[GrindingGears]

RE: Pimp My Ride

I used to cruise by West Coast Customs (Ingle-hood) all the time when I was dating my ex-girlfriend. You wanna talk about bling bling? There is always at least one H2 out front with 24+ inch rims. They're right off the 405 (Manchester exit), check 'em out if you're in the area.

Be forewarned this isn't a performance orientated transformation TV show, it is all bling and no zing. Although WCC has the capability to make performance upgrades, I've never seen ONE performance upgrade installed on any of the shows.

I give WCC props for doing what they do very very well. Their focus -especially in this TV show - is to be the "masters of bling", and that they are. I've seen a couple of their cars up close and their attention to detail (finishing) is impressive.

On another note, I find it amusing when I hear people talk about WCC as "the customs shop from Pimp My Ride" or Jesse James as "the guy from Monster Garage". These two (WCC and West Coast Choppers) were fully established as biitchin' shops before the TV publicity.

It's pretty cool that some kid in New Hampshire could be inspired to own/build choppers b/c of the TV exposure of a tattoed-bike-builder-former-bouncer from Long Beach.

RE: My favorites

Although I can enjoy the bling bling makeover shows I would love to see more serious performance upgrade shows, where it's all about horsepower and losing weight. There are two shows on Spike TV, Trucks! and ______ (cant' remember the name) where the focus is to build badass trucks and muscle car beasts. With little to no attention to LCD screens and drop down TVs.

I guess I won''t be 100% satisfied until there is a show strictly dealing with 911 upgrades for the street and track. I can hope/wish/dream right?