Rat look cars, why?

À chacun son goût, innit.

Don't get me started on stancers.

Not new then, actually some of the old American stuff suits the look. I think I'll give it a miss myself

Rat look does bother me, but to be fair (if it's a nice car) I don't really care if there's no lasting damage. most of it is purely cosmetic and therefore reversible. It's basically the hipster alternative to dub/stance/hothatch crap

Yes thank you. That's the great thing about this country. We don't all have to conform & like the same thing.

It's personal taste, everyone has one.

At several shows i've felt subliminal "pleeeeease look at me" messages from the rat look guys
Don't get me wrong, I love some American and older jap rat lookers but take that pleading look off your face!!!

As I understand it the real meaning of 'rat look' was where people did not care about the appearence of the car, all of the money and modifications were on the engine ect. So you would have a 600bhp super car eating vehicle that looked like a p.o.s. What these fools are doing now is making their cars look like a p.o.s because they only care about the look, and the more fked up it looks the more 'rat' you are. No, you are just doing it wrong to be scene you fools.


doing it wrong

sort of where it originated from

If I can find a decent one I will link it, but there is some right rubbish to search through.

Like hasw been said, Rat Look needs to be subtle, nitro mors on a Polo bonnet one Saturday morning is not going to do it, that is just rust.

Not so easy for us, in california most older cars have faded paint due to the sun, dont polish it, leave it to mature and do some mods to lower it, perhaps some nicer wheels and it looks good.

I think unrestored classic can look good, have seen thirsties stuff at car shows, totally unrestored but well maintained, some with some bizarre period adaptations, like bath towels as seats, just kind of fifties make do and mend on a thirties car and it really works, there are thousands of highly prepared garage queens, the paint re-done to a higher standard than new which to me misses the point, I like seeing cars that look as they would at a few years old, they dont need to look new.

Cant condemn the young lads that want to do rat look to a Polo though, it is enthusiasm but they tend to go over the top, they dont do subtelty, sometimes less is more but it takes some maturity to realise that.

Not my bag, but to each their own. I'm sure many look down on the gaudy wheels I have on my MR2 but so what?

Nice fleet, this does look cool.