Badly modified cars thread Mk2

[Dads Taxi]

thetapeworm said:

Veeayt said:

Oh dear


Source: http://fueltank.cc/blog/london-outlaw

That belongs to a friend of a friend, the attention to detail on the restoration is great (it was a wreck to start with) but that front end just ruins the whole thing for me. I suspect it scores huge "scene points" though, for me I'd rather go around corners.

How wrong is it to like it?

[e21Mark]

vz-r_dave said:

Cliftonite said:

It's not a pick-up it's a Ute, google and do some Friday learning!

I'm not Australian though.

[Otter Smacker]

[shakotan]

thetapeworm said:

Veeayt said:

Oh dear


Source: http://fueltank.cc/blog/london-outlaw

That belongs to a friend of a friend, the attention to detail on the restoration is great (it was a wreck to start with) but that front end just ruins the whole thing for me. I suspect it scores huge "scene points" though, for me I'd rather go around corners.

The entire point of a narrowed beam is so that it CAN go around corners.

[generationx]

shakotan said:

The entire point of a narrowed beam is so that it CAN go around corners.

So you mean normal Porsches without this modification wouldn't?

[xRIEx]

shakotan said:

thetapeworm said:

Veeayt said:

Oh dear


Source: http://fueltank.cc/blog/london-outlaw

That belongs to a friend of a friend, the attention to detail on the restoration is great (it was a wreck to start with) but that front end just ruins the whole thing for me. I suspect it scores huge "scene points" though, for me I'd rather go around corners.

The entire point of a narrowed beam is so that it CAN go around corners.

Beam?

[FELIX_5]

[rohrl]

xRIEx said:

shakotan said:

thetapeworm said:

Veeayt said:

Oh dear


Source: http://fueltank.cc/blog/london-outlaw

That belongs to a friend of a friend, the attention to detail on the restoration is great (it was a wreck to start with) but that front end just ruins the whole thing for me. I suspect it scores huge "scene points" though, for me I'd rather go around corners.

The entire point of a narrowed beam is so that it CAN go around corners.

Beam?

The front axle assembly of a VW Beetle is known as a beam and looks like this -



When you lower a Beetle beyond a sensible amount the front wheels can't turn in the arches without fouling, reducing the turning radius radically. To counteract this modifiers narrow the front track of the car by cutting a couple of inches out of the middle of the axle assembly, allowing the wheels to turn again.

The owner of the 911 pictured above has carried out a similar modification.

[xRIEx]

rohrl said:

xRIEx said:

shakotan said:

thetapeworm said:

Veeayt said:

Oh dear


Source: http://fueltank.cc/blog/london-outlaw

That belongs to a friend of a friend, the attention to detail on the restoration is great (it was a wreck to start with) but that front end just ruins the whole thing for me. I suspect it scores huge "scene points" though, for me I'd rather go around corners.

The entire point of a narrowed beam is so that it CAN go around corners.

Beam?

The front axle assembly of a VW Beetle is known as a beam and looks like this -



When you lower a Beetle beyond a sensible amount the front wheels can't turn in the arches without fouling, reducing the turning radius radically. To counteract this modifiers narrow the front track of the car by cutting a couple of inches out of the middle of the axle assembly, allowing the wheels to turn again.

The owner of the 911 pictured above has carried out a similar modification.

Cheers


Reducing the front track makes it harder to turn, no? (Wheel fouling from lowering as Rohrl mentioned above notwithstanding. )

[forsure]

FELIX_5 said:

Those bonnet bulges/intakes look like they've come from the top of a couple of Ford Thames vans.

[Captainawesome]

Dear god......why????

For sale if anyone is interested in a 185,000 mile max powered M5....no?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1992-BMW-M5-3-5-4dr-/252...

[anonymous-user]

Otter Smacker said:

800bhp?

Wrong thread...

[ambuletz]

another post-gym find while out earlier. (cropped the photo a little)




318ci, spoiler, exhaust, bonnet vents, lowered.the camber was very off aswell. looking at the photos they stripped the interior too. cheap track car? will the spoiler even do anything?

[Valgar]

ambuletz said:

another post-gym find while out earlier. (cropped the photo a little)




318ci, spoiler, exhaust, bonnet vents, lowered.the camber was very off aswell. looking at the photos they stripped the interior too. cheap track car? will the spoiler even do anything?

I'm not 'down with the kids' but woundn't those tires rub the arches?

[Valgar]

ambuletz said:

another post-gym find while out earlier. (cropped the photo a little)




318ci, spoiler, exhaust, bonnet vents, lowered.the camber was very off aswell. looking at the photos they stripped the interior too. cheap track car? will the spoiler even do anything?

I'm not 'down with the kids' but wouldn't those tires rub the arches?

[DaveyBoyWonder]

While I appreciate the work thats gone into that Porsche, it just seems like the front beam thing has been done purely to make it look like a rich mans slammed Beetle. Would have been epic if it'd been left normal up front with those wheels.

Suppose its making some 20-something have a good tug on Instagram though.

[AlexHat]

FELIX_5 said:

Get rid of the stupid bonnet vents and change the wheels back to standard and you have a subtly modded car

[dudleybloke]

Captainawesome said:

Dear god......why????

For sale if anyone is interested in a 185,000 mile max powered M5....no?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1992-BMW-M5-3-5-4dr-/252...

I quite like that if the spoiler wasn't on it.

[INWB]

Veeayt said:

Oh dear


Source: http://fueltank.cc/blog/london-outlaw

Love the bike but the Porsche makes me weep a little. What a waste and likely driven by some hipster tt

[xRIEx]

Captainawesome said:

Dear god......why????

For sale if anyone is interested in a 185,000 mile max powered M5....no?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1992-BMW-M5-3-5-4dr-/252...

Apart from the stupid wing, I quite like that with the boxy arches.