The folks at Advanced Car Creations in Garden Grove, California, rolled up their sleeves and got to work installing audio and video inside the Explorer. They put in an Eclipse 5435 multimedia and navigation head unit in the dash to source the rest of the system. A TracVision A-5 Mobile Satellite system mounted on the roof collects DirecTV. Four Vivo 7-inch headrest monitors, and three 10-inch flip-down monitors mesmerize passengers and onlookers with visual entertainment. An Eclipse 8-disc changer in the center console and a PS2 add to the audio and video possibilities.

Driving the audio vibrations are Alphasonik components. Four PSW912 12-inch subwoofers tumble in the custom amp rack and enclosure in the rear cargo space and can handle up to 2,200 watts rms each. Good thing, too, because that's about how much they get from the four PMA 1000DA 1-channel class-D monoblock amplifiers (one per sub). Each of these crank out 2,060 watts. A 4-channel PMA 4150 class-A/B bi-polar amplifier powers the three sets of PCT6501 6-1/2-inch two-way speakers. Helping to manage the load are two PCP50LED 5.0-farad capacitors and three Optima Blue Top batteries. Xtreme Dynamat lines the entire interior of the Explorer, deadening the impact of the system's rather lively performance on the vehicle's panels. And a Viper 791XV alarm with remote start, window control, and two-way paging system secures the vehicle.

Look around the interior of the SUV even more and you'll see interior pieces painted Merzee Orange by Merzees. Hand-laid carbon fiber on the steering wheel got there courtesy of American Stitches, a look carried through to the Auto Meter carbon fiber performance monitoring gauges in the custom TXM fiberglass gauge pod in the driver's A-pillar, TXM gauge pod in the dash, and Gauge Works Mustang gauge pod on top of the dash. To make room for some of those gauges the HVAC controls were moved and replaced by a Custom TXM kit, and some of those Auto Meter gauges were placed in a TXM pod. Hugo's Custom Upholstery in Santa Ana, California, lined the interior with full alcantara suede with orange French stitching.

Jason needed a lot of help from friends to make this project happen, and he wants to thank them: Sunset Ford in Huntington Beach has been a long supporter of Jason's projects; and XMP, Paxton, Advanced Car Creations, GO-EZ, Hugo's Custom Upholstery, Merzees Paint & Body, and C&R Metal Polishing in Santa Ana (they shined the engine components) all contributed mightily to the Explorer. And who knows? Maybe they will again. As a may-be-compulsive enthusiast, Jason himself asks: "When will the madness stop?" Let's hope, not too soon.

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