Restaurant chains have test kitchens to try new recipes. James Bond calls upon Q’s lab to add a laser cutter to his wristwatch.

Now, aftermarket car parts manufacturers in the L.A. area have their place to design and test new gear. Product developers going to work at a specialty garage set up in a Diamond Bar office park won’t be installing machine guns or ejection seats in Aston Martins, however. They will be using the facility to design products to customize vintage muscle cars or brand-new pickups.

The Specialty Equipment Market Association, a trade group for the aftermarket parts industry, unveiled SEMA Garage this month. An association spokesman said the garage is the only facility of its kind and it is intended to streamline the product development process for member companies building specialty auto parts for domestic and international customers in the $31 billion market for aftermarket parts.

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