Pimp My Ride

Pimp My Ride

2004
★★★☆☆ 6.0/10
📺 6 Seasons
🎬 73 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Reality
Pimp My Ride is a TV show produced by MTV. Each episode consists of taking one car in poor condition and restoring it, as well as customizing it. The original American version was hosted by rapper Xzibit. Recently, MTV2 has begun airing episodes from Pimp My Ride UK hosted by DJ Tim Westwood, which features cars being customised in the UK, and Pimp My Ride International, featuring cars in central Europe, hosted by hip hop artists Fat Joe and Lil' Jon, as well as the related CMT series Trick My Truck.

Where to Watch (US)

Buy

Amazon Video
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Seasons

Season 1
2004 • 15 Episodes
Ride Owner: Wyatt. 18 Year Old Male. Owner's Ride: 1988 Daihatsu Hi-Jet. Wyatt's an 18 year who just moved to L.A. Wyatt believes his car is holding him back from landing a job and making a new start for himself in L.A.. This "micro-van" is held together with duct tape. Side doors consist of little more than sheet metal and rivets. But that's all about to change. Xzibit is about to pimp his ride. Additions & Improvements: -Two MP3 players -Mini-fridge -A guitar amp -Six-DVD changer -Forward-facing camera -A new battery system Wyatt has officially been pimped. Final Look -Norrin Radd
Season 2
2004 • 8 Episodes
Ride Owner: "Big" Ron. Male. Owner's Ride: 1984 Cadillac Eldorado. Big Ron's 1984 Cadillac El Dorado is a far cry from the literal translation meaning "the gilded one." After losing the vinyl top on the freeway and the front grill decided to take a left turn while the car went right, it is clear this baby is in desperate need of some West Coast Customs lovin'. Xzibit is about to pimp his ride. Additions & Improvements: -Paint, Sunset Pearl (Orange) with retro raspberry and white graphics -New gold grill -24 karat gold rims -Curb feelers -Big truck air horn -Plexiglas autograph board on ceiling (Autographed by Ish & Xzibit) -White Leather Seats -Initials B.R. stitched into the seats and the steering wheel -Boomerang antenna on top of the trunk to watch live tv -2 15" monitors in the trunk -Xbox in the trunk with dance dance revolution game -Gift from X, Yamaha digital drum set that pops out of the trunk "Big" Ron has officially been pimped. Final Look -Norrin Radd
Season 3
2005 • 8 Episodes
Ride Owner: Nate. 23 Year Old Male. Owner's Ride: 1985 Ford Econoline. Additions & Improvements: -Paint, candy apple red with 2 white pearl stripes -Custom rims -Side post exhaust -Red velvet couches that wrap around -Hot tub in the back -Full size rag top sun roof -AudioBahn 30 band equalizer, 4 amps, and 4 subs underneath the couch -2 27" flat screen monitors that rise up from behind the couch -Frame wit old school vinyl records on the floor -Air bag suspension system -Gift from X, Nomad Jukebox with 40gb of memory Nate has officially been pimped. Final Look
Season 4
2005 • 8 Episodes
Xzibit and the West Coast customs crew are back turning all new hoopties into pimped out rides! Ride Owner: Jessica, Female. Owner's Ride: 1976 AMC Pacer.
Season 5
2006 • 16 Episodes
Ride Owner: Calvin, 18 year old male. Owner's Ride: 1977 Chevy Malibu. Xzibit and the guys at GAS shoot for the stars on Calvin's 77' Chevy Malibu. Sun beaten and rusted out, the guys decide to go where no man has gone before and turn this UFO believers car into a UDO, Unidentified Driving Object.
Season 6
2007 • 18 Episodes
Xzibit revisited the pimped cars of "Big" Ron (Cadillac El Dorado), Dante (Ford Econoline Ice Cream Truck), Josh (Toyota Corolla), Nile (Cadillac DeVille), Ryan (VW Bus), Christine (Honda Civic), and Alex (Chevrolet Chevelle)

Crew

Writer
Ari Shofet, Larry Hochberg
Producer
Bruce Beresford-Redman, Rick Hurvitz

Network

MTV

Production

MTV, MTV Россия, MTV Europe

Keywords

automobilecar restoration