Axle is a storefront theme for car parts, tyres and wheels, car care, tools and accessories stores, single brand or Multi-Vendor parts marketplaces with specialist sellers.
Four styles: Redline (garage grey, asphalt and brake-light red), Pitlane (white, navy and blue, square corners), Overland (sand, olive and orange, rounded) and Nightshift (dark graphite with amber).
Four styles, one theme
Each style changes the ground, bands, type weight and card treatment, not only the accent colour. Open any of them in the live demo.
Axle answers the first question every parts shopper asks, does it fit:
Garage finder by make, model, year and engine
Saved vehicle in the header and on every page
Fitment badge on every product card
Fitment check, vehicle table and OE numbers on product pages
Part number search and a tyre size finder
Complete the job adds matching parts at once
Full page cache safe, text contrast of at least 4.5:1
How it works
Install the package in Add-ons: it adds the Axle theme without touching your storefront. Activate Axle in Website, Themes and pick a style. The next admin page adds the demo store, so every section is filled at once.
Fitment comes from one product feature, Fits vehicles, with one variant per vehicle (make, model, engine, years). Edit it on the product page or with the standard import.
Features
Garage finder: make, model, year and engine, part or OE number, tyre size
My garage: the shopper's vehicle saved in the header
Fitment badges on cards and a vehicle bar on category pages
Product pages with fitment check, vehicle table and OE numbers
System mega menu with subcategory columns and a photo tile
Hero slider of studio shots with two buttons
Shop by system tiles and tabbed deals with countdowns
Product cards on studio plinths with brand, part number and spec chips
Complete the job bundles and related parts
Filters for brand, position, tyre size and season
Multi-Vendor seller cards and vendor page header
Phone layout with bottom bar, garage sheet, filter sheet and sticky add to cart
Installs with full demo content
Four styles: Redline, Pitlane, Overland and Nightshift
Child of Responsive: add-on hooks keep working
CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 to 4.21.x
What you get
Package
kv_theme_axle-1.0.0.zip: the theme and its wrapper add-on, installed through Add-ons → Manage add-ons. Activate it in Website → Themes and pick a style.
Editions
CS-Cart, CS-Cart Ultimate, Multi-Vendor and Multi-Vendor Ultimate 4.17.2 – 4.21.x, one package. A child theme of Responsive: no core files are changed and add-on templates keep working.
Updates & support
12 months included. Updates keep the theme files you changed; your layouts are never replaced.
License
1 production installation; subdomains, staging, dev and localhost are free. The theme checks its license for your domain once a day from the admin panel. Without a valid license the storefront shows the standard Responsive look instead of the Axle design; cart, checkout and orders keep working. How licensing works
Compatibility
We list only the builds we install and test on. “Tested” means the full test plan was run on that build; “Supported” means the build is inside the supported range and uses the same hooks.
CS-Cart version and edition compatibility
CS-Cart version
CS-Cart
CS-Cart Ultimate
Multi-Vendor
Multi-Vendor Ultimate
4.22 and later
Testing next
Testing next
Testing next
Testing next
4.21.2
Supported
Supported
Tested
Supported
4.20.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.19.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.18.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.17.2
Tested
Supported
Tested
Supported
Before 4.17.2
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Last tested build: Multi-Vendor 4.21.2, Oct 22, 2026Tested on: CS-Cart 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.21.2
Requirements
Platform
CS-Cart, CS-Cart Ultimate, Multi-Vendor or Multi-Vendor Ultimate 4.17.2 – 4.21.x
Requirement
For the hero slider and the promo banners, the core Banners add-on; for Garage guides, Blog; for driver
Requirement
Administrator access to the admin panel
Core changes
None. Hooks and template overrides only
1.0.0
Oct 22, 2026
Latest
Added 11
Axle theme for CS-Cart, CS-Cart Ultimate, Multi-Vendor and Multi-Vendor Ultimate 4.17.2 - 4.21.x: a classic,
Garage finder (make, model, year, engine; part or OE number; tyre size) built on the standard product feature
Fitment badges on product cards, a vehicle bar on category and search pages ("Show only parts that fit"), a fitment
Header: top bar with promises and quick links, logo, big search, My garage, labelled account, wish list and cart icons
Homepage: hero slider of banners (eyebrow, headline, text, two buttons), garage finder, promise strip, Shop by system
Product cards: plinth well with the second image on hover, sale / New tags, wish list heart, quick view, brand and
Product pages: gallery, brand and part number, fitment check, delivery / returns / fitment guarantee rows, payment
Multi-Vendor: vendor page header with logo, rating, product count and city.
Settings: garage finder and saved vehicle, fitment badges, studio plinth (plus the Kavio theme kit settings).
Four styles: Redline, Pitlane, Overland and Nightshift (dark). Archivo and IBM Plex Mono fonts (SIL Open Font
Complete demo content (Partwell Motor Parts: eight systems with 25 subcategories, 55 parts for 11 demo vehicles with
Tested on CS-Cart 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.21.2. First release.
Do I need a separate fitment database?
No. Axle reads fitment from the standard product feature "Fits vehicles" (one variant per vehicle). You edit it in the product page or the product import like any other feature. See Usage.
My vehicle names do not split into make and model.
Name the variants Make · Model · Engine · Years (or with |). Make and model are required; variants that cannot be read are left out of the finder but still work as product features.
Is the shopper's vehicle stored on my server?
No. It is saved in the shopper's browser (local storage) only, so pages stay cacheable and no personal data is stored.
My product photos have a white background. Do they work?
Yes. Turn off Studio plinth behind product images in the Axle settings: photos are shown on a plain white card. Cut-out images (transparent background) look best with the plinth on.
The cards show no brand, position or fitment badge.
They come from product features: Brand (AX_BRAND), Position (AX_POS), Fits vehicles (AX_FITS) or Universal fit (AX_UNIVERSAL), or your own features with those names.
Can shoppers search by OE number?
Yes, when the number is in the product code, name or description (the core search). Axle also shows the OE numbers (AX_OE) as chips on the product page.
Does Axle work with the full page cache of CS-Cart 4.21?
Yes. Theme output holds only catalogue data; the saved vehicle, the badges and the bundle totals are handled in the shopper's browser, and cart and wish list counters come from the standard blocks.
What happens when the licence expires?
The storefront shows the standard Responsive look; your store keeps selling. See Configuration.
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