The center console was made...
The center console was made of square tube steel. Several pieces were welded together. The front portion of the console holds an Alpine remote control. Following the console to the rear, it opens up to a lexan M3 RC car body. The rear deck was molded to flow with the amp rack.
Although the doors did not receive any audio components, Brown and Yato reconstructed the entire door panel. From the dash, the flow and colors continue into the doors. The bottom portion of the door features etched Plexiglas showing off an Alpine logo.
Futuristic Console and Rear Seat Area
The center console is constructed out of square tube steel. Several pieces were welded together and bolted into the vehicle using the factory mounting bolts for the rear seat belts. The front portion of the console holds an Alpine remote control that is molded in to look as if it were part of the console. Behind the remote is a cover plate wrapped in leather that conceals several buttons. They operate various audio and video functions such as power to the monitors, neon, and amplifier fans. Following the console to the rear, you will see a lexan M3 RC car body. This was also molded into the console. Brown emulated the inside of the vehicle underneath the cover. Fuses are placed according to where the different audio components reside in the vehicle. Status LEDs monitor power going into and out of the fuse so there is no guessing games when looking for a blown fuse. Six screws hold the lexan cover in place.
Alpine SWR-1240 12-inch Type-R...
Alpine SWR-1240 12-inch Type-R subs mounted to the trunk in a ported enclosure. These woofers are for SPL. A grill made of 1/8" plate steel and fiberglass protects the speakers. In the center, the brains of the system: the PXA-H900 processor.
Above and to the sides of the fuse panel are the amplifiers. From the doors, the matte silver trim (which starts at the dash) continues into the rear portion of the vehicle and expands to flow with the matte silver of the four Alpine V12 amplifiers. Here, Brown used two MRV-T707s and two MRV-F407s. The base of this section is also made from square tube steel. The impressive part of the whole structure is that it weighs less than five pounds. "I can hold the whole base up with my finger," brags Brown. To securely mount the rack, additional mounting points fabricated out of aluminum stock was attached to the vehicle with panel bonding adhesive. Each piece was taped and threaded for the amplifiers to screw into. Two fans behind each amplifier ensure that they never run at extremely high temperatures. Between the four amplifiers is an Alpine DVA-5205 Mobile DVD Player and a TME-M750A 6.5-inch monitor. Why in the world is there a monitor here? We'll get to that later...
The rear deck was built from scratch. It is molded to flow with the amplifier rack. On top are Alpine SPX 4-inch mids and tweeters on the left and right of the deck for rear fill. They are protected in the same manner as the 6-inch drivers and subwoofer up front.