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Billet for Days! Behind the Scenes at Eddie Motorsport­s

Behind the Scenes at Eddie Motorsport­s

- WORDS BY CHRIS HAMILTON PHOTOS BY MACH1MEDIA AND SOLOMON LUNGER

HAVE YOU HEARD OF OUR BUDDY EDDIE? If not, have we got a story for you! In January 1993, Ed Borges founded Eddie Marine as a distributo­r of marine hardware to marine dealers, OEM boat builders and retail customers. With years of hard work and dedication, Eddie Marine became the leading manufactur­er of high-quality performanc­e marine hardware in the world.

That’s impressive and surprising to some, as many of us only know the company—now known as Eddie Motorsport­s, Inc.—as producers of high-quality billet aluminum brackets and add-ons for classic Ford and

Chevy trucks. That’s because in 2009, Eddie Marine extended its offerings to the custom truck industry, which made a super-fast impact in our massive community. Even though at that time the crew had never built an award-winning show car, they did know how to manufactur­e American-made billet parts. Now Eddie Motorsport­s is known for producing products at prices that are equal to or better than those inferior, imported knockoffs flooding today’s aftermarke­t.

Helping to make all things possible at Eddie Motorsport­s are the resources of its sister company, Eddie Machine. The 28,000-square-foot state-of-the-art machine shop has 19 CNC mills and six CNC lathes that literally run full time, producing some of the coolest billet aluminum products you can imagine for boats, cars, motorcycle­s, limousines and even airplanes!

Additional­ly, through the company’s Fusioncoat program, Eddie offers sandblasti­ng, powdercoat­ing and ceramic coating on all the parts it produces. Besides the standard powdercoat colors, Eddie offer hundreds of custom colors for an additional charge. For ceramic coating exhaust components like headers, it offers two finishes: Matte Black and Bright Silver.

Eddie Motorsport­s has been in business for 11 years now with an impressive history that has helped make a massive impact in the industry. As the company progresses in this journey, it will continue to develop products that are high in quality and made in America at an affordable price. Now let’s go behind the scenes at the amazing facility.

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The first thing you see when you walk into Eddie Motorsport­s’ amazing showroom is shiny metal for days! It’s a true candy shop for any hardcore gearhead. It’s hard not to swipe our credit card for everything we want! APRIL 2020
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Eddie Motorsport­s S-drive pulleys are one of its most popular items, and this polished setup is like fancy jewelry for your engine bay. It’s so shiny!
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Once the machine has finished its job, the pieces are stacked and prepped for finishing. Some get polished and some get coated. Whatever your desire, they can make it happen!
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RIGHT. All of Eddie Motorsport­s products start life as a single block of billet aluminum. They are cut to size and set next to the CNC machine that correspond­s to the final product they are currently producing.
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LEFT. Whoa! We had no idea how big this operation was until now. That’s impressive. Just another reason it’s safe to have trust in this company before ordering your parts. Made in America!
 ??  ?? Of course, we had to get a shot of this steering wheel display. We installed one in our Project Raven C10, and the fit and finish is second to none. The company even makes adapters for most pre-1995 trucks.
Of course, we had to get a shot of this steering wheel display. We installed one in our Project Raven C10, and the fit and finish is second to none. The company even makes adapters for most pre-1995 trucks.
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