The next great fad?

[DOC]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

On the money their DOC.....
in short BSeries is Ford Ricer.com
oh ok back on topic next AU fad ?.....
I'm with the Sledge, supercharging/turbo set ups will increase but due to the high $$ brake upgrades is happening now.

Sorry BD / OThers, the AU. OK next rounds of mods i see most being updated to BAF which then the above will apply.

For the rest i see those with XR and T series bringing them back to original or better quality upgrade such as brakes etc, and maybe a few ferral Au's thrown in the mix.

The Bulge was a big deal and not sure if its been mentioned.

[TwistedEL]

Originally Posted by schuldiner

if your work have blocked access to some website go to www.kproxy.com and it allows you to get around that sort of thing.. not always but i use it at night school to get around certain sites, although sometimes it ends up in french:P

Any good admin will block all of the proxy sites as they pop up.

[Uncle_Ken]

Originally Posted by TwistedEL

Any good admin will block all of the proxy sites as they pop up.

And I don't want to get into trouble at work (I will take a peek to seem of it works though)

Got the nos mod coverd (and LPG)


UK

[onfire]

Iv seen kids spray paint those small cheap fire extinguishers, cover them in Nos and NX stickers and mount thing in boot installs. Hiding the parts that will naturally give them away.

[schuldiner]

best one i've seen is the NOS bottle capacitor for the stereo... funny stuff

[V3RSAC3]

- Lowering
- Cheap Glamour Mods ie. MOMO Gear, Neons, Clusters
- Air Intake
- CAPA Tuners
- Sound Systems

[chief]

Originally Posted by S3SR

going B series :P / jokes

*runs and hides*

sunroofs will be next..... or 2 door conversions

I have a 2 door AU, I don't see it as a fad.

[Gianz]

so if im right, my unichip is better off being used as a paper weight?
grrrr, thank god i didnt pay for it or the tune.
What to do???? :togo:

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by DOC

Sorry BD / OThers, the AU. OK next rounds of mods i see most being updated to BAF which then the above will apply.

For the rest i see those with XR and T series bringing them back to original or better quality upgrade such as brakes etc, and maybe a few ferral Au's thrown in the mix.

The Bulge was a big deal and not sure if its been mentioned.

It's ok Doc, we forgive you. We all know and understand your hate for people who misuse parts like bulges and body kits and stripes on non fpv's. But I think your in the wrong thread as a majority of AU owners do this sort of thing.

In some respects, now I have my new car, it's exactley how I want it, so no bling mods for me. But if someone decided to stick an XR5 kit onto their stock model Focus, it wont bother me. They want it, they can do it. It won't effect resale of my vehicle and if they want to do it, then cool. Its a free a world.

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

Fluffy dice will never be a fad. It's a necessity

Got that Dam straight there "BUCKY" mate

[DOC]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

It's ok Doc, we forgive you. We all know and understand your hate for people who misuse parts like bulges and body kits and stripes on non fpv's. But I think your in the wrong thread as a majority of AU owners do this sort of thing.
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Bucky yep i should be more gentle, but i dont hate people or what they do, that would be using the wrong words, all i see happening today is a McDonalds ( fast food whip in whip out ) approach used by many of the newer people in modding their cars, Old school when you built a tough coupe for example there were no ( fast food ) parts or approaches, you built a tough streeter, that was just that.

I see many people now that just grab a part be a front bumper, a badge, bulge, spoiler, stripes or whatever all of the shelf and go Wow look at my car, and yes they are nice and many people waffle on nice, ra de rady, but to me they are just plain boring, any one can with a few bucks put these lego bits together.

In that amongst it all there are some treasures where people have done a great Job, these people have not followed the trend's and gone more out side of the square and i just hope more people put a bit of themselves into their next mod rather than a Macca's style upgrade, these upgrades are now really common and boring. ( Flame suit on )

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by DOC

Bucky yep i should be more gentle, but i dont hate people or what they do, that would be using the wrong words, all i see happening today is a McDonalds ( fast food whip in whip out ) approach used by many of the newer people in modding their cars, Old school when you built a tough coupe for example there were no ( fast food ) parts or approaches, you built a tough streeter, that was just that.

I see many people now that just grab a part be a front bumper, a badge, bulge, spoiler, stripes or whatever all of the shelf and go Wow look at my car, and yes they are nice and many people waffle on nice, ra de rady, but to me they are just plain boring, any one can with a few bucks put these lego bits together.

In that amongst it all there are some treasures where people have done a great Job, these people have not followed the trend's and gone more out side of the square and i just hope more people put a bit of themselves into their next mod rather than a Macca's style upgrade, these upgrades are now really common and boring. ( Flame suit on )

I know. I'm just giving you a G up. :

Originally Posted by Whoosha

Got that Dam straight there "BUCKY" mate

Whoosha, can you please leave these to me in your will.

[bingoTE50]

This will be the latest. Aftermarket air conditioning, available if the car is running or not !!!

[Dark Horse]

Originally Posted by S3SR

going from B series :P

*runs and hides*

That's better.

What about the stripes? No one has mentioned the stripes. :

[V3RSAC3]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

oh i got to get me some of these!

[Pinkbits]

Originally Posted by bingoTE50

This will be the latest. Aftermarket air conditioning, available if the car is running or not !!!

Check out the tailights!

[AC]

Originally Posted by Dark Horse

That's better.

What about the stripes? No one has mentioned the stripes. :

I did, I mentioned stripes on the first page :

[Bucknaked]

Stripes rock :sm_headba

[Casper]

I dont think stripes have ever been a mass fad on the AU's. A few people have done a few different types but really its been minimal overall.

[Bucknaked]

Who knows Casper. Maybe the popularity of the stripes will be for people to put GT stripes on their AU. Anything to upset the purists I say is always entertaining.

[Casper]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

Who knows Casper. Maybe the popularity of the stripes will be for people to put GT stripes on their AU. Anything to upset the purists I say is always entertaining.

Maybe.
Personally I've always liked the cobra style stripes you, Firefox and Jim have done. That said though I still have yet to see it turn into a huge "fad" with the AU's like some of the other things.

I'll also say that these fads are not bad things at all. They generally improve the AU breed and thats a good thing.

[FTE217]

Bah hum bug wheels are a fad !! :

[StealthAu]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Bah hum bug wheels are a fad !! :

A fad for some, obsession for others

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Bah hum bug wheels are a fad !! :

I thinking keeping your wheels longer than it takes between petrol tank refills is a fad. :

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by Casper

Maybe.
Personally I've always liked the cobra style stripes you, Firefox and Jim have done. That said though I still have yet to see it turn into a huge "fad" with the AU's like some of the other things.

I'll also say that these fads are not bad things at all. They generally improve the AU breed and thats a good thing.

I like the overbody stripes. It all comes down to modding your car to suit your personal tastes.

[superroo]

It's not going to be a fad, but i think soon we will see a resurgence of manual I6's. Both in the popularity and in the timeslip department

[DOC]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

I like the overbody stripes. It all comes down to modding your car to suit your personal tastes.

The stripe packs on all cars mentioned are very good, it's not so much the mod being done ie stripes it is how that mod is done and having that mod fit with the theme of the car.

I'll go off now, (sorry to mix threads up) and stir up the B series boys with their macca's mods, that should get the dust flying

[ClassicAU]

Originally Posted by superroo

It's not going to be a fad, but i think soon we will see a resurgence of manual I6's. Both in the popularity and in the timeslip department

Hells yeah to that!! If i can grandpa-shift my way to a low 15 second pass in my fat barge, imagine what someone with some actual driving ability can do!!
Looks like 3" intake pipes are all the rage atm, i got sucked in.

Evan

[StealthAu]

Sorry but in a straight line you just can't beat an auot with a high stall

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by DOC

I'll go off now, (sorry to mix threads up) and stir up the B series boys with their macca's mods, that should get the dust flying

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, Macca's :