New Mod, March 2016 - LED Illuminated Wheel Rings....

[bpd1151]

Well, as is always the case with the opening of any new, annual, car show season, 2016 is no different than any of it's preceding years.
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In preparation for the upcoming Tuner Galleria portion of World of Wheels (Chicago) which is this coming weekend (www.tunergalleria.com for show info).....

I spent the entire day from sun up, to sun down, to have installed LED Wheel Ring Lights. Mfg'd by Oracle Lighting (http://www.oraclelights.com/automotive-lighting-products/ORACLE-Illuminated-LED-Wheel-Rings) and installed locally by Shockwave Customs (http://shockwavecustom.com/).

I am incredibly happy with the end result(s) and was unaware of how much of a void was caused by NOT having the wheels illuminated. From an overall sense, the lighting appears now to "complete" from front to back, side to side.

Couple of teaser shots here for your viewing pleasure.....





Entire album, which includes a progressive timeline of their install can be found here:

http://s229.photobucket.com/user/bpd1151/slideshow/SHO Oracle LED Wheel Rings

I must say, it was pretty darn entertaining watching all the looks my SHO was getting while driving home. The repeated double takes, goose necks, stares, thumbs up, etc. made it all worth the while. Anyhow......

Enjoy and continued happy modding and motoring to all of my fellow Ecoboost / Taurus / SHO owners out there!

 

[SHOdded]

Neat mod! Keeping all the lights temp matched is no mean feat

 

[sticks1680]

What? No illuminated side Taurus badge?. They make a kit for that. Lol

Pohnz-1

 

[sticks1680]

Be careful. 747s might mistake you for an approach beacon

Pohnz-1

 

[SHO_Enuff]

Look forward to seeing them Sunday at World of Wheels/ Tuner Galleria. Great effect.

 

[rubydist]

thanks to you, at least one ricer a week will crash while the driver gawks at your cool light show...

 

[pejohnson]

Nice upgrade. The car looks fantastic. Actually attempted this mod with my own design. Ultimately didn't like how mine turned out. Definitely better to just buy the kit.


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[Mark Cintula]

Beautiful, but I'd be terrified of road debris coming up and destroying them, ruining all my hard werk and $$. Also .... any thoughts on long term resistance to brake dust? That stuff can be pretty corrosive.

 

[2011TAURUSSEL]

BPD......You need to run to Ford Nationals Carlisle, PA in June!!

 

[bpd1151]

BPD......You need to run to Ford Nationals Carlisle, PA in June!!

Hate to burst your bubble, but NOT happening.

1st, I work that entire weekend.
2nd, I have 2 weeks of family vacation scheduled off shortly after that event (Costa Rica which is pricey)
3rd, I took time off for this year's 2016 National SHO Convention (also expenditures here as well)
4th, I just purchased 2 used cars for the kid's to use, which makes us now a four car family. So insuring, fueling & maintaining 4 cars, whilst still trying to factor in mod money for the SHO can get out of hand quickly. Raising three teens ain't cheap.

Speaking of which, there's also only so much vacation time to go around each year my friend.

Sucks, I know. Such is life. Sorry. Just thought to nip this in the bud immediately.

 

[SHO_Enuff]

Look forward to seeing them Sunday at World of Wheels/ Tuner Galleria. Great effect.

Sorry just figured out Tuner Galleria is Saturday only. Upset I don't get to see the LED's in person.

 

[bpd1151]

Well..... another year in the books, for Tuner Galleria / World of Wheels Chicago 2016, and although the SHO received a ginormous amount of attention, for everything from mere aesthetics, to performance mods/numbers it puts down, to platform record(s) status, as well as lighting, and a bunch of industry 1st's..... still..... from the judging crews alone.... still no love for the SHO.

Although I'm disappointed, especially since I won the category of 'Best Ford' back in 2013 (and have done so much more to the SHO since then) I lost yet again, to a fellow team mate, for the 2nd year in a row, which is simply a 2014 Mustang. So I took a closer look at it this year, as this is the 2nd time I've lost to it, it's really nothing special to be quite honest.

It's a bone stock Mustang, other than the fact it has custom audio, nitrous, tinted windows, and Asanti custom wheels. That's it.

I am beside myself. Stock motor, stock brakes, stock everything, other than what's mentioned above. I don't get it. I really don't.

I spoke to the owner of the company that does my lighting (Shockwave Customs) and he essentially said I definitively got hosed a 2nd year in a row, he did mention I need to seriously start contemplating an audio build.

That alone, according to him, is what I'm lacking at this juncture. Ugh, so stupid.

It's been a tremendously long 2 days, mostly for personal/family reasons I care not to divulge, but the show was therapeutic in that aspect, as prepping, cleaning, and just speaking at length with fellow exhibitor's and separately show spectators alike, about the SHO, it's achievement's, etc. was absolutely what I needed to keep my mind focused on more important matters.

But I did want to give a great big shout out to one of my more recent model's Brenda, for arranging and coordinating with a bevy of beautiful ladies to have modeled for, and adorned my SHO respectively.

Brenda was working another booth for this event, and was booked, but she felt bad and hooked me up with four incredible ladies in their own right(s) respectively, and although I didn't take a lot of pics this year (as again, I was preoccupied with family matters) I did want to at least share the few that I did capture, and those can be found in this PB album here: ------->

http://s229.photobucket.com/user/bpd1151/library/2016 Tuner Galleria at World of Wheels Chicago

But a couple of teaser's to help wet the visual appetite of course:







I have made it my goal to achieve some sort of audio build for 2016. Even if it takes me a while to save up for it, etc.

But I recognize that it is a category in which I am severly lacking, but will do my best to attack it this year.

As always, happy modding fellow EB/SHO owners, as you all I know, I rep'd our platform in the very best of light possible!

 

[SHO_Enuff]

Well..... another year in the books, for Tuner Galleria / World of Wheels Chicago 2016, and although the SHO received a ginormous amount of attention, for everything from mere aesthetics, to performance mods/numbers it puts down, to platform record(s) status, as well as lighting, and a bunch of industry 1st's..... still..... from the judging crews alone.... still no love for the SHO.

Although I'm disappointed, especially since I won the category of 'Best Ford' back in 2013 (and have done so much more to the SHO since then) I lost yet again, to a fellow team mate, for the 2nd year in a row, which is simply a 2014 Mustang. So I took a closer look at it this year, as this is the 2nd time I've lost to it, it's really nothing special to be quite honest.

It's a bone stock Mustang, other than the fact it has custom audio, nitrous, tinted windows, and Asanti custom wheels. That's it.

I am beside myself. Stock motor, stock brakes, stock everything, other than what's mentioned above. I don't get it. I really don't.

I spoke to the owner of the company that does my lighting (Shockwave Customs) and he essentially said I definitively got hosed a 2nd year in a row, he did mention I need to seriously start contemplating an audio build.

That alone, according to him, is what I'm lacking at this juncture. Ugh, so stupid.

It's been a tremendously long 2 days, mostly for personal/family reasons I care not to divulge, but the show was therapeutic in that aspect, as prepping, cleaning, and just speaking at length with fellow exhibitor's and separately show spectators alike, about the SHO, it's achievement's, etc. was absolutely what I needed to keep my mind focused on more important matters.

But I did want to give a great big shout out to one of my more recent model's Brenda, for arranging and coordinating with a bevy of beautiful ladies to have modeled for, and adorned my SHO respectively.

Brenda was working another booth for this event, and was booked, but she felt bad and hooked me up with four incredible ladies in their own right(s) respectively, and although I didn't take a lot of pics this year (as again, I was preoccupied with family matters) I did want to at least share the few that I did capture, and those can be found in this PB album here: ------->

http://s229.photobucket.com/user/bpd1151/library/2016 Tuner Galleria at World of Wheels Chicago

But a couple of teaser's to help wet the visual appetite of course:







I have made it my goal to achieve some sort of audio build for 2016. Even if it takes me a while to save up for it, etc.

But I recognize that it is a category in which I am severly lacking, but will do my best to attack it this year.

As always, happy modding fellow EB/SHO owners, as you all I know, I rep'd our platform in the very best of light possible!

Sorry to hear. Get'm next year.

 

[SHOdded]

They probably just didn't want to believe a SHO could be THIS glamorous! Anybody that's been around even a little while in the community is well aware of your dedication to the platform. And to that, I say BRAVO!!! Very nice of Brenda to land you these lovely ladies for the show Hope the family/personal situation was temporary and has a happy ending ...

Looking forward to what you do with the audio systems, if it's anything like the lighting, it will be AWESOME!!!

 

[2011TAURUSSEL]

Bpd Wrote...........

Hate to burst your bubble, but NOT happening.

1st, I work that entire weekend.
2nd, I have 2 weeks of family vacation scheduled off shortly after that event (Costa Rica which is pricey)
3rd, I took time off for this year's 2016 National SHO Convention (also expenditures here as well)
4th, I just purchased 2 used cars for the kid's to use, which makes us now a four car family. So insuring, fueling & maintaining 4 cars, whilst still trying to factor in mod money for the SHO can get out of hand quickly. Raising three teens ain't cheap.

Speaking of which, there's also only so much vacation time to go around each year my friend.

Sucks, I know. Such is life. Sorry. Just thought to nip this in the bud immediately.

So that's a Maybe?.............just kidding LOL!! I understand maybe next year.

 

[SHOnUup4]

I call BS...on my way to "talk" to some judges...

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[ridered74]

Who gives a f*** about audio?? Sorry you lost, but anything that is decided by "judges" doesn't carry a whole lot of weight. Mustangs are a dime a dozen. Put your car next to his at any local place with a ton of people, I doubt anyone will be looking at the mustang.

 

[bpd1151]

Oh I agree.

There was a literal ton of spectators, as well as fellow exhibitors around the car the entire show.

To me that was way may enjoyable than anything I could've won.

Answering questions, highlighting the mods, promoting the platform, etc. made my participation worth the while.

To me, that was winning.

The Mustang..... not so many people around it. Kind of funny in retrospect.

Oh well.

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[mval]

mike:
we both know the fickle nature of shows. once lost to a fusion with a missing door handle, because was homered. sure we all like to take home the trophy & get our car/name announced but what some judges like others don't. i compete in 1 show a year that is all fords done by year brackets. i've never taken even a 3rd place trophy. when up against boss302', shelby's & some nice pony gt's that basically came as is from factory w/minor mods, the bias against the sho no matter how nice it is & how many mods that it's taken to get it from plain jane to drop your jaw gorgeous is there. what i think it is the judges see so many ponys that there is a comfort level there, when they see the infrequent sho they even with signage that tell them all you have done just can't really wrap their hands around it. but we know we get lots of looks & inside we know the $$ & sweat that it's taken to turn a caterpillar to a butterfly. well done as usual mr. mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

thanks to you, at least one ricer a week will crash while the driver gawks at your cool light show...

They're not gawkin, they're fappin....

I really hope your photog can get a night time motion photo.

Definitely my favorite batch of models to date.

Damn shame they overlooked your car.