[wind whistling]
I'm Ryan Friedlinghaus
CEO of the world famous West Coast Customs.
What started as a $5000 loan from my grandfather became this.
The most creative and innovative custom car shop on the planet.
This is my world
and this is how it's done.
[theme song...]
♪ Yeah! Tattoos and tailpipes and bad to the bone ♪
♪ We're the West Coast wizards of leather and chrome ♪
♪ We're the kings ♪
♪ The kings of custom ♪
♪ West Coast Customs ♪
[Ryan Friedlinghaus] From rendering to reality,
you'll see it all.
Inside West Coast Customs.
[rock music...]
[Ryan] Alienware is a company that's reached out to us
to build them an H1 Hummer.
They're a big part of Dell computers.
They bought this brand called Alienware
which is a gaming company.
Which is heavily into computers and gaming.
So Rory found a company called Predator Hummer
which is actually the company that converts these H1 Hummers
into the Duramax rebuilt Hummer.
-[Ryan] What's up Ryan? -What's up? How you doing?
-Good man. -Good to see you.
-I'm Alex. -Alex, Ryan. How you doing?
-Josh. -Josh, nice to meet you man.
-So, this is it. -This is it!
-This is the new truck for you. -Nice.
-[Ryan] It's gonna work perfect I think. -[Alex] Oh yeah.
So, what we got here, Duramax engine.
-See how far back it sits here? -Right.
Helps out with the center of gravity.
You got your Allison transmission.
Allison transmission's a six speed train.
That's why we're getting over 20 miles per hour on the highway.
Selectable two-wheel drive four-wheel drive
transfer case behind that.
-Wow -So when you're cruising down the highway
you're in two-wheel drive.
You know, you wanna do some donuts or whatever.
Just crank the wheel punch it, dude.
-You're just all over the place. -Wow.
You hit snow, ice, whatever
drop in at four wheel drive, you're set.
We've got our upgraded Predator cooling system right here.
So, we build that aluminum radiator intercooler
all that stuff.
Rated for actually keeping the engine running
right at 200 degrees day in, day out
hundred miles an hour, anywhere you go.
Putting out 550 horsepower which equates to
about 1100 foot pounds of torque.
Zero to 60 right in the five and a half second range.
-[laughs] Yeah. -And everybody gets out of your way.
-Yeah. -For sure they do.
[Ryan] So, for us this is a perfect truck to start with.
We'll be able to start this build with something that's great
and do what we do to it.
I got the laptop.
[Ryan] Dell and Alienware came to us and said they wanna build
a military style Hummer.
The Hummer was their idea.
They loved the old school square body
you know, H1 Hummers. So, they wanted to build one of those
a little bit modern so it could be driven you know, back and forth to events.
But also have the theme of the Alienware brand
and have a bunch of gaming stations set up on it.
Where they can stroll up to an event,
set it up within 30 minutes and be ready to rock and roll.
The brand is based on performance.
In any category in being the best in what we do.
Bold and elegant designs.
And making a statement with your products.
These aren't the type of desktops that you're gonna put underneath the desk.
These are the types you're gonna brag to your friends about.
And so the idea was to potentially take an H1 Hummer
and like Pierce said, make it even more powerful.
So yeah we were looking at that one.
We like the military spec piece a lot.
There's a few of them that have these kind of
blast deflectors on them.
You can see here these lines which are kind of similar to
the vents that we've got on top of that which we really like.
We got eight gaming stations that we wanna fit into the Hummer.
Four laptops, four desktops, two of those big bad boys
and then two of the Aurora, which is the smaller version of that.
Okay.
We put the towers right here,
the screen here, keyboard here
We could put a seat in the middle.
[Tom Webster] The less movement of hardware
we can have with each setup the better.
[Ryan] That's what I was thinking, that these ones back here should stay.
Yeah, no problem making as many permanent fixtures as we can.
Right and then the ones that have to come out come out.
'Cause I think unplugging all that
and having all that stuff move out every single time.
Something's gonna go wrong.
Screens are here.
We make a-- off the front of the screens
it has a table we put right at that height.
A guy in a wheelchair rolls up, even kids.
Yeah.
It's a big truck, but it has
a big, giant motor transmission wheels, all.
There's no space in it.
Stairs off the back and then, I think
Jeff was saying maybe a back rest.
We have to have backrest so we don't fall off.
[Chiara Adin] We want it to be the coolest Hummer out there.
I mean, it's gotta roll down the road and just be killer.
I mean, Alienware systems are the most powerful, the best.
They're crazy how powerful they are. This Hummer's gotta match that, so.
We challenge people with tough timelines.
But, we come to the best and we expect they'll deliver.
We picked West Coast Customs because we believe
they're gonna be a real good fit for the Alienware brand.
As Alienware represents the best in breed
and the best class performance.
We think West Coast'll be
the guys out there that will represent it the best
and find the most unique way to integrate our products into
a vehicle tour that will be used for years.
[Ryan] To make the ultimate gaming vehicle
we're gonna start with one badass machine.
A Hummer H1 that's been souped up by Predator.
Starting at the front we're gonna modify
all the existing tubing to fit their Aurora gaming system.
Along with three monitors which
will all be wheelchair accessible.
On the top, we're gonna build a custom roof rack.
So, they can haul all their extra gear.
Moving to the back, we're gonna build a station
hold four gaming laptops along with monitors raised up high
so the audience could check out the intense gaming action.
Inside the vehicle, we're gonna remove the back seats
for two Area 51 gaming stations.
And take out the front passenger seat
and put in another Aurora machine.
And not to forget the driver.
We're gonna add a sweet sound system for them.
The final touches we're gonna be creating a blue glow
throughout the Hummer to give it that Alienware effect.
And then we'll wrap it all in matte black
with the Alienware hieroglyphics ghosted in.
[rock music]
We're gonna really sit down
to put together a really good game plan.
Make sure the guys have the stuff that they need.
Make sure they know which direction to go into.
It's not a very complex build.
There's a bunch of features to it.
But I mean, it's gonna be pretty straightforward.
Hopefully these guys can knock this thing out on time and early.
Ahead of schedule this time so we can do our testing we need to.
It's definitely an awesome brand to work with
and launching this thing.
They're gonna launch the thing at Comic-con
which is a big event for the gamers and it's here locally.
It'll be fun to take that thing out
and get everybody's response out of it.
[rock music...]
[Ryan] I just wanna put as much as this Alienware brand
into the truck where it looks right. You know what I mean?
[Alex Anderson] These TV monitors are gonna have to come out
for when the thing's driving 'cause you can't have these big monitors--
[Ryan] In your way? Yeah
[Ryan] And then this tent, I think we should find somebody
that can make it all. So, we don't have to [beep] with it
and have it printed and we don't even have to worry about it.
So we can focus on this stuff.
One of the problems that can be is the electronics.
There's a ton of electronics. Everything's gotta work together.
Darren's very new still with us and with the company
and this is a large weight to put on his shoulders.
So, I'm gonna make sure that Chad steps in on this one.
Since there isn't a lot of wood fabrication on this
but Chad is very familiar with wiring and computers
and all that stuff.
I'm gonna make him work side by side with Darren on this one.
So we can make sure we got all our T's crossed
and don't have issues.
We'll put together the six P's on it,
which is Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
I think if we can live by those rules maybe we'll be able to fix
a lot of problems we have in the shop.
I'll start with this job and we'll see what happens.
-Did you do your six P's today? -I can't remember what they were.
So get them printed and I'll look at them everyday.
We got 31 days on this build, which is a little bit over a month.
It's a little bit more time than what we usually get
on some of these builds. I mean there's been some crazy deadlines.
To me, this is still a crazy deadline. I think this is probably a three month job
that we gotta get done in a month.
So, the guys'll have to work double time
and really get, you know, get ahead of this build.
So, we don't fall behind at the end of it.
So I think next step is getting everything pulled off.
Get this rack pulled off, get everything pulled off
so we can look at it.
[rock music]
So, what we're gonna do now is build a mount here
that has the computer kinda floating.
And what I'll do in the center now
is we're gonna build a box that houses all the--
basically all the electronics, everything
as far as running all the computers and the monitors.
And then, to try and give it a somewhat of a cool look
we're going to build what looks like two waves going to the--
passing on the driver's side
and we'll put their branding in there and all that.
But, what they actually will do is be a part of the metal box
and they'll come out and they'll come up and they'll hold the monitor up
as high as we can get it to the roof.
[rock music...]
Instead of getting templates and cutting out cardboard
and trying stuff I think I'm just gonna go to the computer
draw the basic bottom dimensions that I want
and I'll just figure out what I want from there.
All right I'm gonna draw the parts now I'm gonna draw a few of the lines
which'll give me my basic dimensions where everything's gotta sit.
And then from there I'll start filling in lines
to get the shape I want.
The program I'm using is called Graphite. I like it because it's a lot easier
than most of the programs.
I just click lines and makes it a lot faster ***
than having to put in all the measurements
to tell the lines where to go.
[instrumental music]
We're actually gonna go with this one. It drops down
and then we're gonna go take it upstairs
and add a couple of their branding in here
with the alien heads on it.
We wanna put their branding here
-Okay. -like couple of alien heads.
And then maybe we put two small ones up there.
[Boozer] That looks good.
Go up just a little.
I see 12. Just take it up a little more.
I'd rather be able to be seen than hidden.
So, I just came from Jeff's office.
We got all the final drawings on here.
So, I'm gonna load 'em into the computer right now
and then we'll start running them.
Basically, this is a Hydra-jet
which is a high pressure water cutting machine.
It uses about fifty to sixty thousand PSI
of water and abrasive to cut through
basically, any type of material you want.
This build mostly as far as I'm concerned
most of it's gonna be cut down here.
Basically here's one of the drawings that we did upstairs.
And we're getting ready to run it out on the Hydra-jet.
And I actually I like this machine a lot
'cause it makes my life a lot easier.
[rock music...]
The Hydrajet is actually a useful machine
but it is kinda expensive.
It costs about a $ 500,000.
[rock music...]
[Boozer] These two pieces'll be in here
fixed together and lighted so you can see the branding.
There'll be a box in the middle here that holds all the electric stuff.
Electronics, routers and all that.
And then, there's another piece I gotta put across here
that'll hold these two pieces together.
And on each side on the passenger and driver's side
the monitors will just go in and click in here.
I know that when we looked it up on the computer I didn't like it
and I'm probably gonna say that
I hate it more seeing it in person.
-So, you want tubes. -Tubes is what I envisioned. Tubes.
[Ryan] To me design wise, I mean he should be able to see that
that just-- it doesn't look right.
I mean, it looks like a big t-shirt in there, or I don't know what.
The frustrating part of it is, it's a waste of money on materials,
it's a waste of his time
and now we've just wasted two to three days
on something that we're just gonna scrap.
Which sucks because
we're gonna need those two to three days
later on in this build and he's like
"Oh, don't stress. We've got 27 days left."
Oh yeah, right.
In 20 days we'll see how he's feeling, in 20 days.
It's gonna be a last minute thing
and again, these types of builds
I hate them coming to the last minute to try to figure things out.
Because these vehicles gotta go on the road
and they have to be tested they have to be, you know
be gone through 110 times.
And these guys, for some reason they just don't comprehend that.
[instrumental music]
That's it. Four laptops, four desktops.
Turn it all on, plug it all in
make sure it's all up and running.
-All right. -You got games we can play with it?
There should be some games built in that we'll be able to test out with.
-All right. -All right? Good luck.
All right, let's get it all figured out, wired
so we don't have the problem we had on the last build.
Okay.
But yeah, let's get going on it.
-Let's go. -All right man.
I'm working on the Alienware Hummer
and basically we gotta make the front of it
accessible for wheel chairs and stuff.
So, I've got a good friend, John Box coming by who's in a chair
and he's gonna give me some pointers on what I need
for different sizes and stuff like that.
So, this is what we're working with. We're basically trying to accomplish
this in the front.
-[John Box] All right. -So what we need to kinda figure out is
what we should do with the front
as far as wheelchairs being accessible to it.
You might have to be concerned about height.
So, if you've got the ability to change
the height of the keyboard platform
maybe your line of sight for the monitor.
The other thing is
the length of the wheelchair and the access.
So, I mean like different people have different leg lengths.
I mean, if their legs are out far
you're gonna need clearance for that.
-Okay. -So...
Boozer and I are really good friends.
He's asked me to come over and help out.
I'm appointed by the President of the United States
to US access ports.
So I have a little bit of knowledge about disabled needs.
They're working on a great project here.
I'm doing my best to help them
make that accessible to various disabilities.
What's on my mind now
what you said about opening this up.
There'll be plenty of room with you sitting right where you're at.
I think if make it where the keyboard is adjustable
let's say three or four inches below your point
and four or five inches above your point
we should be able to cover everybody.
Basically, we kinda came up with all our ideas
we'll lead our stuff there and move in. And we'll make the keyboard adjustable
and that'll wrap it all up.
Everything he gave me made a big difference.
I didn't think about a few of the things
he brought up about the height and the way the legs fit
in different chairs and stuff like that.
So, it makes a big difference on what I'm gonna do now
versus what I was gonna do yesterday.
[instrumental music...]
[Ryan] Okay, okay Ishmael.
So, this is the Hummer.
Real simple for you.
That's why I haven't bothered you on this build.
Just gotta do the two front seats.
So, I think we do their logo, the Alienware logo
in the headrest not on this, probably up here.
So, they can see it from the window.
In some thread like this like a teal.
-Yeah, like a teal color. -Okay, that's not teal.
-What is it? -I don't know you're colorblind
so you don't know what color it is really.
-Yeah, but this is teal. -Which one?
Yeah, that'll work.
I'm gonna replace all the leather.
It's gonna remain black but no more red.
It's gonna be teal, like a kind of blue.
This is a center piece for the seat the foam that I'm gonna use
the lines that I have to sow.
So, all I have to do is, put some glue. Little bit of glue.
This is a little trick I use.
When I don't have thread that is thick enough
like the one we wanna use in this case
I just double thread it.
It's looking beautifully simple, nice.
I've also put some glue in the center
so I can glue it down.
It's gonna be tight and firm.
[Ryan] The biggest issue again that's gonna
come down on this build is the wiring.
And all the stuff to be tested and make sure it all works.
It seems like I always sound like I'm repeating myself
but at the same time it's the truth.
'Cause that's really...
On these builds that we do for, whether they're a Dell computer
or they're Virgin or whatever they are.
When they consist of computers and gaming
everything's gotta work when they show up to an event.
They can't have any issues.
[Ryan] This is a lot of wiring.
How many days do you think you need?
For work? Maybe five.
Five days. Starting when?
The guys really really need to get their [beep] together.
And this is Chad and Darren because they're gonna be working on this
and I hope they get it done. Darren's always so laid back.
"Oh, I got five days. I'll give this time."
He won't be done in ten days. For sure. 100 percent.
I bet it $1000 he won't be.
And Chad, you know, both of them for some reason
they really play this whole thing like it's easy,
don't worry about it, really laid back.
And for a client like this we really can't have any issues.
So, I hope that they take this they think about it for a little bit
figure it out today and then tomorrow they really start wiring this truck.
Chad and Darren both have got their heads on chopping blocks.
Because I'm getting a little irritated
with the whole, "Oh we have plenty of time."
Ryan, although we have, what two and a half, three weeks,
Ryan's convinced that we're not gonna make it.
He's pretty cynical like that. Specially on this build.
You know, a part, me and Darren
at least I feel I'm not worried about it.
But what worries me is on Boozer's end.
Boozers just taken a lot upon himself
to figure out how everything's gonna be.
He's actually taken some problems
that are my job, or Darren's job.
So hopefully as far as he's planning, it's gonna work out.
[rock music...]
See this is what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna place this right here
but the plexiglass is gonna be behind it behind the metal.
-So, when I put the LEDs, the eyes-- -light up?
All I gotta do is ask Chad for some LEDs.
Blue LEDs, so...
and actually start working on the seats.
Now, I've run out of excuses.
[rock music...]
[Ish] It's getting there.
Little by little.
I'm gonna put the thing together with the rest of the seat.
When I'm done I'm gonna start running the wires
for installing the LEDs.
It's alive!***
-Booze -Yeah?
We need to have a meeting.
-All right. -I'm freaking out a little.
I just keep looking at that clock.
I come out here and my chest starts hurting
more and more and more.
And nobody's working on the truck.
We're actually working behind the scenes right now.
-We're actually-- -Who's where? Who's we're?
Me and me. No.
See, that's what I'm worried about. I just wanted to do
a quick little meeting on
what's left what needs to be done
before this can be done and all that.
I don't want it to be last minute, "Oh my god
we gotta Linex this and he can't put this in
so this gets Linexed and that's gonna hold us up."
All those things that I think we're still forgetting.
Definitely, everybody's still
"Hey, we have plenty of time. We're good."
But 16 days isn't enough time, I don't think.
There's a lot of work that's still left.
I swear to God if I say all that [beep]
you don't write it down, Rory.
So, it's right there, door jams.
All right. I'm just saying I just wanna make sure
we get this little hit list, put it on the car
and just make sure we stay on top of it really.
Hey, what the [beep] language did you write [beep] in.
[instrumental music]
That roof rack looks too big. I'm sorry.
It looks great.
Yeah, the tubing work you did is great.
But, it doesn't match any of the other tubing on the truck.
I didn't go off the rendering.
I think the (unclear) [beep]
-Want me to go get the rendering? -I don't care if you get it or not.
You should know as a fabricator--
Those tubes are standard industry [beep]
Hold on, hold on. You're the lead on this build.
And if you look at this build and you know
that it's supposed to be military, off road
like mean feeling like tough wouldn't you match the [beep].
I mean everything else is big. That's little.
It looks like mice play school first group act.
These days are ticking ticking, ticking away.
And things aren't getting done.
[rock music]
So, I'm about to go talk to the guys about the six P's.
We talked about in the beginning of this build
was Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Obviously from the beginning to the build, to now
we had to do things two and three different times.
So, I figured I'm gonna make a little list
gonna post it up in a couple of spots around the build.
Just so the guys can remember the six P's.
[Ryan] I made something for you.
-A certificate? -A certificate for you.
-[Rory] Six P's. -The six P's.
Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
[Ryan] I mean the six P's are really serious.
Because I think if we did proper planning
we would definitely prevent piss poor performance.
Not really on you because you've been doing a great job.
But, in people like Darren and Boozer and other people
that have to do things two and three times.
The hardest part we'll have, is making sure that--
I mean, it's a hummer so, it's an awkward vehicle.
We don't want no wires to snag, we don't want anything, you know
any kind of debris catching in wires, ripping the wires out.
So, we have to make sure they're tucked in really good and hidden really well.
My main concern is when Boozer can finish up
welding up all these poles.
There are all these structures and whatnot because
I've not yet powder-coated, you know
hopefully that's not last minute.
[Ryan] Where is Boozer today?
-He ain't coming in today. -Why?
He's in like Vegas again or something.
-Get outta here. -[Chad] Having a vacation.
He's not coming in till Monday evening. He's not on [beep] vacation.
Stop saying that.
-[Boozer] Hello. -Seriously?
-Hey, what's up? -You seriously aren't coming today?
And you seriously went and did that car?
-Say it again. -[laughing]
I didn't say I did.***
My phone is messing up.
I'm just letting you know Chad and Darren--
Chad and Darren are blaming everything on you again.
[beep] not kidding.
[beep] not getting done because you gotta come here.
-You're not here to finish. -Listen to him, dude [beep].
You're taking a vacation until Tuesday, you know.
Yeah, well... I don't know what to say.
Me and Chad went over it. Chad's got a lot to do.
So he can keep going already.
So, if he's saying that-- I don't get why.
He didn't talk like-- he's supposed to be running all the wires
through the whole truck right now.
Seriously. So, I don't get why, why when I'm old enough...
Yeah he's just laid back, you know.
He doesn't think I'll fire him if he doesn't get it done.
Dude, I don't know. All right, I'll be there tomorrow.
-All right, bye. -Later.
I love how you talk [beep].
It's just getting him fired up dude.
Get you fired up.
[Chad] How did I talk [beep] right now.
You didn't. I didn't say you talk [beep]
You're just doing that to fire him up?
-To get everybody fired up. -That's [beep] up.
Shut up and work.
'Cause I know you're gonna leave at 5:59, so let's--
Can't leave at 5:45 because I come here.
Add it up, smoke breaks that.
Usually that's eight.
At eight?
Maybe four thirty?
Bye.
[rock music]
[Ryan] The Alienware people need some storage
for their computers and I need some inspiration for this build.
I can't have them putting these things
in normal computer cases.
This truck needs to have a badass military look.
So, Ryan from Predator offered to take me down to
Camp Pendleton and meet the guys from MARSOC.
Hopefully they'll be able to hook me up
with some ideas for this build.
-Hey Bill. -Oh hey. What's going on?
-How you doing? -Good, how are you?
-Good, good-- -(unclear) boxes are custom?
Hey Ryan, my good friend Bill.
-Hello. -Good to meet you.
-Megan -This is my wife Megan.
How are you? Nice to meet you.
We need to come borrow this shop.
No problem.
Really cool.
-Definitely. -Those frames are sick.
We actually do all kinds of work here.
So, right now we're doing a water pump
on this one.
[Ryan] So, this pile of parts is for that ATV?
Exactly. We'll rebuild it and...
That pile of parts I'm not sure.
That pile of parts are just extra parts.
We have lots at the shop too.
[Bill] Right, it happens. It's kinda your spares.
A good mechanic always has spare parts.
-That's what they always say. -Right.
If you think this is something, you really need to see
-what our guys are doing. -[Ryan] I want to.
-All right, let's do it. -All right, let's go.
What is that? Am I supposed to be scared?
No you're not supposed to be scared.
This is what we have to wear where we're going.
So, I have a kit for everyone.
Ryan, Megan and Ryan.
[Ryan] Jump into the Humvee.
I'll go in front just so I don't get sick.
[Bill] Make sure all personal items are tied down.
[rock music]
[Ryan] Man, it's a beautiful day.
-[Ryan Wilson] Wow. -[Bill] Yeah.
[Ryan] What are we doing here?
-[Bill] The guys should be here somewhere.
[Ryan] Are they on a tactical mission?
They are they're out doing some training.
They should come through here.
[rock music]
-[Ryan] Pretty sweet. -[Josh] What's going on man?
-So Josh, who are you guys? -We're MARSOC.
We're the Marine Special Operations Command.
We're actually United States Marine Corps Forces
but we work for United States Special Operations Command.
So, Ryan brought me out here to get some inspiration
for this build we're doing.
We're building a Hummer for Alienware computers.
And it's got a military feel to it.
And there's some pieces we need.
We need some boxes that we can transport
a lot of these computers in.
Just to give it this whole military feel for this build.
These vehicles are definitely our lifeline.
On deployment we're living and working out of them day in and day out.
So, we've gotta cram everything we've got into them.
We can definitely show you some stuff.
How we kinda manage what we've got.
Yeah, get some ideas and just so I can
take it back to the shop and build this Hummer.
Yeah, absolutely. Let's take a look at the vehicle.
[Josh] So, Ryan, this is MARSOC's variant of the Humvee.
This is United States Special Operations Command GMV.
Obviously it's got more machine guns on it.
And like we talked about, we got a lot of guys
with a lot of gear doing a lot of operations.
So, we gotta manage space the best we can.
Maybe something like this would work for you?
This is a box that we kinda came up with
that we throw a lot of our equipment in.
Just again to help us manage space.
So Ryan, if you take a look in here
we've obviously got racks for all the ammunition
for the machine gun systems up top.
We got communication systems.
-If you see the space, it's pretty tight. -Yeah.
I mean obviously you got four, five, six guys at a time in here.
Fully loaded with kit you know out conducting operations
for long periods of times. So, space is a premium.
Hopefully you got to see everything you came to take a look at.
Yeah, I got a good vibe now.
-Great. -Definitely.
So, I guess the next time I don't know if you guys got any time
but you guys could maybe come to Comic Con
to see this Humvee when we unveil our Humvee?
-The ultimate gamer one? -That'd be an awesome opportunity.
We may not be around, we'll try if you want.
-Yeah, see if you guys can come out. -Definitely.
It'll be cool. Ryan you gotta get me
-some of these boxes now. -Yeah, cool.
-We good? -I'll come through.
Thank you man. -Appreciate it.
-Nice meeting you. -You too.
-Thanks Bill. -All right, nice meeting you.
We're taking this one home though, okay?
Hopefully Ryan saw some great inspiration on our vehicle.
And he invited us down to Comic Con
and we're really looking forward to it, training permitting.
[Ryan] So, today was a pretty good day.
Ryan brought me down to Camp Pendleton.
I got to meet the official MARSOC guys.
I got to see some of the boxes that they use in these trucks.
I think-- hopefully Ryan can get me a couple of those
and we can use them for the Alienware build.
But ultimately I can get back now to the shop
get this truck built and hopefully
get it to Comic Con on time.
[rock music]
[Ryan] We have less than four days to get this Alienware build done.
We're definitely in the same position I feel like we're always in.
It's always like the guys are pointing their fingers at,
"I gotta wait for this guy to get this done
and this guy to get this done before I can do my job."
And realistically if they would just plan out their time
and that goes back to the six P's that I said
Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Right now, we're definitely at "piss poor performance".
Because none of the guys are working together.
There's a lot that can still be done
while this guy's doing this.
And "Oh, let me do this while he's doing this.
And once that's happened." But they don't think like that.
This is the time and this is the build
that's really gonna, in my head
make us make some changes in this shop.
I mean, these guys have had many, many different chances
and now it's time to say, "Okay, you know what, this is it."
[instrumental music]
My goal today, this morning I'm gonna turn on the generator
and then I gotta test the ethernet connection
for each little port I made.
[Chad] That's a lot better than I thought.
Right now, I have only two that aren't working.
I got four more back here that I haven't put on the tips yet.
These guys right here.
We're all kinda holding each other up.
I just gotta make sure this is working
and then Joe has to dress up the whole generator.
So, hopefully this won't take too long.
Today, I'm actually here to wrap the Hummer that's behind us here.
We're gonna go from a white Hummer
to a matte black Hummer.
It's gonna be hard, time consuming.
But, it'll look great when we're done.
[instrumental music]
[Darren] As far as time wise, I feel good
as long as we get the parts today.
We're still waiting for the neon lights.
So, neon lights were supposed to be here today
and the truck has to be done tomorrow.
One of the things we're battling today is the humidity.
We're having monsoon kinda weather.
So, it's hot. It's 100 percent humidity.
And this is water based paint.
Meaning, we're spraying water with water.
So, it's gonna take a little longer to dry.
So, we've got some curing issues there.
And then we add a little bit more cure time to it.
Check if (unclear) what we're supposed to do.
And at the end of the day we're gonna spray her.
Then we're done.
[instrumental music...]
[Chivo] One coat of paint, you can't see the true color until it dries.
We've got a little bit dirt in here but the water's still wet.
When you see that bright blue coming out
we can flip it back.
Hey Chad!
Chad. I've got your neon lights.
That's two boxes. Don't break 'em.
-All right cool. -Finally set.
And will they get done today?
All wheel wells top lights as well?
[Josh Daley] The whole wrap itself is going pretty well.
I'm having a little bit of lifting issues
in the rough corners right here, which is sometimes expected.
The way I put it down though and kinda
took some steps to eliminate the lifting
it shouldn't be doing it and it still is.
So, I called out the representative for
the manufacturing material.
He's gone over a couple of things.
Suggested what he thinks might be wrong
and what we're gonna try to do to resolve the issue.
The first thing we'll try is, we'll take a hypodermic needle
and a little bit of super glue.
And we're gonna try injecting the super glue
into the troubled areas.
'Cause it's not really major what we're having problems.
If we inject the glue into the popping areas
and it doesn't stay down
and it lifts, within just a few minutes like it is right now.
Obviously it's not gonna work and we'll just have to start
all over on those areas.
[instrumental music...]
So it's four hours left on the clock.
Only three guys here right now working on the Hummer.
It looks very very sad.
Definitely a big concern is, if it's not ready by tomorrow
with Chad and Boozer both having to go away this weekend
I don't know what'll happen.
So, by tomorrow I'm gonna make a decision of,
they're either gonna stay and get this thing done for me
so we don't look bad to these people
or they're gonna leave and not come back to a job.
So, we'll see what happens.
So, my deadline for the Alienware has now come and gone.
I gave the guys a couple days of fluff
just because I know that this always happens.
We actually don't look that bad.
I went over it this morning
with some of the guys, to see what's left and what isn't.
Chad and couple of guys stayed really really late last night
to get everything working, which was good.
We got a couple of pieces out of powder coating. That should be done this afternoon.
We're taking a couple other pieces off
that are gonna get Linexed.
And everything by end of day today looks like it'll be done.
Hopefully we can move it out of that area
get it out into an area
where we can get everything hooked up and tested.
And then... it doesn't look that bad.
I was actually pretty nervous yesterday
but today I feel like everybody's on the ball.
They know what they need to do.
Everybody's got direction and they're getting it done.
[rock music...]
-What's up Ryan? -[Ryan] How you doing man?
You got some goodies?
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-All right, so the bad boys? -Here they are.
Sweet.
So, Ryan got inspired while we were at the base
and so, I showed up with some ammo cans
that he can put all the laptops into.
All of this gear.
-[Ryan] Ryan pulled through for me in the eleventh hour.
He got the right cases.
I got Mosko on the job to get 'em finished
and get this vehicle done.
I have a really big concern with Boozer just not being here for the rest of this build.
Because he was the lead guy, he did list--
he actually figured out what he needed to do before he did it.
These guys are really running wild right now
trying to just get it done.
And that's where we find a lot of the problems to be.
But, I'm gonna see what happens.
I mean, he got most of his stuff done before he left.
So, I think we're in good shape.
I got Mosko helping us out on this. I had to pull him from another job.
And he'll make sure this thing gets done.
[Ryan] Alienware tech guys have joined us at the shop today
to load up all the computers with the latest gaming software
for this big event at Comic Con.
I'm holding my breath and I have all my fingers crossed
that this thing's gonna get done on time.
[rock music...]
[Ryan] I'm taking this truck down to Comic Con
where it's gonna be the main feature of this booth.
This rig's gonna blow people's minds
and definitely draw some serious attention.
[rock music...]
There's Bill.
Where is he I'm gonna smoke him right now.
Hey dude! What's up man? [laughing]
I thought you were there. I was smoking you right now.
-It doesn't happen like that. -What's up?
-What's up man? -How's it going?
-Good to see you.
-What's up brother? -What's up man?
So, this is it, completed.
Wow, looks great man.
I know talking to you out there
and explaining what we're doing and then being able to see it
-is two totally different things. -[Man] Amazing.
It's really cool how we set it up.
When you look at a Hummer,
there's not a lot of room in 'em.
We fight for space everyday.
-Every day right? -Every day.
The cool thing about this is, now that you see it.
All these machines gotta go in those cases that you got us.
-Right. -So, they gotta transport all this stuff.
So, those cases have been working out perfect.
We foam the inside of them have slots for everything.
You guys gotta play. We gotta kick these kids off.
-You guys gotta play. -Let's do it.
-[Bill] We can take care of them. -Yeah.
-You guys have better guns. -[Player 1] So?
Oh yeah talk about the old man now. Okay, a couple of six-years wired.
-You didn't even aim! -I don't need to aim.
Make sure you don't jump too high,
-you might break a leg. -[Bill] Oh really.
Shatter a hip on the way down.
Let the old man teach you boys something. Here we go.
-Oh wait. -Dude, what is going on?
What is going down right now?
-Bill, what's going down? -I got him.
You're making me nervous right now.
I got him. I won't let you down.
[Ryan] The guys from MARSOC seemed pretty impressed
with what we'd done to this Hummer.
Hopefully Alienware will be just as happy
with the finished product.
Wow!
-[Chiara] Wow. -[Christopher] Ryan!
-[Chiara] Amazing! Wow! -Amazing.
-Definitely a challenge for us. -Look at this.
That is a mobile gaming LAN party.
LAN party, that's a good one.
-LAN Party. -I like that.
-[Ryan] We made it here. -Yeah.
I think everybody's excited to see it.
I'm excited to see the response out of everybody.
Just drive up, you plug it in
turn your systems on, you start gaming.
That's what we wanted you guys delivered.
It's fantastic.
So the whole thing's networked up?
Everything's networked together.
So, you can be playing up there.
You can be playing her against...
I mean, it's pretty amazing. And then it all comes apart.
-That was the challenging part. -[Christopher] Yes, it is.
How do you get it like this and have it all break down.
-This is a street legal vehicle right? -Yes, it's street legal.
I think Ryan and the guys at West Coast Customs
absolutely nailed the design.
The look, the specs, the feel, the power.
It's everything we asked for and more.
They over delivered and we couldn't be happier
with the choice of going with the West Coast Customs.
So, we did a good job?
-Oh guys, this is perfect here. -Fantastic one.
It's kind of a lifetime ambition for me
to work with these guys.
So, for us to knock something out with West Coast Customs
has been really really cool. And I think that...
Yeah, we're happy. We're super pleased.
This is a once in a lifetime experience to get these guys
to build something this cool that Alienware will
take it around the United States for the next couple of years.
It's gonna be a staple of our brand, and people are
gonna be able to get hands on experience with the product.
So, I'm super happy and it's completely captured
the look and feel of Alienware.
Couldn't ask for a better looking vehicle.
I still didn't think we would all be able to sit up here like that.
No, there's a lot of kick in the back of that,
-isn't it? -Yeah.
-Guys, I gotta turn it in to play. -Okay.
The guys showed up from Alienware and from other
to see the final product for the first time.
I think they were amazed.
I mean it's definitely when you take a rendering
and you really make it a reality, it's big.
And I think this was a big bang, just because, for us
this is the first time that we've done anything where
there's eight gaming stations that are all linked together.
We really had to build it out in this--
I mean, everybody thinks a Hummer's big
but a Hummer's really small when you think about the room
on the inside and on the outside of it.
And to fit everything in there and to make it all work
and to make people play comfortably.
We pulled it off and I think
it definitely shows in today's reveal.
I think Chad and Darren were tested on this build
and I think they completed the task.
I mean I was worried throughout the build
Will this thing make it? Are we,
you know, is everything gonna work on time?
Are these people gonna be happy with it?
I think we pulled it all off. And the guys showed
at the eleventh hour
that their jobs are important and this build is important.
They pulled it off and it worked.
Everybody's playing games. It's time for me to get back to the shop.
Next time on Inside West Coast Customs.
I just got a really good phone call
from Adam, the owner of JuiceBlendz.
He wants like a 34 foot RV that we can gut out the whole inside
turn it into a Juice Bar.
Originally we're like, "Oh, it's gonna be
some stainless steel tables and we're gonna put blenders on 'em."
We have a big issue.
[Ish] Me and Ryan, we always clash when it come to picking color.
I really think Ishmael is colorblind.
I'm gonna take him to an eye doctor and find out if he's really colorblind.