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This story starts in March of '05 when I was driving this awesome piece of machinery :thumbsdown
The car had more bass than horsepower.
At the time, I was driving all over Texas for work and I was making decent money for a kid straight out of high school simply off mileage. I was saving to buy a new car when my dad bought this fine example of a motorcycle, again :thumbsdown
I rode it around for a couple weeks and I thought I was Matt Mf*ckinladin. So, I took the cash I had and swagged straight into the local cycle dealer and demanded a Hayabusa. Without a hitch (or a motorcycle license) I rode out on this bad bitch.
I was rollin' around town thinking I was a total badass until the 3rd day.
I took a 5 mph left hand turn just a little too wide and bounced off a curb. No pictures of that! I took it apart that night and delivered the plastics to the paint shop the next day. I also scheduled a spot in the next MSF safety course. I recommend the class to anybody who wants to learn to ride the right way, plus it covers the driving test when you go to get your license! About $1000 in damage and a month later she came out like this:
mine was the one on the left. Cadillac Pearl White
then I added this
and the chrome wheels, well they never made it
And finally that brings me to how I got my nickname/screenname.
One summer night, some friends and I were riding Highway 281 just north of downtown San Antonio just like we always did. Then we stopped at the UTSA parking lot just like we always did when a friend mine jumped on my bike. Mind you, I'm 6'3" 300 lbs. and this guy is 136 lbs. after swimming across the Rio Grande and about 5'3". With one foot dangling he exclaims "you got the Cadillac of bikes, you got the BigBody!" At this point, everybody in our little group was cracking up at his excitement and it kinda just stuck. Thank god too because a couple of the guys tried calling me Snowball.
Now, I had never owned a big car. I only had owned small Hondas because they were easy to work on and they fit my fat ass perfect when I leaned the seat almost all the way back. I ended up selling the Busa for a more family oriented vehicle since I was dating a chick with 2 kids (yeah, don't do that) Drove this thing around for about a year:
This was way before I knew anything about stance or JDM Bb parts so I thought my sunken in 20" wheels were cool but my god are the first gen's slow! I know, holy run on sentence Batman! Got rid of that thing and bought this:
then found some 1 piece BBS RD's on Craigslist for $200
and I bought this
I had also acquired a POS '89 Mustang GT from my brother that I could never get to run right no matter how much money I poured into it. So, I traded it to a friend of mine that owns a paint and body shop for a paint job on my Integra since I was tired of that color.
Unfortunately, the Integra got stolen before that happened.
Now, I was out of 2 cars and riding the R1 in khaki's just wasn't working out real well. So, I sold her
About this time, I saw the light and discovered Stanceworks :queuemusic
Some of the guys here in San Antonio were getting into the VIP scene but I really wasn't a fan. I liked the slammed rides and the wide wheels but to me, luxury has always been BMW. I wanted something I could stance, something that was different.
So after owning 5 small japanese vehicles, I bought something to match my size and my Nickname, a 1998 BMW 750iL
I was really trying to hold out for a black on black V8 so I could be just like Mojo but as fate would have it the money was burning a hole in my pocket and I kept seeing this 750 pop up on Craigslist. I really didn't want the V12 because the maintenance and reliability issues but I couldn't help it. I went to test drive her.
Along with all kinds of features that I never knew I wanted, it came with a few of the common E38 issues. Delaminated windows, wobbly front end, some of the pixels on the cluster went out and the blower motors resisitor only worked when it felt like it but what really mattered was good. There was no smoke coming out of the exhaust, the trans shifted fine and the interior/exterior were cherry except for a little wear in the drivers seat. So I did what any other guy would do on a used car lot, I lowballed him an offer of $2500 Well, that didn't blow over so well with the middle eastern owner. They blew me off for someone else and I walked off the lot after leaving my number at the front desk. This was about 2PM. At 6PM, I get a call from a guy with a deep accent saying if I can get there before they close (7PM) I can have the car for 3 grand. They were asking 5k. I told him ok and went to sign the papers where he showed me a receipt from a CarMax auction. He only made $100 bucks off me 
Since then, it's been a Love/**** relationship. I fixed the wobbly front end with a new centerlink. I found the front windows with all the hardware/trim out of a 740iL at a BMW specific junk yard for cheap. (750's have dual pane windows that get hazy) I also pulled the dash to replace the A/C resistor with a used one I had bought but that one went out too. The wheels it came with were Mpar rep's off of an E39. I have since replaced those with these:
I was running slightly stretched BF Goodrich KDW's but after a blow out, a ball in the sidewall and a cracked rim I bought some Bridgestone Potenza's with a little more meat. The FK coilovers are gonna just have to wait a little bit longer but not too much longer. The car is getting a complete makeover. Currently it's getting the paint job that the Integra was supposed to get almost over a year ago! That's just the 1st step. By the time I'm done it will look something like this: (thanks DDM)
Eventually I wanna get some dope wheels but general maintenance and a set of coilovers gotta come first. I know it's a long read but I figure it's better than reading about the Royal Wedding, even if it's just a little bit better
Plus, everyone likes pictures, even if the pictures suck Lol
My name is Nick, holla if any of y'all are ever in San Antonio.
The car had more bass than horsepower.
At the time, I was driving all over Texas for work and I was making decent money for a kid straight out of high school simply off mileage. I was saving to buy a new car when my dad bought this fine example of a motorcycle, again :thumbsdownI rode it around for a couple weeks and I thought I was Matt Mf*ckinladin. So, I took the cash I had and swagged straight into the local cycle dealer and demanded a Hayabusa. Without a hitch (or a motorcycle license) I rode out on this bad bitch.
I was rollin' around town thinking I was a total badass until the 3rd day.
I took a 5 mph left hand turn just a little too wide and bounced off a curb. No pictures of that! I took it apart that night and delivered the plastics to the paint shop the next day. I also scheduled a spot in the next MSF safety course. I recommend the class to anybody who wants to learn to ride the right way, plus it covers the driving test when you go to get your license! About $1000 in damage and a month later she came out like this:mine was the one on the left. Cadillac Pearl White
then I added this
and the chrome wheels, well they never made it
And finally that brings me to how I got my nickname/screenname.
One summer night, some friends and I were riding Highway 281 just north of downtown San Antonio just like we always did. Then we stopped at the UTSA parking lot just like we always did when a friend mine jumped on my bike. Mind you, I'm 6'3" 300 lbs. and this guy is 136 lbs. after swimming across the Rio Grande and about 5'3". With one foot dangling he exclaims "you got the Cadillac of bikes, you got the BigBody!" At this point, everybody in our little group was cracking up at his excitement and it kinda just stuck. Thank god too because a couple of the guys tried calling me Snowball.
Now, I had never owned a big car. I only had owned small Hondas because they were easy to work on and they fit my fat ass perfect when I leaned the seat almost all the way back. I ended up selling the Busa for a more family oriented vehicle since I was dating a chick with 2 kids (yeah, don't do that) Drove this thing around for about a year:
This was way before I knew anything about stance or JDM Bb parts so I thought my sunken in 20" wheels were cool but my god are the first gen's slow! I know, holy run on sentence Batman! Got rid of that thing and bought this:
then found some 1 piece BBS RD's on Craigslist for $200
and I bought this
I had also acquired a POS '89 Mustang GT from my brother that I could never get to run right no matter how much money I poured into it. So, I traded it to a friend of mine that owns a paint and body shop for a paint job on my Integra since I was tired of that color.
Unfortunately, the Integra got stolen before that happened.
Now, I was out of 2 cars and riding the R1 in khaki's just wasn't working out real well. So, I sold her
About this time, I saw the light and discovered Stanceworks :queuemusic
Some of the guys here in San Antonio were getting into the VIP scene but I really wasn't a fan. I liked the slammed rides and the wide wheels but to me, luxury has always been BMW. I wanted something I could stance, something that was different.
So after owning 5 small japanese vehicles, I bought something to match my size and my Nickname, a 1998 BMW 750iL
I was really trying to hold out for a black on black V8 so I could be just like Mojo but as fate would have it the money was burning a hole in my pocket and I kept seeing this 750 pop up on Craigslist. I really didn't want the V12 because the maintenance and reliability issues but I couldn't help it. I went to test drive her.
Along with all kinds of features that I never knew I wanted, it came with a few of the common E38 issues. Delaminated windows, wobbly front end, some of the pixels on the cluster went out and the blower motors resisitor only worked when it felt like it but what really mattered was good. There was no smoke coming out of the exhaust, the trans shifted fine and the interior/exterior were cherry except for a little wear in the drivers seat. So I did what any other guy would do on a used car lot, I lowballed him an offer of $2500
Well, that didn't blow over so well with the middle eastern owner. They blew me off for someone else and I walked off the lot after leaving my number at the front desk. This was about 2PM. At 6PM, I get a call from a guy with a deep accent saying if I can get there before they close (7PM) I can have the car for 3 grand. They were asking 5k. I told him ok and went to sign the papers where he showed me a receipt from a CarMax auction. He only made $100 bucks off me Since then, it's been a Love/**** relationship. I fixed the wobbly front end with a new centerlink. I found the front windows with all the hardware/trim out of a 740iL at a BMW specific junk yard for cheap. (750's have dual pane windows that get hazy) I also pulled the dash to replace the A/C resistor with a used one I had bought but that one went out too. The wheels it came with were Mpar rep's off of an E39. I have since replaced those with these:
I was running slightly stretched BF Goodrich KDW's but after a blow out, a ball in the sidewall and a cracked rim I bought some Bridgestone Potenza's with a little more meat. The FK coilovers are gonna just have to wait a little bit longer but not too much longer. The car is getting a complete makeover. Currently it's getting the paint job that the Integra was supposed to get almost over a year ago! That's just the 1st step. By the time I'm done it will look something like this: (thanks DDM)
Eventually I wanna get some dope wheels but general maintenance and a set of coilovers gotta come first. I know it's a long read but I figure it's better than reading about the Royal Wedding, even if it's just a little bit better
Plus, everyone likes pictures, even if the pictures suck Lol
My name is Nick, holla if any of y'all are ever in San Antonio.
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