November 13, 2014
Larry Edsall

It takes a special vehicle to be considered a showstopper at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show.

The Las Vegas extravaganza is where automakers and those who make the the parts to customize and personalize cars, trucks, vans and other vehicles annually display their newest ideas.

Just look at those fenders. Those red-lighted accents and red-trimmed windows. Those red wheels. Those huge tires. Menacing is one word that might come to mind. Military is another.

So what is this thing?

Would you believe that just a month before the show opened it was your right-off-the-showroom-floor Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.

I was doing sketches for what I wanted to build,” said Greg Higgs, chief executive and owner of Fab Fours Inc., a 10-year-old company in Lancaster, South Carolina, that produces aftermarket bumpers and other accessories, and not only for Jeeps, but for Dodge, Ford, GM, Nissan and Toyota vehicles.

Source
The Detroit News