BANG! 1.5 mil gone

".... not to mention a rolling book of citations"

like most of out trucks arnt..????.....dont hate man it might not be your style....but thats what makes us individuals....

well that is a different story, i bet he'd get a ticket before most of us would........ain't hatin, just sayin that ain't my cup o'tea....i just don't
see the point of putting $20k worth of rims on a $200 car......but
as you say sir, to each his own....

Thats funny, being as most of the mazdas I see at shows started off as 500 dollar trucks...Not to say a lot of them aren't nice trucks now, but you get the point....


We are all too quick to judge nowadays on OTHER styles of customizing, back in the day pimped out 3/4 vans were the thing, kinda strange by todays standards but they were the shit back then....And how about neon wiper blades 15 inch wheels and velvet interiors, kinda outdated but they were the thing back in the day....And hell how about all of the ghetto stuff we do to our trucks when we were first getting started, I don't know one minitrucker who's first custom vehicle was a 20 000 dollar cover truck, at least non of the self sponsored ones...there are some people funded by non legit things and others that are parent fed whatever money they want, but they don't count.

Give the guy the respect for having one off wheels made and the first set of that size for that matter, and just appreciate the fact that although not our style he shares a passion much like we do.

( ahem, cough cough, minitrucks are still better though.)

i will second the minitrucks are better!

yes times & fads of automotive customizing change, some people like this, some like that.....then again, there are certain things in automotive customizaton that are pillars if you will, building a clean ride that is delivered as a total package. not a bucket w/ a set of wheels & paint job (smoke & mirrors), covering up what's actually there.
heck, i've dropped a shizzle load of $$ into a truck that kelley blue book value in "mint' condition won't bring $4k....that doesn't even count what i paid for it originally when i bought it as my first ride & all the burgers i flipped to pay for it. i even remember back in the day this yellow mazda that got a spread in minitrucking, the guy bought the truck for $200, and finished it for under $3k!

whoever built the regal for a lack of better terms did it for
"looks, attention & bragging rights" & most people do customize their ride "genre" of choice for that reason, be it faster, cooler, lower, or w/e it is that makes it custom, but when that is the only theme & motivation behind the particular ride, it just falls into the run-o-the-mill catagory. there are
two or three cars in town that are jacked up like this w/ 26's, a metallic flake paint job, and have nascar #'s on the side
heck anyone can buy a set of vogues, slap a paint job on a hoopdie, put a little bump in the trunk & call it pimpin.
there is a difference in building a ride & it sticking out like a sore thumb, and building a ride that brings out more emotion than just wanting to be bigger that the next guy, with that, taste & practicality are a matter of opinion just as customizing a vehicle is.

as my homie too short would say, "get in where you fit in", i'm just not diggin the regal turned expeimental moon rover with a classic arcade icon on the side, & i'm sure the owner of that regal would say the same about my truck