Back in the day, the car audio customer didn’t feel like he was getting his money’s worth unless the woofer or amplifier he bought weighed at least as much as his spare tire. Surfboard-sized amplifiers and subwoofers that required a trailer for the magnet were all the rage. An added benefit was that you only had to pay for lowering the front of your ride—the […]

Cars from all over the region (and beyond, including Boston and Canada) arrived at Spring Break Nationals and the Funkmaster Flex Custom Car & BIke Show to put their rides on display. There was everything from a JDM Lexus to the ubiquitous Scions to classics and new domestics. Low-end (yeah, there were definitely some of those, but we ain't sayin […]

Not a lot of people knew that the IASCA Finals was taking place in the hall opposite from where the show cars were. It's unfortunate that a lot of people missed the SQ cars. Some of them were as custom as the show vehicles, maybe even more so. Chris Pate's center drive Honda Civic, Mark Eldridge's NASCAR Charger and John Skeeto's Grand Na […]

A great car doesn't go out of style. And neither does a great install. Put the two together and you have an eternal classic. Contributor Adam Douglas elaborated on that when he wrote about this Bentley Arnage R back in late 2005: "When it comes to the finer things in life, you really do want to leave well enough alone. It's no surprise that th […]

In the Sound Quality competition hall there were some remarkable cars, matched on the show car side by really amazing custom rides. The two sides were very different, but not so far apart. The focus for SQ cars is great audio reproduction while a show car is really about the overall look. But the same type of high level craftsmanship is necessary to create t […]