Car mods no one seems to do any more

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I would always fit a 3rd brake light to all new cars, I guess now that they have been a standard feature since the mid 90s there's no need

What else don't we do anymore

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supertouring said:

Bullet hole stickers

I got them to other people's cars to piss em off and because I'm a tt

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Impasse said:

A red light tucked away above the rear diff.

Never heard of that one I'm only a youngen though, what was the purpose if any

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Doug Phillips said:

So that you could show off the jag IRS diff, that you had grafted onto your motor I have once seen one on a Vaxhall Rascle van, with a Perspex rear door and a rover V8 in the back

Kerwality

Incidentally I'm after a bit swish camper van, sadly the only thing in my budget seems to be rascal campers

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Zerotonine said:

Crikey I remember those, my dad wouldn't get one for his car

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Monkeylegend said:

My first car was a Morris Mini Minor 850 De Lux which I bought in 1969.

It had 3" wheel spacers which knackered the wheel bearings several times.

Wheel arch extensions not painted to match, attached with self tappers into little holes I drilled straight through the wings with no protection which then rusted.

A straight through Peco twin back box, for an 850 :hehe;

Double yellow insulating tape racing stickers/lines which ran from from the rear to front bumper. The car was maroon

Black insulating tape crosses over the front headlights.

A steering wheel the size of a six pence piece with no horn button which I could hardly turn, no power steering in those days.

I fitted a full dashboard with about 6 extra instruments, none of which were ever connected.

I put a Mini Cooper S sticker on the back made with dyno tape, remember dyno tape.

I extended the hole in the floor where the 6 foot gear stick came through because the rear engine mounts were knackered which dropped the engine back so it wouldn't go into 2nd or 4th gear. Don't know why I didn't just renew the engine mounts.

I loved that car

Think the cool kids would now call it oem+

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Shakermaker said:

Spare tyre said:

Doug Phillips said:

So that you could show off the jag IRS diff, that you had grafted onto your motor I have once seen one on a Vaxhall Rascle van, with a Perspex rear door and a rover V8 in the back

Kerwality

Incidentally I'm after a bit swish camper van, sadly the only thing in my budget seems to be rascal campers

As the resident PH Rascal owner, I am duly required to inform you 'there's nothing wrong with a Rascal'

I'd get one, but it won't fit four people in, seen a Suzuki bambi which I guess is the same

Bambi campervan
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/bam...

Edited by Spare tyre on Saturday 13th August 10:04

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99t said:

Have we had this yet?

I had a similar thing for my bmx bike in the late 80s

It had a switch where the bell would typically go, it caused a big stir on our estate

I assume it was all the same chip

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Matt UK said:

A Knight Rider K.I.T.T. Red scanner light!

My mate installed one in his XR2i back in the day.

It was so naff, but also so epically cool!

Old Dutch bloke has had one on his camper at Le Mans for at least 15 years, it's something we always look for when we arrive

When I get my camper I'm getting one in his honour

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Levin said:

It's a regional one, but Laguna splitters are still very much a thing here in Northern Ireland. I've seen them on a variety of diesel VAG cars.

Year 2000 they were popular pocket money mods with my mate

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