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Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:07 pm
by Frost
Copied from a Mini truck forum of all things.

TRUKIT wrote:its on the down low allright lol .. but not like that heres the only pics i got ..

started off on thursday completely stocko raised up with a bull bar on it and shit ...

slammed the back on thrusday night ..

slammed the front on friday night and installed a stereo consisting of dvd head unit 6x9s amp and 2 12 inch subWOOFAS

modified the front control arms to fit the rims on sat

shaved all four door handles earial hole rear wiper rear wiper jet and front door locks on sunday

then paint on monday and sprayed tint spray over the lights front and rear

it goes hard lol gets bulk looks



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Its a 250 Carbie -3spd on Gas

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:15 pm
by TriymeD
epic for time frame

fail for 2 grand rims on $250 bomb!

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:16 pm
by CaRtZ
thats fikken awesome in my opinion! talk about a backflip turn around not to mention a relativley cheap project which will stay that way due to the lpg. 3 votes! makes me wish that my XF wagon wasnt off to the wreckers

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:17 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
no................just no.....................

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:23 pm
by Parfrey
looks pretty good i rekon... could be alot worse.
its damn low too!

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:26 pm
by Sunboost
A+ for time frame and work but you really can't polish a turd.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:28 pm
by t1MMy
Its a fail. And here is the guy that drives it.

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Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:34 pm
by Frost
Parfrey wrote:looks pretty good i rekon... could be alot worse.
its damn low too!



If the paint job is anything like a mini truck hes got, its actually house enamel paint that's been used.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:44 pm
by Commando
I liked it in both pics :P

But in the "after" pic, it'd be better with pinstriping & venetians. Looks great shaved!

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:45 pm
by Grechie
sweet as rims ill give him that

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:45 pm
by Parfrey
oh ok then... thats not much chop :(
still better than it was, but its an xf :lol:

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:53 pm
by EF ECTIV
A+ for the time frame thats for sure...

the paint reminds me of a ford courier that does the rounds over
here, imagine if he started with something decent in the 1st place...

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 9:59 pm
by Frost
EF ECTIV wrote:A+ for the time frame thats for sure...

the paint reminds me of a ford courier that does the rounds over
here, imagine if he started with something decent in the 1st place...


You mean this

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Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 11:21 pm
by Phoenix
as everyone said, A for effort, and amazingly small time frame for the turnaround, but still not a fan of the final product.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 11:27 pm
by AaronEF8
But in the "after" pic, it'd be better with pinstriping & venetians. Looks great shaved!


Yes! It really needs a contrasting pinstripe to seperate the colours, that is the main reason it looks a bit hobo.

I much prefer that to an E-Series with clear tail-lights.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: September 30th, 2008, 11:48 pm
by EF ECTIV
nah frost thats not the one... similar though...

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 12:04 am
by [D1SCNT]
thing looks sik as i dunno what u tripper's are trippin on.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 12:53 am
by Frost
EF ECTIV wrote:nah frost thats not the one... similar though...


what sorta wheels has it got? lol n has it got viccy plartes?

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 1:42 am
by EF ECTIV
no its over here in WA... ford courier- blue top, white bottom... extreme tint etc etc...

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 2:31 am
by Frost
EF ECTIV wrote:no its over here in WA... ford courier- blue top, white bottom... extreme tint etc etc...



what i mean is he has victorian plates on it uva something, I think its got chrome hub caps and whitewalls atm.

Many styles of this truck

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Around Canning Vale, Cannington, Huntingdale, mainly SOR?

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 7:18 am
by Commando
AaronEF8 wrote:
But in the "after" pic, it'd be better with pinstriping & venetians. Looks great shaved!


Yes! It really needs a contrasting pinstripe to seperate the colours, that is the main reason it looks a bit hobo.

I much prefer that to an E-Series with clear tail-lights.


I'm picturing a really red copper colour (metallic rather than flat or gloss)

I don't understand why XFs are hated so much. You can't kill them, the 250 has about 3 moving parts in it (made from stone too), the interior can not only survive a Gerni hose-out but THRIVE from it, and if you dig deep enough at the local tip you're guaranteed to find replacement panels.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 8:05 am
by Dansedgli
And with shaved door handles the amount of things to break reduces substantially.

That being said, mini trucks and their family wagon wannabe's are fucking gay.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 10:31 am
by nommic
Commando wrote:I don't understand why XFs are hated so much. You can't kill them, the 250 has about 3 moving parts in it (made from stone too), the interior can not only survive a Gerni hose-out but THRIVE from it, and if you dig deep enough at the local tip you're guaranteed to find replacement panels.

I heard cavemen invented XFs a day or two after the wheel?

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 11:23 am
by XRated
I think XDs were carved out of stone.... Or a giant turd.

Dansedgli wrote:That being said, mini trucks and their family wagon wannabe's are fucking gay.


Here here!

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 12:20 pm
by Commando
nommic wrote:
Commando wrote:I don't understand why XFs are hated so much. You can't kill them, the 250 has about 3 moving parts in it (made from stone too), the interior can not only survive a Gerni hose-out but THRIVE from it, and if you dig deep enough at the local tip you're guaranteed to find replacement panels.

I heard cavemen invented XFs a day or two after the wheel?


Whaddya mean after the wheel?

The only downside to XFs are that many of them fall under Native Title. So modding/moving the bastards is made difficult, & you need to "employ" (pay) a local one-percenter to tell you that it's:

A) fine & that the mark running down the door & rear 1/4 is just from some scummer keying it at the Oakleigh East station, or that
B) you need to bury it because it's a Dreamtime depiction of the Rainbow Serpent & that he has an ancestrol link to this XF. (Coincidentally, if it's option B, you'll also be asked for the key to the lockable fuel cap. Also his old man happens to hang around Oakleigh East station a fair bit)

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 12:34 pm
by SgtBourne
so much time and energy wasted :(

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 12:36 pm
by XRated
Does he walk around in thongs mumbling a lot and stink like alcohol?

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 12:52 pm
by five point slow
The first thing that we gotta do is get another car, cos the on sitting out the front wont even fucking start, we'll call that bloke again from the government he's alright hey.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 1:08 pm
by Frost
five point slow wrote:The first thing that we gotta do is get another car, cos the on sitting out the front wont even fucking start, we'll call that bloke again from the government he's alright hey.


Lol "livin next door to Alan" .

And no hes not a bogan, just has some weird tastes.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 3:07 pm
by KR1STO
i actually dont mind how the XF turned out.. kinda always had a spot spot for XF's.. I've had 3 ghia's and they've never let me down..

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 6:18 pm
by UNEZED
that xf looks pretty good and for the time it was done you cant complain about that

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 6:21 pm
by Frost
hes appently putting a 351 in it.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 8:36 am
by YBHVE4
I personally think its not bad. any old ford saved from the wreckers is good in my eyes.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 9:52 am
by Gunns
Frost wrote:Copied from a Mini truck forum of all things.

TRUKIT wrote:its on the down low allright lol .. but not like that heres the only pics i got ..

started off on thursday completely stocko raised up with a bull bar on it and shit ...

slammed the back on thrusday night ..

slammed the front on friday night and installed a stereo consisting of dvd head unit 6x9s amp and 2 12 inch subWOOFAS

modified the front control arms to fit the rims on sat

shaved all four door handles earial hole rear wiper rear wiper jet and front door locks on sunday

then paint on monday and sprayed tint spray over the lights front and rear

it goes hard lol gets bulk looks



Image

to

Image

Its a 250 Carbie -3spd on Gas


Guess what? It is a photoshop. The edging around the wheel arches is not correct, not to mention the sun on the windscreen and the shadows being incorrect. to top it off the white car behind that you can see through the rear windows has not been distorted correctly.

But for a photoshop it is still a Epic Fail

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 11:38 am
by Frost
I'm willing to bet your car on its not fake Gunns. If I prove it isnt you can hand over the keys.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 12:43 pm
by Dezza
If it was photoshopped, you'd think they'd at least remove the scratches from the front bumper, and the notches in the bottom. (actually if they were going to respray, they should have replaced the bumper anyway)

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 12:47 pm
by Commando
I'm willing to bet your car on that Frost :P

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 1:03 pm
by Gunns
Yes i am willing to bet your car its a fake. Please provide more than one photo of the car in its finished state and I will hand you your car back.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 1:08 pm
by AaronEF8
If its a photoshop, he did a pretty good job of the reflection in the puddle.

Re: Your thoughts - Epic Fail or not?

PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 1:35 pm
by XRated
AaronEF8 wrote:If its a photoshop, he did a pretty good job of the reflection in the puddle.


Haha that's what I was thinking. And the shadow... And the sun reflection...