Open Gear EVO

[CLuTZ]

What do you guys think??

http://www.trademe.c...n-360569719.htm

 

[vuonguz]

looks pretty awesome man, very simple and clean look imagine it had the correct mods this thing will fly quicker than most of our rvrs

 

[tborvr]

I'm not a fan of the open gear, they just don't look safe, looks like it would fold in half if it was in a crash :blink:

 

[EVO-00X]

Honestly, its different and rare I'll give it that, but the whole 2-tone look and convertible chassis just doesnt do it for me.
Maybe if it were all one colour at least it would look a lot better :lol:

 

[Rockabilly]

I'm not a fan of the open gear, they just don't look safe, looks like it would fold in half if it was in a crash :blink:

Good point about it folding..
Cheers !

 

[ONPSI]

I don't know much about the rvr's but I'm sure I seen one of these on the Gold Coast recently...only reason it caught my eye was it looked shorter and obviously missing the cargo windows.

 

[MattL]

I've seen a few Open's in person.
The doors are bigger, a crash would mean it's a write off as parts are different.
They're prone to rust like the Super Sports / Sports Gears so that's another concern... no sliding door either... but they have a folding front seat like in small cars (mirage, excel's, etc)

I like the look of the front bar he's got on it. Not a bad looking car

 

[CDJ84]

Where do they keep the spare on these?

Rear bumper transplant possible?

 

[DOUGMO]

we had a few at imlachs when I was there, pure hairdresser spec

 

[TBOWGN]

Not a big a big fan. Looks a bit funky.

 

[MattL]

Where do they keep the spare on these?

Rear bumper transplant possible?

Same as a nimbus, up under the back of the car.
It's a nimbus bumper. You need to mod the bumper but you can get them to fit

 

[CLuTZ]

Maybe if it were all one colour at least it would look a lot better :lol:

+1 on the single tone...! a nice set of rims and nice and low and i'd drive one! :lol: anyone got time to photoshop it??

They're prone to rust like the Super Sports / Sports Gears so that's another concern...

Once again- where do you get all this mis-information from?? Prone to rust? Since when??

 

[MattL]

A guy I knew owned one, had roof rust like the SSG's.
One I looked at for sale, had roof rust.
Same glue there big boy..

 

[CLuTZ]

A guy I knew owned one, had roof rust like the SSG's.
One I looked at for sale, had roof rust.
Same glue there big boy..

Considering they stopped using that glue in Early 1995, and it only effected the darker coloured cars, then can you really feel justified by saying that RVR's are rust prone when only about $15% of them will ever get it?

*EDIT* just looked on trademe (for an example) and there is 1 RVR with roof rust out of 121 cars.....

 

[MattL]

Notice that RVR is a 94 model?

You're arguing for the sake of arguing mate, it's kind of childish and does nothing more than present you in a negative way. I've said what I said based off my experience, and you're referring to people trying to sell their cars, which most of the time people hide the defects and problems. Not really a level way of countering anything I've said.

 

[something_wild]

Mine has some epic roof rust, 97 HSG.... so you're both wrong. BOOM
Lol.

 

[tborvr]

Mine is a 96 ssg and has roof rust also, but as you say ClutZ darker coloured cars seem to be effected the most.

lol at Matt

 

[CLuTZ]

Spotted this last week in the back streets of Reservoir.....

RVR "WILD GEAR" :lol: :lol:

One thing I noticed on it, was that it had a bull bar around the bottom of the rear bumper- might grab a pic when i'm back in the area (hopefully it's still there)

 

[lleksam]

I'm not a fan of the open gear, they just don't look safe, looks like it would fold in half if it was in a crash :blink:

Let me get this straight, you think all soft top cars "would fold in half if it was in a crash" dose that include Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, Ford KA, to name just a few, or just this one? what are you basing this astounding piece of engineering expertise on?

My Open Gear, ( I know Wheels crap, changed now) And Yes that is its registration number

 

[tborvr]

I'm not a fan of the open gear, they just don't look safe, looks like it would fold in half if it was in a crash :blink:

Well as I said "looks like it would" Doesn't mean it would.

thank you for quoteing me, ever tho you didn't read the hole thing.