Dangle_kt
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 09:59 PM |
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Locosts with 7 on the grill - cheesy or not?
Obviosuly I'm new to this game, and want to hear peoples opinions on having a 7 on the grill of a car that obviously aint a Lotus or a
Caterham.
Is this viewed as chavy?
Cheeky?
Cool?
Your opinions please.
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iscmatt
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 10:02 PM |
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If you have an MK it HAS to have the MK grill!
imo of course!!
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 10:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
If you have an MK it HAS to have the MK grill!
imo of course!!
I haven't
Its a locost. 
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iscmatt
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 10:10 PM |
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Do some locosts not have a badge with an upside down 7 to look like an L ??
maybe one on a grill would look good?
This is if if you dont like the 7 yourself. At the end of the day its your car, doesn't matter what anyone else says if you're happy with
it then thats fine!!
To answer your question more directly though;
Not sure it would chavvy but some people might think you were trying to fake 'it'?
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Shamrock GS
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 10:22 PM |
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I designed my own grill and had it lazer cut - some say naff - I say individual! (Used it on the windscreen mounts as well)
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=showphoto&photo=Shamrock3.jpg
cheers
Gary
[Edited on 8/9/07 by Shamrock GS]
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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RK
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 11:14 PM |
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Yours looks good! A 7 on the grille looks, ahem, naff. I think that would be the word. Definition #2 I think would do.
Wiki:
Naff is primarily British slang, although it is also in common usage in Australia and other former British colonies (but not CANADA!!!). It has
several meanings:
* Something which is seen to be particularly "cheesy" or "tacky" or in otherwise poor aesthetic taste. An example of a
sentence in which it might be used is, "Did you see that American Chopper repeat on the TV last night? I've never seen such naff
programme!". It seems particularly to be used in relation to interior décor, furniture, furnishings, clichéed popular artwork, clothing,
accessories, and the like. ("That's a naff tie." "That 1970s wallpaper is really naff."
* The word can also be used to describe something that is poorly thought out, doesn't really work, or is otherwise not very good. This usage
is similar to that above, but focuses less on aesthetics and more on adequacy to the task. An example might be to say of a poor or irrelevant example
offered in an argument that, "That's a really naff example." Another example might be to say, "That remote control has a
really naff user interface."
The word naff also has a strong sense of nothingness and many think it is making a comeback into modern day 21st century society.
* A general curse word, which gained widespread usage in the 1970s, when the word was used in the TV series Porridge, in order to get around
television censorship at the time. The word was also famously attributed to being used by Princess Anne towards press photographers, in which she is
said to have told them to "Naff off". However it is widely thought that she actually told the photographers to "Fuck off",
which the press decided to print in this milder form.[1] The verb "naff" can be conjugated and used in the same way as the verb
"fuck", in the sense of meaning to go away, as for example in the phrase, "I was in the bar with the guys from work, but after an
hour or so Mike and Susie naffed off" (i.e. those two left the bar and went somewhere else)
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iscmatt
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 11:38 PM |
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This is what i was thinking of, get this laser cut to make a grill
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iscmatt
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 11:59 PM |
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Here we go this is what you need, it is just an upside down caterham grill
Available here;
Cateringvan Grill
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 9/9/07 at 10:13 AM |
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Used an inverted 7 in my locost grill badge , the seven replaced the L . Made from a piece of 3mm ally off cut using a woodwork coping saw and a
little bit of time. Design by Chris G
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 9/9/07 at 12:44 PM |
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I will probably make my own logo and grill. Should stop the idiots saying 'nice kit car'  
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Alex B
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| posted on 10/9/07 at 10:04 PM |
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Nice "kit car" mate .........did you just bolt it all together?
Alex
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THE BEAR
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| posted on 12/9/07 at 12:02 PM |
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just a thought how about a lexus l of there grill looks ok to me as we have one in our work carpark
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2b_pablo
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| posted on 12/9/07 at 12:17 PM |
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I dont see a problem with the 7 badges are they are 7 replicas.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 12/9/07 at 12:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 2b_pablo
I dont see a problem with the 7 badges are they are 7 replicas.
So what about the Ferrari replica MR2's?
Very cheesy I say, on both counts ..............
Phil
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2b_pablo
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| posted on 12/9/07 at 12:53 PM |
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well thats a little different, one is built from scratch to replicate a classic car.
the other is a jap piece of crap with 1/2 ton of fibreglass isoponed on.
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