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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Eiksirf on April 20, 2005, 03:58:04 PM

Title: Body kit
Post by: Eiksirf on April 20, 2005, 03:58:04 PM: So here\'s what I\'ve ordered for my Grand Am.

Not that you\'ll care. But it\'s a first for me...

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I didn\'t order a spoiler (yet). That one in the picture is pretty goofy.

The total was like 900 but I\'m gonna have it all painted and put on so I\'m predicting about 2 grand.

Wanted something to take a loan out for so I could build some more credit..

My car has 5 spoke chrome wheels, but they need some hard core polishing. I shouldn\'t have left them on for winter. Hope to clean them Saturday if it\'s nice out.

-Dan
Title: Body kit
Post by: Jar O Pickles on April 20, 2005, 04:17:59 PM: wow you managed to take a nice american car and turn it into a rice burner
im ashamed to own a grand am now
Title: Body kit
Post by: mm on April 20, 2005, 04:36:15 PM: (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psx2central.com%2Fmm%2Frice.jpg&hash=55af96697b1d3bc2f86820055df8fb21d35e0182)
Title: Body kit
Post by: Lord Nicon on April 20, 2005, 04:50:53 PM: I guess we have different tastes but thats pretty flamboyant. I mean its nice to have a "good looking" or exotic looking car but thats a bit much. Now i dont descriminate against domestic ricers/tuners as much as some of these guys but that crazy rice on a grand am is just nasty. At least that kit is. Im all about go and a little bit of show but if you have nothing under the hood to back it up then its just plain old-

RICE

Please whatever you do, dont get that wing at least. Its just adding ballast. Perhaps A wing if you have to but not that one. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
Title: Body kit
Post by: Evi on April 20, 2005, 04:53:26 PM: People can do whatever the hell they want with their car. Grand Am\'s look like ass anyway, IMO...anything to fix it up would be a plus. Good like on your body kit journey.
Title: Body kit
Post by: SwifDi on April 20, 2005, 05:02:10 PM: Ignore all the "rice" bandwagoners and do whatever you want to your car. I\'m so bored of people telling others what to do with their cars. If you get so pussy hurt over a spoiler or bodykit, then you have issues.
Title: Body kit
Post by: Lord Nicon on April 20, 2005, 05:12:47 PM: I see we\'re making up phrases now.

Im not literally trying to tell him what to do, i just believe that its an ugly kit IMO. Body kits are fine, some are fucking ugly and some arent plain and simple.

I havent seen the front of your kit anywhere to see if it looks any different but this seems more me if i had to get something.
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Not my style but meh... it was done by a girl :p
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Title: Body kit
Post by: Evi on April 20, 2005, 05:28:10 PM: We can\'t all afford 6000 dollar body kits...
Title: Body kit
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 20, 2005, 06:18:54 PM: I rather drive a car that looks like a shit bomb and has guts, then a car that looks pretty and has none.
Title: Body kit
Post by: Bozco on April 20, 2005, 06:49:13 PM: Thats almost ok till you realize how much better things 900$ could be put towards.
Title: Body kit
Post by: Jar O Pickles on April 20, 2005, 06:56:48 PM: i would save up more and see if you can get your hands on the supercharged 3.8L from the bonniville and drop that in
Title: Body kit
Post by: Phil on April 20, 2005, 08:10:08 PM: Ugly as sin, why waste the money?
Title: Body kit
Post by: Samwise on April 20, 2005, 10:31:15 PM: Haha, I love how supportive we are on this board...

I say - do whatever YOU want, regardless of what other people think. It\'s not their car and it\'s not their money.
Title: Body kit
Post by: Evi on April 21, 2005, 12:17:02 AM: You can do whatever you want, just don\'t be this guy:

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This was posted before, but I figured the situation called for it.
Title: Body kit
Post by: clips on April 21, 2005, 07:24:25 AM: Quote
Originally posted by EviscerationX
People can do whatever the hell they want with their car. Grand Am\'s look like ass anyway, IMO...anything to fix it up would be a plus. Good like on your body kit journey.

that s**t is too funny! :laughing: i had a kit on my 240 sx and 92 maxima..so i say as long as the kit isn\'t too over the top i say go for it...but just get another spolier...my kit days are over..if i were to get another whip i\'d just throw some nice wheels on it and call it a day...
Title: Body kit
Post by: CHIZZY on April 21, 2005, 07:58:17 AM: Git down wit\' yo bad self, cracksirf!

RIP johnny crack

I\'d spend the $900 on another grand am, and you could have two!
Title: Body kit
Post by: Samwise on April 21, 2005, 09:39:53 AM: Lol...

And +1 on the coolness meter for mentioning JOHNNY CRACK!
Title: Body kit
Post by: Eiksirf on April 21, 2005, 01:59:43 PM: Heh that was a lot more negative than I expected. I don\'t make race cars. Or rice burners. I make my car look cool.

I went with this cuz the paint on my bumper is peeling so I got the idea to replace it with a body kit rather than paint over it and watch it happen again.

The last owner did a shit job painting the bumper...

I think the front of this body kit looks sharp as hell. And the skirts. The rear leaves me a little to be desired, but I couldn\'t just do the front two.

The decision was either this kit or a super flat screen tv. But I don\'t have room for that, and the paint isn\'t peeling off my existing tv. ;]

I agree the pictured spoiler is goofy. I like a way more subtle wing if I go that way. Car\'s cool, though. I don\'t fancy upgrading under the hood. If it runs it\'s cool. I bought a 4-cylinder to save on gas.

My next car I hope to get a hybrid. By the time I\'m ready I hope I can get a nice one used.

So I won\'t be racing it. But when I park it in front of a store, everyone will go "wow that\'s hot. He must have ginormic testicles."

But I\'m just average.

-Dan
Title: Body kit
Post by: Eiksirf on April 21, 2005, 02:01:55 PM: And if it helps, I named my car Everyone\'s Favorite Pontiac, Rob Grand Am.

So you\'re beat. ;]

-Dan
Title: Body kit
Post by: Jar O Pickles on April 21, 2005, 02:49:42 PM: http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/kaitlyn/McNasty (http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/kaitlyn/McNasty)
this songs great since we\'re talking about ricers
Title: Body kit
Post by: Lord Nicon on April 21, 2005, 04:27:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Eiksirf
So I won\'t be racing it. But when I park it in front of a store, everyone will go "wow that\'s hot. He must have ginormic testicles."

But I\'m just average.

-Dan

That or "uhg, you know he must be compensating for something."

But then theres also " damn, them some fly wheels son. Lets jack that shit."

:p
Title: Body kit
Post by: SER on April 22, 2005, 06:53:25 PM: Looks alright I guess. Just be sure you\'re not riding stock height and on stock wheels. :)
Title: Body kit
Post by: Lord Nicon on April 23, 2005, 06:51:32 AM: Quote
Originally posted by SER
Looks alright I guess. Just be sure you\'re not riding stock height and on stock wheels. :)

Thats true. I think he said he was getting some rims or something. Either way, if they are big rims and he has a kit on there then he might have to stiffen the ride. I\'ve known a few people to mess up a kit that way.
Title: Body kit
Post by: unknown on April 23, 2005, 01:19:30 PM: Quote
Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
I rather drive a car that looks like a shit bomb and has guts, then a car that looks pretty and has none.

w3rd.