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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 27-01-2007, 09:27 PM   #61
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Oooh. Dare you to post that in the e-series section. You'll be flamed by the stockie parade for that comment!
Yeah, but does anyone really take them seriously?
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Old 27-01-2007, 09:30 PM   #62
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Yeah, but does anyone really take them seriously?
lol. Not really!
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Old 27-01-2007, 09:50 PM   #63
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You forgot the dog with the bobbing head on the rear parcel shelf!

Of course if you have the Fluffy Dice the dog is a must!
Can you still buy those? I think it would go great with my dancing Elvis on the rear vision mirror.LOL

What about those crystals hanging off the rear vison mirror that manage to blind you for 10 seconds when the sun hits it.
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Old 27-01-2007, 09:56 PM   #64
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Can you still buy those? I think it would go great with my dancing Elvis on the rear vision mirror.LOL
Hehheh, I thought I was the only one here old enough to remember them... along with the waving hand on a spring... Aarrgghh!!
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What about those crystals hanging off the rear vison mirror that manage to blind you for 10 seconds when the sun hits it.
Crystals? I've seen CD's hanging from mirrors!
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Old 27-01-2007, 10:00 PM   #65
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Went to autobahn today and checked out the latest range of stick on, as in actual stickers, of bonnet vents and petrol caps. I didnt know these existed! Very sad but I really wanted to buy a set but thought someone might know me there. Would people really buy them? We had a good laugh. They were in the fully sik turbo and plastic checkerplate section if anyones interested



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Old 27-01-2007, 10:07 PM   #66
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What about those crystals hanging off the rear vison mirror that manage to blind you for 10 seconds when the sun hits it.
I know your pain! My mother hangs some of these of the mirror, turns the car into a bloody disco.... at noon!
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Old 27-01-2007, 10:41 PM   #67
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Loud, cheap sounding exhaust.
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Old 27-01-2007, 10:48 PM   #68
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Monster tachs, what is the point in having one in a stock auto VP Commodore?
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Old 27-01-2007, 10:56 PM   #69
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Monster tachs, what is the point in having one in a stock auto VP Commodore?
What is the point in having them in any stock auto car? It changes gear for you!
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Old 27-01-2007, 11:19 PM   #70
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where's the "all" option
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Old 27-01-2007, 11:28 PM   #71
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I hate it when the ricers have a monster tach, or sometimes a bank of externally mounted guages, and they dont have them hooked up! They probably don't know how to anyway!
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Old 27-01-2007, 11:35 PM   #72
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Monster Tacho's on stock 3.8L V6 Commo's with a slushbox Auto's in them, well just Monster tacho's on anything the Doesn't actually need a RPM Gauge that goes to 10,000Rpm or have enough power to really need a shift light.
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Old 27-01-2007, 11:46 PM   #73
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[COLOR=Magenta]what about the drivers with the biggest rear screen sticker known to man, letting you know that yes my car is a ford, holden, toyota etc.when unless you are a complete fool, you can read the badge and tell what it is!!!
or the" from zero to ***** in whatever time stickers"? either way your a biyatch!!!!!! u idiot :
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Old 28-01-2007, 12:02 AM   #74
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[COLOR=Magenta]what about the drivers with the biggest rear screen sticker known to man, letting you know that yes my car is a ford, holden, toyota etc.when unless you are a complete fool
Whats worse is ive seen some HUGE ones that advertised habibbies (or whoevers) kebabs lmao
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Old 28-01-2007, 12:04 AM   #75
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I voted for the Milo tins but, by god, unnecessary monster tachs are close too!!!
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Old 28-01-2007, 01:23 AM   #76
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I can imagine that conversation. :

"Yeah mate, I was flooring it, a rammed her into 3rd at 4:03:27, and into 4th at 4:03:41, I was flying mate!"
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I hate it when the ricers have a monster tach, or sometimes a bank of externally mounted guages, and they dont have them hooked up! They probably don't know how to anyway!
Your right!! I'd forgotten just how many of these ******* I see that have 2, 3 or even 4 external guages, a monter tacho and there not even hooked up!!!!


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Old 28-01-2007, 01:40 AM   #77
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it has to be guages mounted outside the car this shits me to tears. on a street car that is on drag cars its acceptiable
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Old 28-01-2007, 01:55 AM   #78
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Shift lights.

If you've had practise driving a manual for long enough to consider yourself to be a "good driver", and you still need a shift light to tell you when to shift to a higher gear, GET OFF THE ROAD.
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Old 28-01-2007, 01:56 AM   #79
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Anything that has the brand name "DRIFT" on it!!! :
+1 for monster tachos w/ shift lights on a street car.
windshield washers with those blue lights on them
Number plate surrounds ith LED chasers :

Fake twin exhaust, Used to love sitting at the boat ramp seeing cars with twin exhaust back the boat into the water and only one exhaust would bubble. :togo:

Also I always have a good laugh at those Falcon or bommodore drivers that have lashed out and bought 14" alloys, then put standard 70 profile tyres on (usually a cheap **** brand too). Whats the point?? they don't even look good.
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Old 28-01-2007, 03:14 AM   #80
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Stickers running down the guards featuring products names that don't show up any where else on the car.
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Old 28-01-2007, 03:18 AM   #81
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* Those exhaust tips that were light blue and were touted to make the car faster "ex turbo" or sumthing like that
that's THE one. lol
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Old 28-01-2007, 03:23 AM   #82
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Remember the whilstling exhausts? Sad, sad times
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Old 28-01-2007, 03:27 AM   #83
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hang on, are we forgetting the bobble head toys on the rice burners dash?

i appreciate all cars, weather it be an import or ford, obviously holdens are **** house..

but i really do have a compulsive disorder to the point where i want to neck myself and jump on anyone who puts these little bobble heads or hello kitty or any form or cartoon character on there dash.

HARDEN THE ***** UP.

or refer to this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y

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Old 28-01-2007, 03:29 AM   #84
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What about the LED's in the exhaust tip, Sik as.
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Old 28-01-2007, 11:53 AM   #85
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Um, I have an Autometer tacho, in front of my (diconnected) standard tacho and my car is auto .
OK, WHY?
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Old 28-01-2007, 01:12 PM   #86
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Frangipani and Magic Happens stcikers on the rear windscreen.
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Old 28-01-2007, 01:12 PM   #87
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What about the LED's in the exhaust tip, Sik as.
Oath, and what about the friggen stupid Hibiscus stickers and maple leaf deoderisers....

+ then there is ppl with wierd eastern european crucifixes and religous art hanging from the rear view mirror, worry beads and the odd ethnic that takes a goat home in the backs seat for slaughter... (an invalid and wacko variation on a blue cattle dog in the tray of the ute)
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Frangipani ans Magic Happens stcikers on the rear windscreen.
bwahaha - u beat me on that one!
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Old 28-01-2007, 01:17 PM   #89
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Frangipani ans Magic Happens stcikers on the rear windscreen.
But at least I didn't have to admit I knew they were actually Frangipani's rather than hibiscuses!!!
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But at least I didn't have to admit I knew they were actually Frangipani's rather than hibiscuses!!!
The joys of having a sister in a mirage with those very stickers.
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