Badly modified cars thread
Discussion
liller said:
not sure if its been posted on these forums, but its deffo been posted somewhere to be laughed at recently 
looks even worse than I remember
liller said:
Wha...What the...WTF...er...?????Where the hell do you even start laughing at that? Maybe I'll start with the front wheel arches...
To be fair to the seller though, he appears to able to speak/type English which is unusual for e-bay ads for badly modified cars.
RizzoTheRat said:
liller said:
Wha...What the...WTF...er...?????Where the hell do you even start laughing at that? Maybe I'll start with the front wheel arches...
To be fair to the seller though, he appears to able to speak/type English which is unusual for e-bay ads for badly modified cars.
Seems rather snobbish to single this car out when there are some genuinely horrendous bodge jobs out there.
OlberJ said:
Badly modified isn't just badly done IMO, it's modifications that are detrimental to the car.
That saxo is full of the latter, ergo badly modified.
I suppose it depends how tolerant you are, some people can look at a car and dislike the modifications but appreciate the effort. After all, our opinions on what's 'detrimental' too a car differ and we are all just doing it for fun. That saxo is full of the latter, ergo badly modified.
Thing is with mods, if you take away the thing that a car is good at, which in a Saxo's case is being light, cheap, frugal and fun to chuck around and don't make it good at something else then it is surely pointless.
If you want something that cruises around in comfort and refinement get an old E-Class.
If you want something that cruises around in comfort and refinement get an old E-Class.
KB_S1 said:
Thing is with mods, if you take away the thing that a car is good at, which in a Saxo's case is being light, cheap, frugal and fun to chuck around and don't make it good at something else then it is surely pointless.
If you want something that cruises around in comfort and refinement get an old E-Class.
But what if you don't want an old E Class and want a modified Saxo? If you want something that cruises around in comfort and refinement get an old E-Class.
P I Staker said:
But what if you don't want an old E Class and want a modified Saxo?
My point was, why take a car that can do something well, modify it so that it can't but not modify it so that it is good at the only thing it can now do.That Saxo will be very slow, uncomfortable and use a lot more fuel than before.
A Merc E-Class, for example would do the slow cruise but be comfortable and roomy.
OlberJ said:
P I Staker said:
After all, our opinions on what's 'detrimental' too a car differ and we are all just doing it for fun. :
That's not true though is it.The mods to that car make it less of a car. That is a bad modification unless you think making cars into ornaments is a good thing?
OlberJ said:
So we haven't to knock people who "destroy" cars?
Is that what you are suggesting?
Well, you're not quite understanding.Is that what you are suggesting?
I'm trying to say the immaculate Golfs which are about 10mm off the ground with Porsche interiors and VR6 engines are not 'badly modified' they're just modified differently to what you like. A Hyundai Coupe with an unpainted badly fitting bodykit cable tied on and some cheap alloys is badly modified because the modifications have been carried out, well, badly.
You fit a cheapo bodykit to a car and heavy wheels then it's badly modified as it does less of it's car things well.
You drop a car to a few mm off the ground then it's badly modified as it does less of it's car things well.
Modifications should be plus points, not applauded negatives just because it's "different".
You drop a car to a few mm off the ground then it's badly modified as it does less of it's car things well.
Modifications should be plus points, not applauded negatives just because it's "different".
OlberJ said:
You fit a cheapo bodykit to a car and heavy wheels then it's badly modified as it does less of it's car things well.
You drop a car to a few mm off the ground then it's badly modified as it does less of it's car things well.
Modifications should be plus points, not applauded negatives just because it's "different".
Yeah ok.You drop a car to a few mm off the ground then it's badly modified as it does less of it's car things well.
Modifications should be plus points, not applauded negatives just because it's "different".
Scrambled said:
What utter b
ks; your post and the car. It deserves to be in this thread. 
I'm not going to argue the latter because it's personal taste (although many cars in here would easily get a consensus opinion I suspect) but if you are stating that a car must pass some sort of test (that you've invented in your tiny little head) then you're a berk...ks; your post and the car. It deserves to be in this thread. Have you got some set of rules you apply here - something like
"Can't have a spoiler unless it generates useful downforce" (that removes 90% of all spoilers on all cars, ever)
"Can't have wide arches unless it needs the extra tyre width" (see the above - most cars would be slimmed instantly)
"Can't be made to look like a racecar unless it's got mahoosive power to match" (see the above AGAIN - and indeed many racecars)
Do you have some definition of the word 'purpose' which everyone else needs to follow and if so, have you written it in stone somewhere??
I just found this on eBay:
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unique-1981-Mini-City-De...
Wolseley Hornet front, Fiat Brava rear lights, and an all round st body kit. Poor Mini. 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unique-1981-Mini-City-De...
Wolseley Hornet front, Fiat Brava rear lights, and an all round s
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