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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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Chop top fc!

i just thought it would be a completely bad *** idea. anyone ever seen one? only chop top i ever heard of was a silvia.

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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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LOL^^

Why chop an already low and sleek car???
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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are you talking about the el camino chop? like the truck a suraus thing on here. I'll try to find the thread for ya....



Like this maybe:



ROAR!!!...Truckasaurus RX7 Madness!!!...SUNDAY...Sunday...sunday!!!...

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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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that'd be one fucked up rear window.

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are you talking about the el camino chop? like the truck a suraus thing on here. I'll try to find the thread for ya....
No I believe he's reffering to a hotrod chop
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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oh I was thinking like the truck back styled silvias...

The FC's are already pretty low in the roof aren't they??


I see now, yeah if you chopped the 7 you would need to stick your head out of the sunroof to see. that would be crazy.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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that would be pretty different and i think it would look pretty cool
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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There's a chop top S4 vert running around here in Santa Rosa. Looks like complete ****.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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im talking about the whole roof. i saw a silvia with it done...looked 1000 times more aggressive. and i really think that if this was done to a hatchback cleanly it wouldn't "disrupt" the lines at all. it would just enhance it. i mean you cant deny that the dodge on the bottom (which is PS'd) looks like it wants to eat your babies while you sleep it so mean looking. be that as it may i also believe that it would be easier to achieve on a vert.

im more just curious if anyone has had any first hand experience with this.

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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by skatingsamurai
i just thought it would be a completely bad *** idea. anyone ever seen one?
one word, PHOTOSHOP!
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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Its undoable on a hardtop rx7. Yea you could chop it, but it would require sectioning the roof, sloping the windsheild, and a whole bunch of other little tedious time consuming things. Then you get to the back glass and realize your fooked!
Best example I can come up with is google for the chop top fieros. Lot of work for a certain look.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by skatingsamurai
i mean you cant deny that the dodge on the bottom (which is PS'd) looks like it wants to eat your babies while you sleep it so mean looking.
steve


First off it’s a 4 door car, so right off the bat it should be sent to a car crusher at a junkyard (if it was even real). Secondly it looks like a car that a mobster bought for his wife to get the kids and groceries in. You know what, its not worth talking about.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Funkspectrum
There's a chop top S4 vert running around here in Santa Rosa. Looks like complete ****.
WTF?! Pics?
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 06:11 PM
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I've seen it on a 1st gen, but never a 2nd gen. Sorry, no pictures.

But as others have said, headroom is already limited.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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i have seen the s15 chopp. it was sexy i must say even tho s15s look like ****** grand am's. there is no room in a fc for that **** tho.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 08:23 PM
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I can't for the life of me find the pic of that s15 chop top. i think for those who have not yet seen it, it might change their mind.


i think this would be a better example. though it is photoshop'd. now if you say that this is not cool looking, you're a complete freakin homo.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by ForsakenRX7
Its undoable on a hardtop rx7. Yea you could chop it, but it would require sectioning the roof, sloping the windsheild, and a whole bunch of other little tedious time consuming things. Then you get to the back glass and realize your fooked!
Best example I can come up with is google for the chop top fieros. Lot of work for a certain look.
Last I checked all chop top cars have custom glass.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by phoenix7
Maybe now you'll be able to go underneath semis as you try to hijack them.
Of course not.

He chop topped his Civic for that purpose. Then put lowering springs, and the all important green neons under the body to blend right into the crowd after the hit.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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hey now. no flame trainin
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by skatingsamurai
hey now. no flame trainin
I'm sorry I was just kidding
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by skatingsamurai
im talking about the whole roof. i saw a silvia with it done...looked 1000 times more aggressive. and i really think that if this was done to a hatchback cleanly it wouldn't "disrupt" the lines at all. it would just enhance it. i mean you cant deny that the dodge on the bottom (which is PS'd) looks like it wants to eat your babies while you sleep it so mean looking. be that as it may i also believe that it would be easier to achieve on a vert.

im more just curious if anyone has had any first hand experience with this.

steve
.... GTFO?


There is a reason that it was doable on old american cars: They were ****** huge! There was enough room to fit a sumo wrestler in the back seat! also, the cars had really high positioned, and poorly designed bench seats, high ride height, and there was no concern for "weight".

Nowadays, most cars are designed to make the car as light as possible, and use the least material as posible to do what you want with the design. So, in a modern-ish car like the FC, the roof is already as low as it should go.

Oh, and that C5 looks like an old person's ***! You must be
"a complete freakin homo"
if you DO like it!

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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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The DRFT D1 S15 has a chop top, looks bad ***, but not exactly easy to do. would require custom glass all the way around and fabbing up the pillars to line up. You'd have to get some buckets that can be mounted extremely low, because I'm only 5' 10" and have to lean the seat back more than what I'm used to to keep my head from hitting the roof.

Just go do a search for the DRFT S15 to find some more pics of it somewhere on the net.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 12:15 AM
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i think it would look stupid
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by DAMD
The DRFT D1 S15 has a chop top, looks bad ***, but not exactly easy to do. would require custom glass all the way around and fabbing up the pillars to line up. You'd have to get some buckets that can be mounted extremely low, because I'm only 5' 10" and have to lean the seat back more than what I'm used to to keep my head from hitting the roof.

Just go do a search for the DRFT S15 to find some more pics of it somewhere on the net.
wow just looks like an eclipse now, all that work... waste.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by DriftN7
i think it would look stupid
I agree. Now a chop top FD on the other hand...

I'm just kidding, do what you want with your FC. As previously stated, mount the seats very low and take a hacksaw to that sucker. Just don't do it on a good condition FC, at least not to start with. But most importantly, take lots of pictures!
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 01:37 AM
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i hope your shorter then 5 ft tall because i barley fit in my vert at 6 foot and thats with the seat extremely broken in
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