Tasteful Modifications Thread

[Sage Ages]

It came from the factory as a wagon.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I think its very tastefully done. I really like the colors too.

I agree that everything else about the Evo Wagon looks great, but the camber & height; not so much. I've said it before and I'll say it again; too much camber to me ends up looking ugly on a car.

 

[Sa7een]

I agree that everything else about the Evo Wagon looks great, but the camber & height; not so much. I've said it before and I'll say it again; too much camber to me ends up looking ugly on a car.

I knew going in that this camber would be upsetting (I used to like it too, but I'm starting to move away from it.)

I also did not it came out of factory as a wagon. TIL.

(Can't argue with how Jalop a Lancer wagon could be, however.)

 

[SVX]

I prefer it done like this.

I've had the honor seeing a few of these beasts.

 

[LivingWithGames]

It came from the factory as a wagon.

Glad to know that now. Thanks. So the lancer WAS just like Impreza.

 

[Slash]

I prefer it done like this.

I've had the honor seeing a few of these beasts.

Much better

 

[Downhill Dino]

I prefer it done like this.

I've had the honor seeing a few of these beasts.

I prefer it like this.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Coming to Mecum Kansas City
572cubic in engine

 

[Slash]

Am I the only person who thinks cars covered in a million stickers and numbers looks absolutely horrific?

 

[SVX]

@Slash, nope.

I prefer it like this.

I wouldn't call obnoxious stickers and gnarly aero 'tasteful', but each to their own...

 

[Slash]

I don't know...it's something about it. Depending on the vehicle I don't mind few on a back window here and there but it's simply too much and too distracting. It takes away from the look and shape of the car in a very negative way.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Am I the only person who thinks cars covered in a million stickers and numbers looks absolutely horrific?

You're most likely not. I think they could look silly on cars in some cases.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Hamann RR sport

 

[Slash]

I'm not talking the horrible sticker bombed Civics and that stuff either; straight up race car livery like that wagon above has. It might have been cool when I was 5 but to me its just flat out overkill.

 

[Downhill Dino]

I wouldn't call obnoxious stickers and gnarly aero 'tasteful', but each to their own...

It's a race car, what can you do. If anything I thought the sponsors look rather tamed. And "gnarly aero"?

 

[SVX]

It's a race car, what can you do. If anything I thought the sponsors look rather tamed. And "gnarly aero"?

There's your problem. I've never known a race car to be tasteful. They're purposeful, and not necessarily 'pretty', bar a few.

Gnarly aero, well that'd be the front canards, spoiler, vents, ducts, etc...

 

[Downhill Dino]

I didn't necessarily mean it by being a tastefully modified example. I was posting it in response to yours. Although I do disagree with your statement of race cars being fully purposeful and can't be tasteful. You're thinking of the function and form argument too much.

 

[Legro]

Hamann RR sportView attachment 267502

How to make Range Rover Sport worse: Step 1. Take the only SUV that can do even bit of off-roading. Step 2 Make it unable to do any off-roading. Step 3. Take to desert for a good pic. Step 4. Sell it to people with more money than taste.

I'm not talking the horrible sticker bombed Civics and that stuff either; straight up race car livery like that wagon above has. It might have been cool when I was 5 but to me its just flat out overkill.

I agree that most racing liveries don't look very good when compared to plain car, especially lower-end racing livery with many small sponsor stickers all around the car, like that Lancer wagon, look just wrong. Yes there is purpose, but that doesn't make them any better looking.

 

[SVX]

I didn't necessarily mean it by being a tastefully modified example. I was posting it in response to yours.

Ah, fair enough. 👍

Although I do disagree with your statement of race cars being fully purposeful and can't be tasteful. You're thinking of the function and form argument too much.

Race cars can certainly look very cool/awesome, but as I said earlier in the thread, when I think tasteful I think pretty. Other than the exception of a few older race cars I don't necessarily find race cars 'pretty'. I reserve pretty for things like this:

Less is more, for tastefulness.

Agree to disagree, I think. 👍

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

How to make Range Rover Sport worse: Step 1. Take the only SUV that can do even bit of off-roading. Step 2 Make it unable to do any off-roading. Step 3. Take to desert for a good pic. Step 4. Sell it to people with more money than taste.

Could've been worse
I like the grey one more than the gold one.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Agree to disagree, I think. 👍

I'm speaking more in general here, but I really hate it when people say this. So no, I do not agree to disagree.

 

[SVX]

I'm speaking more in general here, but I really hate it when people say this. So no, I do not agree to disagree.

Alright then, so you prefer me just to think you're wrong?

 

[Legro]

I like the grey one more than the gold one.

That doesn't make the grey one tasteful.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Alright then, so you prefer me just to think you're wrong?

Yeah I guess so. That's the case either way right?

 

[SVX]

Yeah I guess so. That's the case either way right?

Not really, was hoping to have a mutual understanding but oh well.

 

[RACECAR]

Been a while, but I'm back with some more I found:

Another Corvette (C3 specifically) that hits all the right spots for me (thought I am abit undecided on the chin Spoiler).

I know this is probably too much black for most but for me, what makes this work is the different textures with the car in a Matt finish and the Wheels in a glossy finish. I tend to dig that for some reason.

While I'm not a fan of the rear, I think the TTS front end surprisingly works well on a R8, which is funny considering I thought it never would.

I know this is a controversial one as normally when you think Mansory, you think "ruined" (well at least I do). However, I find myself unable to say the same for this. For me, the modifications actually work well on this car, like they were specifically made for this car. Things like the Louvers in the hood actually manage to keep with the crazy Lamborghini styling insanity.

Pantera = Instant win in this thread.

Meanwhile, this just in from Team SpeedHunters

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Love these.

 

[ZedMan1996]

 

[Cano]

Oddly, I really like that flat black Camaro. Very sinister.

 

[Fastcarguy]

Wait. Before you watch the videos, skip to 40:30 and watch until 42:20 in the first video. They say something I think every car enthusiast should live by. Keep what they say in mind when watching the video
The end result is good.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Never facepalmed so much in an entire video. Put all that work in for a fake mod. I didn't really understand why. $2000 dollars worth of fake mods over the course of 6 months. Like they said, consider doing it for real. Yeah. In 6 months, you could've had a beast of a car.