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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: nab on July 12, 2014, 11:12:43 PM
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I was just thinking that a lot of people seem to spend $$$ and time on their 4x4/camper just to make it look good. Just wandering why it is important to them?
Yes, it's their money and they can do what they want but that is not my point. I'm just wandering why people spend money/time modifying just for the sakes of looks? Pride? To impress mates/others? Why not?
I can't think of any mod on my camper or 4x4 that has been done for looks. I like my stuff to look good but that is often a by-product of the modification. EG lift and new tyres always looks but that is not why it is done.
Just thought I would throw this out there, seemed like the right time....
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Because they think thats what you need to do.
A bit like bullbars when you live in the city and the nearest Big Red Roo is 4500 million miles away.
(havent had a bullbar fight for a while ...... ) >:D
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Living where you do know Dazzler it might pay to get a bullbar, You get a few stinkers and a few greys ...down along that stretch of coast roads .
Daughter had a close call with one not long ago near Salt .
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Living where you do know Dazzler it might pay to get a bullbar, You get a few stinkers and a few greys ...down along that stretch of coast roads .
Daughter had a close call with one not long ago near Salt .
Now stop making sense........ :D
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Sorry ... Wallabies and small grey Kangaroo's, near the suburb of Salt / just along from Casurina over the bridge from Kingscliff but north of Bogangar ;D ;D
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I was just thinking that a lot of people seem to spend $$$ and time on their 4x4/camper just to make it look good. Just wandering why it is important to them?
Yes, it's their money and they can do what they want but that is not my point. I'm just wandering why people spend money/time modifying just for the sakes of looks? Pride? To impress mates/others? Why not?
I can't think of any mod on my camper or 4x4 that has been done for looks. I like my stuff to look good but that is often a by-product of the modification. EG lift and new tyres always looks but that is not why it is done.
Just thought I would throw this out there, seemed like the right time....
Can you give some examples of what you mean.
My camper when heading down the road looks like it did when it left the factory. + A pole holder and awning. ( bit hard to disguise them)
To look at the Patrol it has a lift, tyres, snorkel and scrub bars with an occasional roof rack. (Patrols just naturally look good).
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clothes are over rated i mite just wonder around the same way i came out the factory :)
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Probably the same reason everyone has to have an iPad or iPhone do people need this stuff NO but everyone else does so they all have to as well. Yes there is no reason to have half the stuff we have on the tug or camper but the advertisers of the world tell us otherwise. It's called keeping up with the Jones's and as much as people say they don't care about that stuff society will not let us. ;D
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The answer is in the question....
Because they like the look of it
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Because they prioritize "looks" coming 1st over other things!
I find it funny when I see a 4x4 with Big Wheel/low profile tyre combos
I would like to see that one in the sand!
Such is life!
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We have a Dmax LS-U and a 4x4 Camper T, we modified ours so we get reliability & the ability to stop anywhere when we do our trips way out west.
Oh and the mags look pretty trick.
Dave
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l personally blame the likes of ARB , TJM , & all the others that make all the bits & pieces . Then they print glossy pics of total kitted rigs out there somewhere & totally dirt free .. Has anybody test run the self washing kit on any rigs . Every time l go anywhere l end up covered in dust /mud depending on the season . Mine never looks as good as those in the pages of the cattlsdogs .. Might have to look in to some sort of scam >:D
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I can't recall seeing any mods just for looks on either my CT or anyone else's CT. I am not saying there isn't any, I just can't recall seeing any.
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I was just thinking that a lot of people seem to spend $$$ and time on their 4x4/camper just to make it look good. Just wandering why it is important to them?
Yes, it's their money and they can do what they want but that is not my point. I'm just wandering why people spend money/time modifying just for the sakes of looks? Pride? To impress mates/others? Why not?
I can't think of any mod on my camper or 4x4 that has been done for looks. I like my stuff to look good but that is often a by-product of the modification. EG lift and new tyres always looks but that is not why it is done.
Just thought I would throw this out there, seemed like the right time....
I was just thinking that a lot of people seem to spend $$$ and time on their 4x4/camper just to make it look good. Just wandering why it is important to them?
Yes, it's their money and they can do what they want but that is not my point. I'm just wandering why people spend money/time modifying just for the sakes of looks? Pride? To impress mates/others? Why not?
I can't think of any mod on my camper or 4x4 that has been done for looks. I like my stuff to look good but that is often a by-product of the modification. EG lift and new tyres always looks but that is not why it is done.
Just thought I would throw this out there, seemed like the right time....
I think you're being a bit subjective here, mate. I'm certain everyone with bling has it for function not looks. I mean, I'm sure the Playdo I saw at an inner city bottlo recently certainly would have needed the Maxtrax, fluoro handled shovel & kangaroo jack that were on his roof rack as the driveway approach was quite steep ;D
Steve
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clothes are over rated i mite just wonder around the same way i came out the factory :)
Hahahahahahaha. :cup: :cup:
My 4x4 looks good and the camper. The camper, I haven't done anything too, as it's an ultimate, so don't need too ;D ;D and the patrol, all it's mods get used for what they are there for. Including the bullbar, yes I live in a big smoke, but you'll be surprised at the amount of roos I see on the side of the rd around the GC, and not just roos, but bike riders, and crap drivers ;D ;D
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Ohhh Come on who would be that stupid , if its dry you can get up the driveway & you never know what going to happen in the carpark at Woolies >:D
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Because they prioritize "looks" coming 1st over other things!
I find it funny when I see a 4x4 with Big Wheel/low profile tyre combos
I would like to see that one in the sand!
Such is life!
Like this I spotted down nerang. I think they failed in both function and looks
(http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss315/lux77_photos/7A85D81A-346D-41C2-90C1-0BD63A83B562_zps7ewuzfaj.jpg)
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Does it matter?
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Does it matter?
I don't give 2 flying razoos what people do to their car or trailer. It's theirs. ;D
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I am off to get some fluffy dice.
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I was just thinking that a lot of people seem to spend $$$ and time on their 4x4/camper just to make it look good. Just wandering why it is important to them?
Yes, it's their money and they can do what they want but that is not my point. I'm just wandering why people spend money/time modifying just for the sakes of looks? Pride? To impress mates/others? Why not?
I can't think of any mod on my camper or 4x4 that has been done for looks. I like my stuff to look good but that is often a by-product of the modification. EG lift and new tyres always looks but that is not why it is done.
Just thought I would throw this out there, seemed like the right time....
Why stop there what about the people who buy new Commodores who lower them and change the exhaust and wheel/Tyre combo. I am sure none of them are going near a race track anytime soon.
I might have a word to the couple of old blokes at my local shopping centre who have streamers in the handle bars of their motorised scooters. Pretty sure they serve no purpose.
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I am off to get some fluffy dice.
The Supercheap one!!!!
Dave
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I was just thinking that a lot of people seem to spend $$$ and time on their 4x4/camper just to make it look good. Just wandering why it is important to them?
Yes, it's their money and they can do what they want but that is not my point. I'm just wandering why people spend money/time modifying just for the sakes of looks? Pride? To impress mates/others? Why not?
I can't think of any mod on my camper or 4x4 that has been done for looks. I like my stuff to look good but that is often a by-product of the modification. EG lift and new tyres always looks but that is not why it is done.
Just thought I would throw this out there, seemed like the right time....
You already answered the question. Welcome to the world of the modified car culture. Personalization, new ideas/technology, dare to be different. Doesn't matter if its Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Ricers, 4by's or trailers, some people just like to be a little different. Might not be to everyones taste or liking, but the person who's rolled up their sleeves and done all the work to get it to their liking could not give a rats a$#e what you or I think.
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I was just thinking that a lot of people seem to spend $$$ and time on their 4x4/camper just to make it look good. Just wandering why it is important to them?
Yes, it's their money and they can do what they want but that is not my point. I'm just wandering why people spend money/time modifying just for the sakes of looks? Pride? To impress mates/others? Why not?
I can't think of any mod on my camper or 4x4 that has been done for looks. I like my stuff to look good but that is often a by-product of the modification. EG lift and new tyres always looks but that is not why it is done.
Just thought I would throw this out there, seemed like the right time....
When Darryl Kerrigan (The Castle) was asked why he had a fake chimney on the roof of his house,..he simply replied charm..it adds a bit of charm...... ;D Cheers Greg.
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Because they think thats what you need to do.
A bit like bullbars when you live in the city and the nearest Big Red Roo is 4500 million miles away.
(havent had a bullbar fight for a while ...... ) >:D
take it from someone who's hit a roo in the wifes Dunnydore in the Western surburbs of Brisbane, they don't just live in the outback ;) have also seen deer run across the road infront of me out Bellbowrie way aswell, not saying it's a regular thing to need to avoid, but they are certainly out there.
as to modding the camper...only thing i have done to ours is add a space case to the front to store our camp chairs in and added a swing away rear bar to get some weight towards the back of the camper. i bought the camper we have for the very reason it didn't need to be modded, i got sick of doing that with our old caravan.
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I think you're being a bit subjective here, mate. I'm certain everyone with bling has it for function not looks. I mean, I'm sure the Playdo I saw at an inner city bottlo recently certainly would have needed the Maxtrax, fluoro handled shovel & kangaroo jack that were on his roof rack as the driveway approach was quite steep ;D
Steve
Glad I'm not the only one who has noticed this trend of shiny, dirt free 4x4's driving around the burbs with bling on the roof! Funny how the Maxtrax always look brand new ;) Sometimes it's a RTT on the roof - why on earth would anyone drive around the city for months on end with a RTT on the roof rack?
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Glad I'm not the only one who has noticed this trend of shiny, dirt free 4x4's driving around the burbs with bling on the roof! Funny how the Maxtrax always look brand new ;) Sometimes it's a RTT on the roof - why on earth would anyone drive around the city for months on end with a RTT on the roof rack?
Hi Me, if didn't have to use my roof rack for work tools I'd have the rtt permanently bolted to the roof rack...its a pita to bolt up and take down .......plus if it was always bolted to the roof I could go camping with a moments notice ;D You've got me a bit worried now about the max trax.....im about to buy my first pair, and im concerned they will always look brand new :D cheers Greg.
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I was just thinking that a lot of people seem to spend $$$ and time on their 4x4/camper just to make it look good. Just wandering why it is important to them?
Yes, it's their money and they can do what they want but that is not my point. I'm just wandering why people spend money/time modifying just for the sakes of looks? Pride? To impress mates/others? Why not?
I can't think of any mod on my camper or 4x4 that has been done for looks. I like my stuff to look good but that is often a by-product of the modification. EG lift and new tyres always looks but that is not why it is done.
Just thought I would throw this out there, seemed like the right time....
because they can and they want too...
bit like breast augmentation ... the wifes rack works fine as it was designed but I would always support a modification.... ;D ;D ;D
Jet ;D
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Because they prioritize "looks" coming 1st over other things!
I find it funny when I see a 4x4 with Big Wheel/low profile tyre combos
I would like to see that one in the sand!
Such is life!
They probably say the same about guys running big muddies (they're bling too). A lot of these 4bys never go offroad so why should they need offroad wheel and tyres when a set of 20s with low profile rubber looks fully sick as!
But maybe they have a big boat and want a heavy vehicle with 4wd so they don't get stuck on the boat ramp.
Just because someone chooses to drive a 4wd dosent mean they're going offroad 4wding.
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At the end of the day, who really cares except the one who started this thread, why don't people worry about their own setup instead of what others have
Cheers
Carl
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I agree with you Carl. Wnho care what other have - just use what u brung and enjoy it as often as you can!
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Because they can....
There are far worse things people can waste their coin on.. If it floats their boat... It's all good.
Although I would reckon most people add on for function over form... But if you can have both.. Why not. :)
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I am off to get some fluffy dice.
And a set of those balls that you hang from the towball..............
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And a set of those balls that you hang from the towball..............
That's nuts!
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What's the go with those balls you hang from your ball??
I can never work that one out!
Does it mean your mrs cut your nuts out??
I'm happy to keep mine where they belong!
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Its because I can.
If I can I may do it.
If I cant , I probably wont!
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Dirty, dirty me.....I'm just disgusted with myself, I gone done put bling chrome hub caps on my Cub. ;D ;D ;D
Looks Grouse!!! :cup:
But don't tell Joff though, he don't do bling. >:D
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I'll admit that I have tricked up my Prado with ahead of stuff I don't NEED... However I use it occasionally and wish I could use it more.
The Prado is the wife's daily drive, and is washed, dried and vacuumed every week, tyres are blackened etc etc. I like to take pride in my gear. I do the same to my SR5 each week.
The Yellow front recovery points ($130) on the Prado have not been used, and probably won't be used for another year or more, but they are there, and IF I need them, I have them.
I'm proud of the way my car looks, how clean it is, how functional it is for my family and how much fuel it uses ;D.
I don't care what other people do to their cars, what they drive, what it looks like, how much fuel they use, what music they like, because at the end of the day, it's entirely their choice (and money)!
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I'm not fussed why others do it, I'm not whingeing about it, doesn't affect me one bit but I am interested as to why.
I have no inkling to modify my car just to look better, just wandering why others do. It's your money/time to do what you like. I'm not having a go at anyone for doing it, some of my mates have modified theirs and they do it because "it looks cool", no other reason. No other reason is necessary or requires justification, it's just that I find it an odd reason.
As others have said here, who cares what others think. Then why modify your vehicle to make it stand out/different if you don't care what others think of it? What is the purpose of the modification? Again, no offence meant if you think this is you, just interested hence the post.
But I 110% agree with ANY breast augmentation...
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Because they like too!
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Its a bit of a hobby to me
I like to keep the old girl looking good
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I'm not fussed why others do it, I'm not whingeing about it, doesn't affect me one bit but I am interested as to why.
I have no inkling to modify my car just to look better, just wandering why others do. It's your money/time to do what you like. I'm not having a go at anyone for doing it, some of my mates have modified theirs and they do it because "it looks cool", no other reason. No other reason is necessary or requires justification, it's just that I find it an odd reason.
As others have said here, who cares what others think. Then why modify your vehicle to make it stand out/different if you don't care what others think of it? What is the purpose of the modification? Again, no offence meant if you think this is you, just interested hence the post.
But I 110% agree with ANY breast augmentation...
So why do we ,..or should I say, why do I do some of the unnecessary things that I do.............maybe clever advertising has something to do with it........hypnotic suggestion and peer pressure can also play a part......fashion.....oh dear I feel like such a puppet ;D cheers greg :cheers:
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I do it to pick up chicks.
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I was wondering something similar last weekend at the Dowerin WA4WDA gathering.
Shiny Jeep Wranglers and Pajeros driving to Dowerin and giving the 4WD track a complete miss.
There was one driver who asked after he had done the track, where he could clean the car.
We replied: when you are home tomorrow earliest.
He was shocked.
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I do it to pick up chicks.
:cup:
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I guess everyone has their "thing". Whether they are car people, camping people, boat people, stay at home and watch foxtel on the biggest screen available people.
We all work hard for the dollars and we all have different tastes. Some would argue that if it was purely function why are we in camper trailers and not tents. These would be the people who do not have the same interests as us.
Some people are purely for function others like things to look good as well. Neither is right or wrong.
Those who modify are doing it for their enjoyment, not yours, (this includes modifying the wife).
They honestly don't care what others think of what they have done. They do it because it is their passion.
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Some people are purely for function others like things to look good as well. Neither is right or wrong.
Sounds like me in footy shorts and flanno. Pure function.
Just not sure what function yet.
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What happens when it goes past your 4x4 or camper..
This was just on my Facewastebook feed...
http://eddedesigns.com/product/locking-hub-ring/
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Sounds like me in footy shorts and flanno. Pure function.
Just not sure what function yet.
I sure hope you don't mean footy shorts shane in that post.