Sitting on 20" chrome

There's a customized car show happening in San Bernadino (50 miles east of Los Angeles) on 12th May, 2007. It's organized by West Coast Customs, the shop that was made famous by MTV and Xzibit.

I want to go to see the ridiculous and the fabulous cars on show. There will definately be some Hip Hop going on, and I think a beauty parade too. Come on, cars, girls and beats have always gone together. Why else would guys do this? Wait for my upcoming blog on this...until then I found some pics of cars being 'pimped'. What do you think of that Rolls Royce Phantom from Platinum Motorsports?



Platinum Motorsports is on Melrose. I pass it every day I head to work. I see Ferraris, Bentleys, Mercedes...and everything looks amazing. But what do they do? I did a Google search and found a report from a paparazzi who was following Kimberly Stewart (is that Rod's daughter?) She got her 'Range Rover' marque bling'd out (she swapped the standard lettering to a diamante set!) But Platinum do some more serious stuff too to 'tweak out' your ride, engine tuning and lowered suspension. As they say on the streets: "...sitting on 20" rims!"

Rent-A-Wheel...you gotta be kiddin'

I heard the most stupid advert on the radio this week. Rent-A-Wheel is the only store in California that lets you rent-to-own your own wheels for your car. Ahem?!

Alright, this Cali is the car capital of the States I guess, and people take their rides seriously. After all, MTV's 'Pimp My Ride' (hosted by Xzibit) was originally filmed at West Coast Customs. I know that customized stuff costs money, but what made me laugh about the advert most was the endorsements from big name (paid) rapper dudes: Chamillionaire, B-Real and Warren G. Can't you fellas afford to buy your own wheels? I don't get it? It was like an advert saying, 'we're cheap...' And, you know *I know* about being cheap ;-)