Making of the AutoRox Mustang

Coming up on muscle car,

the making of the auto

rocks Mustang Lou and Jarrett race against the clock to build a ferocious street machine for Spike TV S big awards show in Las Vegas.

This week our muscle car, we're gonna do something a little bit different. We're gonna get some modern muscle in here and we're gonna fill this empty spot in our floor with what will be the Auto

Rock Mustang. And we're gonna show you exactly what it took to get that thing to Vegas.

Get us a mustang. I'm on it, man. Let's do that.

We had the baddest pony in Vegas on the street and up on stage,

the suits and Spike got us his brand new mustang GT and they said check it out. We want you to build it the way you want it.

But they had that bright idea right at the last minute. So when we went to pick up our present, we were already running way behind.

All right,

we're here. Look at all those mustangs, man.

Oh yeah.

Let me demonstrate something that would never happen unless you're on TV. JP. Can have the keys to this brand New Mustang. Thank you, sir.

Hi. Break it down for the folks. Why we consider this a muscle car? We consider this modern muscle for three reasons. V8, 2 door rear wheel drive. Come on. What more can you ask? Let's hit the road before they change their minds.

What's that power outlet? I see there power outlet is in my right foot. Let me tell you that right now.

Oh God,

my foot's cramping up.

I

feel a burnout coming on.

Ah,

Mr Santiago.

I think it's time to stretch this mustang's leg.

Now, this gt pony was pretty nasty right off the lot, but we had some big plans for it.

Hang

on

him a

always

tell him

po

in a band of style.

So it's getting the full treatment. Nitrous drop body kit gauges, race car brakes,

cat back, exhaust, 20 inch wheels and tires, touchscreen, DVD. So we can watch ourselves while we're cruising and stripping Vegas.

But first

we have to get it back to the shop.

This stretch of interstate is usually just full of cops and this time we saw them before they saw us.

Hi, Mr Mann.

Hey, check this out

and the hands right.

Who?

So everybody knows the OTA

rock Mustang is smooth as glass at 100 miles an hour.

Come on.

Let's get to cutting. The biggest problem. This car is right now is that it's stuck. You, I can't wait to cut it up.

You're on your way to becoming worthy

blue.

When we're done, this car will scare women and Children.

A bunch of these stock parts had to go to make room for some really cool improvement.

I have

bonked my head. I'm getting my bandana on no

band down

time.

This is like Lou superpower putting on his bandanna gives him strength.

Whoa, he

ha

ha.

Yes, sir.

First, the body, I think it's just the way it is. It's, it's hooked to the front, it's hooked to something

and a whole pant load. A little fascinating.

Zach is V

here comes the other.

I just realized where you were. So I'll stand here and uh

watch you work. Fancy that.

Yeah,

that's never happened before.

Take it for rev,

you pulling the spoiler deck lid, tail fin thingy off. Might as well. All right then.

Uh

oh,

what

that

double sided tape is where it's at. It is some strong stuff.

Yeah. Now,

oh boy,

we got all over our mustang and tore it up from every direction.

Pony Power.

The rocks mustang only had 43 miles on it when it came to our door.

Oh,

a scar.

So these aren't old parts coming off of this car.

Yeah. Now they're just new parts that are gonna get better.

Come on for there,

you can do it.

I'm taking my operation over to the other side. Nobody cares about what you're doing. Good.

That means I can work. Why are you being so mean to me because I'm a

hole

CD prayer for sale.

Glad that we've got all these parts off. We gotta replace it with some serious stuff. We're talking lower suspension, big wheels, big brakes, new exhaust. It's just gonna be nasty. What else do we have for this thing? Uh CDT V DVD player, Nitrous gauges body kit that say is gonna look like a damn race car when it hits the streets And with one of us driving,

it's totally gonna be a chick magnet

and that is just the beginning. Lou and Jared give the auto

Rocks Mustang a whole new look. Next on muscle car.

Bring on the paint.

We decided to go with a 3d carbon body kit for one simple reason. It's just plain flat out nasty, but

it's your thing.

And you guys with modern muscle cars are going to have to know how to paint this stuff. And ppgs got the method

and to explain that we got Brian from PPG here with us. This guy is a Mac daddy of paint. So I'm gonna let him take over. The first step is to get this mold release agent cleaned off the urethane bumper.

I gotta tell you're probably the best scrubber I have seen.

Yeah,

PPG has got this prep kit. It's one touch. It really cleans the body panels

on

wax

on

wax

off.

Senate treats him with an adhesion promoter. So you know, the paint's gonna stick

this is the second step in that process. We're applying the antis

static wipe,

uh killing the static electricity and getting our first step of adhesion.

I'm trying to get all the adhesive off of this thing. There's a piece of packing tape going across it and it'll show through the paint if I don't get it all off

and remember we don't have much time. So while we're working on the body, who's gonna drop the pony down on the ground,

I'm gonna replace these stock springs with these I box sport line springs. These are cool because they're progressive. So the more they work the stiffer they get

like my.

And when you're popping off these old springs, make sure you use a spring compressor because if that baby comes loose, there it goes. You're gonna be needing some grill work,

do

they so righteous? Oh, look at that.

I gotta get my glove on

and don't wanna hurt my hand.

I,

but we were busting our butts in the shop. The front office was busting their butts trying to get us some parts.

Thank you for calling.

Yes. Good morning.

Is that exhaust? What do you mean? Where is it exhaust if you wanted it yesterday? You were told to

yesterday, I got it up on the list. The mustang

is

on

the

list.

Blimey. Did you see the fangs on that

back in the paint booth? The body kit is clean, prepped and all set to go So we blow some primer on it,

mask it off,

hit it with color

and we're ready to get this mustang. Looking me

notice when I paint metallics, I go on a sweeping motion.

This keeps the metallic from making uh like tiger stripes. It's called modeling.

What's great about a job like this is that you can start on a Friday night paint. This thing wait 16 hours for the clear coat to dry, throw it on your car and be driving it Saturday night. Dude, the P magnet is gonna be right.

It is.

I got mad painting skills, right? Yes, you do.

They've got it looking good. Now it's time to give this brand new Mustang some extra muscle. And when Lou and Jared take it out for a little shakedown cruise, they meet with an unexpected challenge.

Hey guys, welcome back to the shop.

We're trying to get this Mustang out to Vegas. So I'm throwing on some flow masters to get this thing sounded as good as it looks. I'm gonna put on some upper and lower trailing arms and a pan art bar from Edelbrock.

Oh, I got it all by myself. Get it. Yes. Yours. So, manly,

this Edelbrock Panna

Bar is really cool because it's adjustable. So it allows you to dial in your suspension.

Call the man.

Long way,

I'm about the best muffler installer in America. I can do it with it on my shoulder.

That saying from

this thing is gonna sound so bad.

All deep and throaty

done,

brand new parts. What we don't care. We're muscle car.

I don't know why I'm heading but it feels good. Get the camera out of my face, man.

Oh, she had some pressure on her.

We're cutting those out

because the stock emergency brake cable ran through them.

It's gonna be like

the ultimate mustang man.

I box springs. This is the way to go. It's gonna give us a two inch drop, comes with snubs that are softer than the stock ones. Give you that nice ride. Give me the spring.

I think that's how they go.

How to go.

Welcome to the cockpit of our Mustang. We got this a pillar pod filled with auto meter gauges. We got a fuel pressure. So we know this thing safe when we're pouring the coals to it, nitrous pressure. So we're not looking in the trunk to check how full our bottle is. And we got an accelerometer tells you 0 to 60 times, 60 to 0 horsepower, quarter mile times, you name it. Plus we got a DVD player in this thing from Kenwood touch screen.

The best thing for watching our favorite show.

Stop.

Something that will really help you guys out, just leave little tails instead of peeling the backing all the way up this tape. That way you can get the part positioned right where you want it, then peel the tape off to stick it

All right. Don't think we forgot about under the hood of this thing. We woke up our engine compartment with this cold air kit from a em and keeps air flow to the throttle body unobstructed, making more power.

And for just in case we've got a 10 pound insurance policy.

Never know when you might get into a little street skirmish. Yeah, it's for them wise guys out on the street. Let me show you how this thing works. These two C

no, its open up one dumps fuel into the throttle body, the other dumps. Nitrous making this thing scream out on the street.

Bear came through in a pinch with these massive 15 inch directional rotors and these six piston calipers, this thing will stop on a dime. Give you nine cent change back. Come on. What more could you ask for?

We chose these 20 inch bfgs for this reason right here, this little rubber strip. It's a rim guard. This wave of curb it. Hopefully it'll save your wheels.

Come on,

get the car on the road. We're gonna put the final shine on this baby in Vegas,

but we just can't resist a little test drive first. Let's hit the road because I'm old scoop.

Oh,

was wrong.

God, this thing sounds good. Let's watch some TV.

We promised auto

rocks a hot mustang. So we're just making sure we have one think of it as a final inspection before we deliver it

first. Stop, showed it off to our buddy PJ back at the dealership and anyone who wanted to buy a car that day was just out of luck because all the salesmen were with us. All right. JP. What do you think, man?

We left you a week ago.

It's hard to believe that you did all this in a week

ready for a nitro hit.

All right.

And that was 80.

Unbelievable.

So we dropped off PJ and started for home. Taking it easy. Minding our own business.

We can make it if we try. Just the two of us lou and I,

and then this dork

nozzle shows up.

You guys wanna run him,

ha,

what

we can't have this. It's time to show this tool who he's messing with.

We're out shaking down the stand and all of a sudden this guy shows up,

he should have known who he was messing with. You guys wanna run him,

man

day on the highway. We're armed in danger,

but he's gonna be no match for the nitro,

man. This thing is so bad. You know, we had to get it out on the street before we handed it over and with a magnet this big, you gotta take it out, show it off so you can see what sticks to it.

That's awesome.

Mr Santiago.

It's time

now those late nights in our shop are starting to pay off.

You

do

that?

No, no, no, no.

Oh,

goodness gracious.

Yeah. Now,

I'm sorry, we have a few things to work on before we let it go. But tonight the streets belong to us.

Oh, no,

no.

20

we got the car, we got the night

and we got the Popo.

Here is the ultimate man party,

the man, the man, the man, the man. There it

is. All the men lined up,

sir. I've got a squeak in my wheels. Can you help me?

Dang fellas. I'd like to get one of the bikes.

All right, we'll get him. Hang on.

We need to come down. Yeah, we do

for real. Look, here's Elvis. What the hell you doing?

Everything works as advertised and the evening has just begun,

but we still have some work to do and Vegas is just hours away,

put on the last few pieces in the parking lot right next to the stage and then we rolled it up there right in front of a national TV audience.

The Mustang belongs to Spike. So we had to leave it in BA.

We were in the car with the flow masters going and we could still hear,

you could say they were impressed.

But if you're gonna take one last ride in a rig like this, what a way to go.