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Liam_allen17
Posted 11/12/2013 10:33 PM (#707504)
Subject: what do people think of rat metros


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jackashton179
Posted 12/12/2013 12:15 AM (#707509 - in reply to #707504)
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Location: Milton Keynes		Depending on how its done it can look rather good! Can stand out big time in the car scene at the moment
Gandi69
Posted 12/12/2013 10:10 AM (#707518 - in reply to #707504)
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Location: Wolverhampton		it looks absolutely bent, just like most of these cars on stupid wheels with no ground clearance which are covered in stickers pronouncing their love of speed bumps
Paul r
Posted 12/12/2013 6:19 PM (#707528 - in reply to #707504)
Subject: RE: what do people think of rat metros
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Location: Swindon, Wilts		I hate the above comment for the stereotypical answer, there is no defintioin to 'rat' look the stereotype is slammed, stickers ect at the moment, but alot of the original rat not stereotype is still out there, but if you look at the origin it was shit paint, big usable engine.

mine is being patina/ratted, it has ground clearance (ish) and power, I love mine and couldn't care less about other peoples views. Your car you're choice
Paul r
Posted 12/12/2013 7:43 PM (#707530 - in reply to #707504)
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jackashton179
Posted 12/12/2013 8:17 PM (#707534 - in reply to #707530)
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I love the look on the inside mate!! Very creative!
Paul r
Posted 12/12/2013 9:38 PM (#707545 - in reply to #707504)
Subject: RE: what do people think of rat metros
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Location: Swindon, Wilts		Cheers, its fooking light! Also because of holes its still very strong and doesn't flex much.

I am still not 100% sure about the fuse box cover yet may still get rid of it.
SubbyGTi16v
Posted 13/12/2013 9:04 AM (#707568 - in reply to #707504)
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Location: Towcester		I kinda like the rat look, some of them are done very well and can go with it.
Even fun reading some of the stickers.
Not something I would do to my car but each to their own.
Same with sleepers, anything that's not just following the crowd is interesting to me.

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Posted 22/12/2013 10:26 AM (#707868 - in reply to #707504)
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Personally, I think the rat look belongs only on vehicles that sit on a separate chassis, otherwise all that 'rust' just looks stupid. Not a big fan of stickers everywhere either, was quite cool until lots of people cracked on to it. That said, beats the hell out of the one size fits all Jap style bodykits that every sprouted up everywhere following the Fast & The Furious. God I hate those bodykits, make every car look like some big hungry basking shark or something

My 1971 Mini 1000 was slightly rat looking, but that had got there by naturally aging and never being re sprayed in over 40 years - proper patina can't be beaten
Paul r
Posted 22/12/2013 12:38 PM (#707869 - in reply to #707504)
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Location: Swindon, Wilts		I agree about the proper patina, but hey if your paint is too good get ths sander out .

I just like it when zero fucks are given and people do exataly what they want.
petrol_head
Posted 22/12/2013 3:58 PM (#707880 - in reply to #707504)
Subject: RE: what do people think of rat metros


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all you need to know is, rat look metros last about the time of the ticket in the window.
Its basically a death sentence.
Paul r
Posted 22/12/2013 7:26 PM (#707888 - in reply to #707504)
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Location: Swindon, Wilts		What makes you say that, let it rust and then clear coat
metrobruce
Posted 23/12/2013 3:16 PM (#707911 - in reply to #707504)
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my personal opinion about the rusty rat look metro is, you cant afford to join the vag gays with their rusty dubs. but having said that I do love the post appocolytic look of the stuff on mad max films, is this classed as the rat look too
Miller
Posted 28/12/2013 10:25 AM (#708029 - in reply to #707504)
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Location: Chesterfield ish kinda sort of		Leave the rat look to American cars of the 50's, Where it belongs.
As for VW owners... BAAAAAAAA, They're like sheep, All have to do the same thing and are shunned if they try something different.
Gandi69
Posted 29/12/2013 1:21 PM (#708059 - in reply to #707504)
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Location: Wolverhampton		I agree with above two posts. Also it's not that different if it's been done loads before. A little bit too much form over function for my tastes
cerbera
Posted 29/12/2013 6:58 PM (#708068 - in reply to #707504)
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Location: Durham - North East UK		I think they look shite, it's a death warrant on a Metro and as Petrol Head says it will last as long as the current MOT does in most cases. Natural patina on an aged car looks good, but too many people trying and failing to jump on the bandwagon by rubbing down bits of bodywork here there and everywhere and trying to pass it off as 'patina'
Tom Sanderson
Posted 29/12/2013 10:21 PM (#708074 - in reply to #707504)
Subject: RE: what do people think of rat metros


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Location: a pub in yorkshire		I like the naturally weathered look like you get on old American cars that have been sat in a dry dusty desert for the past 30 odd years. I don't like a modern car with a rusty bonnet and a wing covered in stickers. Don't get me wrong I enjoy seeing something different, but when people have to tell others their car looks good and that they arnt bothered what people think, it generally means they are only trying to convince themselves, and they only do the rat look because that's what the cool guys do.

Oh and cars with lots of stickers look good, because that means race car


Edited by Tom Sanderson 29/12/2013 10:24 PM
Metromartin
Posted 4/1/2014 8:49 PM (#708286 - in reply to #707504)
Subject: RE: what do people think of rat metros


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Location: Gloucester		It CAN look good!
But in most cases looks terrible, tacky and basicly says i don't want to spend a penny on my car. IE, matt black paint, no fluid, steel wheels and some stickers off ebay.

The death sentence comment is true, think all the metros that were rat look before have been scrapped.
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