In keeping with the "Racer-Boy" Nipon, (Japanese) theme of the truck, they included large amounts of Konji characters throughout. Not only as functional lettering, but also as graphic elements. The rear carbon fiber air dam panel has "House of Kolor" spelled out in Konji to make our main sponsor, "HoK" happy.   This truck was not only used in there ads for 5 years, but was also the first minitruck to be shown in Custom Rodder, Rod and Custom, and Hot Rod, (It wasn’t featured, but it was in the House of Kolor "Ain't it Kool" ad campaign during those years. Notice the graphics going over the rear fuel-cell hatch. This moveable lid not only hid the fuel cell, but also the air tanks, and compressors for the airbag system.
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Doug DeBerti at Trenz custom made a full phantom grill for the toy. The front bumper is a modified Toyota 4WD bumper that has been welded solid, smoothed, and another grill incorporated into the opening. This truck had a full workable suspension along with the airbags. Way ahead of its time in 1995. The wiper cowl was painted, but the "Last Look" was left in CF.   They purposefully used little if any chrome on this truck as a statement to a number of current vehicles that were basically stockers with paintjobs, and rims, and chrome. The "Last Look" was definitely the "Anti-Bolt-On" custom, Even the headliner was custom carbon fiber. How many people do you think scoped out this truck, and ignored the painted/molded headliner, with the stretch face murals. The Konji letters in the headliner spelled out "The Last Look". At least Craig was pretty sure it did. He spent a lot of time with a Japanese dictionary.
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