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Old 12-11-2004, 08:46 PM
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Default Audiovox XB show cars

Here are some pictures of the two Audiovox XB's at Ultimate Audio in Orlando for some maint. The detail work is outstanding. You all sould try to see them when they come around at next show in your area. Picture don't do them justice.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/.../AUDIOVOX-XBS/
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I like the bluish/purplish one. don't care about the tv's or stero, but those look nice as well.
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theres not enough tvs in those there is such thing as an overkill.
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looks sweet,overkill ,not for a company to show off their product,thats what it's all for, to sell.
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dman shame it's just audiovox...

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They look nice even thought it's overkill. Does this mean Audiovox is stepping up to play with the big boys or are they just trying to promote their traditionally less than average stuff?
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All that work, yet with stock steering wheels?
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Old 12-11-2004, 11:03 PM
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Ha ha ha. I didn't pay that any attention Old Punk. You are right. That's a lot of work to leave that out.
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damn, those are nice. must be nice to own a company and be able to do that
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I must be getting old, :oops: I remember when Audiovox was a notch up from purchasing car audio stuff from The Tandy Corperation(RadioShack)
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From an installers standpoint, Id laugh at whoever did it. The cars dont flow. Mounting amps on the ceiling might look neat but completely goes against installation standards. An amp is designed to be mounted facing up or out, not upside down - to dissapate heat. The quality of the work looks alright but the ideas are poorly executed.
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Ding Ding Ding....and the winner for most rediculous and flagrant use of car audio/video equipment.......Audiovox!
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even tho it is massive overkill the orange one is pretty nice. i like it . and i even bet that audiovox's top of the line is pretty good.
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These are strickly show cars to showcase their products. They were built to take to shows like SEMA and other trade shows and vendor sponsored events. Unlike some other "pure show cars" the owner was nice enough to bring them out to one of Scion Dynasty's local club meets for everyone to see. There are some great customizing ideas going on here and a XB is such a small platform to pack all them into. I really liked to overhead center consol ideas and the way they have smoothed over and painted all the interior plastic panels. The interior paint detail is something to see in person. Overkill - yes, but I think that was the purpose here.
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Holy jesus, that's crazy!
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Anyone know what wheels those are on the purple-ish one?
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Originally Posted by scionracerxb
Ding Ding Ding....and the winner for most rediculous and flagrant use of car audio/video equipment.......Audiovox!
I think Alpine has them beat by miles.

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Man, some people need to find a hobby!
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Originally Posted by MotoMan_YZ400
Man, some people need to find a hobby!
who the people that build show cars? looks like one of their hobbies is their job.
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