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davebo posted:I'm noticing a correlation between posters who typically enjoy stanced cars and people who like stripes on SUV's. Maybe the next step for that X5 is some wacky camber. Yeah man because some stickers that are a subjective cosmetic mod is totally the same thing as ruining the handling/safety of the suspension for stance cred.  AI is turning into a circlejerk of loving idiots that think any mod not 100% related to going fast on a track is something to look down on and mock people for. I prefer function over form myself, but here's the loving thing: they're just some harmless vinyls. They literally affect nothing other than looks which are, again, subjective. Anyone that would attack someone else for choosing to install them on their own, personal car is probably just pissed off that they can't afford a $100k SUV that goes faster than their beat to poo poo old Camaro. Like I could understand if it was some NFSU 2F2F bullshit wrap with a giant shopping car wing on top and 10 degrees of negative camber with stretched tires but this is getting asinine.
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Tremek posted:The car is hardly a piece of poo poo and runs fast even on a track or at the drag strip. I was simply giving our friend here some good-natured poo poo about tarting up his $100k SUV with $800 in dealer-applied Pep Boys vinyl before the shitstorm above started. Hi I'm just backtracking my dickhead comment and also here's another one. Wait, here's 3. It's like, layers.
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Jul 27, 2015 05:55
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I have some painters tape right here.
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Jul 27, 2015 05:57
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655321 posted:Hi I'm just backtracking my dickhead comment and also here's another one. That wasn't backtracking! But as you're pretty mad about it now, let's make sure to call out that vinyl (whether the Grand Sport crap people retrofit to their C5s, Challengers, or stuff like this) will always be in poor taste, so feel free to feel self-conscious every time you see it on your car.   AMERICANS FOR A VINYL-FREE AMERICA
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Jul 27, 2015 06:02
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Where's thread about vinyls on cars so I can talk about my desire to wrap my car in a gaudy matte finish (not sarcasm)
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Jul 27, 2015 06:33
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Randuin posted:Where's thread about vinyls on cars so I can talk about my desire to wrap my car in a gaudy matte finish (not sarcasm) I feel like it should be part of the DIY paintjob thread.
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Jul 27, 2015 06:36
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What thread is this? Post your own ride - YOUR MOVE, STRIPELORD Here's my white E39, I think it needs stripes. 
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Jul 27, 2015 11:03
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Was it milkm who had the black e36 with m tricolour stripes on the wing? Always thought that looked very smart.
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Jul 27, 2015 11:31
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If I posted it in the awesome car thread telling everyone how awesome I am, or started a thread for it proclaiming that I'm the coolest guy in AI and my stripes give me bro-power, I would expect to be cut down. I am legitimately excited about my car, decided to post about it, and in the end regret it. I don't like a lot of cars or aesthetic choices I see in this thread, but it's the "post your own ride" thread, and it seems really petty to insult people who clearly like their cars and like they way they look. I'm not mad, just disappointed, and not about the reaction to my car. Evidently people should be ashamed of what they like and should certainly be ashamed of buying cars new. I prefer to buy cars new. I don't care about depreciation on new cars. I like breaking them in, and not worrying about how someone else cared for and drove the car. It's worth it to me. If that make me dumb or a rube in your eyes, I don't care. I don't care that other people don't. Do what makes you happy and drive what you like.
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Jul 27, 2015 15:13
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All we did was elbow you in the arm a little, that's all. We're all friends here. 
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Jul 27, 2015 15:48
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I don't know where you're getting any of that. This is certainly the appropriate thread for posting your ride, and people can post their reactions to rides just the same as people posting the rides themselves. This idea that we should all drive whatever we like and everyone else should live and let live is completely fallacious, because you know full well if someone came in that had just unsafely lifted their bro-truck and posted a photo of them rolling coal on some pedestrians we'd all poo poo down their neck and rightfully so. Somewhere in between coal-rolling and buying a used Murcielago you'll find polarizing stuff like stanced cars and 100k SUV's. Why is everyone down on circle-jerks? Circle-jerks are great for everyone getting jerked off. I imagine a lot of us post in AI because every other car forums on the internet is a circle-jerk of poo poo we hate, and it's our turn get jerked off by the dude next to us. Even if a second ago we were giving him poo poo. Like eyebeem. Let's make 655321's X5 a $101,200 by cramming your stroller in the back. And Cage where did your louvres go in that last Mustang pic, did 1971 call and take them back? Nah I'm just kidding they were nifty.
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Jul 27, 2015 16:13
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  vroom vroom. car go fast.
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Jul 27, 2015 16:25
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Tremek posted:The car is hardly a piece of poo poo and runs fast even on a track or at the drag strip. I was simply giving our friend here some good-natured poo poo about tarting up his $100k SUV with $800 in dealer-applied Pep Boys vinyl before the shitstorm above started. The piece of poo poo comment was to the guy implying that these are more reliable than an E36 or other BMW (they aren't)
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Jul 27, 2015 16:30
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Octopus Magic posted:
Tell us more about what's going on here? This looks like fun.
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Jul 27, 2015 16:36
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Octopus Magic posted:
Is that a Cusco roll bar?
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Jul 27, 2015 16:54
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davebo posted:And Cage where did your louvres go in that last Mustang pic, did 1971 call and take them back? Nah I'm just kidding they were nifty. I also took off my rear tail light tint.  Also the 1970s were awesome because louvers came on corollas and celicas and a lot more cars. Did you know that they even make louvers for the latest gen cavalier? They look beyond terrible: 
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Jul 27, 2015 17:01
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To be fair, literally anything to do with a Cavalier is beyond terrible.
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^  Terrible Robot posted:Yeah man because some stickers that are a subjective cosmetic mod is totally the same thing as ruining the handling/safety of the suspension for stance cred. That's a recent thing? I thought AI has always been that way. 
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Jul 27, 2015 22:04
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Mods that don't do anything??? I painted my rotor hubs black and my calipers red and they aren't even performance brakes!!!!  I mainly wanted to paint the rotor hubs black because they were already rusting and the cars only a couple months old and then I just said what the hell and painted the calipers also. VV The only other visual mod I have considered is wrapping the rear spoiler with matte black vinyl. Just a nice small amount of contrast. GabbiLB fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jul 27, 2015 |
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Jul 27, 2015 22:15
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Beautiful car. If you're really into performance visual mods, though, you might want to consider getting some stripes. Maybe paint your mirror caps red.
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Jul 27, 2015 22:18
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Do they make louvers for 15+ models yet? You should get louvers.
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Jul 27, 2015 22:25
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I saw a GT86 the other day with louvers and...it really didn't look bad. Not something I would do, but not some horrific abomination.
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Jul 27, 2015 22:30
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Cage posted:Do they make louvers for 15+ models yet? You should get louvers. Yes, they also make side window louvers and side window blackouts, for when you don't want to see at all. Roush also makes an non-functional hood scoop that sits on top of the cowl because? I've also seen stick on side vents so you can make your s550 look more like a New Edge.
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Jul 27, 2015 22:57
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Post your own ride 2015: Circle-jerks are great for everyone getting jerked off
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Jul 27, 2015 23:41
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Tremek posted:Tell us more about what's going on here? This looks like fun. Since I'm 180 miles away from my car, my dad took it up for a track day up at Thompson Motorsports park. He's pretty happy with the car. Second time this year. Bape Culture posted:Is that a Cusco roll bar? It's an Autopower roll bar I painted sparkle blue. It's better than Cusco but I wish it went back to the rear shock towers instead of the rear wheel wells. I'm sure they had their engineering reasons though.
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Jul 28, 2015 01:45
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I think my car is too sedate looking. Where should I add stripes? Or would it ruin the clean factory looks. 
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Jul 28, 2015 02:06
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add some m stripes obviously
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Sadi posted:I think my car is too sedate looking. Where should I add stripes? Or would it ruin the clean factory looks. Can i make a suggestion? 
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Jul 28, 2015 02:20
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Powershift posted:Can i make a suggestion? Nailed it.
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Jul 28, 2015 02:45
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For davebo: Will do burnouts for money.
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Jul 28, 2015 02:58
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Looks like we're compensating for the top of the page. I like the louvered look on the new edge, but I don't think it will fit well on the S550.
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Jul 28, 2015 03:05
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What would it take to get louvers with a shocker sticker imprinted in them?
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Jul 28, 2015 03:16
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ArthurDent posted:Looks like we're compensating for the top of the page. TwoFire posted:What would it take to get louvers with a shocker sticker imprinted in them?
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Jul 28, 2015 03:27
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Powershift posted:Can i make a suggestion? I like where you're going but it's missing that classic  wing. I can never remember what those things were called.
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Jul 28, 2015 03:39
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Cage posted:Just put a giant decal on your rear window with the louvers on top, you would probably be able to see it still if the background was opaque. But I can still see things behind me. Help!
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Jul 28, 2015 04:13
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Cage posted:For davebo: Please tell me the ground is wet because its so low on power that to break traction with those wide tires you have to water the road first. Edit: vv nah I like Mustangs, I learned to drive on my dad's '88 5.0, but I was a good responsible young man and never broke traction once. Then I came home from school one day and they had sold it to our neighbor and bought a used Camry that had airbags. davebo fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Jul 28, 2015 |
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Yes. I have to water the road, which is also my driveway, before I do my usual burnouts in my driveway, a road.davebo posted:I like the idea of there being at least one nicely preserved late-sn95 out there. Are there any power modifications? I worry that with just 260hp those fat tires will never get to break free. davebo posted:Please tell me the ground is wet because its so low on power that to break traction with those wide tires you have to water the road first. 
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Jul 28, 2015 15:12
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Sadi posted:I like where you're going but it's missing that classic Park bench.
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Basket handle.
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