(S) Rat Cinq?!!?

i think i just like the simplicity and lack of attention seeking looks the less rusty 'rats' have. some cinqs are fairley old cars now and that oldschool look is way cooler than the same old modern thing every other car has. but thats my opinion, were just in this thread for photos i think !

oli

never seen one tbh, try it then put some pics up

im looking out for some cinq alloys cos they go with that look a bit better than the 'badboy' esque ones i have on my car (came with it) also regular cinq wheels are 13? does anyone know the standard tyres that come on them? 13s with 50 pro would be sweet cos itll be lower haha

oli

might have a set give me a pm too keep custard happy

this is funny, rat cars look amazing i bet any of those car would kill you cars in a drag. its not all about body kits and amazing subwoofers, engines are the main part that actually get you moving, and thats all these guys care about not about the paint work :S

No sh*t instant advantage of 1.8 or 2L (or what ever they have) engines in the golfs

Its all opinion really with rat looker's, they seem to be marmite cars, love or hate..

Personnally i love rat lookers. I got into them due to being heavily into the Air-cooled VW scene where one could argue Rat's first became a big thing (i'm not saying they invented it b4 anyone goes off at me).

There numerous reasons why people build air-cooled Rat's, but i think the main ones are:

Building a car upto current show standards is a huge under-taking, i don't know who of you have seen a top show VW these days but they are amazing, top to bottom, completely clean, so much straighter and better condition than it ever was when it was brand new. Now if you got one of these cars its probably the case that you are scared to leave it in say a car-park due to people banging the door. Here enters your Rat, a rusty old car that doesn't matter if it get a prang here or there - this is esspecially true of campers which take a beating on camping holiday's etc.
Then theres the shear cost of getting the body and pan of a VW upto the show standards i mentioned before, after 40 years build up of crap stuck to it.

I'll also add if you ask any True Rat Look devotee, you will be told that if your car isn't actually a solid car, with the oomph behind it looks as if it lacks and shiny shiny wheels then you haven't got a Rat car, you've got a shed, thats dangerous and shouldn't be on the road. A rat should look like its not road worthy but it has to more than that to be a REAL RATTER!!

OK rant over.

hey,
i like the look of the vw 'rats'. but im not sure it would suit a cinq, if ur havin a go at it though oli then good luck, im interested in how it would turn out.
al

I hadnt really intended to deliberately 'rat' my cinq but its got a few dents here and there and im pretty much to lazy to clean it so its sort of becoming a rat slowly haha.

when its particularly dirty ill get a photo up to show you, but as blu said itll never be a true rat with alloys and all that sorta stuff!

found these two on centomania gallery! rusty bonnets haha. (sorry if the picture is too large im not sure how to resize it)

Seen loads of polish cars with bonnets like that, i'm pretty sure they are lightweight ones rather than rusty steel jobbies but they are distinctive. To me though they just look unfinished

like the car bra...

thats a DUB thing that might go quite well on a Sei

they arnt rusty bonnets they're fibreglass bonnets

Thats what i thought... Why they don't do anything else to them is beyond me, they'd look better even if just primered in white or black

paint adds weight? *shrug*