Ghey car mods.....which is the worst?

[TheProfessor]

So a friend and I were arguing over what we believed to be the most fugly ghey car mods we've seen:

1) hubcap spinners
2) labmo door conversions
3) light up washer nozzles
4) unpainted body kits
5) putting Type R stickers on anything but a Type R
6) single windshield wiper arm
7) light up pedals
8) ...

What am I missing?

[wtom]

Light-up Honda, Acura, etc. emblems

[Kevin@nextmod]

Light up shift knobs
painting the hood black faking its carbon fiber
Ugly lime green color car with red flame vinyls...

[3GFX]

1) hubcap spinners
2) labmo door conversions
3) light up washer nozzles
4) unpainted body kits
5) putting Type R stickers on anything but a Type R
6) single windshield wiper arm
7) light up pedals
8) light up emblems
9) light up shift knobs
10) painting your hood black when its not carbon fibre
11) tire lettering paint
12)

[wtom]

tire lettering paint


What's that?


I know I'm gonna get flamed by a few ppl here but I have to say it ... retrofitting or DIY-ing obvious mods that belong to higher-end cars (almost proprietary) to fit on your econo-box. *puts on heat-resistant bullet-proof suit

[3GFX]

You can buy paint for tires, so for example if you want white letters or white wall you can do it yourself. I'm really not a fan. If you want white walls or white lettering, just buy a tire that has it. (not nescessarily sport compact guys)

[TheProfessor]

Oooh, I forgot about the people who paint their hoods black to fake carbon fibre.....that's a good one (i.e. quite pathetic).

[MajesticBlueNTO]

this is more ghetto than ghey, but those that buy only 2 rims and floss it until they can afford the other 2...often times riding with black steelies on the non-drive wheels.

[wtom]

WTF ... in that case ... basically any ghey mods that make your econo box look like a wannabe luxury/highend car!

EDIT: Love how ricer related threads have the most traffic :D

[S.F.W.]

That was relaly tough, they are all Fugly

My vote goes to hubcap spinners. Although, light up pedals(especially when powered by 9 volt battery), is very close.

[Kevin@nextmod]

You guys missed one......

The bench table spoilers.....Its never too small for a Wing...

[wtom]

Hey Ami there use to be a Sentra parked out in the garage over near where you sit that had chrome hubcap spinners! After two weeks here, I noticed the spinner portion was taken off! Hahahahaha

The thing about wings is that large ones can actually come stock! Albeit an upgrade of course. More particularly should be those airplane wing spoilers! The aluminum ones ... ;)

Or sh!tboxes with Supra-wannabe spoilers.

Also add HUGE catfish grilles with wannabe FMIC openings...

[Kevin@nextmod]

Also trying to fit an integra aftermarket bumper in a neon....(and yes...it happens...this brown guy did it on his neon at school - no offence ot anyone)

putting a RSX type S mugen spoiler on a TSX and a Civic...Fugly

[wtom]

yeah really no need to point out nationalities. I've seen rice from every nationality of driver ... just some more often than others ... since I live in a neighbourhood consisting mostly of that colour ... okay i'll stop now.

[Wild Weasel]

Nothing wrong with mods that improve the car. That's why you SHOULD mod it. To make it better!

I'm gonna say anything that involves fake carbon fibre or anything else pretending to be something its not.

Also, anything that makes the car worse than originally designed for any reason.

This includes things like putting springs on dampers that can't handle them, cutting springs, putting in aftermarket steering wheels with no airbags, removing DRL's, etc.

[mEtH]

nothing tops the air dam addons that are popping up everywhere now. I saw a toyota minivan with one of the roof, hood, and the front fenders...

[Broli]

Also trying to fit an integra aftermarket bumper in a neon....(and yes...it happens...this brown guy did it on his neon at school - no offence ot anyone)


farkin brown guys!

lol

fake CS i dont like,
accent pieces that dont match the car look

UNDERGLOW KITS

[Caz]

Fake disc brakes, looks like a aluminum pie plate with no caliper.

I found dummy brembo caliper covers on ebay check it out

http://cgi.ebay.com/BREMBO-LOOK-DUMMY-BRAKE-CALIPER-COVERS-SET-OF-4_W0QQitemZ230112888373QQihZ013QQcategoryZ43117QQr dZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

[WhiteSpeed3]

wat about coloured wiper blades

[MazdaTree]

Light up Exhaust tips & Light up licence plate frames LOL

[chinsterr]

exhaust with lights around it .. i saw it on a neon once (i think crappy tire sells em)

[chinsterr]

hahaha looks like Andrew beat me to the exhaust comment ..

[3GFX]

1) hubcap spinners
2) lambo door conversions
3) light up washer nozzles
4) unpainted body kits
5) putting Type R stickers on anything but a Type R
6) single windshield wiper arm
7) light up pedals
8) light up emblems
9) light up shift knobs
10) painting your hood black when its not carbon fibre
11) tire lettering paint
12) oversize spoilers
13) throwing parts on that don't fit
14) cutting springs
15) fake hood scoops, and non-functional scoops in general
16) fake disc brakes
17) coloured wiper blades
18) light up exhausts
19) light up liscence plate frames
20)

[Broli]

again . . UNDERGLOW KITS

[3GFX]

ahem....what?









temporary blindness, I can't help it

[ZeroChalk]

carbon fiber hoods, hydraulics, angel eyes, loud exhausts, subs that shake the buildings..

[swales]

Not really a mod, but I hate those "Powered By_____" stickers.

No shit your Civic is "Powered By Honda" :loco

[ZeroChalk]

racing seats, five point harnesses, roll cage in an economy car, fire extinguishers in the front (you could keep one in the trunk, I guess), fake guages, padded seat belts, doilies/slip covers on the seats, furry steering wheels, fake boot on automatic cars to make them look manual.

man, I could go on and on..

[Cardinal Fang]

Curtains on the inside of your car window and steering wheel covers that look like cloth. My dad has one of those steering wheel covers. :loco

[Broli]

ahem....what?









temporary blindness, I can't help it


lol, i will forgive it this time Dave!!

damn Zero . . got quite a list!

[DrunknFoo]

Bullet holes and those car piercings (WTF!)

[3GFX]

lmao, this thread is to hilarious.

[mEtH]

Am I gonna start another war by bringing up the unibrow?

[Wild Weasel]

OMG!! I've never seen those fake caliper covers before. That's hilarious!!!

As for all the "lighted this", "lighted that" stuff... individually, most of it is pretty ghetto but if you've done some quality lighting mods and can flip a switch and have the whole car light up like the Las Vegas strip, I think that can be cool as hell. It's just very rarely done well.

And I like underglow lighting, so long as none of the light sources are actually visible.

As for seat belt pads... hey... some people like them and find them more comfortable. Nothing wrong with that. I've got one on the passenger side in my car and one in the back, because my wife likes them and sits in either of those locations on a regular basis.

Stupid gimmicky mods like furry steering wheel covers really aren't in the spirit of this thread, are they? I mean... that's all about personal preference and doesn't really hurt anything. I don't think of them as having anything to do with automotive styling but, rather, as a personal style statement from the person who owns the car. So they really like Hello Kitty. Whatever.

Fire extinguisher in the trunk is a great idea. I keep telling myself to get one and just haven't got to it yet.

Fire extinguisher on the A-pillar is a head injury just waiting to happen. If you're going to put it in the cabin, it should be mounted on the floor somewhere so you can get to it conveniently, but it won't become a projectile in a crash.

[Broli]

unibrows are dead sexy meth!
u hater!

lol

let me clarify on underglow, if ur car has no body kit . . . dont put on underglow kits,

if u have a body kit, and the underglow goes with the car, maybe it is ok, particularly on a show car.

even if u can have mulitple colours . . please pick one!!

and of course do not let the light sources be visible!

[TheProfessor]

I forgot one that doesn't happen much these days but some of the old schoolers might remember them:

Fake Fuba-style antenna's. People with Civic's would put the Euro style antenna on their car but it would be fake, so they'd actually have two :bang

[swales]

Fake Fuba-style antenna's. People with Civic's would put the Euro style antenna on their car but it would be fake, so they'd actually have two :bang

HAHA....Ya everybody had those in the late 90's

[chinsterr]

white rims on candy coloured cars

[wtom]

Safe to say the ricers are the ones who don't go on forums or to meets? :)

[Wild Weasel]

I forgot one that doesn't happen much these days but some of the old schoolers might remember them:

Fake Fuba-style antenna's. People with Civic's would put the Euro style antenna on their car but it would be fake, so they'd actually have two :bang

heh. This just goes with my "fake stuff" comment above. Poser mods suck ass. :chuckle


white rims on candy coloured cars

Hey. Screw you! I like my white wheels! :flaming :chuckle

[saintjames7]

white rims on candy coloured cars


LMAO

[Sean80]

How about people that have stereo's in their car that are worth double the value of their car???

Also, what is with the lambo doors??? I have now seen two civics here in Peterborough with them. They look horrid, and not to mention stupid!!! I'll try to get some pics next time I see them for you guys.

[3GFX]

I'm a fan of properly done lambo doors, not gonna lie. What bothers me is when there is only one :p. I've heard of a guy who pulled up to a timmies and opens his lambo door and gets out. His gf on the other hand has to get out the regular door.

[bubba1983]

PRIMER BODY KITS!

when you roll around in your ugly primer body kit for MONTHS ON END!

[TheProfessor]

For me the worst part of lambo doors is how expensive the conversion is. It's not like a couple hundred bucks, it's like a grand!

[Wild Weasel]

How about people that have stereo's in their car that are worth double the value of their car???

Also, what is with the lambo doors??? I have now seen two civics here in Peterborough with them. They look horrid, and not to mention stupid!!! I'll try to get some pics next time I see them for you guys.

Nothing wrong with the stereo if that's all the guy cares about. If they don't give a rat's ass about the car but like to enjoy their tunes, then that's the way to go, right?

As for the lambo doors... my problem with them is that for the most part, they're a hassle to use and nothing but a big inconvenience. This goes in my category of mods that are downgrades for the car.

If someone had some that worked like a real exotic... you pulled the handle and they went up like butter with no effort, then I'd be impressed. Most of them however are far from that. You have to push them out slightly, then lift them up enough that the strut helps out. Then to close them, you have to bring it down most of the way, then make sure it's lined up, then close the door normally. It's stupid and annoying.

[WhiteSpeed3]

i have helped install lambo doors on a suburban and they are a biatch to install and they are really floppy

[-RJ3-]

Here's my share...
Remember the
---Turbo sound whistle... hhaha I actually was going to buy that for the sunbird for curiosity..
---The Turbo Air filter that doesnt do 5hit!!!
---The fake a-pillar that has a compass a clock, and a temperature gauge..
---Blacklight effect of air freshners and gadgets installed on your dash
---A car model on the dash (that isn't your brand of car)
---fake CF gas cover that ends up to be an adhesive label
---Gotta love the reflectors to mimic side markers.
---Lastly, I've seen a car in a parking lot with his car alarm LED replaced with strobe lights... Distracting ..

[3GFX]

I've got one for the top of the list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8KpMBJxn88

[-RJ3-]

Lmao!!!!!! We Have A Winner!!!!

[garboui]

lol lambo doors. theres two cavaliers that show up at tim hortons in pickering sometimes. they both have lambo doors on the front. yes i said front these are 4 door cavaliers with only front lambo doors. they also both have GIANT body kits and the bumpers are like park benches. ones red with a giant wing, the other is kawasaki green with white rims. both also have multicolour underglow and an allotment of flashy things across that dash.

oh i also forgot to mention the 6" exhaust tips and the black hood on the green one.

[chinsterr]

For me the worst part of lambo doors is how expensive the conversion is. It's not like a couple hundred bucks, it's like a grand!

I actually helped install a set of these on my buddies cav. I think he got the kit for 400? Again, quality is an issue... they were a bitch to put on.

[b]

I've got one for the top of the list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8KpMBJxn88

Dash. I was just going to post that up when I saw you did.

[Flagrum_3]

Everything seems to have been mentioned here that I've seen, except maybe the chrome tint which other than on a silver car, I think it looks like shite.But another thing the consencus seems to be everyone does not like lambo doors, but I'm wondering what you guys think of Suicide doors?....I was tinkering with the idea in the future of doing the rear doors Suicide and shaving the handles.....kool or not?


_3


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[TheProfessor]

Ron, I don't like the idea. Unless you plan on putting your MZ3 into shows I doubt you'll ever really be able to 'show them off'. Shaved door handles are more trouble than they're worth IMO also.

In case you missed it, that's a no on the door idea ;)

[Wild Weasel]

I'm all for them if they work perfectly, but that's easier to want than to accomplish. :)

[ZeroChalk]

...
- Misplaced spoilers (the hood, hatchback (mid), roof)
- Tint films on the rear of the car so it looks like they have no brake lights.
- Excessive number of fog lights
- 60km/h flashing left turn and right turn signals
- Fast and the furious paint schemes
- All the components you have in your car (side door, back window)
- Lcd screens plastered everywhere in your car (back head rest, dash, the ceiling, the trunk) - you can get away with this in suburbia but not d/t
- Mirrored tints - fading tints
- Wrong badging on your car
- License plates that are diagonal on the trunk or bumper
- Shaved handles

[TheProfessor]

...
- License plates that are diagonal on the trunk or bumper


I still don't understand why this is so popular with the small truck crowd....it's fugly!

[Broli]

^ yes it is hideous civic hatchbacks and minivans see it on them all the time

[WhiteSpeed3]

my buddy had a customer go into his shop wanting a intake and exhaust for his "truck" wen he told me wat kind of "truck" i started laughing in front of the guys it was a caravan last time i checked its not a truck but he did it anyways funny to see and hear i think he was going to put a sti style hood scoop on to

[Fuman]

6) single windshield wiper arm <-- this came standard on the benz c230 back like a decade ago... my guardian has one

[Kevin@nextmod]

Windsheild wiper spoilers or fins?

[Fuman]

1 wiper...

wtf fins on the wipers?

[ZeroChalk]

1 wiper...

wtf fins on the wipers?

Go to Canadian tire.

[spyder]

Fake disc brakes, looks like a aluminum pie plate with no caliper.

I found dummy brembo caliper covers on ebay check it out

http://cgi.ebay.com/BREMBO-LOOK-DUMMY-BRAKE-CALIPER-COVERS-SET-OF-4_W0QQitemZ230112888373QQihZ013QQcategoryZ43117QQr dZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

Damn....now that someone is making fun of these...I can't get them:chuckle

Spyder

[wingnut12]

-Cars lowered 3'' running on rubber bands.
-Showing up at a meet looking EXACTlY like 5 other cars in the club
-Fart cans that stick out 4" from the car at a 45 degree angle
-20" rims on an econobox
-3' wings
-Hearing the rattling of cars with no sound deadening
-Big rims on cars with drum brakes, then painting said drums

[-RJ3-]

geeeze the ghey mods keep coming and coming.... OOOH OOOH i know... Racing seats that don't match the interior of the car...
WAIT...

Seat covers that look like racing seats... NOW THATS RICE (NOS!!!! BRAND)

How about lowered cars to the point they are scraping, and when they hit bumps they bounce like a diving board.

[justin]

Neon pedals powered by a 9 volt battery a la GreyGun.

Worst, stupidest and most dangerous mod ever.

Or... putting stickers on your car for mods you don't even have.

I hate that those Powered By ---------- decals.

[Skarbro]

Too many to list.

[garboui]

my #1 vote for worst mod that i was reminded of last night bu some budds.

-your million neon lights and shitty amps that are hooked up wrong so they stay on and destroyed your battery so now you lways have to have some friends around to help push your car to start it every time because you killed your battery and your too cheap to spend the $89 at can-tie for a new one.

[Wild Weasel]

Well... piss poor installation is piss poor installation no matter what the mod is, right?

[justin]

I still don't understand why this is so popular with the small truck crowd....it's fugly!

+1... i could never get that.... i've seen a few modded civics with that too.... talk about fugly!!!!

[Houndskull]

I've got one for the top of the list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8KpMBJxn88

ok thats just horrible totally FUGLY. what the hell was he thinking

[Houndskull]

-Cars lowered 3'' running on rubber bands.
-Showing up at a meet looking EXACTlY like 5 other cars in the club
-Fart cans that stick out 4" from the car at a 45 degree angle
-20" rims on an econobox
-3' wings
-Hearing the rattling of cars with no sound deadening
-Big rims on cars with drum brakes, then painting said drums

hey you forgot those decals on their windshield that say TURBO? and they're driving a sunfire or cavalier. or the shiny steel rim cover to mimic bling2x rims...