. It is pretty tough to decide if you will do stuff to your car illegally but if it looks good......I don't know UGGGGGGH.Favorite type of car
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If I got a car I would get a black sedan with tinted windows. Who gives if it illegal. I don't care. I would make it look Italian Mafia style. Next I would want to get a Jaguar. They are pretty nice cars. The only problem is PPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! . It is pretty tough to decide if you will do stuff to your car illegally but if it looks good......I don't know UGGGGGGH.
. It is pretty tough to decide if you will do stuff to your car illegally but if it looks good......I don't know UGGGGGGH.
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Well... My only experience with illegal car mods are what my step-brother did to his truck: he put stack pipes on it.
Now... I live in a quiet neighborhood, he lives in a quiet neighborhood, and my father and his mother live together in a really quiet neighborhood. And for those of you who don't know, stack pipes are what you install on your vehicle when you want loud roaring flames to come out of it.
Needless to say, he's out of place everywhere he goes.
So now having experienced the utter stupidity of car mods, I doubt I'll ever be getting any of my own (I'd need to own a car for that anyway).
Now... I live in a quiet neighborhood, he lives in a quiet neighborhood, and my father and his mother live together in a really quiet neighborhood. And for those of you who don't know, stack pipes are what you install on your vehicle when you want loud roaring flames to come out of it.
Needless to say, he's out of place everywhere he goes.
So now having experienced the utter stupidity of car mods, I doubt I'll ever be getting any of my own (I'd need to own a car for that anyway).
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On looking illegal:
Is "look illegal" a slang term for something? Or, are you specifically talking about making the car look as if it's not up to legal road specifications without actually being illegal? Or, are you talking more about making it look as if the driver were a profile stereotype of a law-breaking group, such as gangsters? Difficult to answer, when one does not understand the question.
On the utter stupidity of car mods:
I can't make this same statement myself, since the car I usually drive from day to day is a light blue Toyota Celica with an oversized rear wing and aero skirting. But, I do think car mod extensions should look like they belong there, rather than hastily tacked on. I have seen a few really cool cars out there, and a heck of a lot more crappy ones, especially small sporty import coupes in the same genre as my celica. The Mitsubishi Eclipse in particular seems targeted for bad aftermarket clutter, but the domestic Mustang (well, domestic if you drive on the left side of your car and the right side of the road, anyway) seems almost as cursed.
My wife's principle vehicle, doubling as my second--usually when we're travelling together--is a Chevy Avalanche. Not known for their good looks to begin with, we did add a chrome step rail, which with some of its other accents does help make it look pretty good, at least as far as big trucks go. One of the rear view mirrors has a chrome accent--I accidently bashed the original backing out of the garage. Sometime soon I'll need to have the other mirror replaced, so it looks even.
Most pickup truck mods are even worse than car mods. Trying to make a huge brick aerodynamic with a rear wing and ground effects is pretty oxymoronic. Lowering the truck to the ground kind of defeats the point of being a truck. I can understand raising the suspension to a point, but not everyone needs to drive the monster truck Bigfoot in their daily commute in and out of suburbia. And, without even getting into the ecology of the situation, just how big do you want your truck to be, when gas prices are going through the roof? Do you really need a front grille protector and off-road hardware if you're not actually going off-road?
One final thing: Hood covers. Why do people put them on the front of their cars? I know, to keep the bugs off, and to keep it clean. To make sure the car continues to look nice. But... The effect is lost, if you're driving around town with the thing still on. If your car looks like an Autobot bank robber, it doesn't look cool, it looks dorky.
I know, not my usual "resolving the paradox of infinite space and an expanding universe." But, car bras look dorky!
Is "look illegal" a slang term for something? Or, are you specifically talking about making the car look as if it's not up to legal road specifications without actually being illegal? Or, are you talking more about making it look as if the driver were a profile stereotype of a law-breaking group, such as gangsters? Difficult to answer, when one does not understand the question.
On the utter stupidity of car mods:
I can't make this same statement myself, since the car I usually drive from day to day is a light blue Toyota Celica with an oversized rear wing and aero skirting. But, I do think car mod extensions should look like they belong there, rather than hastily tacked on. I have seen a few really cool cars out there, and a heck of a lot more crappy ones, especially small sporty import coupes in the same genre as my celica. The Mitsubishi Eclipse in particular seems targeted for bad aftermarket clutter, but the domestic Mustang (well, domestic if you drive on the left side of your car and the right side of the road, anyway) seems almost as cursed.
My wife's principle vehicle, doubling as my second--usually when we're travelling together--is a Chevy Avalanche. Not known for their good looks to begin with, we did add a chrome step rail, which with some of its other accents does help make it look pretty good, at least as far as big trucks go. One of the rear view mirrors has a chrome accent--I accidently bashed the original backing out of the garage. Sometime soon I'll need to have the other mirror replaced, so it looks even.
Most pickup truck mods are even worse than car mods. Trying to make a huge brick aerodynamic with a rear wing and ground effects is pretty oxymoronic. Lowering the truck to the ground kind of defeats the point of being a truck. I can understand raising the suspension to a point, but not everyone needs to drive the monster truck Bigfoot in their daily commute in and out of suburbia. And, without even getting into the ecology of the situation, just how big do you want your truck to be, when gas prices are going through the roof? Do you really need a front grille protector and off-road hardware if you're not actually going off-road?
One final thing: Hood covers. Why do people put them on the front of their cars? I know, to keep the bugs off, and to keep it clean. To make sure the car continues to look nice. But... The effect is lost, if you're driving around town with the thing still on. If your car looks like an Autobot bank robber, it doesn't look cool, it looks dorky.
I know, not my usual "resolving the paradox of infinite space and an expanding universe." But, car bras look dorky!
Taking a Gestalt approach, since it's the "in" thing...
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The problem with making your car look like a mobster's is having real mobsters shooting at you. At the very least, they might tail you, seeing as you're a new kid in town, and get a bit put out for leading them on a wild goose chase.
And, don't mistake them for Freeborn werewolves!
"The way I sees it now, you have two choices..."
"Bite me!"
"OK, schmarty pants..." (draws out Tommy gun and fires...)
And, don't mistake them for Freeborn werewolves!
"The way I sees it now, you have two choices..."
"Bite me!"
"OK, schmarty pants..." (draws out Tommy gun and fires...)
Taking a Gestalt approach, since it's the "in" thing...
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Scott Gardener wrote:The problem with making your car look like a mobster's is having real mobsters shooting at you. At the very least, they might tail you, seeing as you're a new kid in town, and get a bit put out for leading them on a wild goose chase.
And, don't mistake them for Freeborn werewolves!
"The way I sees it now, you have two choices..."
"Bite me!"
"OK, schmarty pants..." (draws out Tommy gun and fires...)
ahem....
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The underlined sections had me rolling for a while. Thanks Scott, I needed that.Scott Gardener wrote:Most pickup truck mods are even worse than car mods. Trying to make a huge brick aerodynamic with a rear wing and ground effects is pretty oxymoronic. Lowering the truck to the ground kind of defeats the point of being a truck. I can understand raising the suspension to a point, but not everyone needs to drive the monster truck Bigfoot in their daily commute in and out of suburbia. And, without even getting into the ecology of the situation, just how big do you want your truck to be, when gas prices are going through the roof? Do you really need a front grille protector and off-road hardware if you're not actually going off-road?
One final thing: Hood covers. Why do people put them on the front of their cars? I know, to keep the bugs off, and to keep it clean. To make sure the car continues to look nice. But... The effect is lost, if you're driving around town with the thing still on. If your car looks like an Autobot bank robber, it doesn't look cool, it looks dorky.
I know, not my usual "resolving the paradox of infinite space and an expanding universe." But, car bras look dorky!
a hell alot of power 
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Shadowblaze wrote:My ideal car has two wheels and is a motorcycle.
Two wheels, eh? Well, check this out!!
http://www.stuntteam.nl/video/rinse.wmv
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A Dutch site? Hmm.Figarou wrote:Shadowblaze wrote:My ideal car has two wheels and is a motorcycle.
Two wheels, eh? Well, check this out!!
http://www.stuntteam.nl/video/rinse.wmv
Scott Gardener wrote: I'd be afraid to shift if I were to lose control. If I just looked fuggly, I'd simply be annoyed every full moon.
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