Owning a business in the customizing industry is a hard road to navigate. There are long hours, deadlines, and there are always vehicle owners looking to have work done on their custom rides. So when a custom paint professional decides to build a vehicle to showcase their work, it just adds to the workload. Joel Stevenson of Las Vegas, Nevada owns this 1999 Chevrolet S-10 Stepside and he is also the Owner of Ten Ten Custom Paint. After purchasing the truck new in 1999, it was customized by Joel and made it to many shows. Joel then decided he wanted to make big changes so it was pulled apart and rebuilt over a 3 year period ending in late 2007. His final result yields a truck with a new school look using and old school style as well as some creative metal fabrication and paint.

   With the previous build of Joel's truck, the suspension only needed a few changes to go along with the new ideas for the truck. He started with a set of custom chrome tubular upper and lower A-arms in front and a chrome six-link in in rear. The air bag suspension gets it's air delivery from a chrome CO2 tank as well as 2 ViAir compressors as a backup when the tank runs low. The trucks firewall was modified to fit the new black 20-inch KMC SS wheels with polished lip as well as the addition of a Corvette brake booster and Vintage Air A/C unit to clear the new rollers.

   The body modification and overall look of this truck is Joel's company specialty so he had to get very creative to make it one of a kind. It started with some of the usual modifications that are preformed to the truck including shaved door handles, third brake light, and taillights. Then he decided to get into some changes to really make the truck stand out. He contacted Wes Cade of Cade Customs also in Las Vegas to do some major metal fabrication. Wes handmade some steel side steps and bed flares to weld into the bedsides and replace factory plastic parts. He then handmade a three piece roll pan to go along with a Grant Kustoms tailgate skin and welded it in to make a one-of-a-kind all steel one-piece bed. Wes then frenched in a set of 1959 Cadillac taillights in the lower bedsides and radiused the rear bed corners to make them curve instead of meeting at a 90 degree angle. To finish up, Wes shaved the gas door and built a smooth wiper cowl for the truck. Joel moved back in to work on the front end and he shaved the holes on underside of hood and peaked the center of the hood for a crisp, defined center line. The inner bed was the next step starting with smoothing out the truck bed walls and adding a wood floor with stainless slats. The factory antenna was removed and a new one was frenched into place on the passenger side bed near the back window. Under the roll pan you can find a hidden flip-down license plate. The truck was painted with Hot Hues Bombay Blue. The hood, tailgate, and back interior wall were treated to a design with black variegated leafing and pinstriping.   The interior of Joel's S-10 is a sea of Hot Hues Bombay Blue just like the exterior. After spending many hours sanding the entire factory interior it was color matched but Joel wasn't done yet. The seats, headliner, and parts of the door panels were wrapped in light gray suede fabric. The audio components include Rockford Fosgate amplifiers and subwoofers in a custom enclosure behind the seats getting their signal from an in-dash flip-up Eclipse DVD player. The factory speakers were removed and in their place sits a set Pioneer components.

   Not one to leave an area untouched, Joel had some ideas for the performance of his S-10. He added a polished Wynjammer Supercharger to really gain horsepower. He also upgraded the brakes to custom chrome calipers with cross drilled/slotted rotors in the front and rear. The rear end and driveline were also color matched to the truck.