Official "Whacker" or "Screwed Up Install" Thread

[Phoenix_Rising]

The owner of this wonderful vehicle brings new meaning to the word wacker:
**It looks like he took a vintage NYPD bar and put it on his wackermobile - that's disgraceful.


**He's a volunteer ambulance person in New York. They're not allowed to use blue. If he is with a VFD (or VAC) he sure shouldn't be using red!


**He mounted the NYPD bar to his luggage rack...say it isn't so.


**What's with the HUGE Star of Life on the door (probably has an identical sticker on the driver's door, too)?


**What purpose does "BRAVO" on his back side windows serve, other than to reduce visibility?


**And, finally...I love the front bumper made out of an old truck tire.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/code4north/5591256775/in/pool-2065967@N24|code4north

Change a few things and I'd actually like it. ditch the roof rack, SOL's on the front and rear doors (can see their on the rear glass also) and get area correct light colors, and I'd dig this thing. Heck, I'd drive it, looks like a beastly ride

 

[foxtrot5]

I'm terrified to see what kind of sync/patterns are set up on this configuration. Sorry if this isn't the right thread for this; the only other seemingly-appropriate one that I could find was closed.

Edit: Oh Jesus, I just noticed the positive battery terminal. GG.


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Well at least he kinda understand the importance of intersection warning.......

 

[7d9_z28]

I cant describe these....


1985 Cadillac Sedan Deville Tail gator trailer


1983 Cadillac Eldorado Tail Gator Trailer

 

[HILO]

I cant describe these....

1985 Cadillac Sedan Deville Tail gator trailer


1983 Cadillac Eldorado Tail Gator Trailer


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I guess it's my inner hayseed coming out, but those are kind of neat. Or will be until some hipster halves a Subaru, puts a Taxi top light on it, makes the deck out of bamboo, and puts an espresso machine on the deck. (free 'like' to the first person who gets the hipster/taxi top light)

 

[7d9_z28]

I guess it's my inner hayseed coming out, but those are kind of neat. Or will be until some hipster halves a Subaru, puts a Taxi top light on it, makes the deck out of bamboo, and puts an espresso machine on the deck. (free 'like' to the first person who gets the hipster/taxi top light)

I didn't say they weren't neat...


I said I couldn't describe them :bonk:

 

[Jdozier80]

European whackers, apparently they like Crown Vics too.


Via USA Cop Cars, Ltd.


https://m.facebook.com/pages/USA-Cop-Cars-Ltd/149286718482251?id=149286718482251&_rdr

 

[TheLightFromMars]

European whackers, apparently they like Crown Vics too.

Via USA Cop Cars, Ltd.


https://m.facebook.com/pages/USA-Cop-Cars-Ltd/149286718482251?id=149286718482251&_rdr

It would be most pleasurable to be behind that FAKE Texas DPS car as it drives down US 290 and West Road area of Houston. (For those that don't know...that is where the Region II Office of the DPS is located)....my, my, my...what fun that promises!

 

[Jdozier80]

Lol I can imagine the fun... I just wonder what ppl in the UK think when they see it driving around. According to a video on the BBC, they're doing good business. I can imagine our good ole American whackers wet themselves when they see what their Euro counterparts can buy.

 

[SomeBloke]

Not entirely convinced you can really describe them as whackers since all the vehicles don't correlate to actual Police/Emergency vehicles in Europe. (Only Russia, afaik, has used the Crown Vic.

 

[vonirkinshtine]

I would love to get my hands on a late-model VW wagon and do this:





Blues and twos baby!

 

[Jdozier80]

True. Just thought was kinda interesting when I ran across it.

 

[foxtrot5]

I wonder what local LEOs would do if you brought over a distinctly European/Asian emergency vehicle and decked it out as such... could you get pinged for impersonation if you were just using it as a show car?

 

[SomeBloke]

I wonder what local LEOs would do if you brought over a distinctly European/Asian emergency vehicle and decked it out as such... could you get pinged for impersonation if you were just using it as a show car?

Well if it was Swedish or UK based, it'd be fairly obvious what it was with the battenberg pattern

 

[lotsofbars]

European whackers, apparently they like Crown Vics too.

Via USA Cop Cars, Ltd.


https://m.facebook.com/pages/USA-Cop-Cars-Ltd/149286718482251?id=149286718482251&_rdr

. . . have they never image searched "NYPD RMP" before?!

 

[foxtrot5]

This dude... just watch the video.


Whelen Edge Mini Lightbar on a Blazer - YouTube

 

[strobecrazy]

Normal Georgia setup..... :hopeless:

 

[JohnFireFan]

Normal Georgia setup..... :hopeless:

Dispatch granny 67 enroute...


Hahahaha

 

[Mrlunchbox]

Normal Georgia setup..... :hopeless:

I love the door seal... Couldn't be any bigger. LoL. I also love the whole "my grille light when out, that sucks". Hahaha. That's whSt you get for buying Chinese crap on eBay. Haha

 

[jswwjw]

I am in no way a professional upfitter but am called upon to install this or that for our Reserve or Mounted Patrol Unit. 05 Crown Victoria (hand me down as usual) deputy said his dash light would not work. Found 10 connections in 2 feet. Needless to say this light is now out of service.

 

[blulytes]

That is awesome!!!!

 

[NVFD612]

Why... I mean if it was 11 then I would be worried but 10 is more than acceptable... LoL


Dennis


resQyou

 

[Muxlow]

Why is there so many holes in the dash? And whats with the aftermarket stereo?


Would be the 1st time iv seen a in service police vehicle with a aftermarket stereo

 

[pdk9]

Looks like a nice wiring job...I'm guessing they sent it to Cajun for the original upfit

 

[Tom]

Yep, too few connectors. Good catch!

 

[MtnMan]

Why is there so many holes in the dash?

No kidding! I suspect it's pure luck that no one drilled into the airbag.

 

[Muxlow]

OH! Thats the reason for all the connectors.


There HAS to be plenty more wire going past the air bags, and the reason for all the connectors is so WHEN the air bag makes it grand appearance the wires will just break into 30 parts to let the air bag out and not get all stuck in it.


Now that is some good logic! +2 for safety

 

[MEVS06]

Looks like a swps install or rescue ops for that matter.

 

[FatherOfFour]

DUH! All the holes in the dash are for wedging all those connectors into, they hold everything nice and tight and give the dash that cool porcupine look.....and you people call yourselves professional upfitters?! :haha:

 

[7d9_z28]

I told you not to buy lights from FEVER.


:razz:

 

[TritonBoulder47]

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

OH! Thats the reason for all the connectors.
There HAS to be plenty more wire going past the air bags, and the reason for all the connectors is so WHEN the air bag makes it grand appearance the wires will just break into 30 parts

Homemade claymore. Creative. Good for those annoying passengers in the vehicle! :thumbsup:

 

[SirenWorld.com]

The only thing I see wrong is the apparent lack of speaker wire used as low voltage wiring... I mean.... c'mon. It's got a clear jacket!

 

[FireEMSPolice]

And whats with the aftermarket stereo? Would be the 1st time iv seen a in service police vehicle with a aftermarket stereo

I know an agency thats full of them. They order the radio deleted. If you want tunes, you provide them at your cost.

 

[TritonBoulder47]

Why is there so many holes in the dash?

I'll assume they were from mic clips for the siren and radio...

And whats with the aftermarket stereo?
Would be the 1st time iv seen a in service police vehicle with a aftermarket stereo

I've installed one into a CVPI before...

 

[EVT]

Stalker Radar Install FAIL (Yes we paid to have this done).

 

[dawson75]

I'll never understand why people do the things they do.....


I noticed you are on the road via your passenger side mirror. Did this wire fall out of the headliner?

 

[SirenWorld.com]

Stalker Radar Install FAIL (Yes we paid to have this done).

Literally the faces I was making while looking through those photos... I hope you didn't pay when they took it back to fix it. Wow.


:blinkhuh: :blinkhuh: :eyebrowhuh: :dunce: :jawdrop: :squint: :uhno:

 

[JohnFireFan]

Stalker Radar Install FAIL (Yes we paid to have this done).

Too bad you didn't have a firetruck. They would have mounted the Federal Q inside the cab.


LMAO

 

[calebsheltonmed23]

Stalker Radar Install FAIL (Yes we paid to have this done).

And this is why I think it's a good idea for installers to either have a background in the use of the product they're installing, or ride along and see how it's used. Whoever did the install obviously has no clue how that radar works and that you have to see the screen, or he huffed to much paint as a teen. Jesus H. Christ, I can't believe the crap I see on here sometimes!!!

 

[rettoded]

Stumbled across this brush truck build that Stacey Davids was doing on his show Gearz. Around the 3:30 mark, I have a feeling many an installer has made a face like his when coming upon wiring like this: