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Pet hates of modifying! This is a matter of personal taste, and I'm aware that there are exceptions and people who disagree with me...these are MY pet hates, I'm not saying they're right! Shaved rear door handles:  Come on, who are you kidding? - short doors and shut lines don't become invisible just because there's no handles...lose all of them or none of them! Chrome 8-spoke steels:  Ooh, nasty. Aftermarket bodykits:  Hey, you could have lowered that, if you hadn't stuck that plastic on! Want to lose ground clearance whilst maintaining wallowy suspension - easy, fit a bodykit - the worst of both worlds! Quarter bumpers:  Surely a clean, straight bumper across the whole car is neater than a big gap? A continous horizonal line also visually lowers the car. One-piece FTW! Bright red prestige saloons:  Metallic red, burgundy - fine, Bright red...on a classy saloon? Cheap! You missed something:  Roof rack, white walls, red steels, tiger interior...very fashionable. YOU FORGOT TO LOWER IT! If you're gonna do a 'look' then missing out the most important part isn't going to help. What's yours? |
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Oh, you ask me this just before I go into a 2 hour meeting? You just torpedo'd my input to it LOL
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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KINGDOM BUMPERS!
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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quarter bumpers were not for looks on escorts, they were lighter than a big bumper and allowed more air into the rad.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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MrT
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Just who did Mr Hitler REALLY think he was kidding?
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Neon washer jets! What's that all about then?
'Please nick my Pioneer stereo' stickers across the rear window. Pointless, really...
Dump valves - buy a turbo, then spend money to make it loose power!
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Club RR Member Number: 34
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I don't like it...Dez
@dez
Club Retro Rides Member 34
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the alfa with the 'smoothed' rear door handles is factory stock........... bet you were waiting for osmeone to pick you up on that  ;D i gotta agree on the 8 spokes though, add chrome modulars to that as well, especially when the chrome only last 10 mins. and as well as doing everything else and forgetting to lower it, add lowering it but still leaving huge stock size or bigger tyres on and saying 'it must be really really low cos it rubs the arches'  chrome headlamp eyebrows. stickers with some gay slogan about the car being super low or cooler than yours, when its more or less stock. or ones that say the name of the car in foot high letters down the side... yes, i know what an escort looks like thanks...... |
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 9:16:43 GMT by Dez
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At the moment, it's just roof racks. Everyone's got them on their Beetle, far more than were ever fitted at the time! In the early 70s when a Beetle was our family car, the family of four could go on holiday without using a roofrack, my brother and I crammed in the back with luggage between us to stop us from fighting ;D But now everyone's got a roofrack to put Miss Marple's luggage on |
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the alfa with the 'smoothed' rear door handles is factory stock........... It was an easy target when I was looking for a picture! |
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I don't like it...milfordcubicle
@GUEST
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The Alfa door handles are hidden, not removed/smooved.  And it almost gets away with it because of the styling. Barrys and their 5-door 306s do not. I like that red Mk2 Jag. Those spoked steel wheels (Wellers?) do sook though. Not everybody can lower their car, it's a practical impossibility if you want to do reasonable speed over bumpy country roads. |
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 9:28:02 GMT by milfordcubicle
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Remember those rear screen decals with "the fiesta touch" on them? (or whatever your car was) AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH WTF is a fiesta/cortina/escort "touch"  I detest those stickers.... |
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I don't like it...milfordcubicle
@GUEST
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Or in a similar vein, people who have the model or marque of their car plastered on it. 'VAUXHALL', 'Clio', 'Corsa' are faves.
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archieboy
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Volvo Amazon 2 door
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As well as 8 spoke chrome wheels, neon washer jets, bodykits etc. I'm hating that chome strip stuff you can buy from halfords that people seem to stick around there rear lights and stuff! tacky! |
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Wire wheels on MGB GTs in the name of "restoration" .. when the car you are 'restoring' didn't actually have them originally*
*same people tend to dislike people that 'modify' their car.
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I was going to keep this one to myself....but I'm not one to mix my words so ill have to let it out.
Those decals down the car door thus:-
blah blah cams
scopion exhausts
nos
rimz by nobgobble
etc etc...
Not only does it look like a shopping list, it also makes it a perfect barry thief target. Are these people trying to say " i spent more money than you, and mines faster"?
The odd decal here and there is kinda ok, but i personally cant stand those shopping lists.
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I don't like it...BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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(Some) smoothed tailgates. Particularly on Mk2 Golfs.
Oh, and eyebrows on a quad-light Golf front end. Looks odd to me.
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 9:42:46 GMT by BenzBoy
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HUGE exhausts on 1.1 saxos driving up and down my street at 2am waking my kids up.
They don't even sound nice.
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MrT
Posted a lot
Just who did Mr Hitler REALLY think he was kidding?
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Those stoopid 'sunstrip' things across the front screen.
'Racing' fuel filler flaps stuck over the original.
Most 'aftermarket' bodykits - the really tacky, exagerated-lines type things, not the subtle stuff.
'Back off!' mudflaps.
White indicators - you can't see them properly in daylight (assuming they bother to use them).
'Leather-look' seat covers.
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Ether
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Wire wheels on MGB GTs in the name of "restoration" .. when the car you are 'restoring' didn't actually have them originally* *same people tend to dislike people that 'modify' their car. Amen |
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Does anyone remember those rear shelf mounted brake lights that had 'STOP' written on them? I had one in a Skoda I bought once. Did they really expect people to stop just because someone in front braked? Sure there should have been a slow down option?
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Stiff
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'kin 'ell
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Mudflaps.
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;D
And it almost gets away with it because of the styling. Barrys and their 5-door 306s do not.
I detest those stickers....
