Two of the world’s top names in car stereo competition have announced an agreement to combine forces in pursuit of new advances in the art of going loud. Stillwater Designs, maker of KICKER car audio components, and Team Gates, whose world-famous Ford Bronco rewrote the SPL competition record books, will totally revamp the world-famous "Beast" for a new assault on the soundoff circuits’ dB meters."The pairing is a natural," says Stillwater Designs special products applications manager Greg Davis. "KICKER and the KICKER Competition Group have dominated the Sound Quality side of car stereo competition for the past several years. Alma and Patrick Gates, along with the rest of their crew, have been doing the same in the SPL arena. It makes perfect sense that we pool our talents and move things up to the next level."
Alma Gates and Team Gates installation whiz Scott Owens visited the Stillwater Designs headquarters in Stillwater, OK, earlier this month to kick off the partnership. They met with KICKER president Steve Irby, director of advertising Jay Tonsfeldt, and representatives of the firm’s Technical and R&D departments, to begin planning the 2000 SPL campaign.
The new version of the Team Gates dB-monster will feature KICKER speakers and amplifiers. Team Gates will design and install the system, with support from the Stillwater Designs technical staff.
In addition to making the major competitions, the newly-refurbished "Beast" will also appear at a select number of KICKER dealer events around the United States.
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