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Old 07-07-2007, 05:50 PM
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I'm rebadging my car as a decepticon. Any ideas/opinions for welding onto that screw on front tow hook so I can have a twist on machine gun?

Is it legal to look like you're all Twisted Metal'd out?
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I'm rebadging my car as a decepticon. Any ideas/opinions for welding onto that screw on front tow hook so I can have a twist on machine gun?

Is it legal to look like you're all Twisted Metal'd out?
Goodluck explaining that one to the cops....
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..... wtf.

where are you going to even find a machine gun...?
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Well your not a GM so i can see why you cant be an Autobot...
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... nice one
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Lmao, nice comment about the Chevy-formers.

but what I was talking about is this....

And then a smaller tube through the middle. Then weld a bolt with the same threading as the tow hook and pop it on.

Chrome it or flat black.
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I hope you aren't serious about this.
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I'm........well yeah .............no.

I just wanted the throw the idea out there. I do think it would be neat though.
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I think its a cool idea.. but I promise you WILL get endless BS for it.
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Originally Posted by divine_suffering
I'm........well yeah .............no.

I just wanted the throw the idea out there. I do think it would be neat though.
Damn Farm kids!!!!
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Nice, now I'll know where I got those nice round indentations on my bumper.
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Its illegal, you have to have the highest gun license to mount a weapon on your car, and even higher to use it. My friend said Class 5, if thats how licenses go.
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Originally Posted by STNC
Its illegal, you have to have the highest gun license to mount a weapon on your car, and even higher to use it. My friend said Class 5, if thats how licenses go.
I'm not REALLY putting a gun on my car though....
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Originally Posted by divine_suffering
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Its illegal, you have to have the highest gun license to mount a weapon on your car, and even higher to use it. My friend said Class 5, if thats how licenses go.
I'm not REALLY putting a gun on my car though....
Ok, if you want to take that approach, what if I put a fake 50 caliber gun on my car, though its not real, I'm still going to get arrested, Homeland Security will be all over me, and I'll be getting a one way ticket to Cuba.

Oh, and all fake guns have to have their barrel tips painted orange.

Face it, this needs to be labeled Bad Idea. In this day and age, mounting guns on civilian cars is just not cool, or worth it.
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Geez...so aggressive about it. It was just an idea.

It'd be removable so it could quite possibly be a show idea.
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Its a bad call imo
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I want to make a license plate frame with real .45 bullets along the bottom, wonder if that's legal...oops, sorry to threadjack I'm thinking out loud again...

I think for show purposes only this machine gun would be a good idea. I think on your car permanently, it will end up stolen or some punk kid will come along and jump on it.
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I though this thread was supposedly a joke or something. lol. Transformers was sick though, I want someone to do a PS on our cars in optimize transformation. How about a machine gun sticking out out your moon roof maybe?
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u could do it if it were for "offroad purposes only"
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