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TDCTDI
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 Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:55 pm Post subject: Worst car mods |
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Show us the worst attempts at car modifications you come across.
I'll start with this fabulous hairnet headlight tint.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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Everything made by EMPI.
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:29 am Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| About 15 years ago it was fashionable if you were a teen to take your ricer car and put really small but very wide tires on it. Until it became obvious that doing so not only looked asinine but it ruined wheel bearings very quickly. This trend only lasted a year or so before even the most drug addled mouth breathers caught on to what was happening. |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
| About 15 years ago it was fashionable if you were a teen to take your ricer car and put really small but very wide tires on it. Until it became obvious that doing so not only looked asinine but it ruined wheel bearings very quickly. This trend only lasted a year or so before even the most drug addled mouth breathers caught on to what was happening. |
Yes, only now the trend has progressed to "poke" & "stretch" where the fit the widest wheels they can with the narrowest tires possible, usually with 15+ degrees of negative camber so it'll still under the wheel arches.
The same car had a set of tires on it that the "rimguard" rubber strip on the sidewall of tire didn't even reach the inner sealing surface of the rim.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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32" diameter donk wheels.  |
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jwp67
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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Narrowed beams. Nothing looks more ridiculous.
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busman78
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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Excessively lowered, makes the vehicle look constipated with no relief in sight.
Also anything that looks carbon fiber. |
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ach60
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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6” Narrowed beams
Excessive Chamber
Clear Paint over rust, come on man, fix that rust & spot, CLR surface rust, then clear coat.
Ridiculously Lowered Cars
Ridiculously Raised Trucks
Hydraulic “Suspensions”
Early Bumpers or lights on Fat Chicks
Off road cars or trucks built like a Bridge Truss
Maita Karts
Wheels bigger that 17” on cars
Wheels bigger that 20” on trucks
Narrow tires on fat rims
“Rubberband” Sidewall
White wall tires, and Porta Walls
Wire wheels on anything other than British Cars, or cars older than 1960 that came with them
Cutting the top off of a Sedan
Carson Tops
Cycle Fenders on cars
Gold plating rather than Chrome
Icon Shops “Hand Made in Los Angles”
Most of the Barris Cars
Most of the Boyd Coddington Cars
Engines, Blowers, or Turbos that clearly block the front view of the driver
“Styling trends” like Pink Paint, Billet Parts, Carbon fiber laminates, etc. they will make the car look dated in a few years
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Malokin Martin
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| Absolutely any spoiler whatsoever on a street legal car. |
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| Malokin Martin wrote: |
| Absolutely any spoiler whatsoever on a street legal car. |
I'm partial to those on '60s Camaros and Mustangs.
I even like the ridiculous ones on the Mopar Superbird and Daytona, but they're styled as true race cars, so maybe they're exempt.
But those on small Japanese cars raced on the street... UGH! Did daddy not buy them an Erector Set when they were a kid? |
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PDX_VW_Erik
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| Everything made by EMPI. |
How do I send this person money. Is there Karma here? |
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andk5591
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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Since I have yet to "see it all", I will contribute any mods made involving duct tape or green garden hose.
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:21 am Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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everything bug pack before they were empi and quality improved.
and sanding off the paint in flavor of rust.
empty suit cases on top,
more oil&dirt that motor,
single throat carbs over each head.... unless it's a single port.
fotina.
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:17 am Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| Who is Ann More? Is this like Seymour Butts or Dick Hurtz? |
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chickengeorge
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:31 am Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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Anything half way to glory. If you're going to do it, do it big.
Gonna lower it an inch? Don't bother.
Going from 15's to 16's? Don't bother. |
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HMVWNAB
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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Teak wood bumpers
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Bob Loblaw
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:02 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| ach60 wrote: |
6” Narrowed beams
Excessive Chamber
Clear Paint over rust, come on man, fix that rust & spot, CLR surface rust, then clear coat.
Ridiculously Lowered Cars
Ridiculously Raised Trucks
Hydraulic “Suspensions”
Early Bumpers or lights on Fat Chicks
Off road cars or trucks built like a Bridge Truss
Maita Karts
Wheels bigger that 17” on cars
Wheels bigger that 20” on trucks
Narrow tires on fat rims
“Rubberband” Sidewall
White wall tires, and Porta Walls
Wire wheels on anything other than British Cars, or cars older than 1960 that came with them
Cutting the top off of a Sedan
Carson Tops
Cycle Fenders on cars
Gold plating rather than Chrome
Icon Shops “Hand Made in Los Angles”
Most of the Barris Cars
Most of the Boyd Coddington Cars
Engines, Blowers, or Turbos that clearly block the front view of the driver
“Styling trends” like Pink Paint, Billet Parts, Carbon fiber laminates, etc. they will make the car look dated in a few years |
Are there any mods you do approve of? Bound to be a shorter list, eh?
Although I'm with you on Boyd Coddington.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| Malokin Martin wrote: |
| Absolutely any spoiler whatsoever on a street legal car. |
I drove a 2015 Jaguar F-type last week. The spoiler lifts at 60MPH or so. It was definitely street legal, though my eventual top speed may not have been.
Nice car. But it would be unbelievably frustrating to drive daily.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Worst car mods |
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| ach60 wrote: |
6” Narrowed beams
Excessive Chamber
Clear Paint over rust, come on man, fix that rust & spot, CLR surface rust, then clear coat.
Ridiculously Lowered Cars
Ridiculously Raised Trucks
Hydraulic “Suspensions”
Early Bumpers or lights on Fat Chicks
Off road cars or trucks built like a Bridge Truss
Maita Karts
Wheels bigger that 17” on cars
Wheels bigger that 20” on trucks
Narrow tires on fat rims
“Rubberband” Sidewall
White wall tires, and Porta Walls
Wire wheels on anything other than British Cars, or cars older than 1960 that came with them
Cutting the top off of a Sedan
Carson Tops
Cycle Fenders on cars
Gold plating rather than Chrome
Icon Shops “Hand Made in Los Angles”
Most of the Barris Cars
Most of the Boyd Coddington Cars
Engines, Blowers, or Turbos that clearly block the front view of the driver
“Styling trends” like Pink Paint, Billet Parts, Carbon fiber laminates, etc. they will make the car look dated in a few years |
So, custom cars ain't your thing, eh?
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