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Pics have been added. The car is at SEMA right now. There are no trunk pics yet because it is getting assembled as we speak.
http://www.polkaudio.com/caraudio/installs/viewpolk.php?id=27
audiobliss
10-31-2005, 06:24 PM
What was the GT doing there? Did it have something do with y'all? And if not...what yoyo parked a car like that at the street?!?!
They had to pull it off to load the Civic. All the cars were going to SEMA but they didn't have anything to do with us. There was actually two GT's on there...a red one and a white one.
MacLeod
10-31-2005, 09:23 PM
That looks great guys. Youve outdone yourselves yet again.
I dig the color scheme a lot too, a little like the Momo Civic.
I like that you guys still keep the car practical and not turn it into anything but a car coughalpinecough.
exalted512
10-31-2005, 10:16 PM
does metra or someone make a kit for an aftermarket radio for that? it seems like one huge piece....
looks damn good, nice work
-Cody
audiobliss
10-31-2005, 10:40 PM
Who's Ryan Shutt?
MacLeod
10-31-2005, 11:04 PM
Is this the official demo car for the SR's or is this more of a side project?
exalted512
10-31-2005, 11:35 PM
i never wouldve thought about painting the phase caps, thats pretty cool
-Cody
PolkThug
10-31-2005, 11:40 PM
Forget the rice. Do up a new Stang!!!!!!!
spwuinmk67
11-01-2005, 12:58 AM
That car looks awesome, I love it. Where's mine? :)
bknauss
11-01-2005, 01:38 AM
Who's Ryan Shutt?
A guy we sponsor who won a ton of shows with his other Civic.
brettw22
11-01-2005, 08:16 AM
Why get a silver Civic if the intent was to just paint it black?
Eric Wong
11-01-2005, 11:10 AM
This car is amazing to see in person. It was built really quickly too.
MacLeod
11-01-2005, 05:12 PM
Why get a silver Civic if the intent was to just paint it black?
LMAO!!!!
Ya know, thats not a bad question! :p
That car kind of reminds me of the ghost car on that old 80's movie The Wraith.
audiobliss
11-01-2005, 05:20 PM
I'm sure the black they wanted to use was not the same as the black that Honda uses, and, I'm not sure, but it would make sense that silver would be easier to work on (easier to see what you're doing). It'd also be harder to paint orange over black than over silver, I'd imagine.
neomagus00
11-01-2005, 05:40 PM
if we're imagining, i'd imagine that it didn't really matter, cause the painter stripped the current paint to the metal beforehand anyhoo... but this is just one exhibit in the 'mueseum of diseased imaginings'... (hint: hitchhiker's guide reference here :p)
Jstas
11-01-2005, 07:05 PM
Why get a silver Civic if the intent was to just paint it black?
Well, I could see that and agree if most of the "black" on that car was actually black and not carbon fibre. Also, I don't think that particular shade of orange is in Honduh's lineup of available pigments. Add to that the fact that a show quality paintjob is just not available on a manufacturer's assembly line.
exalted512
11-01-2005, 09:51 PM
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy...most retarded god awful movie ive ever seen...and ive seen silent predators on USA
-Cody
beardog03
11-01-2005, 09:56 PM
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy...most retarded god awful movie ive ever seen...and ive seen silent predators on USA
-Cody
truer words were never spoken...
what a waist of film...
neomagus00
11-01-2005, 10:00 PM
the movie makes no sense unless you've read the trilogy (all 5 books of it)... i was referring to the books :p
audiobliss
11-01-2005, 11:28 PM
Hmm...I didn't know movies had 'waists'...:p
beardog03
11-01-2005, 11:33 PM
ya do now..!
goes right along with the crappy movie..
exalted512
11-02-2005, 01:57 AM
the movie makes no sense unless you've read the trilogy (all 5 books of it)... i was referring to the books :p
if the books were anything like the movie, they wouldve sucked shit too
-Cody
neomagus00
11-02-2005, 02:11 AM
they are, in a way, but the movie is a really condensed jumble of events from the books, plus a few things that aren't in there... i'm not sure you'd enjoy them, they're very sarcastic and dry humour, but one never knows...
Jstas
11-02-2005, 02:41 AM
if the books were anything like the movie, they wouldve sucked shit too
-Cody
Why don't you shut your mouth and read the books before passing judgement?
PolkThug
11-02-2005, 10:08 AM
That car kind of reminds me of the ghost car on that old 80's movie The Wraith.
haha I loved that movie!
neomagus00
11-02-2005, 10:12 AM
Why don't you shut your mouth and read the books before passing judgement?
heck, i loved em and i have to stand with cody here... he didn't say they sucked, he said that IF the books were like the movie, THEN he would hate them...
Jstas
11-02-2005, 12:00 PM
Wait a minute here, first you say this:
they are, in a way, but the movie is a really condensed jumble of events from the books, plus a few things that aren't in there... i'm not sure you'd enjoy them, they're very sarcastic and dry humour, but one never knows...
and then you say this:
heck, i loved em and i have to stand with cody here... he didn't say they sucked, he said that IF the books were like the movie, THEN he would hate them...
Which is it? You say that the books are like the movie "in a way" and then you imply that the books are not like the movie by restating that they would suck if they were like the movie?
It's got nothing to do with whether or not the books or the movie sucked. The movie wasn't that great compared to the books. The problem is though that the movie's model for the screen play was not the books but rather the BBC radio shows. The radio shows were the first iteration of The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy and the books were based on the radio series. Since the books saw a much wider distribution, the books are thought of as the original because very few people outside of England heard the radio shows. The problem is that the books are being compared to the movie and judgement is being passed when the books were not the inspiration for the movie, the radio show was.
The books are a different animal and do not contain all of the stuff that the radio shows did. Which is why there are some things in the movie that aren't in the books. They were in the radio show.
So again, I say, stop spouting off at the mouth and read the damn books before even thinking that they suck because "the movie sucked". You are only damning yourself to a poor experience by approaching it with that attitude. Read the books and get some culture in your life. You'll be a better person for it.
IMO, the movie didn't really suck. What sucked about the movie was that people who never read the books would not understand the characters because there was not enough character or plot development. What also sucked is that the movie was not based on the books but rather a radio show that almost no one in the states has ever even heard of. So even if you read the books, it was a little confusing. I liked the movie and the special effects were quite good. However, it needed at least another hour of screen time so that things like the whale and bowl of petunias spontaneously appearing over Magrathea where there was once heat seeking missles could be explained to the audience so they could appreciate the real humor behind it. I was the only one in the theater laughing at that point.
exalted512
11-02-2005, 02:39 PM
Which is it? You say that the books are like the movie "in a way" and then you imply that the books are not like the movie by restating that they would suck if they were like the movie?
The second part you quoted was Neo re-stating what i said
neo said this:
"he said that IF the books were like the movie, THEN he would hate them..."
"he" as in me. He never said anything that took away from his original statement, you my friend, misread it :)
IMO, if i were to read the books, im sure i would think they suck. Floating whales in the middle of the galaxy is not what i call a fun reading time. I'm more along the lines of Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George, Hardy Brothers, and cant forget Hank the Cowdog ;)
All kidding aside, Ive read quite a few books, much more than other people my age have. I know what I would like and I know what I wouldnt, if the movie even had the same general idea as the books, which I've been told from multiple sources it has, then I wouldnt like them.
-Cody
Jstas
11-02-2005, 03:03 PM
No, dude, I did not mis-read anything. He said the books were like the movie then flip-flopped and said he "stood with Cody" to say that if teh books were like the movie then they would suck too. Yet he just said that he liked the books which would mean that he didn't think they sucked. The two posts are contradicting each other.
You, Cody, on the other hand, are just being an ass.
exalted512
11-02-2005, 03:23 PM
Nah, he was saying that he liked the movie AND he liked the books. He then said he was with me in that if i did NOT like the movie, then i would NOT like the books.
basically, if you liked the movie, then youd like the books because they both complimented each other.
BUT if you didnt like the movie, then you probably wouldnt like the books, based on the same assumption that they complimented each other.
And me? an ass? never...
-Cody
The car was silver because that's what Honda sent. We got the car just before they started hitting dealer lots. It seems that this car was one of Honda's mules. Black would have made it slightly easier, because they wouldn't have needed to paint the engine bay.
Markymark
11-09-2005, 04:28 PM
interesting turn of events...
What are the engine mods on this thing? Hopefully it has something bedside nos and a cold-air intake.
Turbo kit isn't done yet, but keep in mind no one makes anything bolt- on for this car yet.
Markymark
11-09-2005, 09:06 PM
yeah, what other plans? Forged internals? fuel system? cams?
Ryan said something about a motor swap, since it's the EX model. He stands to gain more by putting a K20 in it and working on that. I think his was about the only EX at SEMA, I think all the rest were Si's.
PolkThug
11-10-2005, 04:05 PM
Be careful!! Bad gas pedals in new Civics.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9991618/
audiobliss
11-10-2005, 04:21 PM
If the pedal is improperly installed, it could come loose, cause the throttle to stick and raise the potential for a crash.
No, duh; ya think?
exalted512
11-10-2005, 10:48 PM
No, duh; ya think?
what do you expect? a technical explanation from honduh?
-Cody
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