Chrome Cars, Cool or too Bling ?
12-29-03, 04:10 PM
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Man i get glare just off people's windshields. can you imagine that sucker cutting a right turn into the sun and you being the unlucky sap in the right spot for the reflection to hit?
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12-29-03, 05:20 PM
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I love chrome and all, but that is WAYY to much of a good thing!
Plus I would be broke from using a WHOLE bottle of Meguairs spray wax every time a clean the car LOL
Plus I would be broke from using a WHOLE bottle of Meguairs spray wax every time a clean the car LOL
12-29-03, 05:43 PM
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holy crap, those remind me of these things called jeepneys in the Philippines! lol... they make jeeps out of pieces of sheet metal and are hella shiny (and blinding) when the sun hits em..
12-29-03, 06:34 PM
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A $140K SL55 with those mods, there is nothing practical at all. They could have at least got new rims, something not stock, but maybe all their budget went to the body. Looks amazing though.
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12-30-03, 06:23 AM
#24
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Chrome cars?
Well, Flipside, what do you think of THIS one? You didn't like my suggestions for purple, lime green, etc....
Here's something that's REALLY garish. I wouldn't have something like this for all the rice in China.
For one thing, the glare would be enormous on a sunny day...you would be blinded.
In fact chrome wiper arms, A-Pillars, etc....were outlawed back in the '60's for just that reason....glare.
One production car I was reminded of when I saw this....back in the late 70's, John DeLorean left GM and set up a shop in Northern Ireland to build the brushed all-aluminum gull-wing sports car....but it was a much duller finish . His company had bad quality control and financial problems and went bust in 1981 when he was arrested with a suitcaseful of cocaine....supposedly to get cash for his firm.
I agree with one thing...........putting this car into a show would be like having a bikini-clad Pamela Anderson Lee walk into a convent during prayers.
Here's something that's REALLY garish. I wouldn't have something like this for all the rice in China.
For one thing, the glare would be enormous on a sunny day...you would be blinded.
In fact chrome wiper arms, A-Pillars, etc....were outlawed back in the '60's for just that reason....glare.
One production car I was reminded of when I saw this....back in the late 70's, John DeLorean left GM and set up a shop in Northern Ireland to build the brushed all-aluminum gull-wing sports car....but it was a much duller finish . His company had bad quality control and financial problems and went bust in 1981 when he was arrested with a suitcaseful of cocaine....supposedly to get cash for his firm.
I agree with one thing...........putting this car into a show would be like having a bikini-clad Pamela Anderson Lee walk into a convent during prayers.
12-31-03, 09:32 AM
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number one, they look kinda like cgi and not real.....
2, they are definitely cool looking
3, chrome plated most likely, and not actualy chrome
4, mtm modified an audi a8 and it was polished aluminum, so it was more dull and an all aluminum car would be more expensive than chrome plating
5, those cars are cool and just became my desktop
2, they are definitely cool looking
3, chrome plated most likely, and not actualy chrome
4, mtm modified an audi a8 and it was polished aluminum, so it was more dull and an all aluminum car would be more expensive than chrome plating
5, those cars are cool and just became my desktop
12-31-03, 10:18 AM
#29
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Re: Chrome cars?
Originally posted by mmarshall
I agree with one thing...........putting this car into a show would be like having a bikini-clad Pamela Anderson Lee walk into a convent during prayers.
I agree with one thing...........putting this car into a show would be like having a bikini-clad Pamela Anderson Lee walk into a convent during prayers.
Originally posted by mmarshall
do u guys realize how many woman would crash looking at this car its like a big mirror
do u guys realize how many woman would crash looking at this car its like a big mirror
In the 2000 Olympic Games in ATL, 20-30 Chevy CHROME Chevy pickups were driven around the commencement ceremony for the lighting of the torch. I wonder where these chrome trucks are now?
12-31-03, 03:16 PM
#30
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Chrome wheels, chrome exhaust, and that's about it,... gold trim,... no pin stripes, no stickers ( or at least in most cases ), and no chrome paint!!!! you might mess around a blind an airplane pilot with all of that light you'd be throwing around. NOT!!!!
Keep it simple and classy!
Keep it simple and classy!