Flawless Fabrication

A Ford F-450 Built with Pure Dedication.

- Ryan Lee Price

Approximately 30 miles northeast of Austin, Texas, sits Taylor, an oasis of small town charm surrounded by the vast agriculture industry that is central Texas. Taylor was called home by early rodeo star Bill Pickett, Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig creator Tex Avery, and NBA Hall of Famer KC Jones. However, on the south side of town, down a long dirt driveway, reside two brothers, Brandon and Dustin Naivar, and their custom fabrication shop, ShowTime Metal Works (STMW).

Sharing a passion for the off-road industry, they quickly gained a name for themselves on the show circuit for not only producing unique and high-quality builds but for their ingenuity in designing and building several types of link suspensions, aftermarket (and highly custom) grilles, and basic bolt-on suspension kits. They explain their popularity: “We knew that there were already many great companies and designs in the industry. Yet we felt that there was this monotony. The last thing we wanted to do was come out with another cookie-cutter design.”

As STMW’s motto points out: “We want to be the biggest, baddest, and most well put together builds out there” and bring innovative products to the market. The latest to grace the diesel show truck industry is this behemoth, a 2015 Ford F-450 Super Duty Platinum. Brandon says: “We built it as a showcase vehicle for the SEMA Show. We wanted to show the world our fabrication skills on suspensions, bumpers, and grilles that our company makes daily.”

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