I'm confused..... why spend that much money and effort turning a Honda into a Merc clone, when you could have bought the real Merc you're emulating likely for a whole lot less $$$ than you probably have in that Honda?
First off - It's an Acura (Yes I know, same thing - just being picky
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Because buying a merc would have actually cost a LOT more and wouldn't have landed that car in Street Customs magazine. It would have just been a yellow Mercedes.
The goal was to do something no one else had ever done, or even began to think of. Being different was the goal, and it was accomplished on a much larger scale than what I thought was possible.
It gets a lot of hate and a lot of love, but nothing makes me laugh harder than the napkin someone left on it while I was at work.
I put it on my "Wall of haters". People will judge you no matter what you do, so why not do what you want?
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The total conversion only cost me 8 grand (a lot but is cheaper than buying a merc). The seats were free (That's why people are
supposed have stickers on their cars), the tires were free, I got a new set every 6 months, and some other things that I worked out with the companies who have their logo on the car.
The only thing that was more than what I thought it would be was chroming the engine. >.>;;;;;
Oh and the interior was done by me.
The toughest thing to repair will probably be the strobes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10w552jDqGw&feature=plcp&context=C38016ffUDOEgsToPDskJFYrKZOU3001UR5QaOM3qB
