ShrinkDoc

Every Friday evening there's a huge car meet a couple of miles from my home. At every meet you >100 modded cars starting in the 1940's and back up to "tuner (ricer)" night, which is the 90's, 2000's and up (generally Honda Civics, Acuras, Mustangs, Ford Fiestas, Maximas, and more) into 2018--- lowered, stanced, raised, muffler deleted, stretched tires, turbo'ed, etc. But then I also see some pretty dangerous mods, so I thought to start a thread focused on dangerous, reckless, useless and ill-advised mods for those at the beginning stages (or even advanced stages) of their modding "obsession".

Reckless or ill-advised mods from this past weekend:

• Lowering clamps on some of the tuners
• Excessive camber
• Slammed cars (I saw 2-3 cars that were so low they couldn't drive over the 2 inch rise to the parking area, one had a front end that scraped the ground when the pavement was uneven)

There are always several Lexus' with some 'severe" modding, so we're not too above this trend. Here's a pic from Stance Nation:

4TehNguyen

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extreme wheel spacers too

joedaddy1

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ShrinkDoc

Yup!!! And especially so if your car is black or dark grey, then it's almost invisible to other drivers who see it blend into the grey/black pavement on the highway.

05ls430518

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You get a vote from me about the stance thing being extremely unsafe, think its stupid why you would only want a 60% contact patch for all 4 tires combined. Also agree about the cars being to low thing.

Health and safety issue would be the morons that put LEDs/HID's in stock halogen housing and blind everyone, that and the idiots that put the 20,000 k purple bulbs in there headlights.

mmarshall

I agree with all of what has been said above, but I'd add that, IMO, equally (if not more dangerous) are the distractions of cell phones, texting, complex vehicle controls, and video-screens. Driving once meant actually looking out the windshield....now people look at everything BUT the windshield.

bitkahuna

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i really think a car like that one in the pic should be pulled over by the police and taken off the road.

theory816

modders makes me sik

4TehNguyen

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same with tinted tailights, why hinder the ability for people behind you to see you in lower visibility conditions

bitkahuna

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wow, i think that's extreme, a broad brush, and unfair. many modifications are tasteful, functional, and improve a vehicle. but some always take things too far.

Aron9000

People that "stance" a car absolutely destroy them. Look at this poor Miata, personally I like the hockey puck engine mounts. There is no "undoing" all the hackery on that poor car, its pretty much a parts car at this point, it isn't safe to drive at all.

theory816

like what?

05ls430518

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Here is a list these are just some of the things I could come up with off the top of my head.

Coilovers, chassis braces, sway bars, adjustable suspension arms, HID and LED retro fits, headers, exhaust, some form of forced induction, rims and tires, poly or solid bushings.

05ls430518

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should be impounded and crushed

Totally agree I never understood the appeal about making yourself less visible to other people on the road, that and it is a giant flashing sign that says pull me over.

Benoit

• Lowering clamps on some of the tuners
• Excessive camber
• Slammed cars (I saw 2-3 cars that were so low they couldn't drive over the 2 inch rise to the parking area, one had a front end that scraped the ground when the pavement was uneven)

All illegal in Switzerland. I can lower cars until 3cm, everything more to the ground requires a special certificate made from the car builder itself.
You aren't allowed to play with the camber, especially if the tire comes out fo the sitdes of the car.
An I know of any lowering clamps that have road allowance in my country.

Sometimes, having harsh laws on cars can be a real gain.