Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]

[budgie smuggler]

Yep, looks good, although I'd personally prefer a teeny bit higher on the ride height. That's trivial nitpicking though.

I was looking at the original spec of the car as a comparison and it looks like it's up on stilts!

[stephen300o]

Out of interests sake, what else would you do with the bumper?

[DannyScene]

stephen300o said:

Out of interests sake, what else would you do with the bumper?

Take the big sticky out bit away and it'd look much better or extend forwards underneath by way of some sort of splitter perhaps

[PanzerCommander]

I like that, lowered without the 'stance'.

DannyScene said:

stephen300o said:

Out of interests sake, what else would you do with the bumper?

Take the big sticky out bit away and it'd look much better or extend forwards underneath by way of some sort of splitter perhaps

I have seen Chip Foose do something similar on several cars, though that was more cutting the brackets down to bring them closer to the body and adjusting the bumper shape to tightly hug the body lines.

In this case I think you could maybe take an inch or so off the back of the bumpers and the wrap around bits at the side, plastic weld and re-paint. Only those that know would notice it.

As others have said trivial nitpicking though. Tidy car.

[SwedishSoul]

deltashad said:

[darren9]

rohrl said:

They look well engineered but I can't help feeling that both cars miss the point of the charm of the originals. A big V6 will weigh so much more as to skew the 309's weight distribution and handling balance while the Rallye's defining characteristic was the highly tuned eight-valve engine. Changing the wheels on the 309 is a mistake too. Those original Speedlines are probably the best looking alloys ever made.

That's a UK rallye though. Little more than a trim level compared to the proper homologation French rallye. The GTi-6 in that must be fun though from what I understand a 106 gti engine (or if you want to keep in 8v a VTR lump) would have been a simpler conversion.

[Nik da Greek]

A couple of my favourites; my fave modified 1st-gen RX-7



and my fave rotary... possibly my favourite car actually ever. Like

[irocfan]

Nik da Greek said:

A couple of my favourites; my fave modified 1st-gen RX-7

more of this please!!

[BarbaricAvatar]

irocfan said:

Nik da Greek said:

A couple of my favourites; my fave modified 1st-gen RX-7

more of this please!!

Hot Wheels have been doing a cool version of that for a fewyears now, i casually bought one for a young relative but i liked it so much i kept it for myself.



Also available in blue, black, white, silver and yellow.

[Nik da Greek]

Yeah, Barbaric... I've got all except the yellow one I did have to buy another white version for my daughter who wanted one "just like Daddy's car". Bless her. Especially weird of her when my 1st-gen is blue anyway

As to the wide-body one above, it's a Japanese-built IMSA racer-style kit. Mariah Motorsports sell the bodypanels. Dunno if I'm allowed to post links to Sp**dh*nt*rs articles on PH? I'll give it a try and see if it gets moderated into oblivion, lol.

Another pic for if the link gets nuked



http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/01/car_spotlight_...

[Caddyshack]

SwedishSoul said:

deltashad said:

I think it looks fantastic but surely with all that extra width it would be using both sides of a UK road?

[irocfan]

Nik da Greek said:

http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/01/car_spotlight_...

cheers, that's cool

[Otter Smacker]

This...


in this...

Edited by Otter Smacker on Thursday 4th February 21:36

[BarbaricAvatar]

Nik da Greek said:

Yeah, Barbaric... I've got all except the yellow one I did have to buy another white version for my daughter who wanted one "just like Daddy's car". Bless her. Especially weird of her when my 1st-gen is blue anyway

As to the wide-body one above, it's a Japanese-built IMSA racer-style kit. Mariah Motorsports sell the bodypanels. Dunno if I'm allowed to post links to Sp**dh*nt*rs articles on PH? I'll give it a try and see if it gets moderated into oblivion, lol.

Another pic for if the link gets nuked



http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/01/car_spotlight_...

I just found this, which i think i like a little more.



Source
And from there i ended up at this website: http://www.japaneseclassiccarshow.com/coverage/gal... that's my evening sorted!

Edited by BarbaricAvatar on Thursday 4th February 21:50

[Otter Smacker]

6-Rotor NA RX-4.




813hp at the wheels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3t3VcEIB-Q

[e21Mark]

BarbaricAvatar said:

Nik da Greek said:

Yeah, Barbaric... I've got all except the yellow one I did have to buy another white version for my daughter who wanted one "just like Daddy's car". Bless her. Especially weird of her when my 1st-gen is blue anyway

As to the wide-body one above, it's a Japanese-built IMSA racer-style kit. Mariah Motorsports sell the bodypanels. Dunno if I'm allowed to post links to Sp**dh*nt*rs articles on PH? I'll give it a try and see if it gets moderated into oblivion, lol.

Another pic for if the link gets nuked



http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/01/car_spotlight_...

I just found this, which i think i like a little more.



Source
And from there i ended up at this website: http://www.japaneseclassiccarshow.com/coverage/gal... that's my evening sorted!

Edited by BarbaricAvatar on Thursday 4th February 21:50

[robinessex]

A different view :-

[kambites]

robinessex said:

A different view :-

Hmm, the rear view looked good, in a rather OTT cartoonish sort of way; but that looks awful to my eyes.

[robinessex]

kambites said:

robinessex said:

A different view :-

Hmm, the rear view looked good, in a rather OTT cartoonish sort of way; but that looks awful to my eyes.

That's what I thought. Seen that before, looks awesome front and rear, and bloody awful from the side.

[Fast Bug]

robinessex said:

A different view :-

I wonder if that has Bernie and Leepu wheelspacers on?