Piped Steering Wheel. PIMP OR NOT ????

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Thu May 04, 2006 8:47 am

Right my mate done this for the 1st time for a customer and i though i'd post some pics up cause i'd love one with piping on the dash too. What do you think??

Now please remember that it's for a show car and not your average E30 winkeye

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Thu May 04, 2006 8:50 am

Sorry Bootyman.... not even in a show car
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Thu May 04, 2006 8:54 am

No way. If you get a wheel like that everyone will see you've lost the plot :cry: :cry:
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Thu May 04, 2006 8:56 am

i think thats looks phat ,its something different
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Thu May 04, 2006 8:57 am

Just to let you know that this is the wheel we have done for his EVERYDAY RIDE(A E36 M3)..its not a show car..Although we're gonna get it featured once its all complete as the work is so clean for what it is..
If it was a showcar..we'd of pimped it even more..wait til you see what we're gonna do to Bootymans."Double Piping".
I'm sure you'll hate it even more Sooty! :D

The world would be a very dull place if we all liked the same but don't hate the player hate the game baby..haha
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Thu May 04, 2006 9:00 am

Ha, ha. You lot know me by now. If the majority liked what i planned then i wouldn't do it, but as expected, most of you dont like it so that means it must be pimp then.

I'm getting my engine bay leathered too to go with it :eek: :D


Vin leathered his arches last year so i'm sure he can do it winkeye :D
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Thu May 04, 2006 9:31 am

i like the stiching round the outside of the rim looks nice not to sure about the centre though was gonna do the same on my dash and centre console uhave u got any photos of the engine bay with leather on never really see it done before :D
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Thu May 04, 2006 9:51 am

Oh Ben ,that is shockingly wrong and council,so it shouldn't look out of place with the rest of your chariot ! :)
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Thu May 04, 2006 9:58 am

Ha, ha. Where is my bloody centre console Pete. Bloody snobby tart :D
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Thu May 04, 2006 10:02 am

Steering wheel rim looks okay, but the centre section looks a bit dubious...

But, Ben!

Double stitching on your interior...?

Thought you were going for no stitching at all... keeping it chilled for an 'everyday' car...

You change your mind faster than Pete throws out his whitty council one-liners.

Will have to wait and see what it looks like.
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Thu May 04, 2006 10:05 am

G that was the idea, but no reason why an everyday car cant be pimp still. Besides this is my last modded car i'm doing so i want to go out with a bang. It's pay off mortgage from now on with any spare cash that falls my way :cool:
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Thu May 04, 2006 10:06 am

Ho and i've seen where Pete lives and it's a Caravan Site yet he's quick to throw the Council thing in people's faces :D
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Thu May 04, 2006 10:08 am

Ooooh, you got him there! :wink:
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Thu May 04, 2006 11:22 am

first look and thought eww that centre,,,, the rim looks good.

then kpt staring at it and thought well that is a fair bit of workmanship, looks fine quality, attention to detail is very good., and then i started having ok feelings for it.

dont think it can hurt,, though immediate reactions is urgh purely on the centre bit! i think get rid of the line dowm the middle and have a another line going along the top and bending down, like this::: hang on..
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Thu May 04, 2006 11:30 am

that line down the middle is bugging me, other then that its alright

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possibly another along the top ?

but just get rid of that line down the middle

it would look plain without any lines on the centre, i filled them in and it looked dull so fair play.

if it makes you happy who cares!
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Thu May 04, 2006 2:10 pm

dark_sounds wrote:first look and thought eww that centre,,,, the rim looks good.

then kpt staring at it and thought well that is a fair bit of workmanship, looks fine quality, attention to detail is very good., and then i started having ok feelings for it.

dont think it can hurt,, though immediate reactions is urgh purely on the centre bit! i think get rid of the line dowm the middle and have a another line going along the top and bending down, like this::: hang on..
You try piping an airbag then!..lol
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Thu May 04, 2006 2:14 pm

Booty, get rid of the lines on the centre cap. Also buy a pipe, driving gloves and a flat cap. It looks 50's usa to me!!
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Thu May 04, 2006 2:19 pm

like the rim

dnt like the centre

and i bloody told you there was no chance
you would keep the unpimped

that just wouldnt be booty would it winkeye
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:23 pm

We're gonna do something very special for all the haters.. :D

Gonna be Bootylicious....
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:42 pm

eeeew :eek: that looks awful sorry. and i reckon a steering wheel with piping round it will be horrible and uncomfortable to use too. fabulous workmanship tho :wink:

not hating the player, hating the game :cry: urgh
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:49 pm

Hotbox that's the whole point of a show car mate. Pimp 1st comfort second. Besides you do thing's on a show car to show what can be done and not for practical reasons. I wear gloves to drive the Rieger in 100 degree temperatures cause i dont want to get my steering wheel dirty, but it looks pimp and that's all that matter to the I :wink: :D
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HotboxDeluxe wrote:eeeew :eek: that looks awful sorry. and i reckon a steering wheel with piping round it will be horrible and uncomfortable to use too. fabulous workmanship tho :wink:

not hating the player, hating the game :cry: urgh
Then i'm guessing when I double pipe Booty's its gonna be even worse then.. winkeye
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:53 pm

Ffi you keep saying you're going to double pipe me. It sounds painful and i dont like pain. Well receiving anyway :D :wink:
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:57 pm

bootyman wrote:Ffi you keep saying you're going to double pipe me. It sounds painful and i dont like pain. Well receiving anyway :D :wink:
Just bend over and take it Biatch......... winkeye
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:59 pm

this threads taking an interesting turn winkeye
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bootyman wrote:Hotbox that's the whole point of a show car mate. Pimp 1st comfort second. Besides you do thing's on a show car to show what can be done and not for practical reasons. I wear gloves to drive the Rieger in 100 degree temperatures cause i dont want to get my steering wheel dirty, but it looks pimp and that's all that matter to the I :wink: :D
booty fair point m8, if you're prepared to go to such lengths then all the best to you! while the red bootywagon ain't my thing (it's a convertible for a start) i'd be the first to say what a fabulous bit of work it is, my hat comes off to ya!

i'm more the "anti-pimp", i drive scruffy old threes and fives that get banged up and scruffed and it doesn't really matter. get in, twist the key, drive off. soon as it's warmed up it's time to kick the tail out etc :twisted:

double piping? ouch, sounds like something that goes on in prison :P
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Thu May 04, 2006 4:15 pm

Hotbox i have my Polo for that. It's only 30k miles, but the body looks like it's been to Iraq :D

Ffi, Erm i think you're getting a little confused here. The name is Bootyman. That means i give and i dont take. Now for a nice retrim, i'm sure i can find you a couple of lady boyz here for you to practice your art on. I'l even supply the JY winkeye :wink:
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bootyman wrote:Hotbox i have my Polo for that. It's only 30k miles, but the body looks like it's been to Iraq :D

Ffi, Erm i think you're getting a little confused here. The name is Bootyman. That means i give and i dont take. Now for a nice retrim, i'm sure i can find you a couple of lady boyz here for you to practice your art on. I'l even supply the JY winkeye :wink:
hmmmmmmmmm..an interesting thought but I think it'll do you good to take it for once..lol

Like I said before..you'll have what you're given and you'll be greatful..haha winkeye
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Thu May 04, 2006 4:24 pm

I think i'll go home now :D I'm into leather, but the kind you fing on your seat, not the one's you get whipped with :D :eek:
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Thu May 04, 2006 7:47 pm

hi bootyman
you know me love my modded cars.
but from a fellow modder to another.the centre looks like a whoopie cushion.get isotta wheel then retrim in your own color.but then i like certain looks might look good in car complete cant realy judge til then.
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elf wrote:hi bootyman
you know me love my modded cars.
but from a fellow modder to another.the centre looks like a whoopie cushion.get isotta wheel then retrim in your own color.but then i like certain looks might look good in car complete cant realy judge til then.
I think if you saw pics of the whole trim we have done in the car you would see that it works..just my opinion..
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Thu May 04, 2006 8:18 pm

i would love to see the whole thing together.
you have to get photo,s on zone then people may think different.
but then everybody who does things differant get slated on here.
i know i got mixed opinions on mine.
but some poor buggers get it worse.
p,s are you just interior trimmers.
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Fri May 05, 2006 2:15 am

I think it looks nice good detail ..... it is something different
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Fri May 05, 2006 7:16 am

Guy's you seem to be forgetting that this is the 1st time Vin has done this kind of thing. As with anything new, there is always room for improvement and the more you do it, the better it get's and the more ideas you get, so watch this space. That wheel is not mine, but i sure as hell want mine done and it will be to the booty taste as long as it's my dollar paying for it. If i did anything the Zone liked, i'd have a Tech 1 or Tech 2 coupe with 17" Alpina's or BBS as 99% on here like to play it safe. I on the other hand wont have anything a next man has cause i dont ever want no fcuker to be like me winkeye :D

Go on the E36coupe forum. There is a guy there at the moment who's just chopped his M3 to fcuk to fit a new wide arch kit. This guy has never done anything like that in his life, but to me that's what modding is all about. It's being brave or mad enough to do something like that, that seperates the men from the boy's and it takes a man with steel danglies to chop up an M3 :wink: :D
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elf wrote:i would love to see the whole thing together.
you have to get photo,s on zone then people may think different.
but then everybody who does things differant get slated on here.
i know i got mixed opinions on mine.
but some poor buggers get it worse.
p,s are you just interior trimmers.
We trim everything..hell my house is made of leather..lol

We have trimmed some of the exterior on our 5GT Turbo..But thats what modding is all about..

To me standard is dull..I could not ever have anything standard but thats my opinion..
I am now tempted to make our next project an E30 just to rip right into it and annoy then hell outta everyone with the most extreme interior ever..lol
Modding cars is all about have the bollcocks to be different..
Now not all mods are to my taste but I can appreciate the love and hard work that goes into it..

Too much is never enough for me.. winkeye
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