haha was that one for me juilo?Originally Posted by Julio
ill have my pillars paintedby the next show...PROMISE!
haha was that one for me juilo?
ill have my pillars paintedby the next show...PROMISE!
which is EXACTLY why i dont bother showing this car anymore... it got to the point it was just pointless...It is a PITA to get the car ready for a show after picking up crap off the road every freakin' day.....
When I drove mine daily and showed it for the first 5 years, It was a bitch to drive and show, Thats true.
Brett (One of the true OG's, No really... ask anyone)
'15 Chevy SS
'16 K7 SXL SWP
www.facebook.com/brett.lowenthal1
R.I.P Leisa, You are never forgotten - 10/7/08
yeah, my car is daily, i always have sand in my engine bay, i dont live near no stinkin beach, as of late, i just show my car for the hell of it
i know you love my swagger
OG Black Delegation member
RIP My Homie Elliot Sloan
i learned alot at mr flynn's...it looks like a brand new car!
Yeah Steve has some of the best products out there for sure.
Brett (One of the true OG's, No really... ask anyone)
'15 Chevy SS
'16 K7 SXL SWP
www.facebook.com/brett.lowenthal1
R.I.P Leisa, You are never forgotten - 10/7/08
im getting obsessive...i keep my purple show shine in the car...i cried when it rained but it dried w/out any water marks!
Not to be a jerk, (Because I agree w/ Jaime and the others), But I won Slap Nats Best of Show in Charlotte in 01, and the National Point Championship for '01 w/ a daily driven car. Its ALOT harder than pullin out a trailered car each sat, but it felt better because I knew I earned it. Thats one thing I commend Tim West on doing also, he drives his alot....and its one I put above others in cleanliness w/ Brett and a few others.
Julio and the guys remembered me driving to every show 2-3" off the ground at 90 mph/153 db....it was one of the best years of my life.
Greg
86 Buick GN
07 Passat Wagon
01 Frontier
Yeah I dont drive mine daily anymore but dont get it confused with not driving at all, I dont trailer mine, I drive it to every local show, meet and out of state show, I have been to Panama City and N.C for 2 out of state shows already. I do enjoy driving the car and rolling into a show driving it, makes it so much more fun
Brett (One of the true OG's, No really... ask anyone)
'15 Chevy SS
'16 K7 SXL SWP
www.facebook.com/brett.lowenthal1
R.I.P Leisa, You are never forgotten - 10/7/08
I think what Greg is trying to say is that although he agrees that it's a PITA to get a daily driver prepped for a show.....it can and has been done.
I totally agree. I got plenty of blue painter's tape and late Friday nights to prove it.......
I still think we should get SOME preferential treatment damn it!!!!!JP.
haha yeah, and steve is a nut
haha ha ha ha yeah the painters tape is new for me, I use it now that the car has its new paint job, but damn its a pain in the ass to put on...LOLI think what Greg is trying to say is that although he agrees that it's a PITA to get a daily driver prepped for a show.....it can and has been done.
I totally agree. I got plenty of blue painter's tape and late Friday nights to prove it.......
I still think we should get SOME preferential treatment damn it!!!!!
Brett (One of the true OG's, No really... ask anyone)
'15 Chevy SS
'16 K7 SXL SWP
www.facebook.com/brett.lowenthal1
R.I.P Leisa, You are never forgotten - 10/7/08
Actually Patrycja showed me that one when we went to Spring Break Nats a couple of years ago.
I try and use the thickest one and the longest lines to make it easier to peel off later.
At the big Jacksonville ECI show a while back, I had to get Paul to bring me some cleaner wax to get all the tape glue off my hood because I forgot to bring anything to get stuff like that off. The tape they sell at Home Depot for some reason seems to work better than others.
BINGO!!I think what Greg is trying to say is that although he agrees that it's a PITA to get a daily driver prepped for a show.....it can and has been done.
I totally agree. I got plenty of blue painter's tape and late Friday nights to prove it.......
I still think we should get SOME preferential treatment damn it!!!!!
Greg
86 Buick GN
07 Passat Wagon
01 Frontier
good stuff ..
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People still show cars in Atlanta?
barely... drift or drag mainly
I figured no one put on events there anymore. Between everyone bitching about the shows like HIN, NOPI, and DUB- they woulndn't come back anymore. It would be nice to see the new generation of showers coming out and showing their rides. I know it was good times for us.
its good but nothing like the old Xrated/PI days
I drive over hundered mile to show my car almost everytime. and there probably isn't a month that i'm not show at least one. except for winter.
hmm.... hmmm....
I wonder if stock rims can work though? A starion got featured in a mag and it was sportin stock rims that were polished
also what about some other things - like on my car, there isn't much in terms of aesthics. Aside from a stock 83 hood, there's a CF version, which turned out to not be the GREATEST quality. Then of course you got a cowl induction hood. It can actually look pretty nice, but at a show, I don't think it would exactly rule to well?
cowl hood
^^ 83 hood ( as in a factory optioned hood that only came in 1983 ) - as well as polished stock rims ( sig has painted with polished lip )
then you have stock ( see sig )
Also - do judge's not like vacuum hoses? A quick and not so cheap solution would be a $2000 mpi setup, but, for those who dont have the money laying around for that, would a clean vacuum hose job be frowned down upon? or a TBI setup?
and on a final note - um... what if your car has no bodykit in existence, and making a kit fit would require so much cutting that it more than likely wouldnt look right? Also... what if your car was already... widebodied from the factory? Would a judge necessarily care about that? ( Given if they even knew that the car came that way... lol )
... yea sorry for the long post, but I've been seriously entertaining on entering my car into the show circuit, the main reason being to hope to maybe start to gain some interest from some companies to make a few more aftermarket parts
Last edited by Stormhammer; 08-13-2006 at 04:32 AM.
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^^ well. with my car. they dont really make shit. they make a kit for it..and a hood and honestly. thats about it really. so, that forces me to get creative. everything on my car, in my car, is going to have to be custom made. even the kit, i had to force that bitch to fit on there, and eventually just decided to mold it.
its just kinda depends on how much you want to get into it, and how much work you put into it.
now, im not sayin you wont ever be able to win something as it is. but you know just add some little things to it. clean up the engine bay with a few polished/powder coated things. and most of all, make sure the car is CLEAN.
yea but see, with your car, your front end is 1 piece save for that grill
mine is... about like 5 various pieces. I mean I can throw in a turbo duct into the header panel ( panel between the headlights ) - but as for the bumper/airdam, nothing exists really, or even remotely would fit it. I have a CF air splitter being made by a guy in TX at the moment, I even have a rear splitter that sits over the gas tank that is being made as well
Hm, that brings me to another question. For judging, does a semi-stripped race appealed interior partain to their tastes, or are the points for the entire like 400lb fiberglass and tweed sub enclosures with neons and little spiffy moving thingamabobs
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yea but see, with your car, your front end is 1 piece save for that grill
mine is... about like 5 various pieces. I mean I can throw in a turbo duct into the header panel ( panel between the headlights ) - but as for the bumper/airdam, nothing exists really, or even remotely would fit it. I have a CF air splitter being made by a guy in TX at the moment, I even have a rear splitter that sits over the gas tank that is being made as well
Hm, that brings me to another question. For judging, does a semi-stripped race appealed interior partain to their tastes, or are the points for the entire like 400lb fiberglass and tweed sub enclosures with neons and little spiffy moving thingamabobs
aslong as the interior looks nice.. I've seen drag cars the look like shit.. and then I seen drag cars/race preped that have a kick ass interior.
Why not put this in the "Competition" section and add " Competetive Shows" to the little prelude of the forum?
Kinda a weird topic for the Whoreslounge.
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