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Envoy of style
This is not one of those off-the-lot custom SUVS
Fesler Productions has specialized in custom and show vehicles for over 10 years offering an incredible amount of quality services, such as project management, public relations, media coverage, and photography. With their experience and keen sense of style, General Motors has cultivated a quality customizing partner to advertise how stylish their 2002 GMC Envoy can look with a personal touch.
In a blazing two months time, Fesler Productions had finished with their vision of the Envoy. Olin Designs out of Phoenix did a superb job on the bodywork. Olin Designs also painted and installed a stylish body kit and ground effects made by Street Scene, while StickerLab provided the enticing window graphics. The prominent, modern wheels are Foose by MHT and measure a fierce 20 inches. BF Goodrich G-Force 245/40R/20 tires all around give the truck a solid stance. Air Ride Technologies provided the front and rear airbags, which were installed by Hot Rods by Dean, giving the Envoy the flexibility of reliable driving yet keeping it so that it could be lowered down to a street height normally not seen on a daily grocery-getter.
Pop the hood and peer down at a straight six with an Optima battery, Nology plug wires and a K&N intake filter system. Borla Mufflers and dual exhaust help the flow and the style.
Inside, the door panels and custom dash were painted to match the velvety blue exterior paint. But that’s not the first thing you’ll notice when you take a gander at the interior. It’s probably the seven, 7-inch monitors with four on the headrests, one overhead, and two in the subwoofer box. That’s not even the amazing part, because Fesler Productions didn’t stop with just some plain old monitors. They decided to use a Directed Electronics MCB 1000 video multi-control module that carries three monitor outputs and three audio/video inputs that allow for independent viewing and listening at each of these three zones. For example, the overhead monitor can display TV, while the headrest monitor displays Xbox (did I mention it had an Xbox system, too?) and the rear monitor can display DVD. The video multi-system can be changed to have all seven monitors to display the same, or all different. And what would this intricate system be without some wireless headphones, courtesy of Directed Electronics, of course. Fesler Productions decided to keep the stock head unit, because the controls are located in the steering wheel, and the stock unit is an in-dash six-disc with high output.
The three subwoofers by Directed Electronics are 10-inch Viper models enclosed in fiberglass; located at the rear of the Envoy, they feature vinyl and carpeting, which required an immense amount of hard work to install, including plenty of bending and stretching. The system carries a total of 2,500 watts. Speaker wires, interconnect, power/ground cables, distributor, blocks, and fuse holders came courtesy Directed Electronics as well. One Optima battery located in the engine bay and a Viper SSO ESP alarm system are also by Directed Electronics. Fesler Productions carefully chose Sean and Robert from Unique Car Audio to take care of the system installation.
This Envoy is seamless in and out; the exterior is absolutely seductive, and the interior is enticing, not to mention the mind-blowing and extraordinary system. It’s not easy customizing a new model vehicle giving the overall lack of products that can be installed to make it look different than the soccer mom version. We always knew the Envoy had the potential to look custom cool, and this proves our theory correct.
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