Chuck McLennan 

"Livin Loud "t

ARTICLE BELOW COURTESY OF KICKER

KMC Wheels and Toyo Tires

Stillwater, USA – When KICKER rep Chuck McLennan visits his dealers in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, he pulls up in style. And the dealers love it, because people will stop just to see what’s inside.

McLennan, working for David Lee Marketing (Edmond, OK), rolls down the blacktop in a fully-customized 2002 Mazda Protégé 5 with a conspicuous paint scheme and lots of attitude. The KICKER-based colorwork was crafted by Kal Smith of Paint by Kal in Kenner, Louisiana www.hotbrasbykal.com, who has brushed KICKER vehicles before, including world-champion soundoff rides belonging to Mark Eldridge, Markey Dietrich, and Cory Himel of the old-school KICKER Competition Group.

KICKER gear pounds behind the hatch – a Solo-Baric L7 10-inch sub nourished by an SX1250.1 mono amp, two complete SS65.2 component sets and an addition pair of SS30 oversized tweets and SSMB6 midbass drivers, all fed by a SX700.4 four-channel amp and a SX600.2 stereo amp. The Clarion DVD/FM/CD/MP3 in-dash is fine-tuned with a KQ5 preamp/equalizer. Hooker cabling www.hookeraudio.com, a MovieVision 10.4-inch overhead monitor, Magellan GPS www.magellangps.com, and Dynamat sound deadening www.dynamat.com round out the multimedia system.

This Mazda’s lightning-quick with an Essential Speed turbo system www.essentialspeed.com, Nitrous Express fogger for the intercooler www.nitrousexpress.com, ACT Stage 2 clutch www.advancedclutch.com, and Faze gauges www.fazegauge.com, powering it down the road on KMC Picasso wheels www.kmcwheels.com covered in Toyo Proxes rubber www.toyo.com. Varad interior and underbody lighting www.varad.com and Flofit sport bucket seats www.seatsource.com add aftermarket edge and complete the picture.

See the KICKER Protégé 5 in the near future at the Texas Heat Wave July 23 in Austin, Summer Streets IV in Shreveport, LA, July 31, and finally at HIN-Dallas on August 7, or check with your nearest KICKER dealer in the Gulf States to see when it’ll roll into your town.

Krazy color skeme by Paint by Kal in Kenner, LA.

Mazda Protege 5

KICKER SX Amps keep the audio running smooth with Digital Signal Processing.

SS65.2 Component System

Perfect SS Components in the doors.

Paint by Kal

Look for it next at the Texas Heat Wave.

 

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