I don't like it...

Single wiper conversions arranged to park vertically and neon washer jets. I once bought a sierra equipped with both. The jets were expertly fitted to my wheely bin and a standard wiper linkage cost a tenner. sold the single wiper linkage for £40 and everyone's a winner.

I'm going to make a stand for chrome 8 spokes and modulars. They were the (budget) wheel of choice for many modifiers for years and while a little naff they have a certain nostalgic appeal for me.

Things I detest...

on modern cars...

Headlight eyebrows. cut light output and look like a moron. Yah!
stick-on "quad headlight conversions" LMAO, you think thats even remotely convincing?
blacked out tail lights with stock bulbs. JESUS YOU WERE BRAKING!!!!!!
disproportionately large rimz, usually chrome. Bigger is not always better.
spinner rims - say no more.
pink accessories - nothing says "brain dead barbie" better than stuffing your pink Ford Ka with pink steering wheel covers, seat covers, speakers and god knows what and topping the outside off with Betty Boop decals. Owner probably a fat lass who could have us all in a fight anyway.

On older cars

headlight brows (except on the 0.0001% of cars they suit)
mirror light covers - ghey
"cats eye" headlight covers - ghey
Hydraulic dance/hoppers - yay! Wreck another Impala by bouncing it 10' off the ground until the frame snaps...
Pro fairground - its got 2000 BHP, twin turbos, NOS, full cage but it only ever moves on a trailer....
bodged up curse word under the pretense of it being "rat" / "hood". Because crashing and dying is cool.
two tone paint hiding filler - yeah, thats fooling everybody mate
Over-enthusiastic projects - hacking a decent car to bits, deciding its beyond your means and scrapping it.


On Yank cars...

confederate flags - do you even understand what the symbol means there Bo, I mean Nigel?
"The south will rise again" logos. Yay! I like slavery. Its a good thing, obviously...
Line Dancing decals etc. - FFS normal people think I'm like you - retard.
Wearing cowboy outfits. - If thats what you wear in public then what do you dress up as behind closed doors you freak?
curb feelers - oh lord, on a Yank the driver side is next to the kerb, if you can't avoid bumping it when you are right there next to it then you really are a retard and shouldn't be driving a Perodua Nipper let alone a 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood.
Trailer lights as orange indicator conversions - dash me that looks almost factory fit you cretin.
bad fake American plates.
Good fake American plates with "Rockin' my life away" or similar on them.

and then Stickers in general -

Stickers for parts that aren't fitted or manufacturers who don't make parts for that car. EG Mugen stickers on a Vauxhall. Ford Fiesta Type-R

"Ex" stickers. "this car is EX-pertly driven by <bimbo's name>. EX-call girl, EX-sex adict, EX-model. (the Ex of ex sex adict is crossed out.). FFS, just paint "I am a dumb bimbo slapper" across the back of the car and be done with it

Playboy stickers. Used to be cool (in a tacky retro way) when guys stuck them on their Capri in the 70s because it was a curse word mag, now stuck on Ford Kas by bimbos because is a curse word brand of pink clothing.

Any "funny" stickers. No they are not.

Bulldog with union jack curse word on monkey with red lips/guy in turban/etc. Racism repackaged for the 00's

Kelvin from the carton strip in a Chevy tee-shirt curse word on a Ford logo. Also the other way around. Also Mopar versions of the above. Grow up.

Any sticker in a BMC Mini moaning about BMW/Bini/100% No German Content/etc. get the dash over it guys!

If you can read this / get any closer / etc. stickers. What better way to incerease the risk of tailgating than to put a load of words in 12mm lettering on a brightly coloured sticker on the back of your car....

Cruising isn't a crime - yes, apparently it is. Its covered under public nuisance / motor vehicles. Try showing your sticker to the cops when they tow your car away and crush it. Loser.

En-ger-land flags / stickers / etc. Saw a Saxo with a red cross on white bonnet this morning. Still. fool.

Why?

JVC make good head units. Better sound and build quality than Sony, Panasonic and some others. And the price is definitely right!

"bad boy" bonnets that obliterate the light output

Often have the urge to pull out a magic marker and put a shopping list down the side of a chav mobile :

Milk
Eggs
Bread
beans

i'd say bad boy bonnets to, i don't think i've ever seen a car that they work on, a good example is those Cinquentos some one posted up would look so much betterwith a normal bonnet.

I'll agree with the wire wheel comment and point specifically at chrome wires. Painted ones look OK as a rule and are much less blingy on what is otherwise a bland-ish car. Works for Sunbeam Alpines, Spitfires, Midgets and in fact any brit car. I really enjoy seeing an early B on its original steel wheels and caps.



However all fake Wire Basket wheels should be banished to the planet zarg. Except that the smooth wheels under the baskets are "teh sax" and I really want some.

As for another thing, modern head units stuck right in the middle of an old car's dash. Looks so wrong and out of place. At least tuck it underneath or in the glovebox or something.

hood ride/rat look cars-because you obviously cant offerd to have a nice paint job,and a tidy car.and a proper rat rod isnt generally a rusty heap of sh1t full of holes with a curse word 1litre engine.
overly stretched tyres with a bit of the rim sticking out- oh what a good idea,the bit of the car that sticks to the ground and stops us sliding everywhere,i know we will f8ck it up good and proper,i like a subtle streach but come on.
badly done flame jobsif you cant do it well yourself get someone else to do it or don't do it at all.
weller wheelsnuff said.
i could go on all day but I'm going to work.

Another one for modern cars: Big wheels.

I've no problem with bigger wheels as such, sometimes they look nice. But putting a set of 18 inchers with narrow spokes just shows that you've still got the 9 inch drums on the back, and painting them with red hammerite doesn't help.

One that's only faintly annoying, but I'll put it in: Painting the brake calipers. Even manufacturers are doing this now. On the Audi RS4 it was neat to see 'Porsche' picked out on a dragster estate car, but even Porsche do it now ffs. We KNOW you've got Porsche brakes on a Porsche