Inside West Coast Customs

Inside West Coast Customs
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	68
Production
Producers	Ryan Friedlinghaus Discovery
Production locations	Corona, California, US Burbank, California, US
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Discovery, Fox Sports 2, Motor Trend
Release	February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20) – April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10)

Inside West Coast Customs is a car remodeling reality television show based in Burbank, California. The series revolves around car customizer Ryan Friedlinghaus and his staff at West Coast Customs as they transform ordinary, factory-model vehicles into extraordinary, fully customized vehicles. The show has featured cameo appearances by celebrities that include Shaquille O'Neal, Mark Wahlberg, will.i.am, Justin Bieber and Conan O'Brien.

The first season of Inside West Coast Customs consisted of 11 episodes which originally aired in 2011. The second season's 16 episodes followed in 2012. The third season had a production run of five episodes which were originally broadcast from February 2013 to March 2013. ^[1] Following season 3, the show briefly dropped the Inside from the name and changed networks to Fox Sports 2. For its seventh season, Inside West Coast Customs kept its original name and moved to Velocity (now Motor Trend). Inside West Coast Customs premiered its eighth season in 2018. ^[2]

Series overview

Seasons		Episodes	Originally aired (US dates)
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	10	February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)	April 18, 2011 (2011-04-18)
	2	16	September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11)	April 15, 2012 (2012-04-15)
	3	5	February 10, 2013 (2013-02-10)	March 10, 2013 (2013-03-10)
	4	10	June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16)	November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)
	5	12	April 20, 2014 (2014-04-20)	December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)
	6	7	December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)	January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17)
	7	7	March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21)	April 18, 2017 (2017-04-18)
	8	10	January 23, 2018 (2018-01-23)	April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10)

Episodes

Season 1

Total	No.	Title	Type of car	Customer	Original airdate
1	1	"The Armored Lounge for Sir Richard Branson"	Armored truck	Virgin Gaming	20 February 2011 (2011-02-20)
2	2	"Alien Takeover"	Hummer H1	Alienware	20 February 2011 (2011-02-20)
3	3	"Smoothie Operator"	RV	JuiceBlendz	27 February 2011 (2011-02-27)
4	4	"Techno Denali"	GMC Yukon Denali	HP	6 March 2011 (2011-03-06)
5	5	"Old... Meets New"	Chevrolet Camaro	Monster Energy	13 March 2011 (2011-03-13)
6	6	"Not Your Grandparents RV"	RV	Spy Optics	20 March 2011 (2011-03-20)
7	7	"This Is Not a Game"	Audi R8	Monster Cable Tron	27 March 2011 (2011-03-27)
8	8	"Baja or Bust"	Toyota Tundra	OX	3 April 2011 (2011-04-03)
9	9	"Discovery Hot Dog Hero"	Hot Dog cart	Best Buy / Discovery	10 April 2011 (2011-04-10)
10	10	"Take the T-Tops Out"	Chevrolet Camaro	Rascal Flatts	18 April 2011 (2011-04-18)

Season 2

Total	No.	Title	Type of car	Customer	Original airdate
1	11	"Gwynn's Legacy Stang"	Ford Mustang	Darrell Gwynn Foundation	11 September 2011 (2011-09-11)
2	12	"Vett.I.am"	Chevrolet Corvette	will.i.am	4 October 2011 (2011-10-04)
3	13	"7 Step Fiesta"	Ford Fiesta	Best Buy / Ford	16 October 2011 (2011-10-16)
4	14	"American Icon"	Jeep Wrangler	Zippo	23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)
5	15	"Marks Mobile Office"	Cadillac Escalade	Mark Wahlberg	30 October 2011 (2011-10-30)
6	16	"Bieber's Bling"	Cadillac CTS-V	Justin Bieber	6 November 2011 (2011-11-06)
7	17	"Kustom Karts"	-	Nintendo / Mario Kart 7	22 January 2012 (2012-01-22)
8	18	"Monster Week"	'72 Skylark	Monster Energy	12 February 2012 (2012-02-12)
9	19	"DC Tundra"	Toyota Tundra	DC Shoes	19 February 2012 (2012-02-19)
10	20	"Operation Camaro"	Chevrolet Camaro	UCLA Operation Mend	26 February 2012 (2012-02-26)
11	21	"Double Play"	Kia Soul, Kia Optima	Kia Motors	4 March 2012 (2012-03-04)
12	22	"The SEMA Experience"	Mini Cooper	Megan Elliott (Ryan's wife)	11 March 2012 (2012-03-11)
13	23	"Micro Stang"	Ford Mustang	Microsoft	25 March 2012 (2012-03-25)
14	24	"Camaro For a Cause"	2011 Chevrolet Camaro	American Cancer Society	1 April 2012 (2012-04-01)
15	25	"Family Affair"	Trophy truck / Fiat 500 / Mercedes Sprinter	Fiat Automobiles / Ryan Friedlinghaus / Dylan Friedlinghaus	8 April 2012 (2012-04-08)
16	26	"Vader's Ride"	Volkswagen Passat	LucasArts	15 April 2012 (2012-04-15)

Season 3

Total	No.	Title	Type of car	Customer	Original airdate
1	27	"Shaq's Back"	Jeep Wrangler	Shaquille O'Neal	10 February 2013 (2013-02-10)
2	28	"SkypeStream"	Airstream	Skype	17 February 2013 (2013-02-17)
3	29	"WCC Joins the Military"	Chevrolet Silverado	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton	24 February 2013 (2013-02-24)
4	30	"Firefall-bus"	Tour bus	Red 5 Studios, Firefall	3 March 2013 (2013-03-03)
5	31	"Geek Squad"	NASCAR Ford Fusion & Volkswagen New Beetle	Geek Squad	10 March 2013 (2013-03-10)

Season 4

Total	No.	Title	Type of car	Customer	Original airdate
1	32	"AquaMan & The Flash"	Kia Rio, Kia Forte	DC Entertainment	16 June 2013 (2013-06-16)
2	33	"WCC Body Armour"	2013 Chevrolet Camaro	Line-X, Praxair	23 June 2013 (2013-06-23)
3	34	"South of the Border Buses"	Volkswagen Type 2 Bus	Ohana Group, Semyx	30 June 2013 (2013-06-30)
4	35	"Attack of the Monster Kids Sprinter"	Mercedes-Benz Sprinter	Monster Cable, Praxair	7 July 2013 (2013-07-07)
5	36	"Technoliner"	A big bus	CDW, Red Kap	14 July 2013 (2013-07-14)
6	37	"Chris Brown's First Love"	Lamborghini Gallardo	Chris Brown	21 July 2013 (2013-07-21)
7	38	"Smurfs Come to WCC"	Innova Dash UEV	Sony, Smurf Cars	28 July 2013 (2013-07-28)
8	39	"Cool Capable Braun Explorer"	Ford Explorer	BraunAbility	4 August 2013 (2013-08-04)
9	40	"The Road Home"	Ford E-250, 1960s Chevy Suburban, 1969 Ford Mustang Convertible	eBay	10 November 2013 (2013-11-10)
10	41	"Cracker Jack'd Mobile Splash Party"	A big R.V.	Cracker Jack	17 November 2013 (2013-11-17)

Season 5

Total	No.	Title	Type of car	Customer	Original airdate
1	42	"Kid's Kaddy"	Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham	Kid Rock	20 April 2014 (2014-04-20)
2	43	"Mad Max"	1971 Ford Maverick, 1998 Ford Ranger	Warner Brothers	27 April 2014 (2014-04-27)
3	44	"Who's the Boss"	2013 Scion FR-S	"Little" Ryan Friedlinghaus	4 May 2014 (2014-05-04)
4	45	"The West Coast Customs Experience"	2013 Chrysler 300 SRT	SEMA Show	11 May 2014 (2014-05-11)
5	46	"Looking Back"	(greatest hits)	(various)	18 May 2014 (2014-05-18)
6	47	"Continental Tire Corvette"	2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray	Continental AG	28 May 2014 (2014-05-28)
7	48	"El Rusty"	1966 Chevrolet El Camino	Rusty Wallace	1 June 2014 (2014-06-01)
8	49	"FANtasy Build"	Jeep Compass	Esurance	23 November 2014 (2014-11-23)
9	50	"Nest Protects"	A FireTruck	Nest Labs	30 November 2014 (2014-11-30)
10	51	"BatSUV"	Cadillac Escalade	Justin Bieber's dad	7 December 2014 (2014-12-07)
11	52	"Raise the Roof"	2015 Toyota Sienna	Toyota	14 December 2014 (2014-12-14)
12	53	"WCC's New Zip Part 1"	Burbank location	West Coast Customs	21 December 2014 (2014-12-21)

Season 6

Total	No.	Title	Type of car	Customer	Original airdate
1	54	"WCC's New Zip Part 2"	Burbank location	West Coast Customs	6 December 2015 (2015-12-06)
2	55	"Top Up Top Down"	1968 Ford Mustang convertible	Sandy Campanaro	13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)
3	56	"Jack N' 4 Beats"	An old trailer	Jack Daniel's	19 December 2015 (2015-12-19)
4	57	"BBQ's Galore"	A box truck	Barbeques Galore	9 January 2016 (2016-01-09)
5	58	"Sema"	Toyota	Toyota	10 January 2016 (2016-01-10)
6	59	"Slingshaq"	Polaris Slingshot	Shaquille O'Neal	17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)
7	59	"Larry´s Tailgate 2000"	Tailgate 2000	Larry and Doctor Peper	17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)

Season 7

Total	No.	Title	Type of car	Customer	Original airdate
1	60	"Steampunk VW"	60's split window VW bus	Fred Behr	21 March 2017 (2017-03-21)
2	61	"The KMART Experience"	A bus	Kmart	28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)
3	62	"Sriracha IS"	Lexus IS	Lexus, Huy Fong Foods	4 April 2017 (2017-04-04)
4	63	"Quickjack/SEMA"	BMW i3, Ford Raptor, Ford Mustang, golf cart	BMW, BendPak	11 April 2017 (2017-04-11)
5	64	"Kid Jennings"	Cadillac Eldorado	Kid Rock	18 April 2017 (2017-04-18)

Season 8

Total	No.	Title	Type of car	Customer	Original airdate
1	65	"Post Malone's Old Skool Explorer"	1992 Ford Explorer	Post Malone	6 November 2017 (2017-11-06)
2	66	"Mitsubishi (Re)Model-A"	Mitsubishi Outlander/Mitsubishi Model A	Mitsubishi	6 November 2017 (2017-11-06)
3	67	"Green Day's Bookmobile Tour Bus"	GMC Bookmobile	Wheels For Wishes	23 January 2018 (2018-01-23)
4	68	"Rollin' in my 5.0"	1993 Ford Mustang, Lamborghini Aventador	Andy Campanaro, Travis Scott	30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)
5	69	"Black Panther Lexus"	Lexus LC 500	Lexus	6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)
6	70	"From School Bus To Coolbus"	Schoolbus	Logan Paul	13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)
7	71	"SEMA Neckbreakers"	Kia Stinger, Kia Cadenza	Kia	20 February 2018 (2018-02-20)
8	72	"WCC's Pumping Iron"	Trailer	Gunnar Peterson, Jared Lorenzen, Jordan Clarkson	13 March 2018 (2018-03-13)
9	73	"El Dorado Seville"	1957 Cadillac Eldorado Seville	KenGee Erlich	20 March 2018 (2018-03-20)
10	74	"Joe Jonas Falcon"	1964 Ford Falcon	Joe Jonas	27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)
11	75	"The Continental Camaro"	1969 Chevrolet Camaro	Continental Tire	3 April 2018 (2018-04-03)
12	76	"Ultimate Rescue Truck"	Bus	Jake Paul	10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)

References

1. "Inside West Coast Customs". TheTVDB.com. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
2. "Inside West Coast Customs | Watch Full Episodes & More! - Velocity". www.velocity.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

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