Appearance & Detailing Interior & Exterior Appearance Modifications

Pontiac with lots of body work

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 02:45 PM
  #21  
osvaldo's Avatar
TECH Fanatic
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,386
Likes: 0
From: houston
Default

what i meant by normal was that people on here dont seem fake, like they're trying to be cool or something. i'm all about being original, but that thing went way past original to the ugly as hell side.
Reply
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 02:53 PM
  #22  
BAD ASS TA WS6's Avatar
BMW ///M Nerd
iTrader: (5)
 
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 4,112
Likes: 1
From: NH
Default

Guy has a lot of talent. Though I hate V6s, and the cloth interior.

A lot of work went into it though, and he is in Finland. Gas is expensive, and tastes are much different over there.

Good for him.
Reply
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 02:55 PM
  #23  
Louie83's Avatar
TECH Fanatic
iTrader: (3)
 
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,844
Likes: 0
From: Dayton, OH
Default

Originally Posted by osvaldo
what i meant by normal was that people on here dont seem fake, like they're trying to be cool or something. i'm all about being original, but that thing went way past original to the ugly as hell side.
Right, some of the things look like they are just trying too hard to be different, instead of focusing on things flowing together with the car.

The nose is a great example. It doesn't go with anything else on the car, it just looks like they tried to make the most unusual nose possible. It's like a different person made each part of the car without knowing what the other guys were doing.
Reply
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 03:21 PM
  #24  
leonpiper69's Avatar
TECH Resident
iTrader: (3)
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 804
Likes: 3
From: levittown PA
Default

am i the only one who noticed he is in europe and his location says missouri?
Reply
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 05:50 PM
  #25  
98redM6's Avatar
TECH Fanatic
20 Year Member
Photogenic
iTrader: (39)
 
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,519
Likes: 1
From: Central Cal - Merced County
Default

This is what has to go in order for that car not to be considered rice looking:

1) wheels - no lip, tires look too stretched, could just simply do better on a car that customized

2) taillights - the 98-02 taillights look way better

3) wing - once again, stick with stock

I can see improvements being made on the car. The carbon fiber is okay and the front end is different, but acceptable. Once again, a better wheel could have been selected. The exhaust could've been more custom, he could've cut the lower portion of the panel and put some cme tips on there or something.

I'm pretty sure there are a lot of things I left out but all in all those are the major things that need to be fixed on this car.
Reply
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 06:02 PM
  #26  
BAD ASS TA WS6's Avatar
BMW ///M Nerd
iTrader: (5)
 
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 4,112
Likes: 1
From: NH
Default

Originally Posted by leonpiper69
am i the only one who noticed he is in europe and his location says missouri?
The guy who posted the car, doesn't own it.

The other board says Finland.
Reply
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 08:18 PM
  #27  
boondiggys's Avatar
TECH Resident
iTrader: (165)
 
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 799
Likes: 0
From: NNJ
Default

Originally Posted by y2k_ta
That's pretty cool.....but all I can think of is the "Batman" theme from the 60's television show
i was gunna say paint it black and call it a batmobile
Reply
Old Jul 22, 2006 | 08:22 PM
  #28  
Trojan35's Avatar
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 582
Likes: 0
Default

I like it in a "show-car" concept-car sort of way. Not something I'd want to drive every day.

I would fix the hood/headlights. Not a fan of how the LT1 style headlights blend with the body and the ram-air doesn't look right with that front end. Oh, and switch the wing back to stock.
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:22 AM
  #29  
4gen's Avatar
Teching In
 
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 6
Likes: 0
From: Finland
Default

Originally Posted by EdwardL
There's another one with that same front bumper but it's red, and it looks MUCH better.
It was the same car last summer.
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 07:44 AM
  #30  
Smoke Panther's Avatar
TECH Resident
iTrader: (10)
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 868
Likes: 0
From: Herndon, VA
Default

Originally Posted by BAD *** TA WS6
Though I hate V6s, and the cloth interior.
Originally Posted by Stewie Griffin
whoa, whoa, whoa...sitting right here

anyways, thank god it isn't mine
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:20 PM
  #31  
KyleLs1's Avatar
TECH Apprentice
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 392
Likes: 0
From: Canada
Default

i think the tail lights and the roof look awesome...
the whole car is very well done, and anyone who says that it is a p.o.s, i would like to see them do better work.

i agree that it may be a little ricey from what we are used to but he is in a different part of the world, and most people there wouldn't have a clue what a firebird was in the first place.

give credit where credit is due... like it or not that car has some amazing bodywork and whoever did the work is very talented
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:27 PM
  #32  
Sgt. Spuds's Avatar
Shirley Temple Drinker
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,333
Likes: 1
From: IL
Default

Originally Posted by EdwardL
There's another one with that same front bumper but it's red, and it looks MUCH better.

No such luck, thats the same car, used to be red.


car looks like ****, but whats with all the cloth seat bashing? You couldn't pay me to have leather seats
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:06 PM
  #33  
BAD ASS TA WS6's Avatar
BMW ///M Nerd
iTrader: (5)
 
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 4,112
Likes: 1
From: NH
Default

Originally Posted by Sgt. Spuds
No such luck, thats the same car, used to be red.


car looks like ****, but whats with all the cloth seat bashing? You couldn't pay me to have leather seats
LOL I'm the opposite. I can't stand cloth. I've never had a car that didn't have leather. I feel like I'm sitting on the floor/carpet in cloth seats.

Leather FTW.
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:10 PM
  #34  
BlackTA98 LS1's Avatar
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 663
Likes: 0
From: Raleigh, nc
Default

Atleast it wasnt an ls1 car

jk, I dont think it looks bad, just needs new rims .
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 07:46 PM
  #35  
nokeman's Avatar
TECH Fanatic
iTrader: (30)
 
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,504
Likes: 0
From: Northern VA
Default

A lot of hard work was put into that. But personally I think its ugly.
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 09:00 PM
  #36  
stealthair's Avatar
Teching In
 
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 36
Likes: 0
From: Hotsprings, Arkansas
Default

The paint is awesome not the color but the craftsmanship . Hardly anyone these days will take the time to paint a car right. The car is ok but way over done. Tail lights look worse than puke. just my 2 cents
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 09:08 PM
  #37  
spazzyfry123's Avatar
TECH Resident
15 Year Member
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 963
Likes: 0
From: North Georgia Mountains
Default

I thought it was all computer animated until I got to those "detail pictures".
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 09:43 PM
  #38  
Reject's Avatar
TECH Senior Member
iTrader: (24)
 
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 9,195
Likes: 4
From: Texas
Default

i like his website design!
Reply
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 11:15 PM
  #39  
mrws6speed's Avatar
TECH Regular
 
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 400
Likes: 0
From: Albuquerque
Default

Personally....I think the car is really nice.....

For one, the craftsmanship on it is absolutely amazing (hard to dissagree even if you don't like the car).....

The design and the lines flow very well and everything is tight and seemless......

If you don't like it....cool.....I'm not going to try to convince you otherwise....everyone's entitled to thier opinions.....

I just think this board and this community would be a lot better off if people would think outside the box.....anything that's not the crap GM tries to shove down your throat is all of a sudden "the devil" (waterboy pun)....what a sad...sad existance...

It's ironic that many old "Pure Pontiac" and "Classic Chevy" people dislike our cars for some of the same reasons that many of you dislike this guy's car......because it's not "kosher" enough and the way GM used to make it.......

F-body's are only a very small fraction of the automotive art and performance world....and many designs on our cars have been influenced by those things you make fun of....but don't bother trying to understand that....you might hurt your brain.....

-- "No man is an island"
Reply




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:39 PM.