MECA Competitor: Rafael Capone’s 2005 Hummer H2

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MECA Competitor: Rafael Capone’s 2005 Hummer H2

Rafael Capone has been interested in car audio and custom cars since he was just a kid, and has been building cars since 1990. He was at Spring Break Nationals in 2013 with his old competition Camaro when he saw - and heard - a white truck with a motorized bed full of speakers. The build was so awe-inspiring that Capone decided he would build something of his own back in Atlanta.

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Once back in Atlanta, he picked up a 2005 Hummer H2, largely because of its unlimited potential as a sound-stage. He thanks Traffic Jam Motorsports for their instrumental role in building the vehicle he now calls the “Soul Asylum H2.”

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With great design ideas from their top fabricator, Michael Bischoff, they managed to fit 82 speakers and 11 amplifiers in total, and included his biggest desire - the motorized lifting top hat full of gear! Today, the Hummer holds three MECA World Champion SQL titles, and has spent multiple years as the MECA SQL state champion.

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ESSENTIALS

Owner: Rafael Capone
Vehicle: 2005 Hummer H2
Location: Atlanta, GA
Club: Nokturnal
Competition: MECA

SOCIAL

Facebook: /rafaelcapone
Instagram: @soulasylumh2

ENGINE

  • K&N (cold air intake, air filter)

EXHAUST

  • Flow Master dual exhaust

WHEELS

  • Diablo wheels - 28-inch

EXTERIOR

  • Red chrome vinyl wrap
  • Widebody kit
  • Tiarra 4-piece grille
  • Motorized lifting top hat
  • Oracle lighting

INTERIOR

  • Traffic Jams Motorsports custom interior
  • Stone Grips light-up steering wheel

AUDIO / MOBILE ELECTRONICS

  • MMATS (12-inch Juggernauts (4), 8-inch drivers (10), 6-inch drivers (8), super tweeters (24), CX10s (4) compression drivers (4), DTX series 10-inch subwoofers (20), DTX150c compression drivers (12) DTX250c (2), Procast 12-inch subwoofers (4), HD4000.1 amplifiers (2), M3000.1 amplifier, HiFi 4250D amplifiers (5), HiFi 6150D amplifiers (2), prototype HiFi 3K amplifier, CX612 crossover DSP (2), MEQ-5 in-line EQ)
  • Audio Control DM 810 DSP
  • T-Spec (V12 series speaker wire, V10 series speaker wire, competition RCA cables)
  • Shuriken high-performance batteries (8)

SPONSORS

  • Traffic Jam Motorsports
  • MMATS
  • Stone Grips
  • Audio Control
  • Metra Electronics
  • T-Spec
  • Ballistic Sound Dampening
  • Shuriken High-Performance Batteries
  • The Install Bay

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