Alan B
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 03:17 PM |
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Pointless car accessories
You know the sort of thing.....adds no performance, comfort or convienience, nor even looks good....usually of questionable taste.
What is your top choice?
Mine are the utterly riduculous wheel spinners (do you have them in the UK ?) totally pointless and look stupid..
IMO
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phelpsa
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 03:21 PM |
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Mine are those disc look things you put on your rear drums which don't look anything like disc brakes because they dont have calipers.
Adam
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Hellfire
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 03:32 PM |
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Probably these:
Racing? What's all that about???? 
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skinny
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 03:33 PM |
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1) the kit that squirts fuel in your exhaust for that authentic 'rally' sound
2) as above, the cheap drum brake to disc conversion 
3) leds on washer jets
4) massive wings on standard cars
i also give nuff respek to those who upgrade their steelies to alloys two at a time, so you can clearly see the sporting intention of a ford
orion.
yes wheel spinners do normally lok crap, i don't think that's the point tho. the point is how much they will cost in addition to your
cadillac escallade (sp?) (what's it called the kinda pick-up version) with 22" wheels. very bling 
if you don't fail, you aren't trying hard enough.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 03:33 PM |
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Dammit, I had nine in a row just then, check out the last post column
Adam
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heinlein
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 03:40 PM |
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Heavy ugly chrome 20" rims on a car that originally had 13" rims with rotors the size of a CD. If you buy a decent brand of semi-light +1
or +2 rims cool, but cheap heavy ugly humongous rims hurt the performance, ride, and of course are hard on the car. I suppose it could be worse and
you could put spinners on the heavy ugly chrome 20" rims
When you're lying in the midst of the Afghan plains and the women come out to cut up the remains; just roll to your rifle and blow out your
brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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timf
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 03:41 PM |
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who remebers the de-rigor 70's attachement for the capri
louvred pannel for the rear screen
often seen with jack-up kits and
furry dice.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 03:59 PM |
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and a vynyl roof?
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DarrenW
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 04:12 PM |
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Exhaust banger gets my vote.
I still cant believe that one (see bargains elsewhere). What made it even better was that it was targetted towards Nova / Saxo drivers - fantastic!!!!
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Mix
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 05:17 PM |
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Transfer box on most 4x4s
Mick
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Mix
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 05:25 PM |
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Extended wing mirrors. Only ever used to gauge the width of the caravan being towed 
Mick
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Hellfire
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 05:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by timf
who remebers the de-rigor 70's attachement for the capri
louvred pannel for the rear screen
often seen with jack-up kits and
furry dice.
Like this you mean?
Someone is selling one on ebay!!!
[Edited on 22-9-04 by Hellfire]
 
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derf
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 07:02 PM |
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42610&item=7923630140&rd=1
No this is a complete waste, and others will look at you and laugh and say, it sounded like a turbo!!
[Edited on 22/9/04 by derf]
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chrisg
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 07:41 PM |
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What about the cigar lighter cunningly disguised as a Cutoff/isolator switch, as sold by demon theives in
their"performance"{read"boy racer"}catalogue
Linky
Cheers
Chris
[Edited on 22/9/04 by chrisg]
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 08:28 PM |
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The exhaust thing takes first place for me so far!
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heinlein
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 08:35 PM |
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My hat is off to Derf. I bow to the master.
When you're lying in the midst of the Afghan plains and the women come out to cut up the remains; just roll to your rifle and blow out your
brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 08:36 PM |
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4" dia exhausts sticking out the back o rusty nova,s
surf board spoilers
neon anything
"sport" "motor sport" stickers on back window
i like fury dice though.
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macspeedy
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 08:52 PM |
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stick on petrol cap covers to make it look
like a carbon filler! ah what taste
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 09:08 PM |
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Saxo's with one perfectly serviceable wiper removed, the other moved to the centre and the park position moved to the vertical in the centre of
the windscreen - WHY?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 09:11 PM |
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the turbo whistle thing was posted a few months back.
lumenition - that was a pointless accessory wasnt it?
atb
steve
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Hugh Jarce
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 05:36 AM |
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Alloy wheels fitted to "performance" cars.
If you like the look of a set of alloys, fine. What I can't stand is tw4ts fitting cast or forged alloys to their muppet-mobiles in the belief
that it's a performance upgrade. You see plenty of truly 5hite cars running around with outdated, unfashionable alloys, just because
they're made of aluminium.
Most alloys are heavier than their steel counterparts (unless you are talking truck wheels) and will therefore increase unsprung weight rather than
reduce it.
For car sized wheels, the only real advantageous alloy wheel is the spun alloy wheel, though even then, some of the grotesque billet centres certain
companies sell for them add gobs of unnecessary weight.
The pay isn't very good , but the work's hard.
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marktigere1
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 07:58 AM |
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Under car LED's.
WTF is the point of them?
Is it to look underneath for the 'performance' addition that has just fallen off?
If a bolt is stuck force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!!!
(My Dad 1991)
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kiwirex
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 09:56 AM |
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ugly chicks?
Sorry.
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derf
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 12:59 PM |
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I actually bought a turbo noise maker about a year an a half ago, I put it on my wifes car and me and a few friends spent the better part of 6 hours
driving back and forth in a parking lot trying to make it sound like the turbo on my car. We did do it, but it sounds more like a . turbo that is
broken and falling appart.
We came to the conclusion that when a car shifts there is a temporary loss of pressure in the turbo and for an instant it sucks air in, the reverse
air motion is what causes the psssshhhttteeeewwww sound, although I actuall made a better sound by blowing on it.
Ive also seen an electric model that has it's own speaker.
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Alez
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| posted on 23/9/04 at 01:09 PM |
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Spare wheel, top, heater, windows, reverse, windscreen.
(I pretend those are useless accesories while I pull my BEC out of the parking..)
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