Mon 2008/11/10 21:26
While I would gladly have my car be an Itasha, modifying it to look like one of these is something that I'd prefer not to do. The drivers must have a hell of a time turning corners. Could be useful during snowy weather though. More pics at Pink Tentacle via Japan Probe.
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Haha, The top 2 look like they are made to do some kind of scooping.
(ID #366037) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:33
Reception Assistant
For me it will be an itasha, of course!! Here in Spair there are lots of "bakalas" or chavs, as they´re called in UK, and they do horrible thing to their cars. I´d love to have stickers of Konata, Rei or Yoko on my car. Hope i´ll get it fixed for Xmas.
(ID #366039) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:36
Unemployed Dollfie enthusiast
Itasha yay, those custom cars nay.
(ID #366044) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:41
Dang. Looks too weird. I'd just get one of those Top Gear reviewed sports car, Japanese prototype cars or those modified ones in TFTF - Tokyo Drift
(ID #366046) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:41
Student and Digital Racer
That's called "Bozo Style", because that's mod which is usually done by Bozozoku or motorbike gang in Japan. But...i will choose itasha over Bozo Style
(ID #366047) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:44
"Bozo Style" kinda says it all..... (I'm making a reference to an American character Bozo the Clown, i.e., clown cars.)
(ID #366168) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:53
The Silvia Super Silhoutte was the trend setter
(ID #367363) Posted on 2008/11/11 22:59
JR. College Student
um... wow That's all I got.
(ID #366049) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:46
modifying car to be as above would be a bit over prefer to modify cars for performance and street race style think of turbo, NOS, skirting, spoilers, neon lights, NFSU, Tokyo drift, AE86, smell of burning rubber. oh yea
(ID #366056) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:57
Wow, those looks like some cars from speed racer or something.... I don't think those cars are practical on the road try going up a hill or hump and there goes your bumper ^o^ I can forsee a custom mod itasha coming soon (^_^)V
(ID #366059) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:58
How in god's name would you drive up or down a slope? I hope they never make it over to San Fransisco.
(ID #366061) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:59
DCX001-Prototype
not my cup of PG tips tea ....... prefer custom design car, but not like these ^^;
(ID #366071) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:06
haaha don't think will be road legal
(ID #366083) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:23
Mahastudent
The mod are way too extreme.
(ID #366086) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:28
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
LOL cool... In a very weird way... I don't see the practical use of these cars...
(ID #366088) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:36
LOL! Looks like gundam cars.
(ID #366091) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:38
Holy crap.. They sure take up lotsa parking space. I would spend money for itasha but not such extreme(weird) customs.
(ID #366096) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:43
Electrical Engineering Fresh Graduate
remind me of cars from sentai series from when I was a kid.. btw, what are those fragile looking bars used for? don't tell me they're for exhaust o_O
(ID #366100) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:46
You're right. They're exhausts. And there are much more extreme-looking ones too, for example, star-shaped, etc.
(ID #500101) Posted on 2009/02/24 07:42
AdvDip Network Security - CCNA - Ironport - Security+
Well, at least they don't sell these kind of body kits around my areas - i'd probably loose a few on a bump or two
(ID #366101) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:49
~Undine~
Quite over the top, and the exhaust syetm and spoilers are just crazy.
(ID #366108) Posted on 2008/11/10 22:57
Engineer by weekdays, Hikki by weekends
these are so wrong. japanese custom cars are those fitted with awesum widebodykits and killer offset wheels.
(ID #366114) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:01
Student and full-time otaku
Is that even street legal? I can see all those poor grannies and children scooped up already...
(ID #366115) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:03
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
Itasha all the way~
(ID #366120) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:09
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
lol they remind me of those mean looking Dekatora trucks you posted a while back: http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1153/Dekotora.html
(ID #366136) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:26
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Itasha, certainly. If I had to choose that is. Still, interesting stuff...
(ID #366141) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:29
Web monkey, coffee addicted cerberus, Chef Vader
These things make Itashas look discreet.
(ID #366151) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:34
Kawaii Pink Stuffs FanGirl, Cat Lover, Otaku, MP3 Hunter, Matcha & Afternoon Milk Tea Addict.
that's one of the most weirdest custom car design I've ever seen ^^;
(ID #366159) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:39
That's one of the subculture there, right? Like how they have the intercooler on the outside...
(ID #366169) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:53
It's not intercooler. It's oil cooler.
(ID #500105) Posted on 2009/02/24 07:45
they look dangerous to me.. dun wanna drive near of of those.. ^ ^;
(ID #366173) Posted on 2008/11/11 00:16
Nyoro-n...
Definitely Itasha! What are those feelers for... lol They want multi-coloured smoke to come out of those pipes? smoke stunts on land... XD
(ID #366183) Posted on 2008/11/11 00:29
looks like the lego cars i would make when i was a kid. try to make em as pointy and arrow like as possible, arrow = lightspeed.
(ID #366185) Posted on 2008/11/11 00:32
Lol, these mods look strange.
(ID #366188) Posted on 2008/11/11 00:42
These aren't even aesthetically pleasing let alone performance enhancing. I guess they have "interesting" in a way. Thing of beauty. http://elkgrovemustang.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10062/Shelby-WCC_Mustang_Driver_Front_3-4.jpg
(ID #366201) Posted on 2008/11/11 01:13
Student, Gamer, Part-time EFSF Pilot
Not as good as the new Shelby Mustang Terlingua buddy: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008/10/24/driving-impression-gt-gt-nfs-edition-shelby-terlingua-mustang.aspx
(ID #366396) Posted on 2008/11/11 06:37
I'd have to skip mods- Itasha mods would just get my car keyed, and custom mods would look sorta dumb on my car. That, and there are too many rough roads and steep curbs around here.
(ID #366202) Posted on 2008/11/11 01:13
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
looks weird. but hey who knows? maybe one of them can help u nab a hot chick like megan fox.
(ID #366203) Posted on 2008/11/11 01:14
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
lol these cars are more than meets the eye. ^^;
(ID #366681) Posted on 2008/11/11 11:40
Lurker, and part time super-villian.
Just gimme the car in Mad Max 2: Road Warrior, and I'll be happy. ^^
(ID #366216) Posted on 2008/11/11 01:36
Web/Graphic designer and Illustrator
It looks like a car from transformers that got stuck in the middle of transforming and never got to finish.
(ID #366220) Posted on 2008/11/11 01:38
High school student
Itasha for me, definitely. I don't even have a clue where would I park any of these custom cars.
(ID #366236) Posted on 2008/11/11 02:00
Those look incredibly useless. Naw, I'd prefer either a Hywire itasha, or a Frankencar. Like, taking an old classic car frame, and refitting it with modern fuel-efficient and geektastic innards.
(ID #366280) Posted on 2008/11/11 03:43
Those cars look really weird and totally unsuitable for road usage. In fact they look like they can only be used for racing on completely level ground. However I got the feeling that they are just used to look cool. I guess the definition of cool depends on the eyes of the beholder. The idea to use them to clear roads of snow is a funny one, but it's totally unrealistic. Snow appears to be light and like powder when you make a snowball out of it. However when you try to move it with machinery like this, then you build up pressure which will briefly melt the snow and it will become very heavy. In fact it will become so heavy that it can bend and crack metal. Just for comparision, a train snowplow weights 50 tons! (and it's not much wider than a car) I know it's meant as a joke and I make jokes like that too. I just wanted to inform you before you get any funny ideas and the joke ends up on you ;)
(ID #366295) Posted on 2008/11/11 04:16
No better way to pick up trash in the city of Tokyo, them to do it in style. They seriously appear like they could vacuum trash, as they travel the streets.
(ID #366302) Posted on 2008/11/11 04:27
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
custom car, but not on the level of stupidity as the one above... I mean, seriously, go over a bump in the road with those cars, I dare you... Itasha is just too much for me... I mean, I thought the pokemonn cars (a bettle dressed likea pikachu) was a fun idea, but still... I am not brave to drive that. I rather have a tachikoma, that would surely get me to my destination without being bored
(ID #366308) Posted on 2008/11/11 04:37
Pokemon master
How do you drive those things? O_o
(ID #366318) Posted on 2008/11/11 04:56
Can you say: "Road Hazzard?"
(ID #366341) Posted on 2008/11/11 05:14
No option for neither? :(
(ID #366348) Posted on 2008/11/11 05:30
Hotdog Repairman
Those are some sexy snow plows.
(ID #366350) Posted on 2008/11/11 05:33
Student, Gamer, Part-time EFSF Pilot
Ouch... C'mon Danny-san, don't generalize these things into the "japanese custom cars" category... These are Bosozoku inspired cars. As to how they go around corners... well... they drift them. Usually. And these actually pretty much took the style to an extreme, they're not usually so radical (maybe except for the exhausts, i've seen worse)
(ID #366394) Posted on 2008/11/11 06:34
Studio Bleach founder/owner
Stupid poll. It made me accidentally choose Buchanan. T_T
(ID #366409) Posted on 2008/11/11 06:54
I chose Custom Mod, but not like the mods in the above pics. O_O
(ID #366419) Posted on 2008/11/11 07:15
Internet Media
I'd go Itasha over this. Doesn't look like you could even drive these on a regular street - every little bump would scrape your fenders! BTW what do you drive, Danny?
(ID #366543) Posted on 2008/11/11 09:44
aspiring to become a doujin and graphics artist cum lawyer
are they designed for a specific purpose, like scooping up the girls? haha gosh pimp my ride's gonna have a field day with this
(ID #366584) Posted on 2008/11/11 10:29
Student and Miku Guardian
I would go for Itasha.. The art on the cars are way better-looking than modded cars.. Besides, there are so many road humps in Singapore; you bound to damage your modded car pretty badly..
(ID #366638) Posted on 2008/11/11 11:11
pop culture archivist
These aren't supposed to practical, they're just over the top fun! Sometimes you just create something for the hell of it. I love these crazy cars and salute the guys with the imagination and skill to construct them. Rock on!
(ID #366700) Posted on 2008/11/11 11:48
You'd have to pay me to drive one of those.
(ID #366731) Posted on 2008/11/11 12:12
They're like exaggerated dragsters...as if they were to scoop something up...XD
(ID #366801) Posted on 2008/11/11 13:13
japanese stupidity at MAX power!!!
(ID #366818) Posted on 2008/11/11 13:25
Itasha is better. These kinds of car mods are fail.
(ID #366848) Posted on 2008/11/11 13:48
anime/cosplay events organizer
I can't find the words to describe these machines @___@
(ID #366858) Posted on 2008/11/11 14:01
nah...I like my car look cool and unlike any others, but not in this way
(ID #366860) Posted on 2008/11/11 14:01
Secretary
These seem more painful than Itasha to me...
(ID #366920) Posted on 2008/11/11 14:51
I'd rather mod my car (not as extreme as those pictures though XD) than have an Itasha.
(ID #366972) Posted on 2008/11/11 15:47
student
I custom mod my car like wheels and engine parts... but nowhere to that extend.
(ID #367064) Posted on 2008/11/11 16:47
First thing that came to my mind was "What were these guys smoking?"...
(ID #367101) Posted on 2008/11/11 17:19
what do they do when they encounter a speed bump?
(ID #367148) Posted on 2008/11/11 18:13
I'd prefer one like the Mazda Atenza presented at the TAS2008 (see Nihon Car for that) I had already seen these before and find it funny the way they make the fronts long for scooping pedestrians crossing the road. You only get 2 bronken legs instead of ran over
(ID #367154) Posted on 2008/11/11 18:21
Mechanical Engineering student
The only modifying I would do to my car is installing bullet-resistant glass and kevlar on it -_-
(ID #367259) Posted on 2008/11/11 20:44
Uh....okay.. ^^; Itasha FTW!
(ID #367299) Posted on 2008/11/11 21:36
I don't think these would fly in the U.S.
(ID #367347) Posted on 2008/11/11 22:39
haha, they would need super flat tarmac!
(ID #367473) Posted on 2008/11/12 01:36
filmmaker, daydreamer
this looks like some serious Carmageddon have been going on.
(ID #367605) Posted on 2008/11/12 04:42
What the heck are those pipes sticking out of the cars?! Personally, i prefer itasha anyday.
(ID #367608) Posted on 2008/11/12 04:46
PhysicsMajor/Someting/Photo/Pharm Tech
I'd prefer an Itasha any day. I got a idea. Get a white 2000 Chevy Malibu and put a large bar code on the side "Generic Car." I have seen someone with a skull instead of a police emblem on a retired black police Ford Crown Victoria. Perfect. I still want my Caprice back and make it into an Itasha.
(ID #367650) Posted on 2008/11/12 05:54
maybe be better to write the words 'acme'
(ID #367937) Posted on 2008/11/12 11:26
Wow, just wow. Would the pipes in the center of the hood hinder the vision for driving. One would constantly see the pipes while driving on the road.
(ID #367848) Posted on 2008/11/12 10:18
Omg these are terrible.lool. I like Toyko Drift ones or the one from Inital D the one used to deliver Tofu while drifting. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, keys to igintion like gloves to Ali. To and fro the water in the sea the sunrise is my peace.
(ID #368041) Posted on 2008/11/12 12:32
Otaku Lord Of East London
I'd love to see these feeatured on the show Top Gear jus seeing the kind of reactions from Jeremey Clarkson, Richard hamond and James May would be priceless or even to see the STIG drive one XD that would be brilliant.
(ID #368898) Posted on 2008/11/13 07:06
How about some trucks too? Japanese truck-drivers are awesome; living 2 meters off the ground in a decked-out space. Okay..I glamorise it, but I felt like king of the road sitting up in the passenger seat of a truck while I was hitching around Japan.
(ID #369145) Posted on 2008/11/13 11:59
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
Car mods are nice but, there are just too original for my tastes.. so Itasha it is! ^^
(ID #369881) Posted on 2008/11/13 22:29
NO NO NO NOOOO!! thats terrible T_T they look like old nasty.... sumthing xD to see what a car should look like google nomukens skyline r34 xD yea baby car right there...
(ID #370024) Posted on 2008/11/14 00:30
actually on further thought just image google nomuken it should be a white car :/
(ID #370028) Posted on 2008/11/14 00:31
OMG. THESE CARS ARE BOMBBB.
(ID #370721) Posted on 2008/11/14 13:07
Grocery Store Clerk
I have seen weird cars in my Hotwheels collection adn those ones take the cake.
(ID #503524) Posted on 2009/02/27 11:07
I would really like to know where they get some of the custom panels from, it would be great fun to make one here in the states. I love crazy customs, and Japan is full of them. I think the are all awsome.
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