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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: muddydisco on February 07, 2007, 18:10:26

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: muddydisco on February 07, 2007, 18:10:26

What did you think of the program, Thinking of doing something but have not decided yet

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: corrosiverob on February 07, 2007, 18:44:01

when is it on ?

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: Mudmonkey on February 07, 2007, 18:53:47

I enjoyed it! :P The outcome of it is really good!
Bit of an ad for scorpion racing though :?

Title: 4x4 is born
Post by: muddydisco on February 07, 2007, 19:05:40

The detail looks out of this world, wonder how much is cost to do. They made it look so easy

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on February 07, 2007, 19:25:22

Quote from: "Mudmonkey"

I enjoyed it! :P The outcome of it is really good!
Bit of an ad for scorpion racing though :?

totally,

but an awsome vehicle tho

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: Nobber on February 07, 2007, 22:13:33

he made the whole job look all glossy but I'm sure it wasn't all a bed of roses. i read somewhere that they reckoned the finished vehicle was worth 100.000 squids , i doubt it my self.
really good program but to much like a Haynes manual , 'heres one i prepared earlier' type of thing.
and way to much time wasted showing people drive round a field in suzukis.

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: Littledan on February 07, 2007, 22:22:18

awesome show i have it on DVD :D

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: mud-club-matty on February 07, 2007, 22:25:54

was grate i have eit on dvd aswell

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: Magnum335 on February 07, 2007, 23:00:00

Yup dvd for me too.

I found a few things annoying, like not showing the shortenening of the back of the 110 tub...

Otherwise i found it very informative and entertaining, hell even got my gf to watch it and half enjoy it...

Title: 4x4 is born
Post by: kevinf on February 08, 2007, 07:54:52

yes got the dvd too

i keep the plasma cutter,tig welder,4 way laser wheel aligning kit and the 4 post ramp in the cupboard under the stairs,garage too full of all the real bits like freezer and tumbler dryer :oops:
but apart from that a good show




cheers kevin

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: Eeyore on February 08, 2007, 08:24:12

Ooo, I think I was the only one that thought it was 'Pimp My Ride' for 4x4s.

Like a lot of bolt on stuff that can be brought, I wasn't overly impressed with the finished vehicle - a lot of cash for some big compromises and for what real purpose? So some Z-lister can say - oooo, look how much travel I've got. My view is it ain't what you got, it's what you do with it.

I was given it on DVD when I had actually asked for an Outback Challenge. Now, there's some trucks!  8)

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: landrover598 on February 08, 2007, 17:49:03

The programme is good from an entertainment point of view, but no use if you want to build a 100" defender  :roll:

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on February 08, 2007, 19:27:34

Quote from: "Nobber"

he made the whole job look all glossy but I'm sure it wasn't all a bed of roses. i read somewhere that they reckoned the finished vehicle was worth 100.000 squids , i doubt it my self.
really good program but to much like a Haynes manual , 'heres one i prepared earlier' type of thing.
and way to much time wasted showing people drive round a field in suzukis.

whats with all the zukes???

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: markyb on February 09, 2007, 09:17:19

its a bit chaging rooms,

you dont see the crew of 20 working in the back ground,

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: Muddy on February 09, 2007, 15:09:50

Theres no soul in it just a bored person looking at a scrapiron catalouge with a fat wallet sat next to it.

For me the finished aritical would be a nice runarounf if you removed the ton ofcrap thats bolted to it. One other thing i thought was why only a 3.5? I know the larger engines suffer with some problems but if i was building a truck like that i'd have a tweaked 4.2 lying under the bonnet.

Good to watch and did see one or two other ways of doing things but IMHO: BRING BACK OFF THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: Xtremeteam on February 09, 2007, 18:34:21

Quote from: "Eeyore"

Ooo, I think I was the only one that thought it was 'Pimp My Ride' for 4x4s.

Like a lot of bolt on stuff that can be brought, I wasn't overly impressed with the finished vehicle - a lot of cash for some big compromises and for what real purpose? So some Z-lister can say - oooo, look how much travel I've got. My view is it ain't what you got, it's what you do with it.

I was given it on DVD when I had actually asked for an Outback Challenge. Now, there's some trucks!  8)

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Now you are talking,,OBC or even the ladoga DVd's

Title: 4X4 IS BORN
Post by: Lawnmower on February 10, 2007, 00:24:30

Its a good show, if only for inspiration.

Mark Evans, the presenter, has done loads of shows like this (westfield, motorbikes etc) and generally the projects are sold at the end to pay for the next show. I think the one exception to this was the 4x4, which he kept (bought off discovery channel?).

At the end of the day, the TV show has to be economiclly viable to make. That means popular and appeal to more than just a very small minority. as the post above said, even his girlfriend watched it.

btw I think the presenter is/used to be a vet, though I may be wrong.