the worst mods youve seen on a car

[ON_DUBS]

i know i know, this thread is useless without pics, but hopefully some people have them.

anyway, how bout a suzuki swift 4-door with EL XR vents

or even worse, there is this guy in my area that has an awful vn, with a HUGE wing and bonnet scoop. he has also put VT taillights and the boot garnish on the back, no, not a VT rear end, just the lights and garnish, they dont even fit properly. it looks like he has bashed it with a hammer to re-shape the metal :

[noosacuda]

(Years ago) A Sigma sedan with chromed XA-XC coupe side vents on the bonnet. And any of the rice in F&tF 1,2 & 3 (LOL!)

[cedric]

holden badge

[Jeld-Wen Falcon]

Cardboard spoiler.

[Racecraft]

shakers on fuel injected cars :P

[phat_stak_tipa]

stripes, aftermarket bulges shakers, badges, stickers graphics wings any rice crap people have a habit of doing to nice fords

[PH47]

Stickers with the car brand.. eg "MITSUBISHI" accross the front/back window of a lancer.. or even scarier.. HYUNDAI accross excels..

NO SHERLOCK!! please return your car to the dealer, you are too stupid to own this vehicle.

[cedric]

those 5'' tacko's with 4 little gauges in them. did any one see that dimwit in streetfords 7 with a real modern day classic like a t3 and one of those on it, wtf.

[cedric]

Originally Posted by phat_stak_tipa

stripes, aftermarket bulges shakers, badges, stickers graphics wings any rice crap people have a habit of doing to nice fords

right on !!!!!

[gottafocus]

Number Plates That Say Ford Or Holden Or Statesman Or Fairlane Or Xy Or Xw Or Ba Or Hsv Or Gmh Or Any Other Letters Used To Describe The Car. Any Half Wit Knows What The Car Is Anyway. What A Waste Of Money

[cedric]

Originally Posted by gottafocus

Number Plates That Say Ford Or Holden Or Statesman Or Fairlane Or Xy Or Xw Or Ba Or Hsv Or Gmh Or Any Other Letters Used To Describe The Car. Any Half Wit Knows What The Car Is Anyway. What A Waste Of Money

can't agree with ya there :

[EFDream]

Originally Posted by gottafocus

Number Plates That Say Ford Or Holden Or Statesman Or Fairlane Or Xy Or Xw Or Ba Or Hsv Or Gmh Or Any Other Letters Used To Describe The Car. Any Half Wit Knows What The Car Is Anyway. What A Waste Of Money

I suppose it all has to do with how personalised a person wants to get.....

[gottafocus]

each to their own!

[Dave_au]

This poor Magna VRX in the Middle East doesnt really tickle my fancy.

[gottafocus]

i just cant see the value in spending $500.00 plus on something like the car name or model! a persons name or nickname i can justify as it is individual like my custom plates.

[eed-250]

does that have a shaker??!?!! omg

[PH47]

Being the middle east though the car probably has a merc SLK engine in it or something haha :P

[EFDream]

That Magna is mad! Disturbing...but mad!

[RegSpec]

Originally Posted by phat_stak_tipa

stripes, aftermarket bulges shakers, badges, stickers graphics wings any rice crap people have a habit of doing to nice fords

Ok so some peoples taste is definately in their backside :
But what about dangerous and/or illegal mods?
Mate works for the RTA and last year they had a crackdown on street racers down at Brighton in Sydney.
Rounded up a whole bunch of them, took them down to to the RTA yard at Rockdale, inspected every car for defects....
You should have seen some of the stuff they found :
A Honda with an expensive harlequin paint job, 18" alloys and killer sound system. But the Momo steering wheel was fastened to its hub by only 3 "aluminium" pop rivets!
A Toyota with 20" wheels that looked awesome but each wheel nut only engaged the thread on the stud by about 4mm and some were already stripped!
A Torana V8 which had undergone a 9" conversion that looked like it had been welded up by the first form kids at the local tech (read bird poo)!
And this is just a couple that I can recall now....

[rag top]

A honda running what looked like a dual exhaust setup. Closer inspection revealed the left pipe was held on by a couple of screws and was not attached to anything.

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by phat_stak_tipa

stripes, aftermarket bulges shakers, badges, stickers graphics wings any rice crap people have a habit of doing to nice fords

I agree. Not a fan of putting rims on a car from other models. Like BA rims on an AU or AU rims on an ED

[Kingsley]

The worst modded car I can recall seeing was a '65 Cortina with a piece of tubing clamped/screwed to the carby so the air cleaner could stick out the hole in the bonnet, which looked like it had been cut-out by a can opener. Adding to this visual spectical, was the balsa wood front and rear spoilers, held on with wood screws and wood glue. All stunningly brush finished with a couple of coats of Bergers finest interior, flat white, wall paint. The interior trim was tastefully decorated with what appeared to be red crushed velvet loosely hanging from each door trim, while the seats looked resplendent in black terry towelling covers. The big dollar AM/FM Ferris cassette stereo was a "full floating unit". Which meant the speakers rolled around on the rear floor, while the unit sat loosely in the home made wood console.
Then there was the Ford hating owner of a genuine HQ GTS 4 door with GT Falcon rear spolier, 12 slots, XB mirrors. The sheer grunt generated from the bog standard 253 required the installation of a top loader box and 9" diff. It too had crushed velvet interior, although professionally done, but upped the ante with glove box lid removed so the bewildered and enthralled passenger could see themselves in the mirror tiled glovebox. The mirror tiles also decorated the the lower portion of the dash. The early eighties was sometimes a sad place to be.......

[phat_stak_tipa]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

I agree. Not a fan of putting rims on a car from other models. Like BA rims on an AU or AU rims on an ED

ohh how funny.......ha ha u love to have a dig dont ya......i was making reference to cars being "riced"..................i dont believe that ford wheels on fords is "rice" i do however think that shakers, stripes big wings stickers graphics are........

i know u are having a dig at ME too......u will get alot of flack from other e series owners over your posts champ........

ohh that doesnt matter u will just remove the posts anyway........u will probly remove this one too.......

by the way i dont own said car in question anymore.......

[DOC]

Originally Posted by gottafocus

Number Plates That Say Ford Or Holden Or Statesman Or Fairlane Or Xy Or Xw Or Ba Or Hsv Or Gmh Or Any Other Letters Used To Describe The Car. Any Half Wit Knows What The Car Is Anyway. What A Waste Of Money

Dang i'm a half wit, and wasted my money

[gottafocus]

well? whats your number plate or are you too embarresed?

[DOC]

Originally Posted by gottafocus

well? whats your number plate or are you too embarresed?

[ReVd_uP]

i dont see a problem with that, theres plenty worse for istance things like "REDAU" or BLKXR8 , you get the picture

[gottafocus]

Originally Posted by ReVd_uP

i dont see a problem with that, theres plenty worse for istance things like "REDAU" or BLKXR8 , you get the picture

i agree

[EBII Fairmont]

Originally Posted by gottafocus

i just cant see the value in spending $500.00 plus on something like the car name or model! a persons name or nickname i can justify as it is individual like my custom plates.

Actually I don't mind the name or model on a old classic or rare sports car. Ones like difter and crappy ones along those lines are just asking for it.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by gottafocus

Number Plates That Say Ford Or Holden Or Statesman Or Fairlane Or Xy Or Xw Or Ba Or Hsv Or Gmh Or Any Other Letters Used To Describe The Car. Any Half Wit Knows What The Car Is Anyway. What A Waste Of Money

My plates kinda state the obvious.

GLD-086 :

Atleast I don't have to worry about people asking what year it's from. Oh and it happens to be my birth year.

So I happened to kill 2 birds with one stone, when I got my new plates.