Bosozoku style

[SteveH]

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/holden_monaro_bosozoku_by_tomacc-d32rbn7.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/bosozoku_43.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/bosozoku_31.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/bosozoku_8.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/Bosozoku-62.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/most-unique-car-modification-japanese-gangster-bosozoku-style.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/Bosozoku-style-tuning-japon-7.jpg

[SteveH]

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/8c7f-575x431.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/bosozoku_rx3.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/bosozoku_xB_front.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/bosozoku_xB_back.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/053051-1.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/Nissan.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/bosozoku-exhaust-of-the-week-sideburns1.jpg

discuss :D

[Michaelhatesfans]

discuss :D

No!:)

[emjaya]

What is with the bent pipes sticking of of the engine bay?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/8c7f-575x431.jpg

Are they to catch piano wire strung across the road?

[Don Quixote]

I knew if we waited long enough cowcatchers would come back into style. :thumbup: :gomer:

[Methanolandbrats]

Is that a California plate on that pink POS? Do those *****oxes actually get driven on the street or are they just "art"?

[cameraman]

There is no way on earth you could drive those on the street here, they would high-center at every intersection. I don't see how you could get those things on a trailer without using a crane for that matter. Do those noses disconnect?

[Andrew Longman]

So from the land that gave us made-up-make-believe-all-show-no-substance racing -- drifting, we get made-up-make-believe-all-show-no-substance race-like cars.

And I thought nothing could look dumber than drifting.

I would be more than happy to spend this waste of money for them.

[SteveH]

And I thought nothing could look dumber than drifting.

Well there's always the possibility that these things also drift. :eek: :yuck: :D

[Gnam]

I think they are the Japanese equivalent of rat rods.
So similar...and yet sooooo different.


from wiki:

The first bōsōzoku were known as kaminari-zoku (雷族 "Lightning Tribes"). Many, if not most, of bōsōzoku came from a lower socioeconomic class and may have used the motorcycle gang activities as a way to express disaffection and dissatisfaction with Japanese mainstream society. Many of the most hard-core bōsōzoku would become lower-ranking members of the Yakuza after turning 20 years of age.

Bosozoku also have a distinct style of car modification, eponymously called "bosozoku style". These cars are often modified with large exhaust pipes, bright paint, and large aero kits, the latter modelled on Group 5 “Special Production Cars” of the 1970s.

A google search for more photos turned up this image. :D

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9193/12221c.jpg

[cameraman]

So if you ingest a vast quantity of Japanese low quality illicit drugs you will look at this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Lancia_Beta_MonteCarlo_1980-05-24.jpg

and your brain will see this:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/nickjt/Bosozoku%20car%20styles/bosozoku_43.jpg

[devilmaster]

Is this the stuff Terrell Pryor keeps 'loaning'? ;) :runs:

[chop456]

After visiting a website advertised on the back of one of the cars, I can say I lend my full support to this movement. :thumbup:

[cameraman]

That web site, once translated, really adds a whole new layer of wtf to this thread:saywhat:

[SteveH]

That web site, once translated, really adds a whole new layer of wtf to this thread:saywhat:

wow :rofl:

[chop456]

That's not the website I was referring to, but I see what you mean. :D

[pchall]

WTF with the antennae? Are this hybrids intended to steal power from tram overhead electric lines?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fyRykSB60oA/RfPjzNvatAI/AAAAAAAAAHI/BUknkV0uZGk/s400/OldBus06.JPG