rat look like the vw people

[Luca]

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[Richie.]

My mate 62 split screen we are currently working on

[Thrush]

Originally Posted by Rhys

I think its great! Most of the cars will be in VERY good mechanical condition, but will just have service rust on the pannels.

Maybe "surface" rust?

[Rax]

cant see why everbody is moaning i think some of these look like lovely piles of shit,if my next door neighbour had one i would ring the local scrapman to come and collect whilst they were out.whats next the "burntout look ?"

[smerth54]

i hope it stays a vw thing otherwise there will be even more rusty fords about

[joey-p]

I love my sapphire cosworth to bits but im also in to the vw sence here is my caddy that i smoked around in for a while



and here is my camper which i just sold



the cossy is classic and a good sence to be in also



its also nice to go and chill out at a show and have a smoke

NOT POSTED BY JOEY_P ITS HIS MATE DAVE HAVE NO ACCOUNT

[Rhys]

Originally Posted by Thrush

Maybe "surface" rust?

HAHA hysterical.

[Moose 130]

I like the VW's too, but the rat look or hoodride as some call is it just mindless.

Fair enough some people can't afford decent paintjobs, but to deliberatly make your car look worse is just stupid.

the worse thing is, they ask just as much for a rat look car than one with decent paint!

[joey-p]

Originally Posted by Moose 130

I like the VW's too, but the rat look or hoodride as some call is it just mindless.

Fair enough some people can't afford decent paintjobs, but to deliberatly make your car look worse is just stupid.

the worse thing is, they ask just as much for a rat look car than one with decent paint!

When you go to the shows there is no chavs there, just chilled out people enjoying there motors, not having to prove anything. i love them both the fords and vw's so i dont think anyone can stand there and say there rubbish
Just people in love with petrol powered things.

[cossie daz]

not my cup of tea,like to polish my car and get a shine.not using sand paper

[Ryan]

joey-p.

is that a vinyl wrap? or airbushed?

can u pm me the artist into if possible?

in not far from you either, about an hour.

want to do a camper, but there sooo much money for what they are as i want to do something special so would want a mint shell, and obviously a split screen.

richie, get your mate to sell me his.

[R5FORD]

wowww didnt the rat look start off back when youngsters didnt have the money for good paint jobs and just put some rims on there rusty car?

[Oranoco]

I love the VAG suff but I really don't get this rat look it just looks like you're too poor to do a car properly so drive round in a shitter.

[SapphyMike]

why are you even bothered?

[roro22]

Originally Posted by Rab

In Glasgow, rat is slang for the lady pleasure entrance.

So basically, as far as I can tell, rat look = looking like a fanny.

Which I agree with.

I'm not bothered either way with the rat look I quite like the Vw "scene" but that is a quality reply

[Kam B]

i suppose there are chavs everywhere. but you shouldv seen the Edition38 show there were wierdo's and chavs, and also hip hop wannabe's

[Moose 130]

bug jam and action was full of chavs by most accounts.

I had a ratlook '66 18 years ago.

forward thinking or what!

[AndyRST]

My mate has a green bug thats just been restored and given a few subtle mods, he enters it in a VW show and shine in the modified class and was beaten to 1st place by a rat look bug.

He then wonders why a rusty piece of shit is better than his fully restored modified Bug ............. Dub owners huh

picture of said green bug :

[Martyn]

Im not a fan of the rat look, but after going to a big VW/Audi show earlier this year, it was very refreshing looking round the cars to see so many different ideas of modding!
Dozens of different choices of wheels for example, where-as you go to a Ford or Vauxhall show and its the same old wheels and mods over and over again

[Gav Diamond]

Originally Posted by Rab

Looks utter pish if you ask me...... VW people should spend a bit more time working out how to get more power out the engines then they wouldn't need to fuck about trying to out do each other with stupid styling ideas

Sorry but this made me laff, how very blinkered.

How many FWD Ford road cars do you see that that can do 10 second 1/4miles as i know there is quite a few VW's

Take James Hodgesons (might be spelt wrong) Mk2 Golf, one of the fastest FWD cars in the country, i'd say the VW boys can go fast as well.

[saphycozzie-adz]

theres a VW Lupo round my way that is bright green with a stupid rusty bonnet. looks like they had an engine fire. lol. the rest of the car looks fine. seems wierd to me.

[dunketh]

I had two rat look cars.
A minor that I handpainted and a beetle that was decked and painted black.
Both were tatty, the beetle less so, and the morris was covered in rusty chrome.

And the reason why they were 'ratty'? Because I didnt have any money to spend on them and they were cheap shitters I couldnt give a fuck about.

Anyone who intentionally fucks up a good car to start with needs their head read imo!
I've seen 'new' VW golfs and lupos that the owners have attacked with brillo pads. They should be made to surrender their keys to the nearest sane person and banned from owning a decent car for the rest of their days.

[smerth54]

Originally Posted by dunketh

I had two rat look cars.
A minor that I handpainted and a beetle that was decked and painted black.
Both were tatty, the beetle less so, and the morris was covered in rusty chrome.

And the reason why they were 'ratty'? Because I didnt have any money to spend on them and they were cheap shitters I couldnt give a fuck about.

Anyone who intentionally fucks up a good car to start with needs their head read imo!
I've seen 'new' VW golfs and lupos that the owners have attacked with brillo pads. They should be made to surrender their keys to the nearest sane person and banned from owning a decent car for the rest of their days.

very good point, why pay loads of money on a new car then scractch all over it and de-value it

[TIFF]

Originally Posted by joey-p

Thats fucking stunning:shock ed:

[Glenn.]

I ve my fords but i also like vw,s too.Idont see the point in the rat look they look shit.

[Kevin_Mc]

VWs with decent wheels and nice paint are cool, rusty ones are pish.

a pal of mine's sprayed his mk3 Golf matt black and put a Vento front end on, all of which is cool. he then went and got a spare bonnet to rust. he drove about for weeks with it looking balls, it didn't rust well so he put his matt black one on.

what's the fucking point?

the "rat look" is the same as "student look" - for cunts

[Lee Ivatt]

Originally Posted by Rab

Some examples of this totally stupid VW thing......
Looks utter pish if you ask me...... VW people should spend a bit more time working out how to get more power out the engines then they wouldn't need to fuck about trying to out do each other with stupid styling ideas

But thats the whole point.

Vw's have always been about styling and different approaches.

If you want a powerfull engine and want to drive like and be labled as a TIT then you get a FORD dont you!

Im not saying that "rat looking" is good, cos its not. I mean take this. this was my 1949 Beetle when i bought it.


can you believe someone let a car as rare as this get to such a state. a 1949 standard like this is worth Ł25k fully restored!

To understand the rat look you need to look back to the 50's (and 60/70's uk)in america, young lads couldnt buy flashy cars or get finance like we can today. so they bought old bangers/or hand me downs from dad, and with what lieelt money they had they "customised" their cars to make them personal/unique.

They didnt have money for flashy paint, or massive power hikes. this is where the look originated, and in my opinion these cars do look cool.

the new modern twist on the rat look where people purposly "rat" vehicles to me is just plain stupid. but then again they are following the same basic recipy..even call it a philosophy. And once again maby the lads of today cant afford nice flash fast cars, so they focus on smaller details.

Cars are not all about whos the fastest, whos spent the most, whos got the biggest this and that, well that is unless your a ford man.

[Chip]

I like sleepers, ie fast cars that look tatty or standard, I cant see ANY point in a gay slow car with rust all over it though, just buy a metro.

[cabrio zo]

What is it with these bloody roof racks too

[89xr2]

Thing is 'rat look' started way way back in america. It wasnt about making your car look shit it was about not spending money on paint etc and spending it all on mental engines. Thats why most of the 'rat' look hot rods you see around these days are proper fast. They didnt care about what their car looked like, just how fast it was.

Personally I quite like it, although I prefer it on hot rods to Veedubs but each to their own. At the same time I dont see the point in owning a car that you cant really drive and spends all its time in the garage having its exhaust polished or sitting at a show with loads of mirrors around it. Swings and roundabouts really.

[Kevin_Mc]

Originally Posted by cabrio zo

that looks fucking balls! why rust a brand new car?!

also is that part of the front bumper not plastic? if so he went out and spent money on making a metal one to rust.

[Glenn.]

How can you get rusty plastic bumpers lol.

[89xr2]

Originally Posted by glennshute

How can you get rusty plastic bumpers lol.

You can get paint or laquer with metal in it so the metal in the paint of laquer rusts.. so yeah, people do actually paint them specifically to make them rust.

[Linsay]

Originally Posted by cossiecrew

+1

+2

Originally Posted by joey-p

I love my sapphire cosworth to bits but im also in to the vw sence here is my caddy that i smoked around in for a while

My dad and brother own a caddy diesel between em that they reckon is rat look (think it's more about lack of funds to do the complete car, so they just spend on the necessary items in their case)
It was found to be painted with white house paint when Mr Brown tried to respray it satin black

Will get some before and after pics up

[_DAN_]

Originally Posted by 89xr2

Thing is 'rat look' started way way back in america. It wasnt about making your car look shit it was about not spending money on paint etc and spending it all on mental engines. Thats why most of the 'rat' look hot rods you see around these days are proper fast. They didnt care about what their car looked like, just how fast it was.

Personally I quite like it, although I prefer it on hot rods to Veedubs but each to their own. At the same time I dont see the point in owning a car that you cant really drive and spends all its time in the garage having its exhaust polished or sitting at a show with loads of mirrors around it. Swings and roundabouts really.

Agreed.

[Glenn.]

Ive neveard of people doing that before.

[Kevin_Mc]

i've to find out about this paint, what it's called and how much

its still GAY though

[capri2.0]

Im building a fiesta at the moment ... mk4 van wit a 1.6 zetec and high lift cams, straight through exhaust and mondeo brakes ... and its rat look cos the paint on it is pants and im only 19 ... so cant afford a respray cos im an apprentice and only finished restoring a capri ... which aint rat look cos i spent all my money on paint and panels ... moral of the story ???? if ur broke and want shiny its gonna be slow ... if u want fast ur gonna spend wat little money u have on second hand performance parts so wont afford a respray .... thats my point of view anyway

[capri2.0]

havin a slow ... ratty car aint acceptable though...

[clarke5700]

i for one like the rat look lol