Thought you guys and gals would like to see this exhaust we just installed over at CoolRydes Customs.....
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Why not get that poor car up on a rack so we can see the exhaust and not that hideous paint job.
It's a sidewinder with a dual exhaust tip? I like it. And as Carlos alluded to, what's with the finish on the car? Does it show better in person? With just these pictures I'm not sure what I think of it... Al
What are you doing up at 1am!? how do you work all day and stay up all night!? You're an animal.
Exhaust looks really cool.
Actually, I think the photos do really do the finish justice...to each his own, I guess.
I thought it had just been brought in from a freezing rain (and it would go away once it heated up). Argh, not my cup of tea.
Let's try and stay focused here guys, don't let the sparkly stuff distract you. This post is about that exhaust. And what a nice looking exhaust it is. Nice job Kevin.
Oh yeah I can see the stones on the edge making a border... I would have to look at that thing from far away to appreciate it... choice... 
Kevin that is pretty cool!
I really like how you managed to turn really heavy oxidation into art! That isn't Floyd Mayweather's car is it?
I just don't get it.
"Let's try and stay focused here guys, don't let the sparkly stuff distract you. This post is about that exhaust. And what a nice looking exhaust it is. Nice job Kevin."
That paint job is meant to distract you, but yes, that exhaust is a work of art. 
I love the dual center exhaust, but the paint job not so much. lol
Vintage Speed is doing a custom exhaust that has dual centered tips for my car.
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Kevin, don't forget that you're posting on the SOC forum. 
You post a pic to show a dual-tip exhaust and everyone immediately goes off on the paint job the artist/sculptor owner chose to apply to their car. 
I know you'll continue to give your customers exactly what they want (regardless of their quirkiness) plus top-drawer service! I'm pretty sure that's what has allowed CoolRydes Customs to grow from a tiny shop into the large building you now own with a backlist of customers waiting to bring their cars to you!
BTW, nice touch on the dual-tip exhaust, my brutha!
I like the exhaust design....period !
Thanks guys and special thanks to jim. I'm very surprised by the guys on here. I thought they were much more open minded not having real porsches in the first place and be open to personal expression. Sure this car is not my flavor, but I can appreciate her vision, and the amount of work she put into it. Hell she might think our cars are boring, but she is of the same mind set as us, because she loves the same cars as us. I think this car is a rock star of its own and way over the top...
Just my.02 cents
Kevin, you do have good taste though!
coolryde posted:Thanks guys and special thanks to jim. I'm very surprised by the guys on here. I thought they were much more open minded not having real porsches in the first place and be open to personal expression. Sure this car is not my flavor, but I can appreciate her vision, and the amount of work she put into it. Hell she might think our cars are boring, but she is of the same mind set as us, because she loves the same cars as us. I think this car is a rock star of its own and way over the top...
Just my.02 cents
Just having some fun here Kevin! I mean come on Floyd Mayweather!!!
Perhaps Janis Joplin's granddaughter is the customer.....? Just thinkin'...
Kevin!
Frikkin "Wicked awsome exhaust", Dude!
I was amazed when Henry Reisner's "workshop elves" created a one-off exhaust for Bob Carley's IM-6 Speedster, and still wish I could TIG-Weld stainless steel well enough to do do something like that. Yours is equally cool. You guys who can create something special like that just amaze me - I know, I can be sort-of creative too, at times, but you guys do this stuff every day.
THANKS - for giving guys like me the inspiration to do better.
Gordon- the Speedstah Guy from the other coast.
"...but I can appreciate HER vision..."
That explains it right there! JUST KIDDING!
Thanks Gordon and the rest of you knuckle heads.....
Just giving you all back a hard time.....
Good on ya, Kevin. Your customer has great taste in fabricators.
Who applied the jewels? are they clear? epoxy? glue? how durable are they?
coolryde posted:Thanks Gordon and the rest of you knuckle heads.....
Just giving you all back a hard time.....
Penalty. 10 yards... he's giving them the business...
(How many of you remember that one?)
coolryde posted:Actually photos do not do the finish justice. It is actually covered in almost 250,000 crystals. It's got bling, and then some.
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coolryde posted:Thanks guys and special thanks to jim. I'm very surprised by the guys on here. I thought they were much more open minded not having real porsches in the first place and be open to personal expression. Sure this car is not my flavor, but I can appreciate her vision, and the amount of work she put into it. Hell she might think our cars are boring, but she is of the same mind set as us, because she loves the same cars as us. I think this car is a rock star of its own and way over the top...
Just my.02 cents
You post pics of a Speedster that someone has be-jewelled (at least it was a wide body), Kevin, you've gotta know the peanut gallery's gonna comment on it. It's pretty out there, and even you admit that it's "not your flavor". But that's ok, because as you say, "it's her vision", and if she's happy with it that's all that matters. To quote Stan (or at least paraphrase him, as I don't remember it exactly), that's ok because "it's a big tent and there's room for all of us". We can each still have an opinion, though...
How long did it take her? Was each piece applied individually, can you buy sheets of the stuff, or? Please don't tell me she had the patience to do this by hand with a hot glue gun!
What's it like to wash- does it hold the dirt and you have to use a brush, or does it rinse right off? Does it sparkle from a block away or do you only notice it once you're fairly close?
And while I have your ear- have you weighed your front brakes yet? Al
Oh, we're open minded. We also have varied tastes and perceptions of what looks good and what looks the opposite.
A sequin covered Speedster is something no one sees that often, and it did generate a certain response from some members.
C'est la vie...
James posted:I love the dual center exhaust, but the paint job not so much. lol
Vintage Speed is doing a custom exhaust that has dual centered tips for my car.
I really like this exhaust system, but only on a smaller engine putting out hp in the 100 to 120 range. I would think it would be too restrictive on a larger, high hp engine.
Does Vintage make the same style of muffler in a high hp model?
The only problem with 'doing your own thing' with your vehicle is that one day almost everyone sells their treasured ride, and I think this speedster would be a hard sell. Probably not as hard as trying to sell a pink IM, but close.
Ron O is right , there is a coral speedy with white walls that resides on eBay for some time , it will probably never sell as it is just too ugly. When I build a speedster for resale I have to be careful choosing color, interior wheel etc so it appeals to many.
That finish looks, to me, like a wrap of rain drops. Dave Glispin, owner of "Sunshine Signs" in my town (I used his shop for my heater plenum) and who can also create this look, says that all it is, is "a photo of raindrops printed on a clear or lightly colored substrate that is applied to the surface", a car in this case.
If it's a wrap, it could be removed in ten minutes.
Yeah, we are open minded, as long as you have the same opinion as us. Just kidding... Sorry, just couldn't help myself, with all this political stuff going on.
Gordon Nichols posted:That finish looks, to me, like a wrap of rain drops. Dave Glispin, owner of "Sunshine Signs" in my town (I used his shop for my heater plenum) and who can also create this look, says that all it is, is "a photo of raindrops printed on a clear or lightly colored substrate that is applied to the surface", a car in this case.
If it's a wrap, it could be removed in ten minutes.
Except for the part where Kevin said, "It is actually covered in almost 250,000 crystals. It's got bling, and then some."
The exhaust looks great.