Overhaulin' is just 'pimp my ride' for hillbillies.

Yeah, the kid's reaction is probably a producer's worst nightmare for these types of shows. His reaction amounted to basically.....'cool' 'oh man, this is...cool'. Kinda felt bad for the crew because they actually worked their ass off on the build.



I'm curious about fish tanks in cars though. Is that not just an insanely bad idea? I don't imagine fish will handle the water boiling up when you park it out in the sun over the summer very well.

well you do not keep them in there all the time, I would only bring certain fish to certain car shows, but now this has caught on (Wyclef has ashark tank in his Hummer)

so it is back to the drawing board, I have had tvs almost anywhere you could imagine them, in the side mirrors, rearview mirror, trunk, engine bay, headliner, visors, steering wheel, glovebox, headrests

but now when I get my jaguar I am going to try and custom build a another set of rims with tvs in the center caps

yeah, chucks, one of the best things about "pimp my ride" is the reaction of the kids who get their cars pimped.

Ah I see, that makes more sense. TVs in the side mirrors? Crazzay!

Wait, TVs in the center caps? Now you gotta be jokin'

I wont be happy until I can get XBox Live hooked up in the wiper fluid reservoir of my Crown Vic.

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[lil john]HWHAT!?[/lil john]

The other thing I don't understand is they spend all this money to fix up the exterior of these 10-20 year old cars and yet do nothing to the engine. The car will probably break down in 6 months.

Hey it's all for the show. Investing all that time and money on the engine does nothing for the show since the results won't really be visual. They do what is necessary for a good 'pay off' on camera and that's about it.

I have a feeling they(MTV/West Coast) could care less if the car breaks down in a week or two after the show.

Or - it's possible they do give it a tune up and change all the rubber parts, but don't show us all that during the 20 minutes worth of show.

Does anyone know how they go about choosing which rides to pimp? Do people submit videos or something? Or do they send out interns looking for hoopty rides?

man, i should buy a piece of crap ride for cheap and get on the show. then sell it for profit.

People are always out to cheat money out of people trying to do them a favor

It's a real shame I'm too old to be on Mtv - I would've loved if they had this show 6 or 7 years ago when I had my 1980 Volvo 240DL Wagon - they woulda pimped that out like whoa. Or did I already say that?

good idea

I just caught the Tanjello pickup truck - one of the best ones yet... how is he gonna deliver parts now though? They didn't leave him any room for that stuff.

Nice to see Gamecube get some love. Platinum GC with two wireless wavebirds and 1080 Avalanche! Maybe will see an Xbox soon?!

You can count on it if they ever decide to pimp this ride:

the xbox bashing never stops...

What I wonder is does MTV give the cars alarm systems, too? Those cars would seem to be really big targets for car theft now especially with the bright colors and shiny rims.

I'm surprised this show is becoming part of the sunday stew. It doesn't really seem to fit in with the other shows in that line-up.

I think almost every car has had an alarm system of some sort installed on it. If you've been watching the show, you would have seen the alarms mentioned on several of the episodes. In one episode, they installed an alarm on one car that had a pre-recorded voice warning by X.

And in the most recent episode where they redid the Ford Ranger, they installed an alarm system that controlled the remote door openers (because they removed the outer door handles).

I think this show is awesome. It would be sweet to have my car "pimped." I'm sure they could do something with an 89 Pontiac LeMans Too bad they don't have a Kansas edition of this show. Of course they would probably call it "Hick My Ride" and would raise the wheels, put fat tires on, take off the mufflers and use open headers. Every car has a different look by the end of this show and it's cool. I like how they aren't just making "Fast and Furious" cars. With that being said, I will have to pimp out my Civic after I get it

Wow, I had to get through a lot of threadcraps to get to the end of this thread.

Yeah, I know it's old, but I've never done it before so I had to take my shot. It's all in fun. I've got an Xbox, just so ya know, and I think it kicks ass.

Pimp My Ride is addictive....since the 1st episode it's the only TV show I watch regularly...

Can't say I would want those cars but they are definitely better off....If I had to chose I would rather have the friggin' money but that would make for a boring show....

As for no Xbox being installed in the pimped rides...well, I have an Xbox and that damn thing is huge...to install it in a pimped ride you would need to eliminate the entire backseat....hehehe

Just so you all know - Overhauled continues to suck.