This SLR was customized by Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood,CA.

Back in 2006 when these amazing super cars were just barely hitting the streets Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood, CA were one of the first to customize an SLR. Mercedes-Benz took some of their finest Formula 1 technology and made it available for consumers to enjoy. Unfortunately for those individuals the stereo system was obviously an after thought and came from the parts bin of a C class. Here is what we did to make it an AE Edition…

The factory radio was replaced by Alpine’s top of the line am/fm/iPod interface. No CD mechanism on this radio. Enjoy your iPod and even the album art on the 2″ screen.

The factory 3-way speaker were replaced with MB Quart “Q” Series components.

For bass a Pioneer shallow 10″ subwoofer was custom installed in the passenger foot well area with no loss of any legroom.

To power the system two Alpine PDX Series amplifiers totaling over 1,200 watts of power were custom installed in the trunk. Inspiration from all the carbon fiber used in the car and the illumination of the taillights were recreated to complete the amplifier installation display.

Have your dog or cat ride in the back of your Bentley in style with a custom made to order sheep skin logo mat

Custom made to order and available in a variety colors and fabrics.

We just finished working on Cedric The Entertainer’s brand new GMC Denali XL. We wrapped the complete truck in matte black and put on 24″ Gianelle Santorini wheels with gloss black Koko bezels by Giovanna.

What started off as a limited edition car ended up as 1/1 in the world!

First off I would like to thank the following people that were behind the scenes and really helped make this project happen.

The owner of the car, Matthew Vazana & Michael Gunsberg from Beverly Hills Lamborghini, the complete Ogara Coach Company crew, RCH Designs for their great photo studio work, Craig Lieberman and Jason from Imaginate Media who did an amazing job putting this short documentary video together for us to enjoy and my complete crew at Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood, CA.

When the owner of this Lamborghini LP650-4 car # 2/50 and Beverly Hills Lamborghini approached me with the concept of transforming a limited edition car to make it the only one in the world I could not resist this once in a lifetime opportunity.

What started off as a limited edition car ended up as 1/1 in the world! All the LP650-4 cars came one way from Lamborghini with Grigio Telesto grey exterior paint and Arancio Leonis orange highlights. The owner of this car wanted the car matte black with gloss black highlights. This is how the transformation to become an AE Edition car began.

The car was transported by NTT (Norwalk Tow & Transport) to Avio Coach Craft to have the paint work done. The car was striped down to the metal and the complete interior was removed so that a proper complete paint make over could be achieved.

After the paint was completed the car was transported again by NTT to Giovanna Wheels to have the custom made 19” GFG 3-piece forged Narkid wheels and Pirelli tires installed. The wheels were painted with a gloss black outer lip, matte black center and orange highlights to perfectly match the brake calipers. Pirelli P-Zero 245/30/19 front and 355/25/19 rear tires were used to insure a safe and overall perfect fitment for this car.

From Giovanna NTT transported the car to Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood, CA for a custom one of a kind audiophile sound system. The factory speakers were replaced with Focal Utopia KIT 7 component 3-way speakers. These are the most expensive and best sounding speakers in the world! Keeping with the orange interior highlight theme we did not use the provided Focal speaker grilles but rather created new ones from orange carbon fiber and plexi glass.

Behind the passenger seat we fabricated a subwoofer enclosure using orange carbon fiber to accommodate a JL Audio 10W6 series subwoofer. All the speakers are powered by two Alpine PDX series amplifiers totaling over 1600 watts of power. These amplifiers were installed in the front bonnet of the car. Gloss black and orange material along with orange carbon fiber were used to completely redesign the area. Activated by a switch are orange LED lights that illuminate and really show off the install. To properly tune the system we also installed a Rockford Fosgate 3sixty.2 EQ processor that offered us 153 bands of equalization, time alignment all controlled by a laptop that connects via Blue Tooth. Monster Cable and Stinger wiring were used throughout the system.

To protect the owner from speeding tickets we installed an Escort SRX “Ticket Avoidance System”. The main controller was installed in the center console, the two front laser defusers we custom molded into the front grilles while the rear laser defuser was installed in the rear license plate frame. The visual indicator LED was installed on the steering column.

The car made its world debut in the Giovanna booth at the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Now it is your turn to enjoy this one of a kind AE Edition Lamborghini LP650-4 Black Edition 1/1.

Here is the follow up to “Mommy’s Ferrari California”. Daddy’s Ferrari Scuderia

After we completed Mommy’s Ferrari, Daddy aka Diko from Giovanna Wheels contacted me again and was jealous to say the least! His wife’s audio system sounded better than the one in his Ferrari. We had to do something about that!  

Normally that really would not be a challenge for us. We have worked on over two dozen F430’s over the past few years but this car is not your standard F430. It is a light weight race car that has no interior sound deadening, no carpet and the exhaust on this Scuderia is unlike anything that you have ever heard!

While most enthusiasts would say that the engine sound is an orchestra of beautiful tones and that you do not need to even need to turn on the radio this owner likes to enjoy his iPod and wanted a sound system that would compliment the car without ruining it.  Here comes one of our toughest challenges of my career. How do you install a great car audio system  in a Ferrari that came with two lousy 3″ speakers mounted under the dash and the since the rest of the car is all carbon fiber no one in their right mind would cut into for speakers?

Here is what Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood CA. did to create this custom AE Edition Ferrari Scuderia.

The factory radio was replaced with a Kenwood eXcelon KVT-614 motorized 6.95″ flip out touch screen radio with the KNA-G510 Garmin based navigation unit. The Kenwood KCAIP-301V  allows you to control all your iPod audio and video content from the touch screen.

The factory leather kick panels were removed and new ones were custom created and molded using red carbon fiber. We wrapped the outer portion in Ferrari black leather and stitched it in red to match the interior of the car. No legroom was lost and the factory kick panels can go back into the car to factory spec since no cutting was done. Kenwood eXcelon slim XR-S17P component 6.5″ speakers were used.

Behind the seats we custom created a subwoofer enclosure for two 12″ shallow Kenwood eXcelon KFC-XW1200F woofers made with carbon fiber. The enclosure rests on the factory rear ledge and the seats still move all the way back with no loss of space. The enclosure was wrapped in Ferrari black leather, matching red stitching with red and black carbon fiber. Plexiglass was used to create an additional visual layer and to highlight the carbon fiber.

Under the front bonnet we were inspired by the shape of the front of the car and especially the famous Scuderia stripes. If you look closely you will notice that we shaped the frames of the Kenwood eXcelon amplifiers XR-1S and XR-4S to look like the front of the car and used red carbon fiber to replicate the hood stripes. The amplifiers total over 1600 watts of power and really give the speakers the clean power that they need to properly perform.

For show purposes the car has been outfitted with two different styles of 20″ 3-piece GFG forged wheels by Giovanna. One the drivers side are Scudetria finished in matte black a gun metal grey for sporty aggressive look. On the passenger side are Messina with a classic gloss black center and chrome outer lip. Pirelli P-Zero Nero 235/30/20 front and 325/45/20 rear.

This is what makes this Ferrari F430 Scuderia an AE Edition.

Custom built for Lamborghini Beverly Hills and Kenwood Electronics as a 2010 CES show car

Towards the end of 2009 Kenwood Electronics approached Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood California to build the ultimate Lamborghini for their booth at the 2010 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Show in Las Vegas. We imediately contacted our friends at Beverly Hills Lamborghini and asked them to provide us the car. What they gave us is probably the only 2009 Monterey Blue LP640 Roadster with a custom interior in the world! Here is how we customized this amazing car…

Here is what Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood CA. did to create this custom AE Edition

Even though Kenwood provides the touch screen radio and navigation system for all Lamborghini Murcielago cars we made sure to install the newest top of the line DNX-9140 unit. This interfaced perfectly with the factory installed back up camera.

The factory speakers were replaced with Kenwood Excelon top of the line KFC-X1720P 6.5″ and tweeter components.  Instead of using the provided speaker grilles we custom made new grilles using blue carbon fiber and plexi glass.

Behind the passenger seat we molded using blue carbon fiber a subwoofer enclosure for the Kenwood Excelon KFC-XW1000F carbon fiber 10″ shallow subwoofer. The customize the fascia of the enclosure we used matching grey Alcantara suede and made sure to give it the traditional Lamborghini Q-Citura diamond quilt.

Under the front bonnet we were inspired by the exiting theme of the car and made sure to use blue carbon fiber, grey Alcantara and gloss black elements to show off the Kenwood Excellon amplifiers totalling over 2,700 watts of power. Blue LED lights were installed and are activated by a hidden switch to illuminate the display.

19″ GFG forged 3-piece Narkid wheels by Giovanna were custom painted with a gloss black outer lip, matte black center and monterey blue highlights we installed on the car. Pirelli 245/30/19 front and 355/25/19 rear tires were used to insure a safe and proper wheel and tire fitment. 

This is what makes this Lamborghini LP640 Roadster an AE Edition.

This Dodge Challenger has the most amazing Kenwood audio system installed by Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood,Ca.

Here is a detailed breakdown of all the custom modifications that Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood,Ca did to this car to make it one of a kind.

Exterior Upgrades:

The factory wheels were painted matte black and the car was lowered to create a more aggressive appearance when on the street.

Performance Upgrades:

Performance headers by Doug Thorley Headers and an exhaust system by Corsa was installed on the car to add horsepower and sound to the car.

Interior Upgrades:

All interior plastic trim on the dash, doors and steering wheel were painted the same color orange to match the exterior of the car.

Audio Upgrades:

The factory radio was replaced with a Kenwood Excelon DNX8120 touch screen entertainment system that was custom molded into the dash. This 7″ wide screen radio offers am/fm/XM/CD/DVD/iPod/iPod video and navigation. Kenwood’s back up camera model CCD2000 was installed to offer a color images that displays on the screen when the car is engaged into reverse.

The factory door speakers were replaced with Kenwood Excelon top of the line 6.5″ and tweeter component speakers. The rear speakers were replaced as well with Kenwood two-way coaxial speakers. When the rear bench seat is folded down our A-E logo is prominently displayed.

Two Kenwood Excelon carbon fiber 10″ subwoofers were installed in the trunk of the car in a custom enclosure that forces the sound into the cabin through a center port installed in the center of the rear interior deck.

Three Kenwood amplifiers totaling over 2500 watts of power were also custom installed and displayed in the trunk of the car.

Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood, CA customized this Tesla Roadster to match the owners Lamborghini.

When we were approached to create a custom one of a kind Tesla Roadster to match Lamborghini LP640 Roadster we could not wait to get started.

Paint:

I will never forget the day when I picked up his car from the Tesla showroom paint ready in white primer. Since our customer’s Lamborghini is painted Giallo Orion (pearl yellow) he wanted the Tesla Roadster to be painted to match. After driving to our Al & Eds Autosound location in West Hollywood,Ca we immediately striped the interior and sent the car off to paint. We decided to ad some additional paint to areas that Tesla normally leaves in a matte black. The front defuser, rear tail light housing and rear defuser were also painted Giallo Orion.

Interior:

The complete Tesla interior was completely reupholstered. Lamborghini authentic black leather an Alcantara suede were used throughout the interior.

The dash was reupholstered using both material components with a yellow double stitch to divide the two distinctive areas.

The steering wheel was also recovered in Lamborghini perforated leather and Alcantara suede and then hand stitched together with yellow stitching to match the dash.

The doors were completely reupholstered in leather with Lamborghini Q-Citura (quilted) style Alcanta suede inserts.

The rear wall on the car was reupholsted in Alcantara suede and received the Q-Citura quilted treatment throughout.

The seats match the same theme to complete the overall interior match to the Lamborghini LP640 Roadster however with embroidered Tesla logos on the headrest inserts. Since these materials are superior and softer than what the factory uses the seats are now more plush and comfortable.

Whatever was not wrapped in either leather or suede was covered in carbon fiber. All the factory plastic upper and lower dash components and door handle pulls were treated with carbon fiber. The factory door sills were replaced with new ones made completely from carbon fiber in an exact mold of the factory plastic ones.

Hand carved plush floor mats were made with the Tesla logo in yellow. Unlike the factory floor mats which a tendency to slip and move around these mats have rigid plastic spikes on the backside that prevent this from happening.

Audio:

Taking our Tesla Audiophile system to a new level we used the finest components available.

Focal Utopia Kit7 three-way components were used. The factory installs 4″ round speakers in the dash of the car. We removed those speakers and custom installed the 3″ and tweeter component from the Focal Utopia Kit7 system. The doors were remolded to properly fit the 6.5″ bid bass woofer from the speaker set. The Focal cross block network was hidden behind the seats.

For bass a Pioneer TS-SW2501S4 shallow woofer was custom installed in a fiberglass enclosure in the passenger footwell area. Minimal legroom was compromised due to all the extra space the factory provides.

Hidden behind the dash is an Alpine PDX-5 amplifier totaling over 550 watts of power for the system.

All of this is controlled by a Kenwood KVT-614 am/fm/XM/cd/dvd/iPod/iPod video/navigation 7″ motorized touch screen radio. A back up camera was also installed and engages when the vehicle is put into reverse.

We also installed the Rockford Fosgate 3sixty.2 processor which offers 153 bands of equalization, time alignment and an independent subwoofer control knob. After we install this device and hook it up to our laptop and via bluetooth we can control and tune each speaker in the car independently in real time.

The system is powered by an independent 12 volt recyclable battery. Charging is required is done from a 110 volt plug installed in the mesh area of the rear defuser. A full charge is completed overnight and provides up to ten days of audio enjoyment before the battery will need to be recharged.

Ticket Avoidance System:

We installed the Escort “Ticket Avoidance System” The controller is installed in the glove box and the front laser defusers are custom installed into the front grilles. The rear laser defuser installs in the same holes as the license plate screws. This system will warn the driver of upcoming X, K & KA bands of police radar while “defusing” laser guns. 

Bespoke Accessories:

The roof of the Tesla is removable making it a Roadster however once you take it off there is no proper storage cover. As part of our Bespoke interior we offer a custom cover made especially for the roof.

We also offer a matching leather bag for the 110 charging cable that comes with car.

Please enjoy the before and after transformation pictures and compare to the owners Lamborghini LP640 Roadster

This 2010 Chevy Camaro SS was completely customized from performance, 24″ wheels and tires, interior and audio.

When one of our best customers drove to our store in his brand new 2010 Chevy Camaro SS we instantly knew that this car was going to become show piece.  Here is a breakdown of the bespoke upgrades that Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood, Ca did to this car.

Exterior & Performance:

Originally the car had silver racing stripes which we replaced with red ones. Some of the red striping material was also used to cover the white section of the front and rear SS badges. We also used matte black material to cover the gold front and rear Chevy logos.  Dark smoke film was applied to the front and rear side markers  which gave the car a more aggressive look.

Since the stock 20″ wheels and tires were just too plain Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood,Ca installed Gianelle 24″ Santorini wheels and tires by Giovanna. We also installed KoKo Kuture red bezels which are colored rings that attach to outer edge of the wheels.  All these upgrades truly changed the overall exterior appearance of the car. To add to the performance a Corsa performance exhaust system was installed.

Interior:

The interior door and dash panels we originally silver. In order to keep with the red and black them we painted these panels in the same color red as the racing stripes.

The front and rear seats were originally factory black leather and vinyl. Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood, Ca completely reupholstered the interior using Mercedes Benz grade Napa black and red leather.  We also used extra thick black thread when stitching the seats together. The doors we also reupholstered in leather to cover the factory plastic panels and create a more upscale feeling to the interior.

The headliner and pillars were reupholstered in black suede.

Audio:

This is what we do best at Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood,Ca! First we started off with two Rockford Fosgate 3sixty.2 EQ processors.  These processors each offer 153 bands of equalization, time alignment and an independent subwoofer control knob. After we install this device and hook it up to our laptop via bluetooth we can control and tune each speaker in the car independently.

Seven Focal amplifiers totaling over 3,000 watts of power were used in this one of a kind audiophile system.  Focal 165KRX3 three-way component speakers were installed in the front of the car. The 6.5″ mid bass speakers were installed in the doors and the 3″ and tweeters were custom molded into the front “A” pillars of the car. Two four channel Focal Solid amplifiers power these speakers.

Focal 165KRX2 two-way component speakers were custom installed in the rear deck of the car and powered by another Focal Solid amplifier.

Two Focal 12″ subwoofers were custom installed in the trunk of the car. A port was created through the rear deck for the bass play into the car. Four Focal Solid amplifiers were used to power the subwoofers.

Stinger wire and interconnects were used throughout the sound system.