, we'll keep these modifications within the 300-dollar price point.

Programmers and Monitors

If you're looking for a product with a simple installation yet dyno-proven performance results, you can't beat a tuner or programmer. These products modify particular parameters in an engine's computer, like ignition timing and fuel pressure, boosting efficiency and, thus, power.

Tuners and programmers offer one of the quickest and most hassle-free installations, requiring only a simple plug into a vehicle's OBD2 port. 

Under the 300-dollar mark, we'd recommend throttle-sensitivity boosters and simple plug-n-play modules, like the DiabloSport Sprint or Banks PedalMonster throttle booster.

Drop-In Air Filters

While finding a high-end intake system for under 300 bucks is challenging, we offer several budget-minded air filter options that improve filtration, airflow, and service life. 

Products like K&N OE Direct Fit stock replacement air filters and aFe OE Direct Fit stock replacement air filters feature heavy-duty urethane housings and high-flow filter media to boost airflow and filtration. They drop directly into the factory airbox for a quick and easy installation. 

Most high-end air filters are also washable and reusable, allowing you to clean and re-oil (if applicable) the filter at each service interval rather than disposing of it. 

If you've noticed a stale or musty odor in a friend or relative's car, consider ordering them a Havoc cabin air filter to boost HVAC performance. 

Gifts for the Certified Clean Freak

There are two types of truck owners—those who prefer the look of a dirty pickup and those who can't stand filth. If the gearhead you're shopping for is the latter, we carry several products to keep their ride clean and well-protected.

Floor Mats and Liners

All-weather floor mats and liners are some of the first products we recommend for new vehicles, regardless of the climate or vehicle type. Whether you're concerned with tracking in mud and snow from dirty boots or spilling a beverage on the floor, premium floor mats and liners keep unsightly stains and messes off of a vehicle's factory carpeting.

You can't go wrong with a set of floor liners from Husky Liners®—one of our in-house brands. As the leader in interior protection, Husky Liners offers multiple standout floor liner styles—Husky Liners All Weather floor mats, Husky Liners WeatherBeater™ floor liners, Husky Liners X-act Contour® floor liners, and Husky Liners Classic Style floor liners. Plus, all four models start well under 100 bucks.

Seat Covers

Keeping with the trend of interior protection, let's move onto the most wear and tear-prone area of a vehicle's interior—the upholstery. Whether subjected to messy kids, muddy dogs, sweaty clothes, or all of the above, a set of direct-fit seat covers from RealTruck will keep the interior clean and well-protected. 

We offer several products from the leading seat cover brands, including Covercraft, Coverking, Saddleman, and many more. Choose from numerous materials, patterns, and colors for a product that best suits your friend's or relative's style.