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"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
04/26/2017 at 08:11 • Filed to: None

Where have all the tasteful tuners gone?

DISCUSSION (23)

Flavien Vidal > mkbruin, Atlas VP
04/26/2017 at 08:32

Almost look like this one I saw in Toyota last year... I found it very ugly as far as I’m concerned... And I used to own a LT1 C4...

Kinja'd!!!

And of course... NOT a ZR-1...

pip bip - choose Corrour > mkbruin, Atlas VP
04/26/2017 at 08:34

name one to start with?

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Flavien Vidal
04/26/2017 at 08:35

Mitsubishi 3000 GT VR4 GTR R32

Flavien Vidal > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
04/26/2017 at 08:37

Pretty much :)

LongbowMkII > mkbruin, Atlas VP
04/26/2017 at 08:38

we have different definitions of taste.

Flavien Vidal > pip bip - choose Corrour
04/26/2017 at 08:38

RE-Amemiya!!

Kinja'd!!!

Ok... not all the time...

Kinja'd!!!

6cyl > pip bip - choose Corrour
04/26/2017 at 08:42

RUF, Alpina, AMG (pre-acquisition), Hartge (until the mid-90's), Callaway (until the mid-90's)

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > mkbruin, Atlas VP
04/26/2017 at 08:44

My favorite tuner died while racing. After his death, the company he ran really never was the same.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/john-lingenfelter-dead-at-58.6781/

He did crazy NA tuning and the vehicles were real sleepers that could move while looking stock. And they were reliable. After he died, they just started slapping turbos and blowers on everything. When he went away, so did his magic.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > mkbruin, Atlas VP
04/26/2017 at 08:46

Also, GS90:

Kinja'd!!!

C4 ZR1 based.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > mkbruin, Atlas VP
04/26/2017 at 08:49

Let’s be real here: All aftermarket wheels are ugly. If they’re not super close to something a manufacturer has put on a stock car, they’re probably hideous. Some manufacturers use ugly wheels, too, so it isn’t always a guarantee that they have taste, but there’s a greater chance they have taste.

Every tuner seems to put aftermarket wheels on their cars to make them stand out more. Those wheels are almost invariably ugly, and considering they’re a large part of the appearance of the car, it reflects poorly on their taste.

There are a tiny number (mostly acquired/absorbed by the company they focus on) that seem to have taste, but they’re all in Europe as far as I am aware and we’ve all heard of them.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > mkbruin, Atlas VP
04/26/2017 at 08:56

I wonder what that Corvette did to deserve getting 2 boots.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Flavien Vidal
04/26/2017 at 08:58

Those NSX headlights tho

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
04/26/2017 at 08:58

I like it, except for the big white oval on the front.

Discerning > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
04/26/2017 at 09:11

Some municipalities use two boots for whatever reason. I’ve seen it done a number of times in Atlanta. Seems like a waste of resources to me but there might be a reason as to why they do it.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > mkbruin, Atlas VP
04/26/2017 at 09:18

Have you listened to The Smoking Tire episode with Calloways son that and out in the last few weeks? Literally one of the best things I’ve listened to in a long time. Just them going through the history of Calloway from the beginning to now is amazing.