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MSA SEMA 2013 Project: Black Rhino - 2014 Ford F350 Dually

Well...the time has come. We have finally completed our customer projects, and it's time to dedicate and focus on our SEMA build. With all hands on deck, the truck was torn down to almost nothing very quickly. The bed, the rear fenders, the front fenders, the hood, lights, seats, center console, and badging were removed to get ready for it's first phase: Suicide doors.

Our airbag system hasn't made it in yet, so we decided that our first step would be to get the suicide doors installed and working.  Looking at the doors, we initially thought we could just flip and put the driver's door on the passenger side and vice versa.  That turned out to be a no go. The doors are actually slightly angled forward. Any angles would've shot down the idea and so it did.

But before anything could begin, we had to have everything out of the way.  Having 6 weeks left, every second had to be accounted for.  So all panels were stripped of most components (we left the door handles since we are making sure everything open and closes properly).  So within a day's time, it went from a new completely assembled vehicle to what looked like would have been the start of an assembly line at the factory.  If you have ever done or heard of those doing SEMA builds, then you understand that SEMA crunch time is not uncommon.