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Jun 12 2009 6 Comments

Ridiculously pimped ride

As inconceivable as it is, this custom car was presumably once considered a classic — cool even. And its copious contours must have been costly too.

Japanese custom car

But now even the owner has got wise to the error of his ways, opting to leave a car that must have been the love of his life, somewhat conspicuously, and certainly uncared-for, on the corner.

Japanese custom car

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  1. Rob says

    6/12/2009 at 9:28 pm

    I saw a website a while back with pics of a car meeting for this type of cars. There were samples there with even more outrageous mods than this one…. very interesting, and only in Japan ^^

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  2. phossil says

    6/13/2009 at 5:35 am

    bumblebee??

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  3. Lye Huat says

    6/13/2009 at 11:00 pm

    Resembles the cars in the Transformer movie.

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  4. The Envoy says

    6/14/2009 at 4:58 pm

    Bumblebee has a rounder nature than this car, but yes, it does look like it could transform into a robot at any time.

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  5. Anonymous says

    10/10/2009 at 3:46 pm

    A Toyota turned Lamborghini…?

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  6. Daniel says

    11/26/2009 at 8:33 pm

    You don’t have to like these type of mods, which are only available in Japan. This bosozoku style is very unusual for western eyes. Speedhunters.com made a good introduction to the japanese car modification styles a while ago.

    Cheers,

    Daniel

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