Stevie RS Boy

I have seen a couple of episodes lately for the first time, not sure what to make of the programme, what is everyones elses view of the blokes and the work they carry out.

rst in breaking

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theres been several threads on here lately, lee from chop shop comes on here.

GARETH T

my view is the cars are shit,, but as has been pointed out, its to make good tv, not good cars

kenny_ka

been watchin it all day lol, i think the outcome of the cars they have done are really good... considering they come out of an old arch garage lol... i reckon if they put more design it to there cars rather than 3style, they might be able to sell em but good work lads!! would love to do something like this for a job lol....

costina

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Trouble is who would wanna buy one with half a ton of filler on it
It would not last a british winter thats for sure and as for those spacers

its only a TV program but it woud be nice to see a British version of overhaulinwere proper paint and mods are done to a tasteful car

Paul

ECU Monitor Enthusiast

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Bodging cunts who think 100bhp is quick

Jim Green

Errrr....... Can't see how some of the cars even passed an MOT. (Wheel spacers ! ! ! ) Some of them are death traps.

We need something equivalent to Boyd Coddington, Overhaulin etc.

If the americans see Chop Shop then they'll think were all a bunch of bodgers over here. Chop Shop is almost at the point of embarrassing for anyone with an engineering/mechanical background.

And the crap that baldie comes out with about engines is a joke. Surely he can't be a "Time Served Mechanic" ??????

DanW@FastFord

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That black E36 was at Santa Pod a couple of years ago for a 'grand unveiling'. It looked utterly hideous and up close the workmanship was shocking.

Their cars remind me of that game where someone draws a head, then folds the paper over, and the next person draws the body and folds it over, and so on.

It does make for amusing telly but the cars are fit for scrap IMHO.

rst in breaking

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i see the unvieling of the mondeo/fiesta at trax a couple of years ago, i was quite impressed when he said the time scale and budget including buckets etc (till i see the programme and all its filler etc lol)

johnny99

There a bunch of f#####g chancers. I wouldn't want to crash one of there cars.

John

RobCarden

orion_crazy_carl

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most shocking work ever seen on a cars, 6 inch wheel spaces and 200bhp supercar,ummmmm....

Chip

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Its the car equivalent of changing rooms, where everything is knocked up in a rush out of mdf and is shit and doesnt last and looks rubbish up close.

Good telly though for people who arent into cars enough to spot the flaws, they do a great job in the time/budget given so im sure they are actually quite talented, in terms of the concepts at least, if not the implementation sometimes, would be good to see them with a proper set of resources and a decent budget.

Jim Green

Surely the BBC/Discovery etc must be able to come up with something that reflects a better image of the car scene to make a decent petrol heads program than this. There's enough good car builders on this web site never mind all the Retro Web Sites and Turbosport etc.

Really hope they read some of these posts.

Chip

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Bollocks to that, it would cost a fortune to do properly, and would no longer be low budget high profit television.

There are nowhere near enough petrol heads for a PROPER car program, thats why top gear is a load of dramatised bollocks too, so it appeals to non petrol heads and semi petrol heads too, its not aimed at the likes of us lot, we're too niche.

orion_crazy_carl

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only reason they got a show, coz they argue all the time and make good tv,but there both annoying

Jim Green

So how come the americans can do it....... Chip Foose, Boyd Coddington, American Chopper.......

I know what your saying, and from a production point of view your right, they have to gear the program to the massess. But on the other hand, the guy who does "A car is born", A Plane is Born, A Bike is Born........ etc seems to do ok out of it. And does it in a way that people appreciate and watch it, and at the same time produces quite high quality results and does things properly.

Chip

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America is a much bigger audience, so a niche over there is more commercially viable, plus car modifying is actually a much bigger scene over there with loads more money in it in general.

Stevie RS Boy

from what i have seen, a car for jools holland and david ginola, they both looked awful and seemed to be bodged,

Jim Green

Exactly what everyone else thought.................... LOL.

maxest

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Agree with Jim,, i saw the last 2mins of one show where they built a golf for johny vegas,, was an absolute piece of shit,,,

On the other hand,,, a car is born etc,, is a superb show with excellent results

AJC

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watching it as i type this, what bollox

CRAIG HAYTER

i think they are totaly shite wouldnt let them near a push bikethe best part about it is they really think its cooland they are good at it

porksword69

They could have a with the bunch off pimp my ride.

The only thing is my eyes would probably pack up and leave me if I watched that shite again.

Garage19

I've seen bodges on both American chopper and the Boyd Coddington show that are just plain dangerous. They are both great TV though and i love watching them. In fact i'd go and work for either in a flash.

BAM_S2

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Jimmy Shine - there's your best t.v programme builder - most attention to detail i have seen - takes concourse to another level.

Moonstone Kev

Jimmy Shine knows how to build hot rods fooking brill programme that is, but these guys off chop shop couldn't put an airfix model together properly

Twellsie

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also parts are far more readily available, you can still buy brand new parts for 60's muscle cars off the shelf and tuning is soo much cheaper too

fish99

I cant watch that Chop Shop.. As soon as I saw those wheel spacers that was enough for me.. I like Custom my Ride, i think they have some pretty talented vehicle builders at West Coast Customs

McGoo 69

I thinking its shocking properly bodged jobs, I wudnt waste my time watching never mind trying to win the car at end of it!

Has anyone seen custom my ride on discovery turbo? That's pritty good, it's about west coast customs and they've done some good work on that but they always end up firing someone on each episode lmao

McGoo 69

Oh snap metpol didn't see it reply

Did you see The one where they put a old chevvy shell on a new chevvy chassis and running gear?

That was smart carnt remember the models tho it was about 4.00 in the morning lol

joel_winders

Ive only seen one episode of that, the one where they was doing up a range rover for some king and what they did to brian degans truck in a week was awsome given the timescale !

Nash_mr2

fucking awful bags of shite.

would you really want to drive this shit box?



it's go wheel spaces the length of Heathro's North runway - it looks awful, it sounds awful and i have no doubt in my mind that it has the cornering ability of a snooker table.

CRAIG HAYTER

yeah agree with you theresee the range rover they didfor the sultan i think was?they made it look like it was meant to be

fish99

All the cars they have done were spot on... Did you see the blue shelby, how cool was that!! The strips and the paint on that car were spot on.

I loved that Range Rover, Proper fabrication in their jobs. I know what you mean about people getting fired every week, and his shop enforcer is a big old lump.

That Beemer above looks like it has been T boned

McGoo 69

They even made a toyota prius look good on custom my ride, I watched about 6 episodes on it on Sunday morning after staying in bed all say Saturday recovering from Friday nite lmao

They did alot of cars to help good causes which i have top respect for

orion_crazy_carl

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wrecks to riches USA is pretty good

fish99

Mark V8

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They do work ass backwards though, I saw one when they fully painted a 57 Chevy with around $5000 worth of candy paint and then started laying into the chassis with a grinder and welder showering everything with sparks

Mark

orion_crazy_carl

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yeah,and do paintwork out in the open!but they do look nice at the end