Pimping the ride

[Burn]

On Monday I finished paying my car off.

To celebrate such an occassion, I branded it. :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/burnscrap/th_100_2242.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/burnscrap/100_2242.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/burnscrap/th_100_2243.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/burnscrap/100_2243.jpg)

$10 sticker from E-Bay. Applied in less than five minutes and has survived a usual day in the tropics. (ie sun and then rain and then sun and then some more run)

[loophole]

two thumps up from me

[shokwave2]

YES! I love as TF car mod.

[loophole]

actually one thing i want to do is get one of those coloured decepticon symbot belt buckles and make it into a badge for the grill of my car :D

[shokwave2]

actually one thing i want to do is get one of those coloured decepticon symbot belt buckles and make it into a badge for the grill of my car :D

How's this look? I drove this baby 3,000km in a week and it's still there. Still some modding to do.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b42/wet_wookiee/decnissan.jpg

[loophole]

thats wicked shokwave!!

[shokwave2]

It gets a few thumbs up and smiles, and also a few laughs. It's a chrome plastic car badge bought from a cheap asian store. $18. I might get another to replace the rear nissan badge.

[blackie]

i cant wait till i get my new car
big autobot sticker on the back side window :D

[griffin]

A couple weeks back I saw this car at a shopping centre near me:

http://www.otca.com.au/a05.jpg

It's probably the thing Tiby recently got in the acquisitions thread.

It prompted me to take a photo of my own 'pimped' car:

http://www.otca.com.au/a06.jpg

http://www.otca.com.au/a07.jpg

[loophole]

It's probably the thing Tiby recently got in the acquisitions thread.

well there are tonnes of them on ebay atm and cheap too :D been tempted to get a couple to pimp my cars out even more :D

[yukitora]

my partner wants to pimp out a camper van to look like rodimus prime! it's gonna be a while cause i dont even have a CAR!

[GoktimusPrime]

Whenever I see a parked car with a TF logo I stick a piece of paper on the windscreen wiper where I've written "OzFormers Transformers Collectors Australia www.otca.com.au" ;)
Last time as I was preparing to do this, the driver returned to his car, so I spoke directly to him. Turns out it's his son's car (the dude did look a bit old to be a TFan) but he said that his son loves Transformers so when I told him about OzFormers he was happy to take details down.

I have _no_ idea if any of those people have signed up or not. Ah well. :p

I have this on the back of my car:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/carbadge.jpg
On the right side and bonnet are Autobot insignia magnets (got one from Kmart another from TRU). Dangling from my rear vision mirror are the Red Rooster ROTF dog tags. The tissue box in the back of my car (yeah yeah, so stereotypically Asian of me - it's what happens when you have a baby on board :p) has a hybrid Autobot/Decepticon logo with the words "Transformers More Than Meets The Eye" and "超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー" (Super Robot Life Transformers) written on it. :)

...so on Thursday one kid at my school recognised my car (gasp) and stuck this note (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=119679&postcount=56) on it (which is where my current avatar comes from :D).

One time on the way to the Parramatta Fair Rampage and I saw another car with an Autobot logo, so I waved Legends Beachcomber out the window and beeped at him. He beeped back. :)

[Burn]

How do those "3D" ones look?

I've seen them on E-Bay but they never interested me due to the lack of colour and being too obtrusive. Hence why I went with the sticker as I wanted it to stand out but not stand out too much and also be easy to wash over. (Which I should probably do today before the custom paw prints become permanent)

[loophole]

my partner wants to pimp out a camper van to look like rodimus prime! it's gonna be a while cause i dont even have a CAR!

that would be very cool, now i wanna get a panel van and do the same thing :D

[rateeg]

oh yes... don't forget my autobot "camstripe" in vehicle mode.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/don4nik/camstripe003.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/don4nik/camstripe005.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/don4nik/scar002.jpg

[shokwave2]

Sweet ride rateeg. Now show pics of camstripe in bot mode:p

[loophole]

cool

[liegeprime]

ow plenty of pimps here hehehe:D:D:D. Now if only I own a car... as a matter of fact if only I drive hehehehe:p

[rateeg]

Sweet ride rateeg. Now show pics of camstripe in bot mode:p


only in battles, my friend. :p

[shokwave2]

only in battles, my friend. :p

Well i hope camstripe never crosses the path of x-trailblaster.

[rateeg]

Well i hope camstripe never crosses the path of x-trailblaster.





SPEED vs. STRENGTH
hmm...
i wanna find out who's better... :)

[shokwave2]

Trying to keep on topic, what other car mods would everyone like to see?

I'd like to have some bot/con seat covers, floor mats, etc. I wonder if these are available anywhere?

[dirge]

rateeg... nice stripes, but it's a good idea to black out your number plates (just in case)

I love the jacket, BTW (no, I'm not filo, but the idea is awesome). Are you wearing Nike Foamposite Lites?

[rateeg]

rateeg... nice stripes, but it's a good idea to black out your number plates (just in case)

I love the jacket, BTW (no, I'm not filo, but the idea is awesome). Are you wearing Nike Foamposite Lites?

is it legal to repaint the plate number?

thanks for the compliment on the jacket. it's actually a limited edition nike "manny pacquiao" training jacket, got lucky to snag one.
and yes, those are nike foam lites.
god, you got eagle's vision. :)

[GoktimusPrime]

is it legal to repaint the plate number?
He means black out your number plate on your photo so that all these internet weirdosfellow collectors looking at your photo won't be able to see your personal car registration. :)

[blackie]

ima steal your car now :P

[rateeg]

He means black out your number plate on your photo so that all these internet weirdosfellow collectors looking at your photo won't be able to see your personal car registration. :)



oh silly me.

umm... that's alright. internet freaks are welcome to sabotage me and my car.
besides, im a freak too like them.

[dirge]

is it legal to repaint the plate number?


In photoshop yeah :)



thanks for the compliment on the jacket. it's actually a limited edition nike "manny pacquiao" training jacket, got lucky to snag one.


Manny what? Either way, it's a awesome idea, and it works well for the pinoy flag. Unlike say.. the Libyan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Libya) flag...

http://pro.corbis.com/images/CB005749.jpg?size=572&uid=ef38651b-99ca-44bd-9d50-3be298072914&uniqID=9573d068-b149-4a52-ae95-8da17176bddb



and yes, those are nike foam lites.
god, you got eagle's vision. :)

Or a good knowledge of basketball boots. I don't own foam lites myself, but I know the look thanks to the Kryptonates (http://www.kicksonfire.com/2009/02/15/nike-foamposite-lite-kryptonate-edition-nate-robinson-pe-nba-all-star-slam-dunk-contest/).

[TF76]

I don't drive but every time I see 'pimping the ride' I laugh for some reason... Ha!

I only replied to type 'pimping the ride'. Ha!

[rateeg]

In photoshop yeah :)



Manny what? Either way, it's a awesome idea, and it works well for the pinoy flag. Unlike say.. the Libyan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Libya) flag...

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Or a good knowledge of basketball boots. I don't own foam lites myself, but I know the look thanks to the Kryptonates (http://www.kicksonfire.com/2009/02/15/nike-foamposite-lite-kryptonate-edition-nate-robinson-pe-nba-all-star-slam-dunk-contest/).

ok.. manny who?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Pacquiao

and maybe if you have free time...
search manny pacquiao in youtube...
the 6th highest paid athlete in the world tying with NBA star Lebron James and golfer Phil Mickelson. :)