High Tech Sound II
The Making Of A Sound Off Show Car

As you know, Toyota truck do not normally feature foot deep storage trays. So, Tim cut out the bed and made a custom steel amp pan 33x30x12, welded, seam sealed, and undercoated. 2" PVC piping runs from both sides of the bed to the amp rack to provide a protective waterproof way of running wires from different parts the vehicle to the amp rack. The left of the picture shows some behind the scenes wiring. The right side will be filled with another pan to house the chrome car jack and tire iron.

Here is a better view of the waterproof PVC piping running from the bed to the amp rack on the passenger side. You can also see the installed tire jack pan on the right.

Heavy Duty Grommet and Armour cable protect the speaker cables between the cab and the bed.

The drivers side of bed has a display showcasing Esoteric Audio's "Electric Attitude" speaker and RCA cables. There are more easy to access fuses here, along with switches to control the rack's neon lighting, along with other accent lighting. They also control the fans, amp power, SPL and SQ mode. The keypad in the center is part of a very old Alpine Security system. Tim is using the starter kill output off of it to interrupt the remote turn on of the system. You hit ARM, it shuts down the stereo until you enter a 4 digit code, then the stereo works again. These items are also trimmed in red Plexiglas and white neon

The passenger side of the bed showcases Esoteric Audio's "Electric Attitude" Wiring and blocks. They are trimmed in red Plexiglas and white neon.

Tim would not tell me how much the system in his truck cost but a good guess would place it at more than the cost of the truck itself. The truck with sound system is for sale. Give Tim a shout at hzemall@home.com if you're interested. 

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