Mods that make you cringe..

[goin2drt]

Tailgate is like a blank canvas..

Got the whole list on one truck.

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[maxx075]

Got the whole list on one truck.

We can close this thread now, we found the winner.

Just delete the entire thread except this post

 

[Chance3]

Tailgate is like a blank canvas..

LOL, here I thought I was being cool flipping on my sequential tail lights as I passed you, not knowing you were snickering at me in stead. Oh well, I'll keep on living in the 1970's as I truck on.. Love this thread, has made me chuckle more than a few times.

 

[agreenspacemarine]

The more mods I see, the more I appreciate the look of stock. Then again, I'm not young anymore and are guilty of doing the same when I was young?

I think age/demographics definitely play a part. Looking back I cringe thinking of some of the cheesy, tacky, and otherwise tasteless mods I did on some of my vehicles. Nowadays I prefer purposeful, OEM+type mods if any.

 

[DyingBreed]

Thank you all, I have not laughed this hard in a while. Its refreshing!

 

[1162YUT]

While not desperate I'd kinda disagree with your #7. My Son bought an SR and he we rather have leafs than coils any day. He swapped out his rear axel already and this thing is turning into a runner beast. No PRO decals required.

Did you see the Hellcat Taco

1. Fang lights and raptor lights. Raptor lights only belong on a genuine Ford Raptor
2. Excessive poke on rims, and just fugly wheel and tire combos. Especially oversized AT tires on SR5 factory silver painted rims.
3. Heritage color inserts on the grill and, well, anywhere on the truck tbh
4. Color matching inserts, covers, stickers on the interior
5. Hood emblems (ex. “TRD Sport”) on trucks that never came with hood emblems. The only emblems that are OEM and legit are TRD Pro and iForce Max.
6. Any modification to the muffler to make it “sound better”. You won’t, you’ll never…it’s a 4 banger and the exhaust note will always be nails on a chalkboard. Don’t make it worse.
7. Trying desperately to make your low trim truck look like and be optioned like a high trim truck. Don’t do it. If it’s an SR5, let it be an SR5.
8. Heritage blue and wave maker blue. These colors are an abomination. The only vehicle that can get away with wild colors is a Jeep Wrangler…but then the people that buy them tend to be wild as well

BUT…to each their own. It’s your money and your truck…make it your own! Just be prepared to have thick skin if you go extreme on the mods and ask peoples opinions lol

 

[izzy]

While not desperate I'd kinda disagree with your #7. My Son bought an SR and he we rather have leafs than coils any day. He swapped out his rear axel already and this thing is turning into a runner beast. No PRO decals required.

Did you see the Hellcat Taco

I like my leafs too tbh

Not old school, just the way it should be.

They've been around for 220 years why fix what isn't broken.

 

[dvrgz]

Did you see the Hellcat Taco

That thing is nuts. They’re working on a Lexus Truck now. 4th gen taco turned Lexus. Interested in seeing the final product.

 

[Fishmoose]

When did Jeep people start buying Tacomas? This kind of crap is encouraged in Jeep world.

 

[maxx075]

When did Jeep people start buying Tacomas? This kind of crap is encouraged in Jeep world.

Looks like it would fit well with the rest of your mods

 

[Fishmoose]

Forgot one. The guys adding all the old school Toyota "ugly shades of orange" to everything. Usually stickers on grills, paint, wherever else they can find some real estate.

Looks so sick bro!!

 

[bitflogger]

LOL, love this topic.

The overland tent guy running errands on a Tuesday. Never understood leaving one of those giant eyesores on the truck roof all summer long.

My fellow or co-trail steward and I forever get laughs at trailhead or at times when working. When my 4th gen was new dudes could not believe I was "trashing" it. His pickup is a not really fancy Silverado, and I have a near stock TRD OR long bed. People get surprised that we can somehow actually do a lot of work off road. Extra laughs when they realize people making professional MTB and ski trails don't need huge tires, lifts or that sag/level treatment.

What I'm sure goes on is these vehicles are hobby and identity stuff for many and for others they're just consumable tools.

It's also my pickup, and SUVs are not trucks. My actual trucks were Kenworths and Macks.

 

[Will721]

I waited a month to see how hostile this thread got before I chimed in. Actually wasn't as bad as I expected, but still enjoyed it.

Really only things I don't like are those light bars under tailgates, because after 10min there's an LED burned out and I can't stop staring at it. Other than that, just mods that make a vehicle worse I guess. Like cheap shocks that made a truck ride like crap that come with lift kits, big wheels with skinny tires, squatted trucks, ect. Not sure why so many OR guys "upgrade" to non resy shock. Or stickers, just not a sticker guy. I even tend to debadge my stuff, whish our tailgates were smooth for that reason. I would even say the heritage color stuff is OK on a white or black truck but they clash with every other color.


Some guys like to gatekeep the whole adding pro badges to whatever saying it's a "fake". Well you can take any hybrid, toss on a tune, intake, exhaust, and some kings or Dks and have a more capable rig that the Pros they bought and probably save money doing it. Even if it does have more poverty buttons. I remember when the Raptors first came out and a bunch of us got out our calculators and realized you can just buy an F150, get a kit from camburg suspension, fenders from your choice of glass company, and a supercharger for half of what the Raptor cost. Which would build a truck with more travel, and horsepower.

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