Popular Mechanics: These 9 Add-Ons Will Not Improve Your Car's Performance

http://www.popularmechanics.com/car...formance-sapping-aftermarket-add-ons#slide-10

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bahahahahahahhahahaha, "fauxbars and shiney skiddies" just got called out on PM




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ha makes me fell better about my mangled stock skids

 

just builds character my friend

 

LOL! That saturn on the first slide... hahaha all those cars look ridiculous. And I hate the stupid fake vents people put on the front quarter panels too.

 

surprised they didnt cap on the sport Skewp on the truck too

 

same here. people actually pay money/ spend time applying them ha.

 

Go one slide back to #9

 

I hate those too and all the chrome crap. The stupidest thing I have seen was a compact 2WD truck with 4x4 emblems. Part part was he did not even attempt to disguise the fact that it was a 2WD.

 

A "Color-matched exhaust tip" does not help performance either, but people like to customize their trucks.

 

I didn't think people actually noticed that

Truth be told, I chopped it after the axle recently

 

I agree that some of the things people do to their cars are absurd, and look pretty stupid to me.

However, most of us have done things to our vehicles that others may see as stupid, but we did them for appearance, and not performance.

To each his/her own... if you ain't paying for it, does it matter that much to you?

 

HaHa! Good one. 5 and 8 remind me of a lot of the high school kid's cars running around here.

Some years ago, one had an old faded 80s something 2 door Nissan with curb feelers and all sorts of stick-on junk. He had a license plate "4U2NV", I kid you not.

 

Check out slide number 9...lol.

 

Wait, fake vents don't boost performance? Damn, I was getting ready to slap some on.

 

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/products/performance-sapping-aftermarket-add-ons#slide-9
Also applies!

 

I admit.... The Tacoma skewped hood does look good from the outside.
But I did notice a bit of blind spot especially if on an incline.

I'd like one if it simply even helped exhaust some hot air from under the hood.

Wonder if we can raise the rear of the stock hood just an inch or so to help cool things off a little. Kinda like the reverse of what the old Volkswagen beetles used to do with the decklid.

 

I think taco skewps look like crap, but thats just me.

 

not just you

 

Does anyone want an MGM hood/w scoop?