Car mods no one seems to do any more
Discussion
Malachimon said:
As for factory mods, what happened to huge amounts of chrome, huge engines, tiny pillars, massive fins, bench seats, column shifters, stupidly soft suspension, ride heights that would be useless here.... Basically what happened to those late 50s yank tanks compared to the miserable namby-pamby boxes people drive now?
I bought one last week...everything you said there, and more.
Wings West Jap body kit (no downforce)
Shaved door handles (inconvenient)
Bomex aero door mirrors (with door poppers underneath)
Angel Halo headlights (terrible light)
Lexus rear lights (look awful)
Chrome mesh grills (naf)
Sunstrip (blocks view)
Oversized alloys (ruining handling)
Apex coilovers (rock hard and rusty)
Shopping list stickers (advertising for thieves)
Big bore decat exhaust (lost power)
Fire extinguisher on A pillar (blocked view)
Blue and chrome dash dials
Carbon shell FIA race seats with 3 point harnesses in a road car (uncomfortable, awkward and unsafe belts)
Alloy show cage (will crack and kill you in a crash)
FAKE NOS! (??)
Massive stereo (sounded terrible)
Clifford alarm (rarely worked, locked me out of the car often meaning I had to climb through the boot to reach doors)
I actually bought this Redline Magazine car before stripping nearly everything off it, sold all the parts (inc bodykit) for a large profit, fixed and resprayed it Imola Orange metallic in an Honda OEM+ style. Kept the carbon bonnet, aero mirrors, Momo wheel, Pentagon anti-smash tinted glass, mugen rear spoiler. It's up for sale soon looking very different!
w201 said:
what the hell are these "Cherry bombs" I've heard a few times? am I too young?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cherry+bomb+exhaustEdited by AlexRS2782 on Tuesday 16th August 00:34
Tailgater said:
Not really helpful. And it says nothing.
Those cheap, round silencers with a massive 3-4-5" tip straight out the back that are painted badly in red you see on the back shelf of most motorfactors? That's a cherry bomb. Basically it looks a bit like a silencer for the MOT man but does no silencing.Tailgater said:
Not really helpful. And it says nothing.
My mistake. For some reason the link wouldn't copy / paste as clickable without wrapping it in [url] tags first. Not that it matters anyway - had the poster read the thread, the answer to their question was posted just a few pages in 
AdeTuono said:
Cherry Bomb 'silencers'.
I guess, looking back, i should have just copied / pasted that instead 
Nice thread.
I miss the carefree boy racer mods from 10 years ago.. Nobody cared, people just did what they wanted. It was all neon lights, multiple big exhausts, painted interiors, and aftermarket seats..
Now it's all become rather snobbish hasn't it? You can't just have fun, you have to be practical, because lap times and numbers somehow matter more. The reality is those extra few horsepower of the modern day modder brings far less enjoyment than any of the homemade nonsense did in the 90s and early 00s..
I wish the joy would return.
I miss the carefree boy racer mods from 10 years ago.. Nobody cared, people just did what they wanted. It was all neon lights, multiple big exhausts, painted interiors, and aftermarket seats..
Now it's all become rather snobbish hasn't it? You can't just have fun, you have to be practical, because lap times and numbers somehow matter more. The reality is those extra few horsepower of the modern day modder brings far less enjoyment than any of the homemade nonsense did in the 90s and early 00s..
I wish the joy would return.
Nowadays you can get yourself a Golf R, air ride and huge alloys finance package for multiple likes on instagram innit tho bro.
http://www.havair.me.uk/#!finance/ip1b3
http://www.havair.me.uk/#!finance/ip1b3
s m said:
Big spotlights on the rear of Escort Mk1/2 wired up to dash flick switch to compensate for woeful reversing lights 
( some people said they worked well on following cars as a 'reminder' to dip full beam )
Is that a KC Daylighter on the back of the 'scrote?
( some people said they worked well on following cars as a 'reminder' to dip full beam )
I wanted some KC's SO badly way back when
AlexRS2782 said:
Tailgater said:
Not really helpful. And it says nothing.
My mistake. For some reason the link wouldn't copy / paste as clickable without wrapping it in [url] tags first. Not that it matters anyway - had the poster read the thread, the answer to their question was posted just a few pages in AdeTuono said:
Cherry Bomb 'silencers'.
I guess, looking back, i should have just copied / pasted that instead Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff