Name: Mike Martin

Location: South Louisiana

The Ride: 2007 Panel Wagon

Exterior mods:

-Paint- Oxidized Copper over a base of custom mixed Copper and Gold pearl Plasti-Dip (It's all removable, with stock gloss black paint underneath)

-Lights- Depo headlights and fogs: Morimoto projector retrofits, Oracle ColorShift Halos, and switchbacks for blinkers. Smoked front corners. IPCW Bermuda Black tail lights.

-Wheels- 18" Ronal R50 Aero 18s (got em imported from Europe), wrapped in Mickey Thompson 225/45R18 Street Comps.

-Body- Shaved rear hatch: wiper hole, squirter, and license plate. License plate relocated to bumper. Lawn edging front lip. No-bar grille with custom aluminum sheetmetal insert. Aluminum visor with 3" flared holes. SS rear spoiler. Quick release front bumper fasteners.

-License Plate- LOWLIFE

Suspension: Airlift strut-bags on the front, and regular bags in the rear. Viair dual 444C compressors. Specialty Suspension seamless aluminum air tank. Dakota Digital pressure gauges. Manual valves.

Interior: Black carpet. Faux fur headliner. ZZP A-pillar dual gauge pod. Aluminum switch panel trim plate. A wall of speakers!

Audio :

-Head unit- Pioneer AVH-P4300DVD 7" Double DIN

-Speakers- Skar Audio 6.5" components. Selenium D250X horns outside.

-Subs- 4 Tantric Sounds HD 18"s.

-Amps- Two Skar Audio 4500s strapped 1/2 ohm. Skar Audio 85x4 for mids and highs.

-The Box- Used 9 1/2 sheets of 1" Birch, 3 layers all around. ~40 cubic feet of air space, tuned to about 20hz.

-Deadener- Alpha Damp and Damplifier Pro, between two and six layers throughout.

-Wiring- Knukonceptz RCAs and 8 gauge speaker wires. SKY High Car Audio Cable 2/0 OFC power wire... yes 2/0 wire

-Power- Four XS Power D3100 Batteries. Ohio Generators 320 Amp high output alternator. Currently building a bracket for dual alt setup.

Future Plans: Currently working on body dropping the rear end, then i get to do the front. Other than that, I'm pretty much satisfied with where i'm at with the build, just have to finish some interior work in the rear hatch.









Some detail of the Patina


Close up pic of the grille insert

 

I'd been hoping you'd enter your ride Mike, it's mega cool.

Good luck in the contest!

 

You got my vote! Absolutely amazing car!

 

outstanding, one of the best I've seen in a long time!

 

Cool ride, good luck with the votes!

 

So very cool! How many colors has this car been now Mike?

 

You know exactly how I feel about your panel!

:b ow:

 

Thanks for all the positive feedback, glad y'all like it

@Benjiwah, it's been about 9 different colors so far. I have the next color already mixed up and ready to spray, and just ordered the pearl pigments for the color after that one

 

This guys got a color for every month of the year... shoot..

 

This hhr is sick. Looks awesome.