Mounting the system's four amplifiers used much of the same technique with an arching back plate and the similar arches. Only this time, the arches and curve of the amp rack are the same, not opposite like the sub box. A pair of Rockford Fosgate Power 500.2 stereo amps run Fanatic 6.5-inch component speakers mounted in the front and rear doors. Another pair of amps, digital Power bd 1000.1s, juice three 10-inch subs each. All the wiring for them is conspicuously routed through oval aluminum tubes that run under the amps and connect to the arches on either side.
Up front, the dash was left pretty close to stock. Removable trim panels were were pulled, sanded, primed and painted the same metallic finish as the body. The factory double-DIN spot was filled with a new Rockford Fosgate RFX9400 CD player as well as a Rosen DVD player. Extra work was put into making them look factory by constructing a new trim ring that fit tightly enough around the outer edge of the factory bezel to be painted and look like one solid piece. Connected to the DVD player is a Rosen 6.4-inch screen. It's mounted in a custom assembly that is permanently attached to the roof. Continuing the theme of the arched aluminum pieces, a long arching section of oval tube extends from the rear of the roof towards the front. It ends just before the area where the screen drops out of its flush mounted cavity.
The door panels on the truck are Bryan's final opus. Using the factory panels as a guide only, new ones were made from wood, aluminum, fiberglass, foam, abs plastic and vinyl. They start off with a thin sheet of aluminum as the back panel, then move up to wood as the U-shaped pieces that hold the tweeter at the top and the mid at the bottom. This is covered with black vinyl. The center insert is plastic with body filler and paint work to match the truck.
The crowing touches are the psuedo-speaker grills and the door handles. A pair of aluminum rods are bent in a slow arch over the center of the speakers and then appear to disappear into the center section of the door. Both the mid and the tweeter get this treatment. The door handles have the same curve and big bolts like the wheel wells, but narrow down in the center to section of aluminum tube. The entire thing is incredibly solid and amazingly lightweight.
That leaves only the truck bed. Here Bryan and Jason put six Lightning Audio SBX1500 batteries and a pair of Cascade Audio 90-amp power supplies in a custom enclosure. Hand made aluminum bus bars connect all the batteries to the system. The shape even has windows to show the voltage meters on the batteries. The whole thing is made from box steel and then covered with a tough and waterproof plastic skin. Hanging out in the bed are a pair of trick Titus mountain bikes on a rack also made by Bryan and Jason. This continues the lifestyle theme of the truck. The second Frontier will get a surfboard in the bed.
A huge hit at SEMA and then again at CES, the truck went to the Chicago International Auto Show in late January. It was featured in Nissan's own booth as part of a joint venture between Rockford Fosgate and Nissan. The first day, the truck was an overwhelming hit. So big in fact, that it had to be roped off for all the remaining days. Its next two stops are the New York International Auto Show and then off to Daytona Beach for the Spring Break Nationals.
All told Bryan figures there are about 2000 man hours and $150,000 into the trucks. If the typical work year is 2080 hours, then Bryan and Jason compressed one year of work into 10 weeks. They had help from others, but their average workday was in at 8 or 9 and home at 11 or midnight, every day for the first five weeks until SEMA and then again for the last four weeks up to CES.