My entry for Rippers

Finks · Post by **Finks** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:05 pm

Arite, many of you have seen what my lovley wife did to my ride a few months back, but just as a refresher.

It's like Cookie monster took a bite outta her. So for Rippers contest I really wanted to do this project. But it couldn't just be a beaten up Zip, it had to be crazy, so I slammed her on a SE chassis, and since the real car only has 1 working headlight......

It was nice to find out that Zips are mostly done on clear shells, so I just had to remove the paint and I had insta head lights. As for the tail lights.

Allright, now for the detail. Check out the rear end. This pic didn't come out as clear as I wanted, but you can see the bumper scrapes, and notice the fucked up trunk. Yeah it won't close all the way and is all bent the hell up.

Now like all of you, I hate SEs for many reasons like how high they ride. Well I don't like to say it's slammed, but...well it is to make the car look realistic, and not like a damn toy. Also added 2 more doors so this puppy looks like the true family mobile it is. And no late model Honda is complete without rear quaterpannel bubbling and rust in the wheel wells.

I shaved the hell outta the insides so it could sit so low. Also, you can see my custome guitar string antenna internally coiled so that it sticks out to look like a radio antenna.
Now for the money shot. The impact. Oddly enough, not much to say here. I added to the grill so it didn't look like a fuckin smiley face as much then I chopped the hell outta her. Scrapped out the blinker and head light and that's that.

Oh, in closing, I also made sure she had stock gearing and motor, as well as stutter, this way it trully simulates my ride.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:45 pm

that's killer man, one working headlight even.
classic.
man I really like that thing.

wonder what you'd make an un-wrecked one look like.

ph2t · Post by **ph2t** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:38 pm

bloody top notch dude!

I love the boot, what a pissa!

Good stuff pimp!

I'm gonna show it to my wife as well...... hopefully the subtlety won't be lost on her.....lol...

fucken thumbs up!

ph2t.

Sdog · Post by **Sdog** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:05 pm

Now that is just friggin' awesome....right down to the cool-assed antenna. Just make sure you always keep the photo with that one....great replica of the real thing.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:13 pm

That's cool and all, but what happens when you get the real car fixed, they wont match anymore, or have you just given up on fixing the real car?

HACHI-RYOKU · Post by **HACHI-RYOKU** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 1:39 am

bitchin ride dude

Finks · Post by **Finks** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:34 am

crazydave wrote:That's cool and all, but what happens when you get the real car fixed, they wont match anymore, or have you just given up on fixing the real car?

Yeah I don't know Dave. She was a $1,000 cheapo that we bought when we moved bacck from Holland a year ago. A new car is in our imediate feuture, but this junker may kick around some more untill a second new car is on the chopping block. Oh yeah, need to get her inspected next month, so I may just have to fix her up.

Time to try out my 1:1 modding skillz. Either way, it's cool to have a little rememberance to this POS.

HirotoR34 · Post by **HirotoR34** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:25 pm

good stuff mang! I wish I could see the pic of the real deal. Sucks that it got damaged. But hey, at least ya got a little inspiration from it.