Bruce first picked up his 1994 Isuzu pickup in July of 1994 and quickly began working on it. Shortly after completing his truck, Bruce sold it to a friend who decided other things were more important and quit making payments. Bruce decided to get his truck back and start working on it again. But then, tragedy happened. While riding his motorcycle down the streets of West Palm Beach, a drunk driver decided to use Bruce for target practice. It seemed as if Bruce and his Isuzu would never be seen again. But it only seemed that way. In November of 2001, Bruce unveiled one of the hottest Isuzus in the state of Florida. And to top if off, the road to stardom only took a short five weeks.  Bruce had not actually set out to build something quite so custom as his Isuzu turned out. In all actuality, Bruce dropped the Isuzu off at Art Of Noise Customs in Lake Worth, Florida to merely have a 4-link installed. With the bed off and the truck in pieces, the crew at AON Customs talked Bruce into carrying things slightly further. 
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The crew at AON went straight to work as planned. They first installed a custom 4-link in the rear of the Isuzu, ditching the worthless mono-spring setup that was already in place. To allow the extra travel in the rear, a custom step-notch was welded into the frame rails, then smoothed and painted for those extra show points.   In the front, AON custom fabricated a set of lower control arms to allow Bruce's Isuzu to lay flat, in conjunction with the hydraulic setup that he already in place. AON next body dropped the Isuzu a total of 3 ½ inches to allow the body to lay flat. Bruce's Isuzu features a clean hydraulic setup, which runs off of two chrome CCE pumps and three batteries. In the front, top-port six-inch rams were installed in conjunction with mini-coils and in the rear, six-inch side-port rams were installed, utilizing coil springs from a Honda Civic and lowered shocks to help keep things smooth. Six days later, AON unveiled Bruce's truck, complete with body and a full sheet metal bed. You will also find rear disc brakes from a Spacecab Isuzu under Bruce's truck.
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