SEMA 09

The yearly SEMA show is always a changing experience. One year you could just be an observer of the show. Or you can be a builder for the event and build a vehicle either to promote your company or build a vehicle for another company or the manufacturer itself. It changes year to year, with each year becoming more and more frustrating trying to make deadlines that are sometimes impossible. But this year, all of the above was true for your friendly AF Family.

This year we had the task of building not one, but 2 manufacturer vehicles as well as helping to build customer cars along the way. Lot’s of headaches but in the end it was definently worth it.

The first vehicle, which we’re proud to have been the ones to build this car from the ground up, was none other than the Ford Flex. We built this vehicle specifically for Ford and Falken Tire. This was a hard task for us. There were a lot of standards set for this car and we wanted to make sure we can fulfill everything possible, within budget of course. But the end product was a thing of beauty. Ford agreed as we were presented with an award for it. The award was for the overall achievement award. That includes ALL Fords and not just competing against other Flex’s. Take that you mustangs! JK!

The second car we built was the Suzuki Kizashi for Import Tuner. This was a lot of work for us. First, we had less than a month to get it done. Secondly… no parts were immediately available for it. So we had to find suspension for it, which we were able to with the help of B&G Suspension. The other hard part was getting a kit for it. We ended making our own kit for the car and it ended up coming out looking fantastic. No award for this one, but I believe with the amount of time we had and the resources available to us, it came out pretty well and I loved the overall look.

This years SEMA was enjoyable. Producing award winning vehicles in the eyes of BIG BIG companies is an honor for us and we hope to be able to continue doing what we do. This is our lifestyle and our passion, we won’t ever stop doing what we love.

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