The Roof Is On Fire

Blazing Lights Sizzle on the Plexus GMC.

 

- Steven Temple

What's in a name? Well, a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, as Bill Shakespeare famously observed. On the other hand, sometimes a monikre aptly describes something, as in the case of Andrew Stover's "Plexus," a 2015 GMC Denali HD 3500 Dually. Even though he also used this term as label for his computer firm, plexus can refer to any complex structure with an intricae network of parts. Which is exactly what his Denali proved to be.

ALWAYS INNOVATING

As Preston Peebles of 5 Knights (the shop that handled this rig) notes: “The thing that stands out the most about this build would be the dual 50-inch Rigid curved LED light bars frenched into the roof.” While it might seem to be a relatively simple addition, the plot thickens, to use yet another dramatic phrase.

This idea for raising the roof came about one March 2015 Saturday morning at a local car show in Lubbock, Texas, during a conversation among three members of 5 Knights: Aaron Kennemur (owner), Preston Peebles (general manager), and Jesse Palacios (lead tech). While they were discussing various specs for Stover’s buildup, the subject of roof mount light bars came up, along with related issues about the intensity of West Texas winds and the noise inevitably created by a traditional mounting method.

Realizing something different was needed, they had a rendering drawn up by KEG Media to help visualize the desired look. Sounds simple enough, but sometimes “the best-laid plans... oft go awry.”

SECOND STORY

Okay, enough of the literary quotes. How did the project go down? After the truck was dropped offin late August of last year, the balance of the build went smoothly. The roof, on the other hand, was a project all of its own.