Thats why its on bags

 

I don't want to step on any toes here, clearly a large amount of time, effort, work, and money went into that car. However most of us can agree on the fact that it's ____ ugly, plain and simple.

When will people wrap their heads around the concept that huge shiny rims and lowering springs do not make a car look good?

The work done on that interior is truly impressive, but seriously; would you design your bedroom like the interior of that car?

I might be coming at this from a different angle than most of you people, but just because you can do something doesn't mean you [i]should[/] do something; especially with cars. I believe this concept goes by the name of "taste." One can have a technical wonder without taste or an extremely beautiful, yet useless object. It's those items that are both beautiful and funtional that we remember.
[/brutal honesty]

Once more, I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings. It's not my call what people do with their automobiles, hopefully they'll do things that make themselves happy. I just sometimes want to ask "why?"

 

If your passion is lowriders, take the car you like and airbrush murals on it and throw on some spokes.
If your passion is old rat rods, break out the flat black rattlecan and Von Dutch pinstripe that beeyatch.
And if you're a minitrucker, lay that car on its *****, put some bags on it, and shave and paint the crap out of it!
I'm a minitrucker by trade, but I can respect all forms of auto enthusiasm. I dig a ride that's well thought out and creative, and can appreciate good work when I see it. Just because you don't like a color scheme, or the fabric, or the big shiny wheels, don't hate!
Judge not, lest ye be judged... what have you done to your Scion lately?

-Phil

 

I dont know if big rims are bad, but i happen to be to young, so i like the big rim thing, but my dad is an old time hot rodder and i cant lie, his 36 ford 5 window coupe has 15 inch yellow steel rims with 35inch rear tires and 22 tires on the front, and its so damn cool. And he can light them up on the highway with the 427 under the hood. problem is, it handles like a refridgerator. To each there own, big rims and turbos are in, a few years back it was big blocks and drag tires.

 

1ST OF ALL ____ GEORGIA.......PERIOD........EVERYONE KNOWS YOU CANT ROLL LIKE THE WEST COAST MAN......IM NEW 2 THE WEBSITE .......RIGHT NOW IM WAITING 4 MY VOLCANO XB 2 COME IN.....HOPE I CAN JOIN SOME OF THOSE SCION MEETS UP IN SAC.....LATE...... SACRAMENTO KINGS #1

 

OH YEAH BUT I DO LIKE THE GREEN SCION...LOL....

 

Please, there is no "challenge" out to anyone out in the left coast--SE as well as TSW has more than proved that we own, as far as this east vs west crap...don't even start that up.

When I look at a car like that, I say--too much money, too little taste. Anyone that is rich up the ___ can just drop their car off to a shop, and let them go nuts on it to their hearts content. It takes originality, as well as personal work to get a thumbs up in my book.

Here is a challenge to YOU...why don't you ask him how much the owner PAID someone to do his car up like that. Post the amount of money he paid to get his car like that, and I'd be willing to bet--if you gave me that much to throw into my 14k car, I'd be on the cover of Import Tuner, Super Street, as well as Sport Compact Car.

EDIT--i guess the owner owns his own custom minitruck shop or whatever...gee, i wonder how i got it all done.

Most of us are just regular people, with regular jobs--too bad you big boys who own shops and such have to be so full of yourselfs.

 

i'm all about the mintrucks baby.. been a mini-trucker for years, i just fell in love with the box, I plan on hacking the hell out of my box when I come up on some more money... and I do mean hacking up (god bless plasma cutters and welders).. Once a mini-trucker always a mini-trucker! Kinda stays in your blood!

 

i'm all about the mintrucks baby.. been a mini-trucker for years, i just fell in love with the box, I plan on hacking the hell out of my box when I come up on some more money... and I do mean hacking up (god bless plasma cutters and welders).. Once a mini-trucker always a mini-trucker! Kinda stays in your blood!

 

he did a lot of quality work for one ugly car

 

yeah its too bad alotta guys with money lack good taste, or creativity... but in time, those of us with a lil money here and a lil money there will prevail...

 

a lot of cool work...it shows...but guess what...mini truck style went OUT of style a LONG time ago..

couldnt PAY me to drive that. but that is just me.

 

You're kidding right? While the import scene has been growing the mini truck scene is still going strong and some of the most creative and baddest looking rides are still coming out.

Djuan- You saying the green box has no creativity? If so what could your creative mind come up with?

 

Look, what I'm saying is that you may think it's ugly, buy you have to respect Jimmy and the crew at Autowerks for the work that went into it. You don't have to like it, but you also don't have to bash it just because they have the money to do it. The guy with the Fabulous kit on his thundercloud xB had the money to get the kit, but I'm not hating on him 'cause he has the $$ and I don't.
I'm also not saying you should "bow down to the East coast" or anything like that... The West coast is definitely still the best coast, and nothing will ever change that!
But to bash the PTAP Scion just because they had an unlimited budget is missing the point entirely. If you're going to do that, then you better hate on every Sema vehicle at the show, because that's how you get attention for a shop.
Just my $.02- i'll get off my soapbox now!

-Phil

 

Not every car at SEMA sent mail to TSW, nor posted on this forum bragging about their car being better than everyone elses. Simple as that.

How do you brag about your car when you have unlimited funds to build it?

That's like Bill Gates going around with the fastest computer in the world, and branging about it. It's just stupid.

 

Well if every one is giveing there opinon so will i. First off as far as mods go the one done to that scion are by far the best executed period. If the owner has a chip on his shoulder so what. As a car guy that work is bad a$$ . Lets just get over this high school chit and move on. Some of the stuff being said is the same chit as when LJ's
ax busted out every one had some negitive chit to say instead of imbracing these to
well built cars ,they will do nothing but bring better coverage of our cars. Now im done
so can this site go back to being informitive and fun instead of some bs chit talkn site.

 

Well , I dont post often, not into the whole "let's argue on the internet thing" but here
is my OPINION. Personally I think that ____ is tight. It looks like an incredible amount of engineering. That ____ dont come easy (maybe to the guy with all the money) but definately not to the guys who obviosly spent some long nights on it.

I think its good for our Hobby that shops with the money are putting out full blown
show XB's. I know if I had the money my junk would be chopped 8 inches and I
would suicide the rear doors. (any sponsers I wish.......

ANOTHER .02

 

This is ridiculous, no one is calling anyone out, and I don't care if you live on the West Coast, East Coast, Canada, Japan, Mexico, or Mars for that matter; can't people just agree to disagree? All that was meant by the "dethroning" comment from Phil was let’s see another xB on the cover of another magazine; whether it is an import mag, or a truck mag. Also, everyone keeps talking about how they had unlimited funds...if you close your shop for almost 5 weeks the money stops coming in...but hey when you own your own business you have to spend money to make money.

Case in point, we have friends that own a Subaru shop, they are up to their eye ***** in a car that they are building for an all Subaru track day. This car will make or break them, but when you own a business it is all about getting your name out there by doing something one off. Whether or not everyone likes your work is part of life, and we all know how the saying goes...Opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one and at times they all stink.

Vicki

 

That interior is so wild! It was enough to inspire me to sand down and paint my dash! And after doing so, it really makes me appreciate the work that they put into theirs.

Peace,
m@

 

The Green Monster...Sweet

How did you get the subs in the roof?