HIN Opinion... Should I place the beast in the show?
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2005 AMG E55
HIN Opinion... Should I place the beast in the show?
Went to the annual car show tonight in Hawaii hoping to see some sweet AMG rides. There was only one. An S55 with air bags and huge wheels. Where everyone else at? Couple M3's, Audi's, a few VW GTI's, and that's it for the Euro scene. Majority were Japanese vehicles either air bagged to the floor or all motor upgrades like Supras. That was sweet.
HIN will be here in December-ish I heard. Thinking showing the beast. I think my ride looks way better than most of the cars I saw tonight but then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Nobody will probably appreciate it anyway. Bunch of young kids and pretenders.
I have a potential, in with a sponsor of the upcoming show. What's your thoughts... Probably wasting my time. My ride is no were near as nice as some of your E55's but it looks damn good relative to other Hawaii Euro cars.
HIN will be here in December-ish I heard. Thinking showing the beast. I think my ride looks way better than most of the cars I saw tonight but then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Nobody will probably appreciate it anyway. Bunch of young kids and pretenders.
I have a potential, in with a sponsor of the upcoming show. What's your thoughts... Probably wasting my time. My ride is no were near as nice as some of your E55's but it looks damn good relative to other Hawaii Euro cars.
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honestly? No. You won't win. HIN is hard to compete in, I rarely won there but it was all with my W210 E55 which was extensively modded complared to my W211. It's all about flashy **** that you did to your car, stuff that doesn't always make sense, but basically, the more mods, the better. Fake multipiece wheels won't win you points. HRE will get you more points than say DPE wheels, just because they are more expensive. Just stuff like that... but it's fun to go to shows, so I say why not! But generally they don't have a Benz category, so you get stuck in Euro Others, and you get beat by a mini that is modded to death.
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From: Mililani, Hawaii
2005 AMG E55
honestly? No. You won't win. HIN is hard to compete in, I rarely won there but it was all with my W210 E55 which was extensively modded complared to my W211. It's all about flashy **** that you did to your car, stuff that doesn't always make sense, but basically, the more mods, the better. Fake multipiece wheels won't win you points. HRE will get you more points than say DPE wheels, just because they are more expensive. Just stuff like that... but it's fun to go to shows, so I say why not! But generally they don't have a Benz category, so you get stuck in Euro Others, and you get beat by a mini that is modded to death.
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You should go for it. Not many clean modded benz in HI. The S appears to be going more for the VIP look. Perhaps your sponsor would deck your car out for the show? Loaner HREs?
