Pimp My Ride

So I watched Pimp My Ride on Friday night.

WHAT THE FUCK QUESTION MARK EXCLAMATION MARK

For those who don't know, this is a show where Xzibit and his merry band of misfits (A place called West Coast Customs, who dare to call themselves a workshop) trudge around and Pimp Out* peoples shitboxes.

So they get this girl's 92 Civic right. Shitbox. White car, no hubcaps, damage on the rear door. She's kinda hot though so I keep watching.

They take this car over to West Coast Fuckups (sorry, Customs). Fix the panel damage - sweet.

Then the world went mad.

New paintjob time - "COOL!! LETS DO LAVENDER WITH BLACK VINYL RACING STRIPES!!"
-"OH YEAH DAWG! THAT'LL LOOK P-I-M-P!"

New rims - "LET'S PUT 18 INCH CHROMES ON THIS BAD BOY!"
-"OH hell yeah!! That's gonna look phat and help her corner mad tyte!"
(Granted, the rims they used were nice, but didn't suit a Civic at all)

Interior - Purple and black motif, with a massage unit built into the passenger seat (Cool concept, but WTF?)

Bodykit - A fucking APC front bumper. APC! ABS Plastic front bumper!

Wing - A big fuck off, 747, harvest the fucking clouds for moisture sized Aluminium GT Wing. "This'll serve a real purpose too!" (YEAH!! It'll double as a bookshelf!)

Clear taillights - nothing much to say to that really

Huge ICE setup - same as above.

And now my favourite. Lamborghini style scissor doors. And they use a premade kit that's so shit the bolts snap off the first time they apply pressure to them. Well done, top marks.



But now my biggest gripe. They unveil the car, and while HotGirl does her emotional freakout thing (OMG OMG MY CAR LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING HERO PARADE FLOAT!!!) they inadvertantly show a closeup of the car.

Hooo boy.

HUUGE gaps in the bodywork. MASSIVE gap between the headlight and the bumper. Absolute shit. If a shop I went to did that, I'd demand my money back. Then report them all to the catholic church as witches to be burned. It was that bad.

What's worse, is the clownshoes who sit and worship MTV all day will think this is MAD TYTE MAFAKA!! and strive to fuck up automotive hobbies forever more.

Yes I know, if I don't like it, I shouldn't watch it. And I won't. But how can I comment on something I haven't seen?

Yarrrgh. I am Toksin, and I have a case of the Mondays.



*Fuck up

The Insiders guide to happiness > Pimp my ride.


That said, I saw parts of PMR last Thursday. I liked the tail-lights, I like the ICE install, I liked the Lambo doors and the massager kicked ass. BUT I would no way subject my Civic to that- all those asses did was polish a poo.

Wing- FD3S RX7 wing
Bumper- Mugen
Seats- Leather trimmed Recaro race-seats (and do the whole interior in leather- not that gay teddy-bear material)
Paint- Anything but lavender and no Ghey racing stripes
Wheels- Avanti 17 Inch wheels.
Engine- While the budget is limited, I'd be tempted to drop in a KA20
Proper Subs instead of those gay as NAWZ ones

Simply changing the gay mods done for the ones I suggested could have made the car that much better.

:werd:








"OH MY GOD, it's Xhibit he's a famous rapper" Whopde SHIT

So it's not Ludacris who presents it like I thought. Riiiigghhht...

Simply changing the gay mods done for the ones I suggested could have made the car that much better.



A sledgehammer would have made that much better

Shuddup, I like Civic's :(

I'll have to agree with Toksin about that show. I've only seen one episode. They 'pimped' an old Monte Carlo. Screens, game console, wheels and tires, new interior, etc. and some shitty looking light-to-dark green fade paint job.

I almost puked when I saw a close up of the body job. Gaps, crooked panels, waves, and I could actually see blotches in the paint. Aren't things supposed to look better on TV? After I got over the pukey feeling, I laughed my mother fucking ass off!

I have to say, WORST TV AUTO SHOW EVER!

I'm done.

lol. it is funny what they do sometimes.

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So I watched Pimp My Ride on Friday night.

WHAT THE FUCK QUESTION MARK EXCLAMATION MARK

For those who don't know, this is a show where Xzibit and his merry band of misfits (A place called West Coast Customs, who dare to call themselves a workshop) trudge around and Pimp Out* peoples shitboxes.

So they get this girl's 92 Civic right. Shitbox. White car, no hubcaps, damage on the rear door. She's kinda hot though so I keep watching.

They take this car over to West Coast Fuckups (sorry, Customs). Fix the panel damage - sweet.

Then the world went mad.

New paintjob time - "COOL!! LETS DO LAVENDER WITH BLACK VINYL RACING STRIPES!!"
-"OH YEAH DAWG! THAT'LL LOOK P-I-M-P!"

New rims - "LET'S PUT 18 INCH CHROMES ON THIS BAD BOY!"
-"OH hell yeah!! That's gonna look phat and help her corner mad tyte!"
(Granted, the rims they used were nice, but didn't suit a Civic at all)

Interior - Purple and black motif, with a massage unit built into the passenger seat (Cool concept, but WTF?)

Bodykit - A fucking APC front bumper. APC! ABS Plastic front bumper!

Wing - A big fuck off, 747, harvest the fucking clouds for moisture sized Aluminium GT Wing. "This'll serve a real purpose too!" (YEAH!! It'll double as a bookshelf!)

Clear taillights - nothing much to say to that really

Huge ICE setup - same as above.

And now my favourite. Lamborghini style scissor doors. And they use a premade kit that's so shit the bolts snap off the first time they apply pressure to them. Well done, top marks.



But now my biggest gripe. They unveil the car, and while HotGirl does her emotional freakout thing (OMG OMG MY CAR LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING HERO PARADE FLOAT!!!) they inadvertantly show a closeup of the car.

Hooo boy.

HUUGE gaps in the bodywork. MASSIVE gap between the headlight and the bumper. Absolute shit. If a shop I went to did that, I'd demand my money back. Then report them all to the catholic church as witches to be burned. It was that bad.

What's worse, is the clownshoes who sit and worship MTV all day will think this is MAD TYTE MAFAKA!! and strive to fuck up automotive hobbies forever more.

Yes I know, if I don't like it, I shouldn't watch it. And I won't. But how can I comment on something I haven't seen?

Yarrrgh. I am Toksin, and I have a case of the Mondays.



*Fuck up

YOu know, sometimes its good to watch a good train wreck. And people sure do love disasters, especially ones on TV.

YOu know, sometimes its good to watch a good train wreck. And people sure do love disasters, especially ones on TV.

Bwahahahaha. Well said :thumbsup:

I just hate seeing something I like perverted in this sort of fashion. (car modifying I mean, not Civics :p)

You know its just the beginning. They will end up having Martha Stewart showing you how to make your own wing and body kit, or something equally as retarded.

It'd be great if C4 pimped my ride, considering all the panel damage that's on it, it's a candidate. I can sell the Civic for a lot more and get an Accord or Prelude with that kind of money.

If its just panel damage, that isnt so bad.

But I also burnt out the clutch and murdered the front tyres trying to hang with my mates S15 :(

damn, maybe you should write them. But I think you could PIMP it yourself.

basically they turn pieces of shit into show cars...in reality, these guys put tv's and crap into the cars of celebrities....so all they do is hook up escalades and other luxury rides and whatnot with loads of "custom" parts, such as televisions everywhere including the steering wheel, sound systems that take up half of the automobile, etc. i saw something on TLC about them, and if you're into that kind of thing with tv's in the rear view mirror and whatnot, then be my guest. it's just mot my cup of tea. I'd rather want to make my car faster rather than having a television in it. why not just go home to watch tv? i have no use for that crap......i want to meet a celebrity who would rather have hooked up cars in terms of the speed department, rather than sound and video systems in their "automobiles"...and a lot of the places where they get their Hummers/Escalades hooked up at is some place with the name "MotorSports" in it. GET IT RIGHT FUCKTARDS!!!!!IT'S NOT SPORTY TO HAVE 6 TV MONITORS IN YOUR CAR!!!!!!!!!!IT'S HEAVY AS SHIT!!!!!! and their sports car? a Bimmer or a Mercedes convertible loaded up with more televisions and subwoofers....STILL SLOW FUCKTARDS!!!!!:banghead:

basically they turn pieces of shit into show cars...in reality, these guys put tv's and crap into the cars of celebrities....so all they do is hook up escalades and other luxury rides and whatnot with loads of "custom" parts, such as televisions everywhere including the steering wheel, sound systems that take up half of the automobile, etc. i saw something on TLC about them, and if you're into that kind of thing with tv's in the rear view mirror and whatnot, then be my guest. it's just mot my cup of tea. I'd rather want to make my car faster rather than having a television in it. why not just go home to watch tv? i have no use for that crap......i want to meet a celebrity who would rather have hooked up cars in terms of the speed department, rather than sound and video systems in their "automobiles"...and a lot of the places where they get their Hummers/Escalades hooked up at is some place with the name "MotorSports" in it. GET IT RIGHT FUCKTARDS!!!!!IT'S NOT SPORTY TO HAVE 6 TV MONITORS IN YOUR CAR!!!!!!!!!!IT'S HEAVY AS SHIT!!!!!! and their sports car? a Bimmer or a Mercedes convertible loaded up with more televisions and subwoofers....STILL SLOW FUCKTARDS!!!!!:banghead:

Agreed. All these asses do is put a giant target on thier cars that says 'Rip me the fuck off!' Show cars are great...I guess, but your just asking to get beat the fuck up or killed for your 'spinners' or your stupid LCD flip up DVD porn display.

So I watched Pimp My Ride on Friday night.

WHAT THE FUCK QUESTION MARK EXCLAMATION MARK

For those who don't know, this is a show where Xzibit and his merry band of misfits (A place called West Coast Customs, who dare to call themselves a workshop) trudge around and Pimp Out* peoples shitboxes.

So they get this girl's 92 Civic right. Shitbox. White car, no hubcaps, damage on the rear door. She's kinda hot though so I keep watching.

They take this car over to West Coast Fuckups (sorry, Customs). Fix the panel damage - sweet.

Then the world went mad.

New paintjob time - "COOL!! LETS DO LAVENDER WITH BLACK VINYL RACING STRIPES!!"
-"OH YEAH DAWG! THAT'LL LOOK P-I-M-P!"

New rims - "LET'S PUT 18 INCH CHROMES ON THIS BAD BOY!"
-"OH hell yeah!! That's gonna look phat and help her corner mad tyte!"
(Granted, the rims they used were nice, but didn't suit a Civic at all)

Interior - Purple and black motif, with a massage unit built into the passenger seat (Cool concept, but WTF?)

Bodykit - A fucking APC front bumper. APC! ABS Plastic front bumper!

Wing - A big fuck off, 747, harvest the fucking clouds for moisture sized Aluminium GT Wing. "This'll serve a real purpose too!" (YEAH!! It'll double as a bookshelf!)

Clear taillights - nothing much to say to that really

Huge ICE setup - same as above.

And now my favourite. Lamborghini style scissor doors. And they use a premade kit that's so shit the bolts snap off the first time they apply pressure to them. Well done, top marks.



But now my biggest gripe. They unveil the car, and while HotGirl does her emotional freakout thing (OMG OMG MY CAR LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING HERO PARADE FLOAT!!!) they inadvertantly show a closeup of the car.

Hooo boy.

HUUGE gaps in the bodywork. MASSIVE gap between the headlight and the bumper. Absolute shit. If a shop I went to did that, I'd demand my money back. Then report them all to the catholic church as witches to be burned. It was that bad.

What's worse, is the clownshoes who sit and worship MTV all day will think this is MAD TYTE MAFAKA!! and strive to fuck up automotive hobbies forever more.

Yes I know, if I don't like it, I shouldn't watch it. And I won't. But how can I comment on something I haven't seen?

Yarrrgh. I am Toksin, and I have a case of the Mondays.



*Fuck up



hahaha. I watched it last week, some 18 year old jerk had a shithouse van, and they p.i.m.p-ed it up.
Althought they fixed the interior, and exterior up, they made it worse.
Id still take the newer, over the before.

But they did the same thing to the van, as they did to the 92 civic you mentioned. Put 18" hub's on They upped the size of the wheel, and it wouldn't turn (the wheel) so they had to cut shit out of the body to get it to work.

Very pathetic.

WCC used to do some really good work. They used to specialize in making mini-trucks and some other really good looking stuff. Then this whole bling-bling, huge rims, lets put 20 TV's in my SUV thing hit and they sold out and ran with it. West Coast Customs is a bunch of sell-outs, no more, no less. It's really kinda sad. :disappoin

WCC used to do some really good work. They used to specialize in making mini-trucks and some other really good looking stuff. Then this whole bling-bling, huge rims, lets put 20 TV's in my SUV thing hit and they sold out and ran with it. West Coast Customs is a bunch of sell-outs, no more, no less. It's really kinda sad. :disappoin

A bunch of sellouts with no bodywork skills.

The Insiders guide to happiness > Pimp my ride.


Please don't tell me you watch that crap ;[ It's time to start questioning your sexuality.

I have to agree. All these children at school watch the show and think they know everything there is to know about cars. They think its the best show in the world.

I for one am an automotive painter and am disgusted by the Erin guy they hired to paint. He cant paint worth a shit. His paint jobs look like he used spray paint. He has fisheyes, and orange peel all over the fucking place. Did any of you see the maxima episode? The body was all rusted out and he didnt even sand the paint, or use any primer.

Then that interior mexican guy Ish (not that I have anything against Mexicans). What the hell? His interiors are so many cultures/races put into one. Its like a chrome ricey burrito. How much uglier can it get?

And what is with the wheels? Does every set of wheels have to be bling bling chrome? I mean my God. "Yea man, we're gonna put on some 19" Giovanni's with a chrome finish." That must be scripted because they say the same damn thing in every episode.

I have watched it a few times only to laugh my ass off.

another things that's stupidly fucking gay about that show is that they do aboslutely NOTHING to the tranny or engine. So basically they put a few hundred pounds worth of aftermarket shit parts on these heaps, and they're just puttering around with a stock engine and suspension. i mean, come on, how stupid can you get. I actually thought these guys were supposed to be good :rolleyes:

all of the jobs they do are crap, look terrible, and I would resent having my car "pimped" by them. no way.

lol. it is funny what they do sometimes.

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I saw that episode...but I'm sorry to say that he is better off now than he was before. The poor sucker was driving around an old-ass Ford Escort, which was actually two Escorts welded and glued together.

But anyways, West Coast Customs is located here in Southern California. Gives you an idea of what I'm used to seeing around here all the time. :disappoin

Is no one going to comment on the custom alarm they put in the Civic from the last aired show.
I know you haven't forgotten, "YO, this Xhibit, back up.......I'm warning you".......................lollolololol :disappoin I'd be embarrased to have my alarm say that sh*t!


Oh well. And I agree theY should have taken a different route with the Civic, instead of "ricing" it out. But I think we all saw it coming.

i saw the one where they fucked up the CRX. i really love how they had to take the engine out of the car (by lifting the car instead of lifting the engine out, but that's not the point) so they could change the oil and put new spark plugs on it.

o yea...i forgot the perdy red paint they put on the air filter cover

Tosk, I agree except there WAS a reason for the massager. The girl drives her granny to all the doc appt.s and the massager was for the granny.
Unfortunate she'll never be able to get in the car again with those dumbass doors. :(

The quality of the job was pretty shithouse but it is like that with any of the TV make-over shows..ever seen "Mitre 10 Changing Rooms" or whatever it is? Most of the time they dont even primer anything, if you look closely the finish is total crap. 1 -2 coats of paint at the most, the carpets dont fit properly etc...Same with this, they don't care, its not their car, they just wanna get paid.

Personally, I hate most of the shows where they go and take some random persons car and fuck it up most of the time. Especially that Tuner Transformation show, what a crock.

If I was forced to pic a show for my car to be it would probably be OverHaulin or Monster Garage (no, I dont like Jesse James,but it would just be so funny to pull up in the McD's drive through with a Nascar Street Cleaner). Either way, I do the work myself.

:rofl: that's fuckin great. The first time I read Toksin's first post in this thread, I was dyin'. Sad thing is, everything in it was true. That show is a bunch of shit. West Coast Customs my ass.

Me being in the same bizz makes me wanna puke. I have all these wannabies comming and asking for the same thing and I refuse. I too have seen all the flaws in the paint and such. What about the 88 conv. mustang they painted over lace on the bottom skirts. Man, my wife could've used that car as a nail filer! Didn't I see them build a box with a fish tank too? They made it with no way to be able to reach the goldfish after it dies. It had a little 1/2" tube to feed it and that was it! Then, me being a HUGE fan of the 2nd gen Firebird Trans Ams about crawled out of my skin when I saw them mess with one and stuck in a chandlier!!!!!!

What's real sad is that all the celebs cars are done real nice and they shit on all of the others. I know that I am sure those are done for free but man! All they do is make them from a 100 yarder to a 20 footer and never do ANY mechanical work on these poor cars. Usually, those cars leave being as worthless on the road as they came in.

well with the fish tank it makes it a nice air freshener once the fish dies

Unless the car is owned by a lesbian I don't think the smell will be very popular.

Oh and have I said I don't have any friends yet? I mean... I'm just sayin... What??

west coast ricers. they slap every apc parts they can find ont ehir cars. dont u just love the purple lambo in the background

you need to ask

"what good is a 'CUSTOM' shop if everything they do is the same?"

I have to admit. I enjoy the show quite a bit...


after about a twelve pack of MGD and only if there's nothing better on.

Correction: It's also good when I get home from work late and need something to fall asleep to.

Yeah... Pimp my Ride is a very pointless show. I mean it's kinda entertaining and all... if nothing else is on. But if you know ANYTHING about automobiles, it's a horrible show to watch because you notice anything and everything about the work they do. Some of the stuff they do to the cars is so out of the blue and not in style or just plain ugly. And the gayest part about it is that they show you the before and after... but not HOW they do it. That's like the main point of watching an auto show... is to see how they do it! I think it's a total waste of air-time... but then again, that's MTV for you.

Oh and have I said I don't have any friends yet?

You don't say? :biggrin:

Ish....me and my father laugh at him so much, being my father was once in the buisness. Ive had my father tell me how many things he is doing wrong and its great seeing people go crazy about the cars, but when they get these pore kids and put expenisvie bling bling :uhoh: on the cars What happens when they need new tires!? Then they find out its about 200 for each rubberband tire then what if the kids in the civic or crx think there fast and furious :screwy: and drive crazy and gets in a crash is west coast customs gonna be kind and fix it? NO, these kids didn't even know what there getting into with the cost of owning a riced up show car...... :2cents:

*True*

The show is alright I guess. Its just a different crowd. If they had a show called (just pulling something out of my A$$) Rides, and on this show they took people's crappy ricers and made them into A. show car or B. Race car. I think that would be different. It's not about the "bling, bling."

I saw them do a CRX, paint job was decent, rims also decent. Body kit, very scary looking. Huge wing, well they drilled holes into the car to put it there. That defeats the purpose of a decent paint job. Then they slapped on some flames on the doors. At least that's what I think they were supposed to be( nothing more than stickers really.) I know it was free for the guy, but if someone actually paid to have all those things done, imagine how much it would cost. Imagine someone actually paying to have their car look fast. But, on the upside, he could sell it to some riceboy for 2x what he paid for it.So, I guess every cloud has a silver lining.