SEMA 2025 Day Four: Top Builds, Big Honors, and the Home Stretch Hustle

Chris Hamilton . November 07, 2025 . Events

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SEMA’s penultimate punch, and today, the Las Vegas Convention Center was really buzzing. I spent the day snapping shots of display vehicles and chatting with booth workers as the clock ticks toward tomorrow’s finale. Day One was a frantic setup pregame; Day Two, the gates flew open; Day Three, the rides and manufacturers were setteled in and ready to answer any question imaginable. Day Four? It’s the pressure cooker, where the Battle of the Builders narrows to the wire, education sessions wrap their final laps, and the Industry Honors ceremony turns up the spotlight on the aftermarket’s top names.

The morning kicked off with education tracks firing on all cylinders: sessions on EV integrations, supply chain hacks, and digital marketing for shops, wrapping up the three-day program with standing-room-only crowds. By noon, the North Hall BOTB stage was electric—the Top 4 finalists unveiled at 3:30 p.m., each build a masterclass in grit and genius. From a ’15 Sensuale channeling ’60s Italian exotics with a Ferrari V12 heart to a turbo’d square-body that laid frame without flinching, these rigs aren’t just vehicles; they’re statements. The winner drops tomorrow, but the tension’s already thick enough to cut with a torque wrench.

Outdoors, the lots are a gearhead’s fever dream: widebody Jeeps portal-deep in mud demos, a fleet of restomod Broncos flexing off-road tech, and that one electric C10 from Legacy EV still drawing lines at Booth 24913. Inside, the Fontainebleau’s BleauLive Theater hosts the SEMA Industry Honors at 7 p.m.—reception at 6—honoring content creators and Persons of the Year amid schmoozing and single malts. It’s the night’s velvet rope: black ties optional, but passion required.

We’ve snagged interviews with builders who flew in from Tokyo, tested a handful of unreleased coilovers that promise to rewrite ride heights, and even caught a quick dyno pull that hit 1,200 horses without breaking a sweat. If you’re navigating the chaos, spot us—let’s trade notes on the wildest booth or that sleeper build hiding in Central Hall. Day Four is SEMA at its rawest: innovation colliding with celebration, one handshake at a time. Tomorrow’s the curtain call; tonight, we celebrate the encore.

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