rat-look

[mada2607]

ok folks i have been hearing alot about people slagging off the rat-look scene in the past year or so and due to the fact this seems to be the only forum i have ever been on that's never mentioned it at all i thought id start a topic to see what peoples reactions are.

I know where i stand so lets see what everybody else thinks

[mada2607]

a few pics to get people going



































so on and so on

[darrenwall]

some people spend a fortune to get that rust look but i got it for free on my discovery

[highlander]

Why would anyone want to drive something that looks like an insurance write-off, or an MOT failure?

I don't get it.

But then, I don't get why some people buy *dance music*, why some people consider rap to be music, or treat X-Factor like anything other than the karaoke contest it so obviously is. Perhaps at 29 I'm an old fart

Edit: Oh, and if anybody here sees someone having given this "treatment" to an otherwise healthy 406, then I'm pretty sure there will be trouble

[steve_earwig]

Perhaps at 29 I'm an old fart

Or trying to be one... People actually buy music?

You mean that rusty old Craptina I used to drive was actually a fashion statement years ahead of its time? And I thought it was just a police magnet.

[teamster1975]

I should have kept my crusty old fiat uno, it was held together by spit!
I must admit some of the rat bikes I've seen at rallies look brilliant, not so sure about cars though.

[highlander]

Perhaps at 29 I'm an old fart

Or trying to be one... People actually buy music?

I do, but then I'm very discerning about what bands I listen to; I don't like the "shovelware" that comprises about 99% of modern chart music. I'll pay for something I think is good.

Check out some of these bands (some you will already know, or at least I'd hope so!):

- Rush
- Yes
- Dream Theater (check out the albums "Images and Words", "Scenes from a Memory", and "Black Clouds & Silver Linings"
- Spock's Beard (check out the albums "V" and "Snow")
- Transatlantic (all three studio albums are exceptionally good)
- Liquid Tension Experiment
- Frost* (check out the album "Milliontown"; it's STUNNING)
- Led Zeppelin
- Joe Satriani
- Antoine Dufour (does some *amazing* things with a steel-string acoustic guitar)

Maybe we should have a "music" thread...

[Welly]

The SHAT look. Fin.

[skyinsurance]

I understand the look to a certain extent, not something I'd do to my car, especially as I spend nearly £3000 removing rust from my MR2. The rat look used be specific to VW Campers and Beetles I thought? Then it seems to have spread amongst the VW scene and now a lot of people are doing it. I dont understand why you would want to do to a pretty much brand new Golf though (3rd picture from bottom)

There is a club forum for it now:

http://rat-look.com/forum

Ollie
Sky Insurance

[mada2607]

Edit: Oh, and if anybody here sees someone having given this "treatment" to an otherwise healthy 406, then I'm pretty sure there will be trouble

errrrrmmmm...

The rat look used be specific to VW Campers and Beetles I thought? Then it seems to have spread amongst the VW scene and now a lot of people are doing it. I dont understand why you would want to do to a pretty much brand new Golf though (3rd picture from bottom)

There is a club forum for it now:

http://rat-look.com/forum

it actually started back in america when guys use to buy crappy panels from the scrappy and sink all their money into the engine

and i kind of agree with you on the mk5 golf

If you havent already have a look around the rat-look forum its a cool site imo everyone is friendly enough

[lofty]

Each to their own and all that.

The older VW stuff looks kind of ok with the look of age about them, the more modern stuff just looks contrived tbh.

I know a number of folks who like this sort of effect, even to the point of paint stripping the paint off a perfectly good bonnet, then soaking it in salty water to get it rusty quicker...... strange but true.

[DaiRees]

I like the proper rat-rods, and don't really have a problem with the other old stuff. But as others have said I really don't get the attraction with purposely distressing a nice car to look like that....

[mjb]

What the....

[Doggy]

Brings out the terrier in you

[Welly]

Imagine the Dealer Principles face when you stick that new Golf in for a service, and they do their bodywork warrenty inspection