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View Poll Results: Dodgiest Aftermarket Accessory
Plastic Checkerplate 54 9.71%
"Spinner" Hubcaps (any type for that matter) 128 23.02%
Milo Tin Exhaust Tips 152 27.34%
Unnecessary Monster Tachs 188 33.81%
Air Horns 2 0.36%
Fuzzy Dice 15 2.70%
Other 17 3.06%
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Old 28-01-2007, 01:32 PM   #91
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# Over the top fart can exhausts
# Neon lights (Tacky & cheap)
# Spoiler kits with pieces missing, in primer or a shocking fit that Ray Charles could spot.
# Monster tachs - the worst of the worst IMO
# Stock cars using blow off valves - no, if you have one it doesn't make your car fast.
# Jap brand stickers on their fenders 1 sticker = 5hp
# Show quailty jap cars, interior, exterior paint etc - engine mods? stock
# Chrome wheels - tacky, cheap & overrated give me black or stock any day.



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Old 28-01-2007, 01:39 PM   #92
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- Milo tins
- Monster tachos
- NISMO stickers on old Pulsars that sound like lawnmowers
- Rear spoilers/wings so big that its like a brick wall.
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Old 28-01-2007, 01:57 PM   #93
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What about the flat brimmed hat wearing ricer himself and their ****wit mentality of been materialistic sheep who have to do what everyone does/buys - which pretty much includes all accessories above.

An example, a few mates and I go to the local street drags one night to watch em race down the motorway hoping to see one of the several dozen WRXs and Evos **** itself infront of everyone after a hard launch.
As we drove in I heard 'I wish I had that car' looking at me bread and butter Falcon. What a ****er. Yeah, and I wish I was 15 grand in debt and had a WRX on chromes, just like everyone else, all to get some 'respect' from other narrow minded ****wit ricers who live from pay check to pay check :MrT_anim:
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:09 PM   #94
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-Purple tint. That **** was all over my XB GT when I bought it.

-Cars with DVD players and playstations. What, is your car so freaking boring that you've got to add an entertainment system?

-Flames, I hate them and they're only mildly acceptable on rods.

-Fluro wiper arms make me vomit.
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:14 PM   #95
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-Purple tint. That **** was all over my XB GT when I bought it.
that was actually a problem with early tint...especially the do-it-yourself stuff...
looked alright for a couple of years then started to loose some of the pigment - turning purple.....
the tint on my fairlane is slowly starting to turn..:S
must get that redone soon

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-Cars with DVD players and playstations. What, is your car so freaking boring that you've got to add an entertainment system?
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nothing wrong with having a dvd player in the car....great for roadtrips~!
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:20 PM   #96
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Yeah, you can buy all colour tint. Green, blue, purple, and mirror finish. They all look crap imo.
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:25 PM   #97
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Jeez people whats wrong with a monster tach in the right car . I agree they are a pretty poxy thing to put in a stock auto car particularly if they are mounted on the dash pad for all the world to see. But a tacho was third on my list of have to get gagues after oil pressure and water temp. The reason for this is that the tacho in my xb is 30 years old and probably does not read very accurately and it only goes to 7000 rpm . I have mounted it in the dash where gagues are suppost to go not on the dash pad . My car is also an auto but I never just leave it in d and drive around, my car is also putting out something around the 500 fwhp mark and red lines at 7200 rpm (no dyno figures but with the combo I have it would be around that ) so I kind of saw the need to have a tacho that was at least reasonably accurate and easy to read at a quick glance. So to say only ricer morons put monster tachs in their cars is a bit narrow minded.
My pet hates are blow of valves that make funny noises and big wings on stock looking cars.
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:25 PM   #98
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monster tacho's on cars that have a tacho dash,
cannons on shitbox's
altezza lights on anything but the is200/altezza (where it is factory)
standard ride height big wheels look.
the shopping list of decals (i have 1 sticker on my car and its because i got them to make me a custom manifold!)
chev badges on commodores
vn/vp's altogether (they are just a ruined car lol)
I dont mind a cannon on a kitted jap car like mentioned if it suits it awesome if it doesnt dont bother.

Defently agreed....
My pet hate is riced out falcons and so on... makes you feel sorry for the car....

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nothing wrong with having a dvd player in the car....great for roadtrips~!

Totally agree! I had a 7" in-dash fold away (Pioneer), was awesome. Going up country to get drunk....mates drinking & watching AC/DC DVD's....if there's something wrong with that, I'm in the wrong forums.

I think he means in the back of every seat, on the roof, on the trunk?!? etc I don't like that kind of stuff, especially the trunk, WTFs up with that? Lets go park up at New World and watch Drift videos on my trunk........seems these days is less about driving and more about what your car has accessory wise. Not like the muscle car days where is was the less options the better and the bigger engine = the man.


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my clarion in dash screen has seen plenty of use
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:33 PM   #101
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oh I seen a great example the other week a 95 magna white with huge cannon huge tacho, huge wing huge ride hight(stock), D RIFT sticker on front window and standerd hup caps painted white...

And another is a orange VS going around my way(non factory colour) with a bodykit on, and lowered and stuff and is still driving around with hup caps? at least remove the hup caps...
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Tachos are good fun.....if ever at night follow a real shlt box around with a 5" tach on the dash (won't be hard to find a car like this) watch them cruise around the streets....they tach light will flash when he gives it some juice......watch how slow it is and how his tach lights up every time. : Tachos show others when you're going hard.......in most cases (8 out of 10) doing 0-100kph in 15 seconds with their shift light letting the whole world know they were actually gunning it.


Forgot another of mine - Altezza lights - WTF!?!?!?!? The ugliest cheapest looking things ever IMO.....nothing says PLASTIC like Altezza style lights.
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there is a camry getting around my way with commodore exec badges on it and a body kit that looks like it came of a commodore.
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there is a camry getting around my way with commodore exec badges on it and a body kit that looks like it came of a commodore.
I must see and I mean I must cause I live in NEWY too
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Old 28-01-2007, 02:57 PM   #105
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I must see and I mean I must cause I live in NEWY too
Yeah it's funny as hell , if you want to see it just go for a drive around Toronto for a while and you will eventually see it , it's light blue. I had to do a double take the first time I saw it .
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ok will have to see...
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Old 28-01-2007, 03:29 PM   #107
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/dons flame suit.
/puts on helmet
/places large SWAT shield in front and solid granite stone wall behind
/types in really little letters.....

LPG fuel systems


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Can I ask why you think that? I'm not having a go at you, I was just wondering why.
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Can I ask why you think that? I'm not having a go at you, I was just wondering why.
Because the only gas you should run in a car comes in a blue bottle
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hup caps? at least remove the hup caps...
huB caps. As in wheel HUB!! :


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/dons flame suit.
/puts on helmet
/places large SWAT shield in front and solid granite stone wall behind
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LPG fuel systems


/runs laughing like a madman home to safety!
Uh-oh... looks like Casper is being Casper.... again!
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/dons flame suit.
/puts on helmet
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/types in really little letters.....

LPG fuel systems


/runs laughing like a madman home to safety!
LOL! i think people may have missed that one, let me fix it for you...
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Altezzas lights are sh1thouse.. especially on fords. They're called Altezza lights for a reason, they belong on Altezzas!!
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Lowered cars with the black factory wheels bolted on, where's the hubcaps?
Ooooohhhh... That hurt my feelings. I love my stockies!
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Old 28-01-2007, 06:13 PM   #114
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monster tacho, there is nothing worse...
nothing...

milo tin exhaust tip... it's just natural for a ricer, you can hear them and thus laugh.
fuzzy dice.. hmmm, not really limited to ricers..
checkered numberplates, how ricer can you go... it just doesn't match anything...
air horns, hmmm acceaptable and sometimes funny.
spinners, check mod if you're waiting for bigger rims... i guess..?
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Beaded seat covers, mud flaps, side wind deflectors, plastic dogs with wobbleing head. Exhaust and windscreen washers with LED's.
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monster tacho, there is nothing worse...
nothing...
And again I ask whats wrong with a monster tacho on the right car. I agree there is a lot of cars that should not have them but to dismiss them outright is just silly. I have one in my xb that knocks out 500fwhp and one of my mates has one in an xy that puts out 1000 fwhp and does 9.4 on the quarter(both are mounted IN the dash) and I can assure you these cars are not rice or s.h.i.t boxes. My mates car is even road regoed with a 6/71 on it . So to say that monster tachos are outright a ricer and useless mod is just silly. Oh and we both have shift lights and that seems to be deemed another useless mod , but every race car I have ever seen has one , even auto drag cars.
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mate......nothing is wrong with a monster tacho on a car where they serve their purpose..... they're just so widely used by cars that dont need them that they've kinda become a "fassion accessory" if you will....

if your engine needs ancilary guages, then they have their merit
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Old 28-01-2007, 08:36 PM   #118
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I think its a way of expressing one's feminine side, like a chick who wheres heaps of cheap plastic jewellery. I hate those flat american style chrome wheels. bloody emo ricers
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for those that are yet to clap their eyes on the "creation" i am talking about, link here!
http://www.uniquecarsales.com.au/pls...e&photo_flag=1
Should come with a warning when some us are eating dinner :-)

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mate......nothing is wrong with a monster tacho on a car where they serve their purpose..... they're just so widely used by cars that dont need them that they've kinda become a "fassion accessory" if you will....

if your engine needs ancilary guages, then they have their merit
Yes I know but there just seemed to be a lot of people that are saying that they are the worst thing on ANY car. I agree they are a a joke when fitted to a stock auto 4 , 6 or 8 for that matter. And if they are mounted on the dash pad then even more so because they are only there for the w.a.n.k factor. I just cant believe that they are beating spinner hub caps and milo tin exausts as the worst mod. I cant believe that over sized wings wasn't an option I mean isn't that the worst mod ever.
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