ok so im not hating on rusty hoods and fresh paint, but why do people do this ive just started noticing it more and dont really understand it?? ive seen some that look great but its been bothering me not knowing why??

 

why 'stanced' or 'hellaflush'? why roof racks that will never hold a bike or kayak? why JDM front on a USDM car? why neon underglow kits? why loud fart cans when the car could easily be quiet and just as fast?

why? because it's a trend. it will come and go like everything else.

 

ha ok i guess..wasnt hating just wondering seems its the same answer everywhere i look now...just a fad from vw guys...i used to be a vw guy but never woulda rocked a rusty body part and i was even east coast haha

 

it goes all the way back to old rat rods where they basically threw together a bunch of crap just to make a fast car, alot of times they didnt paint or didnt want too and they would rust up, its a trend that i dont understand myself cause i do everything i can to avoid rust

 

same

 

yes the same as above

 

i think they look ok on the right car but i think your just ruining a good hood?

 

I think it looks rainbowey and wouldnt have one myself.
Rust isnt a color only a condition of the metal.

 

haha i built a ironhead harley a few months ago and everyone told me to make it rat style, i couldnt do it, fresh paint looks alot sexier than rust metal!!

 

Rat rod style on older German car:


Trying to take the old car style to a new car:


They both look terrible, but at least the older one makes more sense...

 

its barely rat rod style cuz its got clean paint haha, unless u mean the basket on top??

 

garbage.

 

what would the happen when it rains, and the rusty water runs down onto the good paint?

 

To each their own...

 

Though inspired by rat rods, I don't really think it's the same.

Rat rods were put together with the parts available that would work. Paint is secondary to getting the car together and running. Rat rods have more to do with function than anything to do with looks.

A 20-year-old or newer VW or Honda with a rust hood... it's not like those parts are hard to come by. Usually those owners take a fine hood and purposefully rust it.

All part of the quest of a Honda owner trying to be different on a budget.

 

X2
Way too garbage. Desecration of the car to do that to it.
Might as well get some fake fur from Joanne fabrics and cover the hood in it!

 

dude i think i may try the fake fur idea..sounds sick!!! NOT!!! haha

 

When is the rusted quarter panel trend gonna come? LOL

 

i think right after the fake fur hoods!!

 

i have seen a car in person where they guy actually got grass to grow on his car, i was a kid at the time or i would have asked more questions on how he got it to stay on the car when he drove it

 

come on...grass????

 

http://yevrah.blogsome.com/2008/05/2...-nature-lover/

 

wow is all i can say!! wow

 

i think hes going overboard with the grass joke..lol...

anyone want to trade my cf hood?...looking for a rusty one..lol....

 

nah man, im really into my new rusty hood haha..so clean!!!