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16-03-2006, 12:40 AM
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Extreme_Custom
Join Date: Aug 2005
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g'day mates
picked up latest issue of 2DAMAX magazine today ...... purely because there is write up about extreme kits and the gotham city car club .... which im part of.. anyways much to my amusement i find story on this holden ute with ford V8 bonnet ............... couldnt believe it .... guess the guys just in to car genrraly and doesn care with what belongs to ford and holden ..... anyways nice ute though check out the issue if you's getting curious........... thought i share it with everyone........... cheers harris 
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16-03-2006, 12:47 AM
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Come fly with P.S.I...
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Looks very tackey and cheap, hate the wheels too....
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16-03-2006, 12:47 AM
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The Guy You Love To Hate
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That looks pretty good actually.
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16-03-2006, 12:57 AM
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Banned
 
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Good on him for trying! It's getting closer to being a Ford :P
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16-03-2006, 01:11 AM
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Acid Rush XB Coupe
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If it wasn't common place on Ford V8's, I'm sure we'd all agree that looks great - much tougher and more masculine than the standard flat hood.
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16-03-2006, 01:12 AM
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Viper FG XR6 Turbo
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imitation is the biggest form of flattery
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16-03-2006, 01:19 AM
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it was only for that revived it, not started the trend... look at cars as late as the fairlane thunderbird, lightning, thunderbolt whatever it was, the fastest prod. car for a long time... look at the chrysler neon... would the fans of them get arced up at the fords? who really cares, as long as it looks good, and in some cases is functional... i know a bloke who put a cummins turbo on a 351, in an xd, and put a bulge on it... is that just as bad? what about the xr6s with it fitted... thats even worese... how about everyone just lay off everyone else, if you dont like it, express your opinion, dpont bag them out... this is in reply to more than just this thread...
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16-03-2006, 01:23 AM
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Force Fed Fords
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Looks alright, the bonnet, don't know about the rest though
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16-03-2006, 01:28 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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 : something just looks a little 'off'. could be the fact it's a ford bonnet on a holden.
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16-03-2006, 01:33 AM
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Shoot.
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If it's got the performance to match - who cares? If it's a GenIII it'd probably beat a helluva lot of late-model Fords on this site.
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16-03-2006, 08:52 AM
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Just slidin'
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I reckon that looks pretty good. The bonnet, even though from a Ford, really looks good on the Commie, and breaks the usual Commonwh*** thing.
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16-03-2006, 08:55 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Bonnet looks good shame about the ghey ricer wheels.
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16-03-2006, 08:56 AM
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Very good looking car that guys got, always good to be a little different and change things around, good on him for mixing the brands up a bit.
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16-03-2006, 09:45 AM
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Nice ute there. The APS turbo one tonner has the same bonnet too and looks good on the VYs.
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16-03-2006, 10:05 AM
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16-03-2006, 10:33 AM
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Windsor Man!
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Looks like a bloody photoshop with those wheels!
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16-03-2006, 10:49 AM
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BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
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And i thought Bonnet buldges o XR6's was bad, man that whole ute is a ricer wanna be, ricer rims, ford bonnet all it needs is a NISMO Sticker and it's there...
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16-03-2006, 10:55 AM
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BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
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Just noticed it's a V6!!!
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16-03-2006, 11:00 AM
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16-03-2006, 11:47 AM
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It is a nice ute though ... the guy is on proutes ... and there's a lot of work put into it ... so I'll give him credit for the extra effort.
So what if it is a Commodore ute ... as least he's passionate about his vehicle. It looks a hell of a lit nicer in the metal than that pic shows. Oh ... it's not a photoshop either ... it is that low ... hee hee
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16-03-2006, 11:53 AM
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SUMP PLUG
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Yeah, I'll agree that the bonnet looks quite good on the car. Shame about those wheels... he could have at least gone some tough wheels instead of ripping of a honda civic
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16-03-2006, 11:54 AM
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Awake after dark
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That car (Dr Ute) is also in Australian Ute Mag current issue. I must admit (dare I say it) that like most Commodores, in my opinion, it looks terrible and no amount of sweet talking will change that opinion.
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16-03-2006, 11:56 AM
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I saw a Black Commodore Ute driving through Werribiee last week with a Bulge Bonnet. The Bulge looked more like the one off the GT500E Mustang in Gone In 60 Seconds.
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16-03-2006, 12:06 PM
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i think it looks good
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16-03-2006, 12:15 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Looks good, except for the wheels. The Bulge makes any car look good.
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16-03-2006, 12:18 PM
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Nat D
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dosent look half bad for a holden, the bonnnet looks average, stands nothing against the look of a BA xr8 with the bulge,
yeah not to sure about the rims...  e cant blame him for trying, at least its something different |
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16-03-2006, 12:41 PM
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V8 Rock'n'Roll....
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Nice car, hate the rims....It seems every second car in Sydney fitted with 'Chromies for da Homies' has these wheels at the moment. Tired of seeing them.
There's a black VZ SS sedan around Bankstown with the Boss bulge. He's got the same hole cut in as Big Joe's GT (orange quad webbered GT). Doesn't look too bad at all.
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16-03-2006, 01:14 PM
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Peter Car
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What is it with tryhard Holden owners. First it was fake Clubsport kits now its ripoff Ford bonnet bulges. Are they totally incapable of doing anything unique.
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16-03-2006, 01:48 PM
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Sublime
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i like it, everything except the wheels
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Oh, and my dislike of Holden goes way way back to when a bunch of accountants and financiers backed a car company that Henry Ford started and then they decided to pull the rug out from under him with his designs. They fired him and named the Ford company Buick.
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