It's kinda like if you have a hot wife but make her wear fake zits & a strap on beer gut

 

I don't really get the whole rusty hood thing... It looks like how my truck would be if I didn't take care of it....

 

Is there anyone who would be able to photoshop my car with a rusty hood and a rusty hood and fenders?

 

x 2

 

This is just like going out and buying an expensive pair of jeans that have the "worn" look with holes and strings hanging off. Why?

 

anybody notice that half of the cars in the first link have mismatched doors, lights, fenders etc......I can understand some of mods/fads of today, like I could for "back in the day"(remember running around with NO HOOD!! I do 8-D) but seriously. The rusty hood car parts just looks like you are to cheap to get it painted/taken care of. Its not like you are building a sleeper where you have a monster motor under the hood of a car that is all beat up, some of these kids are taking perfectly good hoods, and only hoods, and sanding/grinding the paint and primer off so it will rust??I just dont get this one. Wonder what the next fade will be, broken winshields? license plates hanging by one bolt? Wear marks from broken power mirrors hanging by the cord and swinging on the door? Actually I have been seeing alot of the last one around here lately. Please, if you happen to break your power mirror off and it is hanging by the cord, just put it in a plastic bag, pull the bag through the open window till the bag is holding it up, and then close the window on the bag so it holds the mirror up. save yourself some extra body work. geez, I am kind of long winded arent i? LOL

 

To me it looks like they (tuners) are trying for the "rat rod" look. Far cry from all the whale tails and carbon fiber.

 

Why would you want your HHR to look like a FORD!

 

This is an insane trend,
Next it will be The Rollover mod.
And then the Broken Windows mod.

I woudl'nt do this mod if it was free ! IMO

 

On the HHR, I could understand the 'patina' look, but to just let the (rather thin) sheetmetal rust? Seems like you would have holes quickly.


Maybe my beater truck is at the forefront of a new fad- the POS look!