Originally posted by 03on22s
I've built for SEMA. Go to
www.kicker.com and look at the company vehicles. Yep that was me and 3 other guys. Not only do I build a vehicle each year for SEMA, I get to build one each year for CES. Not to mention the 75 other vehicles a year we do. for our professional athlets, marketing partners, Circuit City, and whoever else. I'm not misconstruding anything. Yea I saw your truck it was down the way from the Tacoma and the Mega Cab me and the other installer Sean built. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know your saying "You work for a major company that pays for it." Well even though Kicker is a big company we're still on a budget. We're allowed 35k on each vehicle including the cost of the vehicle. We work our asses of to get deals and hook ups on product, you would be amazed at how many people fight you even though it's a "big" company. I wasn't trying to start shit with Gumby, hell I give him props. It's a bad ass truck. I'm just saying I don't think he paid 100k to build that truck.
And I never claimed to pay a 100k to build the truck.... but your read to deaply into what I said.. Easily 100k in mods installed and completed.... everything costs money reguarless of who spent it... DIB, Seriously insane auto concepts, myself all had a ton of time into the truck and none of us got paid what we should have for the hours of labor, the travel involved and weeks away from home. The sponsors who provided products sure they got there media coverage and they should be able to right it off.. but that's still product that retails for X amount. Something tells me in that 35k budget you and those three guys get don't cut into that budget because if your salary or hourly pay did that 35k with a vehicle would not get you any were