Car mods no one seems to do any more

[Vitorio]

DiscoColin said:

You should have used the notorious Carisma 911 - a monstrosity so noteworthy that it even had its own PH thread...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

IMHO, only RWB should be allowed to do more then simple mods on 911s, they are so far the only ones able to pull it off.

[mrpenks]

Viper stripes and those bloody awful turbo whistlers for the exhaust tip

[AlexRS2782]

Speaking of spark plugs, back in the F&F days I lost count of the number of people chucking a wired up spark plug into the exhaust tip to create a "race look" flamer kit

SystemParanoia said:

I see your delta, and raise you Myhneer

They named all of their kits after the different aliens in Babylon 5 iirc.

[slipstream 1985]

McGtfour said:

LED Valve caps and those rather odd 'Delta' bodykits, never understood what look they were going for!

It's like the car version of a cleffed palet

[anonymous-user]

slipstream 1985 said:

McGtfour said:

LED Valve caps and those rather odd 'Delta' bodykits, never understood what look they were going for!

It's like the car version of a cleffed palet

I think you mean "cleft palate" .

[Malachimon]

AdeTuono said:

I bought one last week...everything you said there, and more.

What? No pink?

[NJH]

I can remember about 20 years ago seeing my brother put a pin stripe on a mini they had painted, not hand painted on like on RR but a tape you could find easily back then in either black or white. His boss was very much a man of the 70s and claimed every car looked better with a pin stripe along each side. This was before Bangle came along and styled all the BMWs with ridiculous swage lines which every other car designed since has more or less copied. Its true though a lot of old cars did indeed look better with a pin stripe added along each side but I haven't seen this in years including interestingly on classic cars which have been restored, its like RR apart a styling feature that has fallen completely out of favour.

[Spare tyre]

Max power cars around 98 - 02 were just bonkers, at the time it was normal to see, but now - wow

[ajprice]

Spare tyre said:

Max power cars around 98 - 02 were just bonkers, at the time it was normal to see, but now - wow

How about Ford Cosworth whale tail spoilers on cars that werent Cosworths?

[Vitorio]

ajprice said:

How about Ford Cosworth whale tail spoilers on cars that werent Cosworths?

I dont think whale tails look good on cosworths either They indicate a certain level of performance, and look purposeful, but i still think they are ugly

[e21Mark]

Dimma kitted 205's and 5 GTT's.

Mind you, they seem to be making a bit of a come back.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[MrGeoff]

Fast and Furious quotes on cars, oh wait...

[Altsel]

"Wayne & Tracy " upper windscreen banners??

[daytonagone]

Ruuud Mercs...190Es with SEC bonnets
Aye

[paralla]

I once bought a mk1 V6 Capri mostly because it was loaded with period correct mods.

8 ball gear knob, rainbow metal flake window tint, rear window louvre, extra gauges (it already had loads), slash cut chrome pipes and tubular extractors. It sounded epic but sadly rusted away.

[markymarkthree]

Bring back "deep button draylon" I say.

[Gunk]

I remember having my brand new car being pulled apart to fit one of these bad boys

[MattS5]

No mention of CB radio yet?
On the AM frequency of course, not the latter FM when it was legalised.

Edited by MattS5 on Friday 19th August 09:06

[Morningside]

MattS5 said:

No mention of CB radio yet?
On the AM frequency of course, not the latter FM when it was legalised.

Don't forget the 'idiot light' or PA speaker.

[smn159]

Shoehorning a graphic equaliser underneath your top of the line radio-cassette player