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Quote Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
I'll add my 2 cents....its not ENTIRELY peoples fault...I also blame
1. The Industry which seems to be run by some people with no taste but they influence a great deal how cars are modded.
2. Judges. Some are still clueless and can't tell the difference between leather and pleather.
3. The internet. There are too many sites where someone adds something or does something utterly ridiculous and 20 people post "THAT IS AWESOME" while I browse and cringe.
4. Sameness. Sameness happens fast. What was original 6 months ago, spread across the internet and everyone does it. An example is black wheels with red lips. I love how this looks ON CERTAIN cars. It can be quite menacing and finish the look of the car. Wheels like that on a 120hp Ford Taurus doesn't make me weak in the knees, sorry.
5. No education. Way to many people buy things and don't read or don't care to know. Guess what that carbon fiber 4 piece wing might be heavier than your stock wing.
6. Everyone has a show, from NOPI to KFC. So you have people winning trophies and placing in shows in events that really, are nothing to brag about.
7. People going to crazy shows. If your car is okay but you go to the "Pissbucket, GA" car show and win 1st etc etc, well, who did you beat?


I can totally understand the show car and show scene. Today you HAVE to be out of control, pushing boundaries which many times clashes with taste. To an extent it has always been like that, it just seems today its really about flashier, bigger and blingier.

I won NOPI 3rd place back in I think 2003 for the Lexus GS category. I didn't go to win, I just had GREAT teachers, modded with some taste and went to support the group. The judges recognized what I had done and I got a nice piece of recognition.

Then we continued to go back as a group and then it was clear the judges had no clue. We had stock cars winning, some really awful modded cars winning and I'll never forget us (SELOC) losing to NICO for best club based on the fact they had MORE members than us, even if we were organized to the "TEE" from clothes to parking to our tents while they had tons of cars, half painted, 1/2 with accidents but OH, it was a lot of them.

To this day, that left a sour taste in my mouth and the car show game.