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Bosozoku Bucket! What's hanging from your tow hook? Cool/Lame?

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Old 08-10-10, 04:44 PM
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A little history on how this started in Japan...

"For some reason, it has become some sort of trend for people to hang toys or other items of thier cars' rear tow hook, but the origination of this trend came from the Bosozoku (street gangsters with fixed up cars) in Japan. It was a Bosozoku trend to hang a small tin bucket from thier rear tow hook to show off how low thier cars were- they got the idea from seeing cement trucks in Japan, wich always had a bucket hanging off the rear of the truck. The cement trucks used the bucket as a "catch can" of sorts, so that excess cement from the truck would'nt spill onto the pavement. Inspired by this, the bosozoku trend setters attached small buckets to thier rear tow hooks to show how low thier bucket could hang- if your car was so low that the bucket could scrape on things as you were driving , they thought it was cool as hell."

With that said, does anyone have anything hanging from your tow hook?

Do you think it's "cool"? Or "lame"?


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Old 08-10-10, 04:57 PM
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Really not feeling the bucket..hang a Power Puff girl if your going for a "girlie" JDM look..Honestly if I were to see something like that in a parking lot, I would leave a cigarette butt and 2 pennies in it.
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Lame, I hate hello kitty. Plus in Socal, i feel like only ricers rock tow hook "charms".
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I ususally hang one of these from my tow hook
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lame... i think anything hanging from the back of your car looks stupid.

but thats just my opinion. if you think its cool thats all that matters
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i hung my wifes **** beads from my friends GTO's tow hook, they are bright pink and his car is blue, it was seriously the first thing you would look at.


went all day at a car show before he knew they were there
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like the history, very interesting thanks for sharing however im not a fan of hanging things from my tow hook but your hello kitty bucket looks pretty cool if your into that
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Lame... but I'm down for some manapua!!!

And pic of said **** beads.... or it never happened.
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yep id marry the first girl I find who actually owns **** beads, freaky freaky! lol
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Originally Posted by JDMmuscle
i hung my wifes **** beads from my friends GTO's tow hook, they are bright pink and his car is blue, it was seriously the first thing you would look at.


went all day at a car show before he knew they were there
playa play
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Hanging anything on a tow hook of a Lexus is gay.
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I see ya'lls point :/ change holder it is.
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so thats where drift charms come from... haha.
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Originally Posted by JDMmuscle
i hung my wifes **** beads from my friends GTO's tow hook, they are bright pink and his car is blue, it was seriously the first thing you would look at.


went all day at a car show before he knew they were there
quoted for epicness. Pics of said **** beads on GTO?


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