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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: search on 27 May 2012, 23:11
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ok first off i know its down to personal taste, and i also know a lot of us like our cars looking tip top shape. finally i know there is also dedicated sites for people really in to there rat look mk3s but i like this forum and interested to know what other people think of it.
I'm going to be honest i'v seen a few rat-look mk3s and found myself liking them mainly the ones that go all out where all the car is looking run down slammed and some random bike of the roof. others where its just a bonnet i think whats the point again personal taste.
What about you guys what you say on the subject?
(thinking about it i wouldn't do it to gti or vr6 it have to be a 1.4cl LOL. i'v not the balls to do it tho not unless its a second car and i get to drive my daughter to school in the normal family car and go out on weekend in the rat-look car.)
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I used to think they where 'cool' but now I think it's a lazy way to mod your car, ie cover it in cheap crap and take all the paint off n let it rust. Rather then looking after your car, buying/ doing tasteful mods and cleaning and caring for your car.
Don't do it to your 1.4 bud, it may only be a 1.4 but don't let that stop it being a great golf!
Edit: mines only a 1.6, still love it more then my old gti valver
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Stupid idea that does not really work on newer stuff.
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I love it when its done right, i hate it when theyre overdone with hazard tape and stickerbombing mind.
Some dude near me drives this
(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/woody-1234/558494_10150822681170815_719085814_11813057_710951350_n.jpg?t=1335204634)
Love it! :cool:
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I love it when its done right, i hate it when theyre overdone with hazard tape and stickerbombing mind.
Some dude near me drives this
(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/woody-1234/558494_10150822681170815_719085814_11813057_710951350_n.jpg?t=1335204634)
Love it! :cool:
:grin: love the way there crowded round that Renault and ignoring that mint looking bug next to it!
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I quite like some of the 'distressed' looking mk2's and 3's that you see but not with the rust and bikes on the roof type stuff, i think the cut off point is lower spec mk3's and anything newer just looks wrong.
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Don't do it to your 1.4 bud, it may only be a 1.4 but don't let that stop it being a great golf!
+1 I love my 1.4!
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I just look at rat cars as people that want scene points but can't be arssed to make a nice car so they bode together a rat car. Never saw the point of it.
I remember years ago when I first started seeing really nice well done cars but then they had a rusty bonnet. And I used to and still do think why would you do that.
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here ya go, some fooking awful forced rat cars :lipsrsealed:
http://rat-look.com/image-gallery/
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Stupid idea that does not really work on newer stuff.
Exactly, it winds me up when see mk5 /6 Golfs with rusty panels and whitewall tyres. Seriously why the f**k would you do that?
The rat look should be kept to campers, beetles, mk1 and 2's at a push if done properly. Mk3's are a no-no imo as they far too new and rounded.
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The rat look should be kept to campers, beetles, mk1 and 2's at a push if done properly. Mk3's are a no-no imo as they far too new and rounded.
Agreed :afro: plus needs to be done to a good standard, half hearted looks even worse.
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The rat look should be kept to campers, beetles, mk1 and 2's at a push if done properly. Mk3's are a no-no imo as they far too new and rounded.
Agreed :afro: plus needs to be done to a good standard, half hearted looks even worse.
HERE HERE!!! you can actually buy rust look paint costing £100 that should do the whole care. dw people im not doing it to my car, its doing it on its own LOL no really front wing is falling apart need it fixed asap.
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rust look paint...... i think someone is pulling your leg
the closest ive seen to that is red oxide..... or in old money red lead......
EDIT....
I stand corrected pmsl..... but why... surely actual rusted panels would look better lol.....
for a moment it actually sounded like the ole tartan paint scenario pmsl
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This old chestnut again? Seriously? This will be a whole thread of "I don't like it, its w*nk, shiny cars ftw, you can't fake patina" etc etc etc.
I have seen some incredibly imaginative Rat cars in the past (Ratta's Two-Face Scirocco for one), and one of my close friends drives a Mk2 Polo that you would term as Rat look that she has a) put her heart and soul into, and b) it perfectly matches her personality. The whole "lets just sticker bomb a panel, rust another, kick a few dents into it and wrap some hazard tape on it is NOT what I am on about here.
Its all relative in as much as "its your car, you should do what you want with it".
A couple of friends cars that I appreciate...
James's Mk2 Polo:
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/smithyt135/Dubmania%202011/SDC11594.jpg)
(Thats me in the background looking all serious, this picture was from my local club's stand at Dubmania (Automotive Connection) last year).
Other side:
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/smithyt135/Dubmania%202011/SDC11596.jpg)
Amy's MK2 Polo (Again on an Automotive Connection Club Stand, this time the 2011 Trentham Car Show in Stoke on Trent):
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/smithyt135/Trentham%20Show%202011/SDC11738.jpg)
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/smithyt135/Trentham%20Show%202011/SDC11734.jpg)
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All of those look sh!t imo.
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!!JEEEESUUUS H CHRIST!! :sick:
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Nope, don't like them at all sorry.
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I think the rat look looks pish poor on any car of any age. Just comes across as scruffy and unloved.
Half arsed - Thats the wordage i'm looking for.
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just why would you want to deliberately make you car look old and tatty.
have to admit on old beetles and campers it looks quite good if not over done. and if they dont stick a roof rack on then go through a skip to put sh!t on it.
but as said already newer cars just look like people cant be arssed to mod there car propply but still want respect from other dubbers so now they have a way of doing it. just fcuk the car up. chuck some sh!t on the roof and say its rat look.
and to say people put there heart and soul into it makes me laugh. how hard is it to put some glue on an old vw badge and stick it to the bonnet?
please tell me how most of that took the care and attention to detail that other people do to make there cars look good.
some of us save our pennies for a long time just to get that one nice part at a time to make our cars look good.
but at the same time people just break something or stick something to there car they found in the shed and expect the same respect. :angry:
sorry not sure if that gave it away but not a fan of rat on newer cars :grin:
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I quite like it if its done properly, not just a rusted bonnet and some us plate stuck in the corner
Isn't the proper way of doing it putting some kind of protective coat on first then just having the top layer rust so its good metal underneath? letting your car rust as normal is just dumb
I have seen some shocking attempts at ratting in the past, but as I say I quite like it when there done properly
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6010/5963833412_2fb78a527e_z.jpg)
(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4026/vwgolf3ratrod1.jpg)
although this one might be a little bit too far
(http://www.vwot.org/community/modules/Gallery/albums/albun16/Picture_032.sized.jpg)
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how hard is it to put some glue on an old vw badge and stick it to the bonnet?
Not very, but its a lot harder to cut one in as a vent..... :wink:
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please tell me how most of that took the care and attention to detail that other people do to make there cars look good.
that's not really the point though. Maybe they do it because they think it looks good, not so others think they spent a lot of time doing it. I know I don't care what others think of my mk3, I do it all for me :)
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how hard is it to put some glue on an old vw badge and stick it to the bonnet?
Not very, but its a lot harder to cut one in as a vent..... :wink:
oh you mean like stick some masking tape down. put the badge over it. strace out the shape inside the holes then cut them out with a grinder?
yeah must take ages :grin:
must take care wile doing it not to scratch the paint tho :grin:
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Rat look is awful. I don't even give them a glance, not worth it.
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Rat look is really, really stupid on modern cars!
It is meant for cars up to early 50's and no younger! Its really for 30's/40's Rodded cars.
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Rat look is really, really stupid on modern cars!
It is meant for cars up to early 50's and no younger! Its really for 30's/40's Rodded cars.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/7b8c3f48.jpg)
:cool:
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That rod is insane. Nice pheasant detail as well. :wink:
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Hey,
The only really good rat look I've seen is this one:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3023/5863401539_31fde5b435_o.jpg
I think you really have to go all out if you want it to look good!
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:grin:Teddy alloys :grin:
Still looks cack.
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:cool: :sick:
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I Spy a mk2 grill an headlights in that mk3, an yup that looks gash!! :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:
Rat Belongs On Rat Rods... That Is All.......... :laugh: