Curtis
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Jun 14, 2016 11:25:30 GMT
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A big one for me is cars without a front plate. Now I have no issue with people running without a front plate, what does my head in is when they leave the cut out and/or screw holes so it looks like it just fell off! Get some fibreglass and filler and sort it out, its not hard, and it looks so much cleaner. PREACH! Just leave the plate where its meant to be or do it properly! What gets me more than this are those that go to the effort of doing all that, but then screwing the plate directly to the bumper anyway, usually to one side to show off their smoothing work. Don't remove something you need if you don't have a plan on where you're going to put it
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Driving: Shitbox Honda S-MX
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Jun 14, 2016 11:51:03 GMT
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Kids these days don't need to modify their cars in the same way, manufacturers have become increasingly good at making cars "aggressive" from the factory, small mods on modern cars give off nearly the same effect and in most cases the only thing you do when you change the speakers these days is make the sound quality worse. I guess people are just more careful when modifying a car which belongs to the bank. this point was made yesterday on facebook and is bang on the money. manufacturers got wise very quickly and started making decent cars which have everything the modifying scene were striving for in the 90s, as standard. you also have the modern phenomenon of 0% deposit loans, 0% apr for the first 2 years, free insurance from dealers, plus a ever expanding generation of young consumers in a throw away society, who want the best of all technology delivered on a plate without having to expend much effort. even if it does mean paying it off for 7 years and giving 4 months wages on insurance. wheni started driving it was obsurd to even think about a year old new car. unless your folks were independently wealthy you had a 10-15 year old snotter that you put every weekend and spare income into. everyone had a dad, uncle or neighbour that new how to fix stuff.
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Last Edit: Jun 14, 2016 11:53:38 GMT by darrenh
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qwerty
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Jun 14, 2016 13:01:31 GMT
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The whole young people having new cars started when these type of cars were at their peak. You could get a brand new Saxo VTR with free insurance if you were 19. Believe the Corsa Sport was the same.
When I passed my test (2004) there was loads of people running around in brand new VTR's with 17's and a massive exhaust.
Tom
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79cord
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Jun 14, 2016 15:03:27 GMT
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Barry, Barris, everything depends upon the 'taste' & quality of execution. Customs are at least interesting & surprising. As also mentioned many new 'factory / dealer option' body kits can also get quite tacky/ugly in their efforts at looking aggressive & deliberately obvious.. Brother just got one of these: Recently got myself a classic example of the breed with a 'Mugen' kitted CRX, even though it is of authentic style so doesn't look as mad as most later custom variations it inspired. (Not courageous enough to fit kit to my original SiR) Sorry don't have pictures on internet yet, so a better example will have to suffice. Have to replace the frt guards bashed & drowned in filler, & weld up structure attacked by an angle grinder by clowns wanting to lower Far too far with tyres far too wide, new springs req.d, bonnet looks trampled, huge chunks of kit torn off & missing... 13" steel wheels with equally cheap hubcaps, hideous steering wheel... g.stick literally cut in half...
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Last Edit: Jun 14, 2016 15:11:45 GMT by 79cord
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Jun 14, 2016 17:14:39 GMT
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this was abit later (06) on from the huge bodykits, things calmed down abit, smaller neater kits still nice ice installs and graphics & neons (my cousin had a 3dr focus in dark blue with the Wrc kit and graphics) All show & no go but you had to appriciate the amount of time and effort that got put into the build
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tdk
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Jun 14, 2016 21:04:40 GMT
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Didn't get it then. Don't get it now. Can't we move on? Move on? On a forum about retro cars? Modified in a retro style? Interesting concept. Why the sarcasm? I'm answering the question posed by the OP.
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BT
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Jun 14, 2016 21:27:16 GMT
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The days of these kinds of things were when I was too young to drive, but my buddy had a nova. We used to go over to Southend on a Saturday night and have all sorts of fun. There was nothing like the sound of scraping and cracking fibreglass.
At the time I always wanted a MR2 with the veilside body kit, by the time I managed to save up for one they weren't cool anymore! Not sure they ever were haha.
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skinnylew
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Jun 14, 2016 22:15:57 GMT
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Was down Sarfend a few times in my mates 206 Gti Grand Tourisme with blue neon kit and 18" kicker sub in the boot, then out to the McDonald's to watch, well, not alot really as the police came round every 5 minutes lol
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I was always into the modified classic scene, you know, popularised by street machine magazine and....
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retro rides forum.
Bodykitted cars were the exact opposite of what this scene was all about. The cars and to an extend the people in that scene.
I find it absolutely baffeling that just because something is now older and out of fashion it seems to automatically become popular.
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vulgalour
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Jun 15, 2016 11:27:44 GMT
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There's elements of 'Barry Culture' that are already embraced by the larger RR community. You have to remember, by it's very title, RR is about looking backwards for styling and performance inspiration as well as embracing things looking forwards. While it isn't Barryboys with open mockery of unfinished and/or more outlandish bodykitted cars, there are certainly cars here that have bodykits. To dismiss the bolt-on-wonder genre as a whole is short sighted. Inspiration can come from all places and to ignore any of it, no matter how questionable it might seem, is to stunt your own creativity and the opportunity to make something really interesting and possibly even innovative. Say not how bad Barrys are but look for how good some of them can be and pay attention to just where their inspiration comes from. It may not be to your liking and it may not be to mine entirely, but I will defend any genre that is so blatantly and obscenely in your face about changing the look of their car. Barrys are the closest thing we get to a home grown Bosozoku movement and like it or loathe it they are part of car modifying history.
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miaspa
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The only image I can find from visits to the Trax shows at Silverstone in 2004 & 2005. The work and effort that went into the cars was amazing but not my scene. I remember standing near to my car at the time and it being derided for the lack of modification.
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Found my flashing Pao again.
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I know of someone local that owns an ex max power cover car from around 2002-3. Completely wide arch kitted fiesta rs-t on 20" wheels and flip paint. Has been stored away for years. I think he's waiting for it to become cool again. Edit: this one, except it's had a colour change since it featured in max power.
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Last Edit: Jul 6, 2016 15:30:04 GMT by southside
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Aw, headlight swaps used to be such a big deal!
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skrapz
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I'd rather loose by a mile cause I built my own car than win by an inch because someone else built it for me. Your car is your story, so don't let anyone else write the book.
Clio mk2
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As already said the amount of properly modified cars that had thousands spent on them can't of all ended up on the crusher. I bet there's still a fair few tucked away somewhere.
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vulgalour
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It's easy to forget sometimes that the bodykits and spoilers and mad paint goes back a lot further than the 80s, the inspiration for this stuff seems most likely to start sometime in the 40s when people began playing around with fibreglass to get unique coachbuilt cars of their own, affordably. The modern processes and techniques make this coachbuilding habit easier to attain, drastically altering the shape and look of a car without actually chopping it about. Our grandparents might have had to spend hours in the garage carefully hand crafting new doors and wings for their Buicks and Fords but we can just go online and order a new set of panels that bolt straight on to just about any car you care to think of. Now, as then, some of the end results work better than others and some have certainly stood the test of time better than others. That desire to have a car that makes a statement has been around as long as the car itself. Fashions do swing from conservative to wild as people grow bored of one look and seek out something new. Recently we seem to be experiencing a more considered and studied approach, quite often just keeping things clean, lowering the suspension and fitting interesting wheels. A few years ago, Rat Look was more prominent with cars sporting all manner of outlandish modifications, some of them working better than others. So the pendulum continues to swing. Watching what trends are rolling around I daresay we're due a little revival of some of the more exciting modifications and styles. Threads like this testing the water of peoples reaction seem to pop up when people have a desire to challenge the current convention. I wholeheartedly approve of this challenge, it's what keeps the modified scene as a whole interesting and vibrant and makes room for everyone.
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There's elements of 'Barry Culture' that are already embraced by the larger RR community. You have to remember, by it's very title, RR is about looking backwards for styling and performance inspiration as well as embracing things looking forwards. While it isn't Barryboys with open mockery of unfinished and/or more outlandish bodykitted cars, there are certainly cars here that have bodykits. To dismiss the bolt-on-wonder genre as a whole is short sighted. Inspiration can come from all places and to ignore any of it, no matter how questionable it might seem, is to stunt your own creativity and the opportunity to make something really interesting and possibly even innovative. Say not how bad Barrys are but look for how good some of them can be and pay attention to just where their inspiration comes from. It may not be to your liking and it may not be to mine entirely, but I will defend any genre that is so blatantly and obscenely in your face about changing the look of their car. Barrys are the closest thing we get to a home grown Bosozoku movement and like it or loathe it they are part of car modifying history. To be fair I'm thinking the first 3 look pretty good tbh, the 4th maybe I'm looking from the wrong angle
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Aug 19, 2016 20:03:30 GMT
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It seems that max power still lives on in the hearts of some people, saw this for sale at the side of the road
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