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  • Xceler8x

    July 23, 2009 10:00 a.m. Xceler8x Dork

    My other car's a jet... Or how to turn a garage door into a work of art

    More pics at the link.

    At first glance, this looks like a very well-to-do neighbourhood. One in which Formula One racing cars, private jets, speedboats and the kind of equipment that any fledgling rock band would be proud of are left lying around in the garage.

    In fact, these utterly realistic images are printed on plastic sheets which are stuck on garage doors - the latest craze for home owners who want to not so much keep up with, as totally freak out, the Joneses.

    The weather and fire-resistant prints are designed to disguise that boring, flaky, greying metalwork. Held in place by industrial strength Velcro, they are easy to change and virtually indestructible.

  • Rusty_Rabbit84

    July 23, 2009 10:04 a.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 HalfDork

    im digging this one

  • carguy123

    July 23, 2009 10:14 a.m. carguy123 Dork

    I don't know, I kinda like the Gator. A passive theft deterrent

  • 93celicaGT2

    July 23, 2009 10:14 a.m. 93celicaGT2 Dork

    Hahaha, these would be GOLD in a busybody HOA neighborhood.

  • thedude

    July 23, 2009 10:15 a.m. thedude New Reader

    Why are they fire resistant?

  • Grtechguy

    July 23, 2009 10:16 a.m. Grtechguy UltraDork

    I'd need this one..

  • 4cylndrfury

    July 23, 2009 10:17 a.m. 4cylndrfury Dork

    I could live with

  • NYG95GA

    July 23, 2009 10:33 a.m. NYG95GA SuperDork

    That is too cool to even comment on; I'm floored!

  • walterj

    July 23, 2009 10:38 a.m. walterj Dork

    I wonder if I could get one of a slaughterhouse full of dead hookers... That would wake up the neighbors.

  • Tim Baxter

    July 23, 2009 10:46 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    Looks like they only work on flat doors, not the sectioned bendy kind.

  • The Brown Stig

    July 23, 2009 10:52 a.m. The Brown Stig MegaDork

    Tim Baxter wrote:

    Looks like they only work on flat doors, not the sectioned bendy kind.

    I have a straight edge and a sawsall...

  • slefain

    July 23, 2009 10:54 a.m. slefain Dork

    Wanna bet you'd get a citation from the HOA for looking like you had left your garage door open?

  • Ian F

    July 23, 2009 11:11 a.m. Ian F HalfDork

    slefain wrote:

    Wanna bet you'd get a citation from the HOA for looking like you had left your garage door open?

    Or for painting your garage door an non-approved color...

  • aircooled

    July 23, 2009 11:51 a.m. aircooled SuperDork

    I don't know. Interesting idea, but the pictures look very suspiciously "Photoshopy". The F-18 door clearly showed corrugated doors and none of the others seem to show any texture, they also all are very clear. The airliner shot is of a Southwest 737 (2 engined) with two engines "cloned" onto the wings.

    But it is on the internet, so it must be true...

  • ClemSparks

    July 23, 2009 12:08 p.m. ClemSparks UberDork

    Another million dollar idea I wish I had thought of first

    Brilliant!

  • kabel

    July 23, 2009 12:56 p.m. kabel Dork

    aircooled wrote:

    I don't know. Interesting idea, but the pictures look very suspiciously "Photoshopy".
    But it is on the internet, so it must be true...

    +1 They would never look that good in reality, still better than a drab garage door though.

  • GameboyRMH

    July 23, 2009 1:03 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork

    4cylndrfury wrote:

    This one for me! Now all I need is a garage!

    Edit: Hold on, where did the back of the car go? Looks like an amateur photoshop

  • thedude

    July 23, 2009 1:29 p.m. thedude New Reader

    I want one that looks exactly like what is inside of my garage so it looks open no matter what.

  • ClemSparks

    July 23, 2009 1:30 p.m. ClemSparks UberDork

    And then setup a hidden camera to catch people bouncing off of it...

  • TJ

    July 23, 2009 4:03 p.m. TJ HalfDork

    or if you are really lucky the Wienermobile will drive right through the door.

  • NYG95GA

    July 23, 2009 8:59 p.m. NYG95GA SuperDork

    TJ wrote:

    or if you are really lucky the Wienermobile will drive right through the door.

    Classic!

  • neon4891

    July 23, 2009 9:58 p.m. neon4891 UltraDork

    how about a wiener mobile door skin?

  • Carson

    July 23, 2009 10:47 p.m. Carson HalfDork

    neon4891 wrote:

    how about a wiener mobile door skin?

    AH! I read that as foreskin . It's late and I'm reading funny so in the words of Clarkson, " on that bombshell, goodnight."

  • Chris_V

    July 24, 2009 10:50 a.m. Chris_V SuperDork

    kabel wrote:

    aircooled wrote:

    I don't know. Interesting idea, but the pictures look very suspiciously "Photoshopy".
    But it is on the internet, so it must be true...

    +1 They would never look that good in reality, still better than a drab garage door though.

    A giant vinyl print glued to the door would look just like that, with the door at the same distance as you are apparently standing in these pics. just like any other printed billboard off a large format printer.

  • andrave

    July 24, 2009 10:53 a.m. andrave Reader

    walterj wrote:

    I wonder if I could get one of a slaughterhouse full of dead hookers... That would wake up the neighbors.

    OMFG for the WIN!!!!

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