derf
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 01:13 PM |
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The reason that these "psudo-performance mods" are so popular is because of the racer/ricer image. The companies that make these see big
wings and big wheels on TV racing and think that thier consumer base will like it too, so it goes into production and the new product line s on TV and
in shows on company sponsored cars. After a half a season of promotion joe schmoe who has $300 in his wallet goes out and buys a wing to put on his
car. This $300 wing actually will provide downforce and help his car handle, at speeds he will most likely never see.
Company B comes along and says why do we need to make this same wing work when we can make it for 1/2 the price and make it look good. so the wing is
now $150 and at any speed it will so nothing except slow ricer-racer down.
When 17" wheels were mandated in the 90's as mandatory by european touring car organizers they had no clue that 5 years later that is the
appitomy of style in the car "tuner world".
My thought as what is the next big need to have part? WRC wings with the extra slats in them (see photo bellow). What started out as the focus wrc car
getting a slight advantage in the twisties of a rally stage will make some 18 year old pimple faced kid real cool 5 years from now. (no offewnce ment
to those young pimple faced kids here trying to make a cool car)
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derf
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 01:27 PM |
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Sorry couldnt help it
[Edited on 23/9/04 by derf]
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marktigere1
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 02:40 PM |
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That bottom picture looks pornographic
If a bolt is stuck force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!!!
(My Dad 1991)
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Mad Dave
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 03:33 PM |
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Why oh why would you modify your bonnet to partially cover your headlights???
What about all those Novas you see with the number plate depression filled and flushed and the plate nailed to the bumper as low as possible.
Both pointless car mods
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 03:53 PM |
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originally posted by gasgasgas, who would want one of these (or is it a pair?) on their car...........
atb
steve
 
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skinny
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 04:02 PM |
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quote:
who would want one of these (or is it a pair?) on their car.......
i can only see 1 tazmanian devil and wouldn't much want it as a car accessory 
if you don't fail, you aren't trying hard enough.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 04:35 PM |
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Wish you wouldnt do things like that gustie I nearly fell off me chair.
Anyone know how to get drool out of a keyboard(yes I nearly did say something else)
I vote for compasses, why the frig would you need a compass unless your in the middle of the sahara desert.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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Mix
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 04:52 PM |
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Bull bars ??
Mick
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 06:33 PM |
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I'd disagree with compasses
They are handy for finding short cuts when you've been diverted or if you can't tell left from right like my wife.Let me explain. Scotland
left, London right. If you go down the M1, south, to get back home you have to go up the M1, north. We don't have a compass but I
can''t let them go into Room 101.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 08:06 PM |
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[color=Red]Caravans!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/color]
Adam
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 08:19 PM |
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Right then!!!!
Subaru twin headlight and clear rearlight conversions
[Edited on 23/9/04 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 08:29 PM |
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Hey, the twin headlamps make it look way better on the Bugeye.
Adam
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Mark18
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 08:32 PM |
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Lexus lights and what seems to be a new fad over here - painting your bonnet black. Presumably to look like carbon fibre, possibly to copy the
80's heat dissipating ones on the rally cars - but all the ones I've seen are gloss and not matt. Stupid either way.
mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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Tblue
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 08:36 PM |
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Not heat dissipating, they were painted matt black to prevent sun glare.
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alfasudsprint
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 10:28 PM |
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going back a bit...the plastic rear disc conversion, cos they're too shiny to be a disc...if you want performance, do it, and bodykits, ok, but
stick on performance bits! jeez...bonnet grills, bonnet pins etc etc etc!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 10:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
Hey, the twin headlamps make it look way better on the Bugeye.
Adam
IYHO
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 11:03 PM |
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i'm with adam on that one, it was a necessary mod to stop people laughing at the daft headlights.
stick on exhausts are the number one useless thing for me. sometime i'll remember to post a picture of this local polo that has stick on bonnet
vent and 6 exhausts stuck on the back.
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marktigere1
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 08:33 AM |
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Re: The picture of the hood ornament.
Now I'm not the most intelligent of blokes, but I would have thought that the hood ornament shown would have given rise to the following
problems:-
1. Instant SVA failure due to projections!!
2. Problem with forward visability!!
3. A bugger to clean the flies off.
4. A distraction to other road users.
5. Not securely attached.
6. Clearly asking for vandalism
Anyone else share these concerns?
Cheers
Mark
If a bolt is stuck force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!!!
(My Dad 1991)
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 08:56 AM |
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is it her or you with the projections?
surely the twin airbags and more rounded lines (cant see anything under 6mm radius there) make up for the other issues
atb
steve
[Edited on 24/9/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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Hellfire
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 03:34 PM |
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There must have been something sharp, she certainly made my eyes water!
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 10:08 PM |
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front fog lights
never, in all my years on the road, have i thought to myself, 'i wish i had some front fogs, really could use them now...' they are never
needed. and considering how many prats drive round with them on, i would ban them. i've considered following people home in the past, when i see
them with fogs on on a sunny day, and then snipping the wires later. they'd never know...!
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DavidM
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| posted on 25/9/04 at 08:26 AM |
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Those multi coloured lights that flash round in a circle when the Indian taxi driver in front puts his foot on the brake pedal.
Beaded seat covers.
New VW Beetle flower vase.
BMW badge.
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paulf
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| posted on 25/9/04 at 10:02 PM |
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Any type of neons or the blue headlamp bulbs. I hate to look in the mirror at speed and see a blue light of any kind behind me. It is particularly bad
in the locost as the mirrors tend to vibrate and make it lookas if there flashing.
Paul.
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