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    When the BATFE come knocking...

    Wraps are cool, but the going rate is about 3k plus install. You could put ghost flames in chamelon dupont and have 2000 left over. I second the lift, get some black wheels and maybe put a .50 cal mounted on each front fender (ala batmoble).

    Should bump up the testosterone meter! Tell the INS it's a border patrol vehicle
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlyingV77 View Post
    lol, most are from the girls i work with, and its usually color related. Some call it "the bumble bee"
    Sounds like you're very fortunate at work, and some of the girls are just talkin' about your Proton in an effort to flirt with you. Same theory as walking your dog in a city park-- "Oh my, what a cute doggy you have there (giggle-giggle)". The girls probably really don't care about the Proton or if it was Ebony or any other color, but are more interested in YOU for other reasons (hmmm, time to ponder).

    I concur with Tom4Bren, and just get a coy Vanity Plate that reads "FOR HIRE" or "TX TAXI" perhaps. If you still wanted a different paint scheme on a Proton-- how 'bout Urban Camoflage in the Yellow Version format. Now that would be both cool & macho at the same time.

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    i work at a strip club, they only care about $. im getin it wraped for about 1200, by one a boyfriend of one of my dancers

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    Go ahead and do the wrap I am interested in how it will turn out, but please do not do the "trendy" skulls thing, please, just mean flat black, do the skulls in something that is cheaper and less permenant. Sounds good can't wait to see the end result.

    Oh and the easiest way to get a meaner looking VX is to do the easy $200 suspension lift and buy some larger tires.

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    haha.. JAMAS used mine as an example nice
    if someone else is paying for it by all means go for it (and let the proton shine through the eye sockets )
    Richard
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    Riff will remember this, but when I got my VX, Proton was the last color on my list of preferences. Now I can't imagine having any other color. I will admit that the wife and I have tossed around the idea of flat army green or maybe a flat deep charcoal. I have enough pin stripes, and as Billy mentioned, "battle scars" that it just isn't worth waxing anymore. Of course, mine is becoming more and more trail rig, so I have my own destiny to follow....(enter star wars theme or some other epic theme music)
    Sorry Dub, but IMHO I think skulls are tacky, like weekend Harley riders and their bandannas and leathers. Come up with your own unique design. Think of something original...maybe go the current "urban" route and make it a Honey Nut Cheerios VX Not sure if ya'll have that goin round where you are, but the thing that "urban" crowd is doing is putting Caprices and Crown Vics on 26" wheels, lifting em, and then decorating them with various brands. In my area I have seen John Deere, Skittles, Star Burst, Coke Zero, Sprite, Lucky Charms, Fruity Pebbles, Gary Coleman(RIP) and a handful of sports teams. These aren't cheap spray paint jobs, these are complete decal kits and nice paint. The rims alone cost more than the car, I don't even want to know what the paint and decals cost.
    http://www.funnyghettocars.com/wp-co...001_large1.jpg


    No matter what, its your VX, just remember that the proton is one of 479 ever made!!!! Who cares what strippers say, or anyone else for that matter. Do what makes you happy
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    beast, where did you get the headlight covers? i had a local shop spray mine and they are already fadeing and splochy. i have nixed the skull idea

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    Talking

    Quote Originally Posted by Marlin View Post
    Sorry Dub, but IMHO I think skulls are tacky, like weekend Harley riders and their bandannas and leathers.
    I really don't consider you the arbiter of style, good taste, or tacky...

    I was gonna link to a pic of that SWEET bumper you made as an example, but it seems you've removed all the pics (evidence) from your gallery......

    Since it was indelibly emblazoned into the minds of most who will read this, it matters not, since what has been seen can never be unseen...

    Flying V, please accept my apologies for straying off topic...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    Flying V, please accept my apologies for straying off topic...
    Topics? Topics? We don't need no steenk'n topics!
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    Wow, it looks like "Motto Metal 909 Frenzy" among VXers... I have a set of those in R20 sitting in my garage too...
    As to the topic - maybe a couple of links from Mother Russia will give you fresh ideas..

    http://cars.auto.ru/cars/used/sale/5274380-a4fc.html
    http://www.auto-dekor.ru/gallery/aero/item15
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    well finaly got my rims today, ill post pics as soon as i figure out how to do it from my "not so smart phone" im on metro pcs. ill be geting ti wrap as soon as i settle inti my new house.

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    Since you work with a bunch of female dancers, are you gonna' have a stripper pole in your new house???

    Guy: Here little girl-- I've got some hard candy for you.
    Girl: Wait a minute, that ain't candy!!!
    Guy: No, but it's hard.

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    A quick idea....

    Use the yellow as an accent color. Along the sides, leave a 3/4"-1" border of yellow showing. It would give some definition from the cladding and the door glass.
    Since the hood already has some matte black, keep the design in the insert.

    See... there ARE people on this site with open minds for custom work. If you conform to their stalled thinking nothing new would ever show up.
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    HAH! I KNEW I'd read something recently about a VX being referred to as "cute."

    Friday, the first day I drove mine to work, I got SIX "cutes." (grumble, grumble)

    But that was offset by stranger asking me what year it was and 3 other coworkers who were shocked because they thought I had traded my beloved Mustang in for a "new" SUV. NOBODY could believe it was a 2001!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RickOKC View Post
    HAH! I KNEW I'd read something recently about a VX being referred to as "cute."

    Friday, the first day I drove mine to work, I got SIX "cutes." (grumble, grumble)

    But that was offset by stranger asking me what year it was and 3 other coworkers who were shocked because they thought I had traded my beloved Mustang in for a "new" SUV. NOBODY could believe it was a 2001!
    LOL, I had some kid convinced that mine was a test platform for the manned mission to mars...then he looked underneath and saw the rust.

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