Current Events > Pimp My Ride was so ridiculous

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I used to watch that show all the time and never questioned any of it, LOL. They would take people's beat up cars and just do anything. They'd be putting in fish tanks, automatic dinner bell ringers, exhaust that spits out playing cards, a slot machine in a van door, etc. And as a kid, I was like "OH MAN, THAT'S SO COOL!"

"We know you work at the airport. So we hooked you up with a baggage claim in the trunk! Complete with 3 PSPs that slide back and forth on the belts!"

It was all so stupid and insane, LOL.

Didn't most of those cars get sold inside of a year because most people couldn't afford the ridiculous upkeep on them?

we put a single person jacuzzi and a laser light show in the back of your beat up panel van! what, you dont have space to store all your work tools now?

chris1001_the_sequel posted...

Didn't most of those cars get sold inside of a year because most people couldn't afford the ridiculous upkeep on them?

i'd imagine a lot of them were impossible to sell because of the dumb shit and bad wiring in them.

"We locked onto this one superficial personality trait and now your entire car is themed around that!"

The cars were still in rough shape internally

only reason that show did so well is because of Xzibit, which is sad because he apparently got fucked over in pay.

chris1001_the_sequel posted...

Didn't most of those cars get sold inside of a year because most people couldn't afford the ridiculous upkeep on them?

Similar to Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

chris1001_the_sequel posted...

Didn't most of those cars get sold inside of a year because most people couldn't afford the ridiculous upkeep on them?

iirc, a large portion of the modifications were literally just for the show and were stripped out after filming or the cars were straight up faked instead of actually being customised.

Trumpo posted...

The cars were still in rough shape internally

Yeah. They added a bunch of shiny stuff to the outside but they were all clunkers that probably got scrapped within the year.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/38caee3a.jpg

Sometimes I wonder if Xzibit had money in a repo company or something.

I don't recall any having performance improvements. Only cosmetic stuff.

I used to watch it all the time as a kid too, it was dumb fun.

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chris1001_the_sequel posted...

Didn't most of those cars get sold inside of a year because most people couldn't afford the ridiculous upkeep on them?

I'd say it was probably more due to them being gigantic pieces of shit, since they never FIXED the cars, they just put a cement mixer in the trunk and had a mobile traffic cone dispenser because the guy worked in construction one summer. lol

I remember one episode where they ended up just buying a guy a new car and pimped that out.

Ahahahah makes me think of the boondocks episode

Wow, this sounds so shit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimp_My_Ride#Claims_of_deception_by_participants

Several participants who appeared on seasons 4 and 6 of Pimp My Ride later stated that elements of the show were either exaggerated or faked.[2] The houses where Xzibit would surprise contestants with the news they were selected were often rented by MTV. The initial poor condition of some of the vehicles was staged to look worse, including the removal of paint, trash in the interior, and bumpers loosened to the point of falling off. Some features added during filming were removed immediately afterwards due to potential issues with local and state traffic laws, and the participants noted that multiple takes were needed to film their reactions during the final reveal. Some were coached to express more amazement and enthusiasm between takes. The overhaul process, which appeared on the show to only last a few days or weeks, actually lasted 67 months, and the show's participants had to find their own transportation while their cars were being upgraded with no support from the network. In addition, the modifications made to the cars were often purely cosmetic and any problems with how the car ranwheel alignment, engine, transmissionwas still up to the participants to fix.[3] In an interview with HipHopDX, Xzibit explains about how he was the target of backlash on social media over his involvement in the show, even though he was merely the host and had no input in the actual vehicle modification.[4]

That show really loved to add monitors to vehicles.

The behind the scenes stuff for the show is such a mess. A lot of people that got their car "pimped out" ended up in a worst position than before like the car would be unusable; they would had to tear down the stuff, and make the car unsellable. Also a lot of it was fake as well because the cars wouldn't even function right. It was purely all cosmetic.

Humble_Novice posted...

That show really loved to add monitors to vehicles.

We got Not 1, not 2, but 3 MONITORS IN THE TRUNK!!

Humble_Novice posted...

That show really loved to add monitors to vehicles.

You gotta remember, that was the hotness back then. That was when almost all radios, even double DINs, were still normal and most not even touch screen.

Prestoff posted...

The behind the scenes stuff for the show is such a mess. A lot of people that got their car "pimped out" ended up in a worst position than before like the car would be unusable; they would had to tear down the stuff, and make the car unsellable. Also a lot of it was fake as well because the cars wouldn't even function right. It was purely all cosmetic.

And of course, they added cosmetic features that would actually make the car *worse* to drive, or sometimes even undriveable. It's just crazy - as a kid, I thought it would be so cool to have a working Playstation in the back of a car, but as an adult, you realize there's no point to having that, because a car is meant for, you know *driving*, not chilling and having a good time in.

I suppose simply finding people with beat-up cars and fixing the engine/transmission/breaks/batteries/AC is just not as interesting as putting a playstation in their car

Yeah I never really watched it, but from what I heard, it seemed sort of like the concept of Pro Wrestling, where being intentionally ridiculous and impractical is part of the fun.

Damn, they sure took the pimp part seriously. They beat it up, put it back on the streets and collected their money. Ice cold.

Pimp My Ride 2025

they just give you new tires and fix the starter/transmission/alternator

"Thanks XZIBIT, now I can get to work!"

You're fat?? Let's put a cotton candy machine in your car!!

SSj4Wingzero posted...

And of course, they added cosmetic features that would actually make the car *worse* to drive, or sometimes even undriveable. It's just crazy - as a kid, I thought it would be so cool to have a working Playstation in the back of a car, but as an adult, you realize there's no point to having that, because a car is meant for, you know *driving*, not chilling and having a good time in.

I suppose simply finding people with beat-up cars and fixing the engine/transmission/breaks/batteries/AC is just not as interesting as putting a playstation in their car

The show was a guilty pleasure of mines on MTV. The fact that it was so over the top is what made me enjoy it. I tried watching a clip of it and I only realize just how overly over produced it is and how a lot of the times you can tell the producers told the people who to react because it would either be over the top or they would all would react the exact same way as another person on another episode. It's the type of stuff you don't catch on when you're a kid lol.

Prestoff posted...

The show was a guilty pleasure of mines on MTV. The fact that it was so over the top is what made me enjoy it. I tried watching a clip of it and I only realize just how overly over produced it is and how a lot of the times you can tell the producers told the people who to react because it would either be over the top or they would all would react the exact same way as another person on another episode. It's the type of stuff you don't catch on when you're a kid lol.

Oh yeah, I liked it as a kid. I didn't watch it regularly but I did enjoy it when I saw it.

It just reminds me of how I need to be far more forgiving when my students (I'm a high school teacher) laugh at stupid things, or act immaturely, or jump on board some stupid-ass meme and giggle about it like a bunch of, well, kids.

If I ever think it's stupid for kids to walk around and laugh just cause someone says the numbers 6 and 7 back-to-back, then I guess I have to remind myself that I once thought that having a monitor with a connectable PSX in the trunk of a car was the coolest thing ever.

There was a paintballer on the show once so they put a paintball gun in the front of the car. It was awesome but the boss made them remove it.

VeggetaX posted...

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lmao

Prestoff posted...

The behind the scenes stuff for the show is such a mess. A lot of people that got their car "pimped out" ended up in a worst position than before like the car would be unusable; they would had to tear down the stuff, and make the car unsellable. Also a lot of it was fake as well because the cars wouldn't even function right. It was purely all cosmetic.

Accurate, in a bored moment or two (especially over Covid) I saw a few exposes on this.

The screens etc were generally removed after filming, and the vehicles often remained fundamentally mechanically unsound.

Murphiroth posted...

"We locked onto this one superficial personality trait and now your entire car is themed around that!"

Yeah, shows like this and home improvement shows where its like "your kid is slightly into drums? WELL THEIR ENTIRE ROOM IS A DRUMSET NOW!!! (ignore that its not a livable space anymore)"

chris1001_the_sequel posted...

Didn't most of those cars get sold inside of a year because most people couldn't afford the ridiculous upkeep on them?

yes, they also didn't do anything mechanically to them, so if they barely ran and/or ran like garbage, they still barely ran afterwards

I just started showing people this show over the past weekend, good timing with this topic. It's a lot of fun. Xzibit would constantly go off-set to get high, according to people who were on the show.

Murphiroth posted...

"We locked onto this one superficial personality trait and now your entire car is themed around that!"

Oh jeez, just thinking about what mine would be. They would hear me say I like retro sci-fi but instead of doing, like, the 2001 monolith, which would be embarrassing enough, they'd do like inflatable generic green aliens and flying saucers or some shit.

ReturnOfDevsman posted...

Oh jeez, just thinking about what mine would be. They would hear me say I like retro sci-fi but instead of doing, like, the 2001 monolith, which would be embarrassing enough, they'd do like inflatable generic green aliens and flying saucers or some shit.

I had something kinda like this.... My father at the time had an old 1960s coke vending machine he used to help his alcoholism by filling it entirely with beers. BUT, that shit was the coolest and I was very interested in the _vending machine_.

(Not an image of the same machine, but this was pretty much what it was) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/abc5a329.jpg

My family mistook that as interest for coca cola... the brand.

I got nothing but coke themed shit as a gift for like 3 fucking years from my entire family. I bet they STILL think I like coke that much lmao.

Error1355 posted...

I had something kinda like this.... My father at the time had an old 1960s coke vending machine he used to help his alcoholism by filling it entirely with beers. BUT, that shit was the coolest and I was very interested in the _vending machine_.

(Not an image of the same machine, but this was pretty much what it was) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/abc5a329.jpg

My family mistook that as interest for coca cola... the brand.

I got nothing but coke themed shit as a gift for like 3 fucking years from my entire family. I bet they STILL think I like coke that much lmao.

Takes notes, we can bribe with Error with Coke.

Nb. This is why courts don't like witness statements, we're easily lead creatures.

I wouldn't want them pimping my ride. I just want them to fix my ride.

I absolutely loved the show! Early seasons were the best.