Awesome New SUV

[kaybeejay]

Check this out! This is the new Chevy "Suburbalanche". It is a hybrid cross of a Chevrolet Suburban and an Avalanche. It is designed to appeal to a relatively small market, generally the Southern states. :freak: :spit: :huh: NOTE: I didn't take this picture.

[drunkenmaxx]

that is one damn good photoshop job, took me a long time to decide whether that was real or not.props to whoever made that

[drunkenmaxx]

look closely at the back, it is angled slightly off from where it should be. there is also some suspicious texture where the two connect. my training in graphic design helps me know what to look for

[drunkenmaxx]

definitely one of the best jobs i have seen so far. i have seen worse work in playboy.

[Jahntassa]

I agree..I doubt that's photoshopped..you can see where the wheelwell was on the Suburban part..Plus the shadows and the rest of the picture...they would've had to do a massive amount of photoshopping..

[drunkenmaxx]

that is photoshopped, trust me. look closely at the running boards. look where it is connected. the back end was originally on the cab, the burban part was added in the middle.

[Stang2Vibe]

I would have to respectfully disagree. How would they keep the glare on the windshield of the car they are in undisturbed? The glare images, though faint, are consistant and continue untouched through the entire image of the Suburbalanche. The angled part where the Suburban part ends and the pickup bed begins is just part of the custom fabrication. Metal was shaped and welded in to fill the gap. The running boards would have had to be modified to fit because of the extended length. Another custom job where perhaps it didn't all line up perfect on the truck. I have seen in person modification of this type on another vehicle and I know it is possible. Just depends on how much work you want to put into it. I was at the National Fiero Show two years ago with my stepdad in Ohio where I saw a custom Fiero conversion that the owner called the "El Fiero". He had his Fiero extended and had the back converted to look like a Fiero version of an El Camino. It was done so well that you couldn't hardly tell that it wasn't actually produced that way. I have photos of it somewhere at home.

[JayC]

I showed the picture to my co-worker. According to him, there was a show on cable channel a while back on America's obsession with pick-up trucks. He says that a vehicle like this was featured on the show. They even had stretched version of this vehicle. So, I agree that this is probably a real photo.

[threekrows]

Around here whe have vehicles similar to this one,usually from crossing vans and pickups.We call them "SNOTS" snot a van,snot a pickup.....

[GT_03]

Quote, originally posted by Salsa! »You mean Rednecks!What's the prob with being a "redneck"????????

[drunkenmaxx]

noone finds it strange that the sky is overcast completely, while the reflection shows bright blue sky w/some clouds, yet no reflection? it is very easy to select that window portion and fill it with the texture of your choicecool, now there is lightning in one window, must be a strange weather pattern...

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[Pablo1669]

I think he was referring to the reflection in the car of the person taking the photo. You will notice that in your lightning window, the glare is gone from the windshield of the person taking the photo. I'm pretty sure this is what he was talking about... If not, then it just proves more so that the photo could be real.

[drunkenmaxx]

yes, the photo could be real, i could be wrong! there i said it!the biggest issue i have, that i just noticed today, is the reflection in the windows of the car in question, they just seem to clear and painted oni am always skeptical of the outrageous photos i see. shadows are very simple to make in photoshop and can look damn real. the glare would not be hard to produce at all. give me a lot of time, and i will make pictures that are almost undedectable.maybe it is real but > maybe it isn'tjust like the tootsie pop question, the world may never know

[Merzbow]

(removed) that's hardcore

[scherry2]

ya see all kinds of made up pickups in NORTHERN wisconsin/minnesota/michigan. not lots of money up there and you McGyver everything.haven't you guys ever watched "the Red Green show"?

[Stang2Vibe]

Quote, originally posted by Pablo1669 »I think he was referring to the reflection in the car of the person taking the photo. You will notice that in your lightning window, the glare is gone from the windshield of the person taking the photo. I'm pretty sure this is what he was talking about... If not, then it just proves more so that the photo could be real.That is exactly what I was referring to. As for the "blue sky" reflection in the window of the suspect vehicle, I don't see that as blue sky at all. The rear windows seem to be tinted and we are getting a glare from the big rear window on the side. Just seems like distorted light being reflected that the camera picked up in the image.You can see the custom metalwork that had to be done to complete the conversion. The angled metal that joins the bed to the Suburban is one spot. Another is at the rear of the Suburban part from the wheelwell to where the rear bumper would have originally been. The bottom of the body angles upward from the rear of the back wheelwell to where the bumper was. This space has been filled in with metal and painted with the rest of the truck. But the strongest arguement for authenticity of the photo for me is where they covered the rear wheelwell of the Suburban to match the body. If you look carefully at the photo and specifically the glare I was talking about before, you can see the reflection of what seems to be a defroster duct or something on the dash that got reflected into the window of the photographer's car. It is a darker arch that crosses through the photo just above the rear tire. This darkened arch extendes completely unobstructed through the entire photo. Where the old wheelwell was patched, the darker glare passes right through it. To photoshop this picture, one would have to cut out the rear wheel of the Suburban and fill it in with similar texture copied from another part of the truck's body, right? Well if this was done, how was that whellwell filled in optically without disturbing the darker glare that runs right through the old wheelwell? If that area was photshopped, the darker glare line running through that area would be lost when the texture is overlayed. To reproduce all these features and get them to line up perfectly and to get all the angles just right would take an incredibly extensive amount of work and may require imaging technology that is not commonly available to the average joe. Also, why would anyone go through such a painstaking effort just to spoof their friends or give people a laugh? If the photo was faked, it could have been done well enough to get the point across without having to go to such great lengths.