should it stay or should it go

[Moonrover]

when i received my vx i came with an custom bumper. its not aftermarket, but it looks homemade. i cant decide if i wanna take it off or leave it on. what do you guys think

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/IMG_00341.JPGhttp://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/IMG_00321.JPGhttp://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/IMG_0031.JPG

[Anita]

Have a bonfire!! I vote GO

[handeeman]

I agree with Anita..well actually I feel strongly both ways.

[tom4bren]

OOOGLY!!! Please make it go away.

[CrnCnn]

As it is I dont like it. At least paint it black.

[Ldub]

BuH - - - ByE

[ZEUS]

Did something look so bad under the bumper he had to hide it? If so, there must be a better way cuz that horizontal picket fence looks awful.

[Moonrover]

Did something look so bad under the bumper he had to hide it? If so, there must be a better way cuz that horizontal picket fence looks awful.

nah the only thing behind there is the hitch

[JAMAS]

Its always been my dream to own a cute little VX out in the country with a little white picket fence around the bumper.

Take it off and slap the PO :)

Just having some fun with you......Welcome to the forum!

[Moonrover]

thanks for the welcome.

[VX crazy]

WTF? I have never seen anything so aweful!

[Hiredgoon]

Yeah, that thing's pretty sketchy looking.

[vt_maverick]

The sad thing is that someone probably spent considerable time trimming it to fit, measuring the tail pipe hole precisely, etc. All for a complete waste of effort.

I agree with Anita. :flame:

[vt_maverick]

Btw, it would make this thread much easier to read if you edit your original post and hit [Enter] between each of the pics. That way they go down, not across. Just an FYI.

[pbkid]

first off... welcome to the forum.

secondly, :flame2: , that thing just DOESNT fit the body of the VX at all....

[PittVXr]

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

;puke2;;puke2;;puke2;

[snowtrooper1966]

As a wise man once said...
"What has been seen, cannot be unseen"
Unless of course, you scrap that horror;)
Best,

[tom4bren]

I don't remember anything unanimous on the forum before. This thread must go on permanent record.

After looking at the pics again, it looks almost like the PO was going for some kind of 'Euro-car' look, not just hiding the hitch.

I think PittVXr said it best.

[Solitude]

Go
:dan_ban:

[tomdietrying]

It looks cheap. It must GO!!!!
Peace.
Tom

[circmand]

rip it off, crush it, burn the scrap pile, then bury the ashes and have a priest do an exorcism over the grave

But hey to each their own

[momo962000]

i would have to say that you should keep it on and send the truck to me and ill be happy to ripe it off and drive it for you. :)

[Grif]

Hideous... It don't belong.

[PK]

Hmmmm - noticed that Marlin hasn't commented yet.

He would want you to keep it - it makes his Frankenstien front bumper look good.:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Sorry Marlin, buddy, mate, friend - I will do anything for a laugh.

PK

[Sprey]

Yea dude def remove it lol.

At first i thought it was like a cardboard mock up of a bumper someone was trying to create etc.

Then again its your car if you like it keep it:)

[Riff Raff]

Yo, Yo, Yo, that looks way frickin' ghetto!!!

[Marlin]

As a wise man once said...
"What has been seen, cannot be unseen"
Unless of course, you scrap that horror
Best,


LMFAO, ROFLO!!!!!!!! You name a ridiculous online lingo for laughing, I did it when I read that.

Jack, you cannot even put that in the same category as mine...the only way that thing could be better is if it had LEDs in between the strips, and white rims to match....

[Marlin]

Oh, I almost forgot, the VX better be lowered in some ridiculous way that greatly increases its offroad abilities...that way if you run through a fence, you can get out and fix it with the spare pickets.

[deermagnet]

I don't think it's so bad. It just needs to get painted a new color. We need a few not-so-close shots to get the full effect taking in the whole vehicle. It could work in another color.

That VX used to belong to one of our members, FLAVIOVX. He didn't make many posts here. Don't know if you saw a CarFax, but that VX has gotten around. It looks like FLAVIOVX was owner #5. Not the most recent CarFax, but....

http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mgpa/vx3/vxcarfax.gif

Mark

[pbkid]

Jack, you cannot even put that in the same category as mine...the only way that thing could be better is if it had LEDs in between the strips, and white rims to match....

whoa whoa whoa..... i didnt say anything about your bumper... im one of the few around here that likes it (although i look forward to it being higher up and closer in)...

[Chopper]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA>>>>WTF IS THAT??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HOLY MACKEREL

[johnnyapollo]

Finally, a visual representation of the meme "fugly"....

[Moonrover]

thanks for the input im gunna take it off, thanks for the carfax report, deermagnet how did you get it i'm guessing you didn't pay for i or already had a copy? i new the last owner but not the one for new york. but for being the 6th owner the cars in mint condition.

[deermagnet]

thanks for the carfax report, deermagnet how did you get it
The VIN can be figured out with the last four digits and the year, then I Googled it and the CarFax came up on a Russian website. I have no idea what that's about. :confused:

Mark

[VXorado]

Moonrover, you may want to adjust the exhaust tips back a bit as they will probably stick out too far without the fence bumper. It should be easy: cut the exhaust pipes shorter and reattach the exhaust tips.

Thanks for posting, its unbelievable that someone would drive with that on their bumper.

WELCOME to the VX World!!!!!!!

[Marlin]

Hmmmm - noticed that Marlin hasn't commented yet.

He would want you to keep it - it makes his Frankenstien front bumper look good.:laughing::laughing::laughing:

PK

I was referring to that comment...:bgwb:

[Ldub]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA>>>>WTF IS THAT??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HOLY MACKEREL

Kinda jogs this classic back to the front of the memory banks...:slap:

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/2570870824_0300ae8cda_o.jpg

Stuff from lowes should not be used for automotive applications...unless it can't be seen.:yesgray:

[vt_maverick]

thanks for the input im gunna take it off, thanks for the carfax report, deermagnet how did you get it i'm guessing you didn't pay for i or already had a copy? i new the last owner but not the one for new york. but for being the 6th owner the cars in mint condition.

Don't feel bad about it (if you do). I bought mine with 24K on the clock but was still the 4th owner. When I looked up the CF the first owner had only put about 2K miles on it in the first six years (:eek:), then the two successive owners had it for a little over a year each and put the remaining 22K on it.

I talked about it with the PO and he said he bought it due to the curb appeal, but in the end couldn't justify keeping such a small vehicle that wasn't too capable of transporting kids. I imagine the previous owner (as well as other owners out there) found themselves in the same predicament, so having multiple short-lived owners seems like it would be a pretty common situation. Yes we have many original owners here, but keep in mind this is an enthusiast site; your public at large probably isn't as obsessed as the rest of us. ;)

[WormGod]

Wow.... previous owner ran over a picket fence?

[wekilled]

Seriously, you had to even ask? --Choke yourself.:grino:

[don moore]

i dont like it... but its your VX ..your choice..