Chav / Barry cars

[The Thong]

Originally Posted by Arnold Layne

Just an aside from the cars in this picture - look at all that pebble dashing! The floor, the pre cast walls, and so miserable in the rain. It would be enough to have me running to the nearest Aussie embassy for an emigration visa.

Welcome to Maidenhead.........

[poisondart]

Yes, the question really is WHY?, isn't it. What makes someone take an ordinary car, with a 1.2, or 1.4 l engine, and make it look stupid? Do they think we'll be fooled into thinking that because they've stuck on a stupid body kit it will all of a sudden make the car go dead fast? Why not spend the money on a better car?

[Ludford]

Originally Posted by poisondart

Yes, the question really is WHY?, isn't it. What makes someone take an ordinary car, with a 1.2, or 1.4 l engine, and make it look stupid? Do they think we'll be fooled into thinking that because they've stuck on a stupid body kit it will all of a sudden make the car go dead fast? Why not spend the money on a better car?

They should put all the money into a good engine swap. Seen so many chaved up 1.2s when there is a 1.8l or 2.0L straight drop in for their car.

Other times they do actually put good engines in then wreck the car by weighing it down with a ton of speakers.

See tons of Chavved up Corsas with C20LET engines. Should have left it stock exterior and had a sleeper.

[The Thong]

Hands up all those who are commenting on this post who has purchased cheap arsed Halfords, Cosmic and other cheap car accessories crap, fitted and thought how good it looked....... I'm guilty of this..... I was 19 at the time though

TT

[Ludford]

When I was 18 I put a pod filter on a 1.6L Focus

[poisondart]

I remember putting a chrome effect exhaust trim on a corsa. Couldn't afford a fancy exhaust, so put the trim on. It was a 5 door corsa too, not a sporty 3 door. I was 19. It fell off.

[volvorocks]

Originally Posted by The Thong

Hands up all those who are commenting on this post who has purchased cheap arsed Halfords, Cosmic and other cheap car accessories crap, fitted and thought how good it looked....... I'm guilty of this..... I was 19 at the time though

TT

Can't say I was that guilty as some of these cars show - apart from I was well into stripes. Had them everywhere, along with loads of lights across the grill, with the middle 2 pointing high and to the right on a seperate switch - so I could 'illuminate' drivers who put full beam on at me..lol. The joy of youth!!

Regards

[The Thong]

I'm glad to say I never went as far as fitting one of those chavy body kits on my cars. But I did have the stick on half a golf ball that looks like its stuck in the glass, the half a Garfield sticking out of the front grill of my Granada, spotlights and airhorns. Having a father who was a coach builder and used to also use my car kept me on the straight and narrow with car styling

TT

[subaqua]

Originally Posted by Ludford

They should put all the money into a good engine swap. Seen so many chaved up 1.2s when there is a 1.8l or 2.0L straight drop in for their car.

Other times they do actually put good engines in then wreck the car by weighing it down with a ton of speakers.

See tons of Chavved up Corsas with C20LET engines. Should have left it stock exterior and had a sleeper.

I did something similar with a viva estate. got hold of the 2.3 drivetrain from a firenza and dropped that in ported/gasflowed and not far off blueprinted . looked like a bog standard car from the outside but press the go pedal and it was great for putting a smile across my face. sadly the laws of physics provided a practical demo one christmas and it ended upside down in a ditch after aquaplaning .

[The Thong]

Originally Posted by subaqua

I did something similar with a viva estate. got hold of the 2.3 drivetrain from a firenza and dropped that in ported/gasflowed and not far off blueprinted . looked like a bog standard car from the outside but press the go pedal and it was great for putting a smile across my face. sadly the laws of physics provided a practical demo one christmas and it ended upside down in a ditch after aquaplaning .

I had a Viva Coupe and I would have love to have dropped the gubbins out of a Firenza in it. I got as far as fitting a set of Rostyles and respraying it in red. Looked good though, used to get pulled by the Rozzers on a regular basis