Motoring fashions that have died out

[barefoot]

'Jacked up' back axles on Escorts!

[strangeangel]

Bolt On spot lights

 

 

When I got my SIII LR it came with four Ring Rally Giants attached to the bull bar. About a week after I bought it I was out in the sticks on some unlit back road, 'This should be good,' I thought.

 

It wasn't.

 

There was a blinding light for about three seconds, followed by total darkness, then the switch melted and the wiring caught fire. The stupid bastard who fitted them clearly didn't know what relays were for, as he'd wired the whole lot straight into main beam. The 'fuse' didn't blow because it was a nail wrapped in Baco Foil. Thus began seven years of complete and utter misery...

[midnite]

rear spoilers found in scrap yards to fit to old 70s 80s tat that i drove, cos spoilers weren't about like they are now, alloys sprayed white, or steels.

[HH-R]

The stick on door keyhole surrounds that used to say the make or model, probably to hide grot or a break in attempt.

 

Massiv ICE installs with amp, sub and loads of speakers, seems to have died out mostly in the early 00s.

 

Cars blasting out 90s dance music, usually on Galaxy FM.

 

Beaded seat covers, and the baggy, ill fitting seat cover kits you could get from Argos and the like.

 

Giffer spec crooklocks.

[HH-R]

I've got a sun strip! It doesn't say "motorsport" or my name or anything though. It's just blue. I like 'em because the sun invariably pokes through the 0.5 inch gap between the visor and the mirror.

[blakey79]

Fido dido stickers

Delocked Saxos

Laguna splitters on all boy racer cars

NASA sticker sets

Oz alloys

Parcel shelf speakers

Headlamp eyebrows

Novelty tyre caps

[MarvinsMom]

tail fins.

 

what else need i say?

[Supernaut]

Headlight protectors.

 

Y'know, the clear plastic thingies that went over the headlights, shaped for each model of car. Those were ace.

[scaryoldcortina]

Servicing.

[Rocket88]

Engineering

[Supernaut]

In response to the last two replies - cars that the average punter can actually work on / parts that are actually accessible. Some design 'decisions' on modern cars really make me scratch my head. I feel so old but I'm only 28!

[scaryoldcortina]

I meant change the oil and filters, remove the wheels and examine the brakes, look at the rest of it while you are there type servicing. Everything needs that.

[Dippy]

Don't know what your all on about here everyday I see a car with a "ridiculess earth strap that doesn't reach the floor" a chrome exhaust tip and to stop thieves and auto lock handbrake/gear-lever lock.

 

Ooh that's just me and my old chod

[Jim Bell]

Panels that are proudly an alternative colour to the rest of the car.

[oldford]

Those plastic chrome effect pipes you stuck on the end of a standard exhaust pipe to try and fool people into thinking you had an aftermarket exhaust fitted.

 

Mate of mine had one on his X reg Polo, which was an endless source of amusement.

You'll have a right old laugh at these then, they're stuck to the bumper.

 

[Christine]

  185 70 13's  

[hennabm]

Clip on parking lamps.

 

Aftermarket stick on heated rear window element kits.

 

Bolt on rear fog lamps.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

You'll have a right old laugh at these then, they're stuck to the bumper.

 

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So are these,the real tailpipes point down behind the bumper

[jakebullet]

Mission aborted - gone for a spliff stickers.

shopping lists on doors.

 

Fortunately pool ball gear knobs remain the must have accessory for the young man who wants to impress the ladies.

[martc]

Low emission Volkswagens, a thing of the past.

[JayW]

I guess if this is in the back of a car that's just been involved in a major accident it may prompt any rescue workers or witnesses to check again.

That, after all, was their purpose. Not as many think - to get other drivers off your arse.

[andrew e]

So are these,the real tailpipes point down behind the bumperimage.jpg

Not on a 250 petrol W212 they don't....

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Not on a 250 petrol W212 they don't....

Aahh , the mythical post 2010 , lesser spotted petrol engined E Class .

[Vince70]

Those fat Willys surf shack stickers that were common on cars in the 90s and what happened to the turbo sticker ..

[capsuleboy]

CB radio...My Renault 18 came with a CB set and one of those giant magnetic arials on the boot. Plus bead seat covers and one of those plastic tissue box covers on theback shelf...Kept them all when I sold it.

[For Fiats Sake]

Genuine fake sheepskin car seat covers,

Mickey Mouse head aerial toppers,

My other car is  a Ferrari etc stickers,

Plastic man who moons you, ditto nodding dogs,

Road manners and general courtesy.

[Pillock]

Oakley Thermonuclear Protection.

Max Power

Bee Sting aerials

Multifit alloys

Peco Big Bores

[overrun]

Morons driving with front fogs perma-illuminated is rife!

I attribute it to aspirational paupers wishing for a newer vehicle equipped with DRL's - and thankfully they are yet to discover the 'Ring' lighting range.

 

How they long for the day when they too can charge down a fog blanketed motorway with no lighting whatsoever active on the rear of their modern.

[Timewaster]

CND stickers

 

M3 replica mirrors on 1.0 Saxos

 

Fischer C-boxes

 

Ball shape compasses.

[blakey79]

Pepper pot alloys on fiestas

Halford special gear knobs

Go faster stripes

Mudflaps