Plot Synopsis

This spinoff of TEXAS METAL is a one-hour reality series that features three of the most talented, up-and-coming custom auto garages in Texas: Wide Open Garage, Mod Mafia, and 1 Way Diesel Performance. These garages work on everything from oversized mud stompers to supercharged street racers, and each have their own areas of expertise for building a new generation of jaw-dropping monster machines. At the helm of Wide Open Garage is Dave and Daniel Donnan, a father and son team, and Robert Brown, who focus on MegaTrucks and mud trucks, while the Mod Mafia garage with Josh George and Mark Pyles specializes in rock-crawling Hummers and other all-terrain vehicles, the 1 Way Diesel Performance garage with brothers Chase, Clay, and Tommy Wells build everything from low riding Mac trucks to diesel pro-mod race cars. Each week TEXAS METAL'S LOUD AND LIFTED reveals several new monster machine builds that test the bounds of customization and engineering. In the series opener, "Diesel Little Red Express," long-time collaborators with Bill Carlton, 1 Way Diesel Performance, build a 1979 Little Red Express from the ground up. This family of engine experts add power and performance with an engine swap, customized transmission, compound turbo setup, not to mention a custom suspension, body fabrication, paint, full interior, new wheels and tires. Down the block from Bill Carlton and Ekstensive Metal Works in Houston, the father son duo at Wide Open Garage is all about building purpose-built mega trucks when they turn a little Suzuki Samurai into a lake crossing monster truck.
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Season 2 of TEXAS METAL'S LOUD AND LIFTED premieres on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT on MotorTrend Network. In the season opener, "Velocity Raptor," the Wells family contends with 50 years of rust on a 1973 Peterbilt 352 COE; Josh, Mark and the Mod Mafia team give a 2018 Ford VelociRaptor a custom, high-performance overhaul.