Danelle’s Trans Am

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Danelle loves her 1981 Pontiac Trans Am because it’s a classic American muscle car but it’s lacking some necessities, like mirrors. So, she seeks Xzibit to solve her car concerns. X vows to take her Trans Am “from ’81 to 2000 some,” but that’s before he actually sees the car. The damages on the Trans include a duct-taped side mirror, extremely threadbare seats, leaks, five different shades of paint, and unknown missing objects that Danelle is pretty sure are important.

Xzibit arrives to save the day…or at least the Trans Am. X marvels that the car is like a time machine taking him all the way back to 1981. While Xzibit enjoys reliving some of his favorite 1980s film moments in the car, Danelle doesn’t appreciate the novelty and could not be more excited that X chose to pimp her ride.

Once X pulls the Trans Am into West Coast Customs, the crew marvels that they “haven’t seen one of these since high school!” After this trip down memory lane, the boys at West Coast Customs get serious and start thinking of ways to give the Trans a professional appearance to match Danelle’s all-business style. They have some big plans for this ride including an espresso machine, brown saddle leather interior, charcoal pearl body paint, resurrecting the phoenix decal on the hood, 20-inch chrome wheels, and a chandelier hanging from the dome light. As Big Dane points out, “nothing says classy like a chandelier in a car.”

Let the pimpin’ commence. With the successful installation of the espresso machine, the boys celebrate the first coffee maker in a car by throwing back some of the Trans Am espresso blend. The chandelier installation is moving along as Mike experiments by putting the crystals into his facial piercings before drilling the chandelier into the car. Good plan, Mike notes that the crystals look better in the car than on his face. After scraping the original bird decal because “the car needs to look more predator than prey,” the crew settles on the second fiercer bird design. When the boys finish putting a dressing room in Danelle’s trunk, they’re ready to present Danelle with her new and improved ride.

All in all, West Coast Custom put about $30,000 into the Trans Am, which was originally worth about $81. A thrilled Danelle screams and babbles when she sees her car. Danelle is especially excited that her new interior leather matches her hair and invents a new word in the process of describing her car, “pimperish.” Hmm…“pimperish” really says it all and even X is at a loss for a more accurate description. Danelle cannot wait to step out into the professional world with her new Trans Am.