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View Poll Results: What looks UGLY on a Skyline
Custom paint job 73 13.52%
Graphics / shopping lists 225 41.67%
Mix and Match body kit 135 25.00%
Copied or poorly fitting kit 306 56.67%
Carbon bonnets/accessories unpainted 56 10.37%
Huge rear spoiler 215 39.81%
Rear spoiler removed 115 21.30%
Wrong ride height 124 22.96%
OTT / Bling wheels 252 46.67%
Anything other than Nissan standard! 25 4.63%
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Old 24th November 2006, 07:16 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Smile There's no single common denominator

It's the way the mods have been done. The time taken matching graphics/colour/bodykit/wheels/interior always shows.

And, as already pointed out, it's a very subjective topic - we all drive the very best Skyline we can afford to have/maintain/make.

Apart from mine, coz it's superb... - oops, see what I mean?
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Old 24th November 2006, 08:13 PM   #17 (permalink)
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It's not as simple as that. One man's meat is another man's poison. Nemesis R33 anyone?

Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.
Very nice Jim I even like the metal spoiler,any more pics it may just be the angle.
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Old 24th November 2006, 08:37 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Like most above, I don't think it's which "aspect" of the car is changed, it's how well it's done - and goes with the rest of the car! That's why I didn't really want to vote - but have done so I can see the results. I went for wings: my car )

Paint & Graphics jobs that look like they've been picked by a colourblind bloke with cataracts are sh1te - there've been some classic examples on fleabay recently

Did you all see that 33 on fleabay with a Scooby scoop on the bonnet? That's what gives car modding a bad name

I don't particular like Veilside "snowplough" front kits, doorstacks are generally a "go faster" chav mod, some wheels are really crap, I don't like carbon boots, etc, etc. But, on the whole, well put together (and not OTT) mods are an improvement and make our cars "individual".

At the end of the day though, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and, like Mook says, it ain't about ugly, it's about sh1te

Matt - my wife says your car is ugly (you can take this up with her if she comes on our Dec NW meet ). I say it looks the business because I know it "does what it says on the tin" - it's a package.

I'd liken it to an Apache attack helicopter! - Beautiful? No. Gobsmackingly, devastatingly, brutally, impressively AWESOME - yes!
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Old 24th November 2006, 10:55 PM   #19 (permalink)
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you all misunderstand
ALL Skylines are ugly. Much like old Astons are ugly, the new mustang is ugly, a stealth bomber is ugly.
good ugly
i think the question should be "what makes a skyline look shit?"
then neon's etc would apply
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Thats the truth really, skylines arent pretty cars now are they
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Old 25th November 2006, 12:06 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Thats the truth really, skylines arent pretty cars now are they
If I think back to 1977 the year I started work my top cars would have been 55/57 Chevy, Mk 2 Cortina Lotus,Shelby Mustangs . Most people now days just want something to get them from A to B with as little cost as possible. Pretty cars still a market for Gay men.
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Old 25th November 2006, 12:41 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Mmmmmmmmm, i just voted for everything apart from, the last one.

Does that mean i'm getting old?
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Old 26th November 2006, 09:05 AM   #22 (permalink)
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We must all remember ¨ONE MAN'S MEAT IS ANOTHER MAN'S POISON¨ and yes maybe a few of us are getting OLD!
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Old 26th November 2006, 10:53 AM   #23 (permalink)
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your car looks very impressive, mean, fast, wild, wow, a bit ott for me but it's not my car, only bit to doubt are the wheel arch extensions, the wheels look great, certainly a f... me look at that! wish it was mine motor.
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The Ugliest Skyline Of All:

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Old 26th November 2006, 11:45 AM   #25 (permalink)
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anything in an R33 body shape lol

im joking

huge alloy wings are a no no, they just look v.v. wrong in the UK

however they do for some reason look totally different in japan and just suit the "backdrop"

gold OR chrome wheels, graphics saying "HKS" , bad "cover ups" like GTS-Ts looking like GT-Rs with the badges
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and this makes it look ugly also........



i voted huge spoiler, stupid graphics and bling bling wheels
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Old 26th November 2006, 01:24 PM   #27 (permalink)
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.....huge alloy wings are a no no, they just look v.v. wrong in the UK. However they do for some reason look totally different in japan and just suit the "backdrop".......
Better start arranging my move to the land of the rising sun then......
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My personal opinion is that too many modders seem to forget the effectiveness of subtle enhancements. For example the purple R33 with the boot key opener removed and sprayed over; Not many people noticed it in the photo (me included) but when pointed out provided a real 'wow factor'.

What makes a Skyline ugly - When somebody sticks a mod on for the sake of 'thats what you do when you've got a Skyline'.

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