sierraman Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 What’s the most tackiest modification you can think of? Painting the script on the tyres white - added wanker points if it’s a really bum make like Ceat or Happy Galloper. Personalised monogramed coachlines so something along the likes of P.A in that tacky script type font. Always in gold! davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Lowering. Wilko220, Asimo, lisbon_road and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Loads wind me up, leapers on modern Jags, Chrome initials on the front wings or boot, chrome arch trims etc. Its not just giffer mods that get my goat, there's the odd car on here that are stereotypical barry wagons, I'm sure the owners of the cars are lovely people but the cars are generic family wagons and look like a complete dogs dinner with headlight eyebrows, manufacturer sun strips, questionable vents, too many badges on every panel etc, its almost forgivable if the owners were 17 years old but they aint They definitely qualify for the thread title. Angrydicky, goosey, Lord Sterling and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 There are many different varieties of twat mods. In the last day or 2 I have seen a mk2 Prius with every kind of chrome stick on tat you could imagine, a mk3 golf with the rear wheels at a 30° angle but otherwise very smart and small vans with roof racks, a hundred stick on led lights and stick on dalmatian spots or cow print stickers usually with ruddy faced fat men driving like they own the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 ‘Because Vectra...’ Calipers painted red, badly. I’ve noticed with this they never actually take the caliper off to paint it, there’s always blobs of fucking paint on the hose ferrules. And why red? Ultimate sin - drums painted blue. Just no! Twin exhaust trims on a single pipe. mat777, twosmoke300 and timolloyd 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, willswitchengage said: Lowering. 🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Construction work vans, mainly VW Caddies, which have been lowered so that the sills nearly touch the road on level ground, wearing gloss black Audi alloys. Y tho? Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 @louiepj - its been a while since we've had a status report on your uncle and his automotive affairs.... timolloyd, louiepj, BlankFrank and 8 others 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Me, yesterday. mat777, AnnoyingPentium, GrumpiusMaximus and 24 others 10 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I don’t mind mods too much but not a fan of stupid statement stickers. As above the ‘Because such and such’ one is mince. I saw a Volvo the other day with something like ‘SWEDISH METAL’ on it. There is an S Max going about locally with sun strip that says ‘ST POWER’. I assume it has a 2.5 turbo. It looks like every other S Max. Kind of ruins the subtleness of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 36 minutes ago, Stanky said: @louiepj - its been a while since we've had a status report on your uncle and his automotive affairs.... At one point last summer I was driving past that absolute masterpiece* on a weekly basis. What a machiiiiiiiiiine. louiepj and Stanky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, willswitchengage said: Lowering. 'ere my pile of Jap crap is lowered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 16 minutes ago, iainrcz said: 'ere my pile of Jap crap is lowered! Likewise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Calipers painted red, badly. I’ve noticed with this they never actually take the caliper off to paint it, there’s always blobs of fucking paint on the hose ferrules. And why red? My latest purchase has had this done, they also managed to paint the wheels red in places too, I'm not driving it until I've repainted them as I don't want to look like a chavvy bellend 95 quid Peugeot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Lowering I can go with, slamming is a no from me. stuboy, Mrcento and Jerzy Woking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 My wife’s late grandfather painted the rover emblems on his metros wheel trims and mud flaps with an artists brush and model paint, he was such a proud man . eddyramrod, Angrydicky, howe and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, goosey said: My wife’s late grandfather painted the rover emblems on his metros wheel trims and mud flaps with an artists brush and model paint, he was such a proud man . But how did the results look? goosey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 These white walls you can fit to your tyres. I was fannying around at my garage and heard this flapping noise coming own the lane and this 2018 Honda Jazz rolls in with an old giffer behind the wheel with these flapping around on the wheels. He'd had them fitted to the Jazz (you deflate the tyres, fit these behind the bead then re-inflate) and after a very short while they'd partially detached and were wildly flapping around on the wheels. I couldn't believe they existed never mind that someone had bought them. Kringle, GrumpiusMaximus, Dan_ZTT and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringle Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Hang on let me check my copy of giffer weekly... Ah ha! Or warch, Jerzy Woking, timolloyd and 12 others 5 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I'm remembering my old auntie's K10 Datsun Micra and there was a furry steering wheel cover that would turn while leaving the wheel in the same position if you didn't grip it hard enough, the little Halfords orthopaedic seat cushion, the boot tidy with all manner of cleaning and polishing products, the clip on panoramic rear view mirror and best of all the little picnic tables that clipped into the open window channel so wasps could enjoy your fruity drink, served from a cold thermos from the boot tidy. If Datsun had offered a bifocal windscreen she'd have ticked the option box. 808 Estate, Chris2cv, Jerzy Woking and 14 others 3 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 6 hours ago, sierraman said: What’s the most tackiest modification you can think of? Painting the script on the tyres white - added wanker points if it’s a really bum make like Ceat or Happy Galloper. Personalised monogramed coachlines so something along the likes of P.A in that tacky script type font. Always in gold! My mate did it on his mk 4 tina tyres. Kingpin radial. Sounds like a fat gangster. Shirley Knott and Wilko220 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Stickers you say. National Trust sticker from 1997 to 2021. When he bought the car as a retirement present. And a Fat Willy's surf shack sticker put on by the grandchildren as a piss take. timolloyd and Wilko220 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 My dad had a 12v kettle on a sort of holder that screwed to the console. So basically you could drive along with the kettle going then as you pulled into a potholed lay-by all the boiling hot water would piss out on to the passengers legs. Excellent. What about those white reflective door edge protectors, never understood the point of those as they just chafed all the paint away where they sat on the door. Car Bra... those big rubber things you can fit to the bonnet to stop stone chips. Always on some proper cock whose in the owners club. What are those devices chavs fit to a diesel to make it go whoosh when they lift off? The results make it sound like as asthmatic climbing Mam-Tor. FakeConcern, davehedgehog31, privatewire and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I've got a sticker on my T2 that says, 'I don't care if your dad used to have one', I am obviously a complete twat. Timewaster, privatewire, Cluffy and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 10 hours ago, Timewaster said: But how did the results look? Sadly on the mud flaps the paint didn’t take to the rubber to well and ran slightly, it looked like the logo had melted Timewaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Do you still get those strips hanging from under the car intended to earth the chassis? If so why? warch and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I've got one of those on the Dacia. Saddest looking mod is the chrome numberplate surround and LED rear lights on the Freight Rover Sherpa 😂 privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 My siggy pic.... Case rests michael t and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitzer Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 #SENDNUDES sticker attached vertically on a bimmer cabrio windshield. I kid you not. The rest of the car just complemented the whole "wannabe pimp/coke dealer" impression. And yes, the driver wore white tracksuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 12 hours ago, iainrcz said: 'ere my pile of Jap crap is lowered! So is my gallic beauty of an espace... just one corner though. I suspect I've broken a spring. Tenmil Socket, motorpunk, Skizzer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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