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Old 12-29-2010, 10:00 AM
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Automotive Fads
There has been quite an amount of fads over the years, weither or not they became a trend or history, where attractive or hideous, what are some of the automotive fads you remember?
Here are some i can think of

-metal spoilers

-altezzas

-universal 3" mufflers

-blacked out

-spinners

-HIDs
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buick vents

z3 gills

hids arent really a fad - they do offer better lighting than normal lighting

halos

audi leds
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rust hood
pin striping
murals
root beer brown metal flake
mini trucks
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Multi-colored body panels held together with zip-ties on drifter wannabe cars...
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buick vents
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band aids!
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curb feelers
those door/window strips
those chrome wheel fender strips
those shades/vents for the back windows (cant remember their name, lol)

SOME OLD SCHOOL STUFF RITE HERA
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CB antenna
3' long exhaust sticking straight up.
chicken wire mesh grills
carbon fiber body panels on daily commuter cars
carbon fiber"look" stick on tape.
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Chrome on the edge of the doors
Loud stereos
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murdered out is already getting ready for the grave

LS1 swaps are being called a fad as well now, apparently theyre on the decline which is good
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Chrome rims
Neon underglow
strobe lights
huge spoilers
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Omg underglow!!! My friend is obsessed with it lol has a million back up bulbs lol
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Old 12-29-2010, 05:43 PM
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black wheels with polished lip

smoked tails

smoked headlight covers

9" tachometer

8k+ HIDs in halogen housings
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Originally Posted by zero2sixtyZ
black wheels with polished lip

smoked tails

smoked headlight covers

9" tachometer

8k+ HIDs in halogen housings
My 8ks in the halogen housings blind the hell out of people. Its hilarious
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13 and 14 inch deep dish wire wheels, huge rolled exhaust tips, neon windshield nozzles, bumper to bumper vinyl graphics, and to top it all off... cut springs on steel wheels with no hub caps
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calvin peeing on "insert brand here"

Once saw a Toyota pickup with Calvin Peeing on Ford Peeing on GM Peeing on Dodge. Was like a waterfall.
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Originally Posted by ampire
calvin peeing on "insert brand here"

Once saw a Toyota pickup with Calvin Peeing on Ford Peeing on GM Peeing on Dodge. Was like a waterfall.
LoL that's actually funny! Here where I live, the bubba trucks still rock those calvin pee stickers...
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Originally Posted by Krazy01maxSE
My 8ks in the halogen housings blind the hell out of people. Its hilarious
Yeah dude, hilarious.
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Candy paint with them Big Wheels
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A n.a. car with the front bumper cover hacked up to fit an oversized intercooler pretending to have forced induction...
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chrome double-blade windshield wipers
anyone remember two tone silver/black tint?
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chrome double-blade windshield wipers
anyone remember two tone silver/black tint?
The homies still have the two tone tint here LoL
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Stillen lip.
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WELL **** HOW ABOUT JUST ANYTHING AFTERMARKET IS A FUCIKING FAD!
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Low/slammage and stance seem to be the big things right now. It's nice to see something like that being a trend as opposed to something stupid and ricer (ahem altezzas and fart cannons).
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Originally Posted by Stormzusmc
hids arent really a fad - they do offer better lighting than normal lighting

halos

audi leds
Says the man with all these things
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Originally Posted by Ninety9gle
Says the man with all these things
indeed

im guilty to follow the bandwagon as well if i like something
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stickerbomb-ugly as hell 99% of the time.

i dont follow 'fads'
i just do what i like-it my phuckin car
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Originally Posted by dayyummCYNTHiA
band aids!
BISHES BE HATIN ON MUH BANDAIDS





SN: minitrucks arent a fad, its just like any other automotive 'modding' its their own section. i'm defending because i'm an ex minitrucker...never got into bags i was only static, but the time and work they put into it
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i forgot about those led windsheild nozzels hahaha
i remeber people would get pulled over for that crap

also remember a fad can evolve into a trend... it dosent nessicarily have to be an ugly thing of the past like metal spoilers.
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Originally Posted by phatboislim
BISHES BE HATIN ON MUH BANDAIDS





SN: minitrucks arent a fad, its just like any other automotive 'modding' its their own section. i'm defending because i'm an ex minitrucker...never got into bags i was only static, but the time and work they put into it

it's not my fault you can't fix your boo boo! lol! stop wrecking it. lol. ain't saying nothing wrong with the band aid. it beame a fad so watch who ur calling a b!tch sir!
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when i said bishes i meant nothing derogatory by it was a general saying not meant to you specifically, and you know nothing about my financial situation/unemployment at the time this occured so as far as CANT fix it, right now its a matter of when as i'm now thinking if i should (while i gather other parts to get painted) or shouldnt, as this has become MY staple locally and on this forum as what people know me by.
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Stick on Speedholes/Buick Vents

Lack of BBK with large rims, mostly large SUV, suburbans with 26 look ridiculous with stock brakes

http://carlashes.com/

Purple/Pink or Blue lights that are a haze and or fog, those are not headlights
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Originally Posted by dayyummCYNTHiA
it's not my fault you can't fix your boo boo! lol! stop wrecking it. lol. ain't saying nothing wrong with the band aid. it beame a fad so watch who ur calling a b!tch sir!
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Originally Posted by zero2sixtyZ
black wheels with polished lip

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Originally Posted by STARR
Lack of BBK with large rims, mostly large SUV, suburbans with 26 look ridiculous with stock brakes
lol i gota agree i'm still trying to figure that one out
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Originally Posted by phatboislim
when i said bishes i meant nothing derogatory by it was a general saying not meant to you specifically, and you know nothing about my financial situation/unemployment at the time this occured so as far as CANT fix it, right now its a matter of when as i'm now thinking if i should (while i gather other parts to get painted) or shouldnt, as this has become MY staple locally and on this forum as what people know me by.
re-read what you wrote. When you refer to any post starting with " Bishes are gonna hate on muh band - aids"

I was the only one that brought up the band-aid thing. I didn't not mention anything about anyone's financial situations. You brought that upon yourself. Band Aid is a fad. You took it upon yourself to get offended. Since I was the ONLY person that mentioned the band aid fad.. I took it that you are calling me a B!TCH! enough said. A band aid is a band aid. It says nothing about a person not being able to fix their car. It's a fad! this is what the forum is about. What FAD have we been seeing . good or bad.. it doesn't matter. thanks. the end.

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thanks.
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