We've had the rat look for ages local to me, but it was always a bike thing with us, and as someone else mentioned it was all about speed, we used to call em Rat racers, things like old Z900's tuned to fuk really good brakes/tyres etc, but looking like they'd been stood in a shed for 10 years...

Rat cars should pretty much be the same thing, tuned to fuk but looking like they've just been dug out of a farm barn.

I love Dub's, and some Rat Dubs can look cool, but the whole Rust n Slammed look, I just dont get that.