When Vehicles Go Bad: Ten Mods Gone Horribly Wrong

Do you remember learning to ride a bike? You probably fell a lot, I know I did. Every joyful moment of forward momentum under your own power was marred with at least one session of scraped knees and bloodied elbows. It’s a harsh lesson when you’re young, but an important one: skills take time, and often pain, to gain. Modifying a car is the same. For every amazing project we cover, there are countless ones that go horrendously sideways, sometimes literally. Whether that’s due to a lack of experience on the builder’s part, shoddy craftsmanship, poor choice of car or parts, zero taste, or any number of other reasons, the result is the same. A lot of money spent, with bugger all to show for it save for some ugly piece of trash. In this article, we’re going to look at ten car mods that have either been done badly or should never have been done at all.

A Jaguar On Stilts

Jacked-up Jaguar XJ with extreme lift
Cargurus

Imagine being crazy enough to think that this was a good idea… (etc.)

Chrome, Chrome, and More Chrome

Fully chrome-wrapped Mercedes SLR McLaren
Jalopnik

Killing a Stingray

Heavily modified and ruined C2 Corvette Stingray
Dragzine

Novelty Wheels

Car with absurdly oversized spoked wagon wheels
EMGN
Car fitted with massive wooden wagon wheels
Ranker

A Vehicular Gold Grill

Gold-wrapped Camaro ZL1 with lion theme
Yandex

A Drastic Body Change

Corvette converted into a pickup truck — a crime">
Hot Cars

Poor Paintjobs

Jaguar E-Type painted with literal jaguar animal print
Hot Cars

More Stance Than A Ballet Dancer

Extremely slammed car barely clearing the ground
Reddit

Outlandish Rims

Nissan Murano convertible with comically oversized rims
Reddit

Botched Bodykits

Cheap Bugatti Veyron body kit on a regular hatchback
Hot Cars

I hope you’ve enjoyed this tour of vehicular regrets. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go and pour myself a stiff drink and have a little lie down.

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