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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:36 am    Post subject: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

What is the Rat look?

When people describe “rat look” they often have their own concept of what it is to be rat. This isn’t a bad thing by any means; the scene is that versatile. The ways in which you can style and modify a vehicle to personalise it to your own taste are endless. To someone who is “ratting” a car, it could mean simply attacking the paintwork with a sander, letting the panels generate a layer of rust, throwing stickers all over the windows and bonnet, and chopping springs. To another person, it could mean slamming the car properly with some top of the range coilovers on some immaculate euro wheels with an insane camber, spraying the car in a simple but effective matt or satin colour along with a roof rack and a few thoughtfully customised accessories.

However, styling is not the only side to a ratted vehicle. Unlike the older American way, if you delve deeper into the UK scene, you’ll often notice a surprising twist. A fully ratted car can be in A1 class condition in terms of mechanical efficiency and outright power. So that “rusty” looking VW Beetle you see sitting in your local car park may actually be in better mechanical condition, have a better power to weight ratio and also a much more lairy engine sitting under its bonnet than its newer looking sporty cousin that wears a GTi badge with its immaculate paint work…

It’s not as easy as just buying an old banger, though. There are a lot of nice cars to rat out there, but you’ll also find a lot of pre-ratted cars that simply have no style or impact, and are just an accident waiting to happen on the roads. Our scene has a lot of artistic input to say the least. Ratting is without a doubt a learning curve for most. And with phrases like “Hood ride”, “Nu Rat”, and “Drift Rat” cropping up all over the place, you may be confused as to what “Rat Look” means. The following sections will introduce you to the origins of rat, where the scene is now, what styling methods you can adopt, and where the scene is heading.

Where did rat styling originate from?

Rat look cars may seem like a relatively new concept, but they’re not. Spend a little time researching the scene online and you’ll find out that hot rods from the 1920’s onwards have often been styled as “rat rods”. The survival bike scenes have also played as important a role, if not more so, as hot rodding. RAT stands for Recycled Automotive Transport, and is about keeping your vehicle on the road for as little as possible, often borrowing parts from other cars. If you want to take a look at some movie influences for rat and survival, check out the 1971 American movie “DUEL” with Dennis Weaver, or slightly the slightly newer 1980 film “Mad Max” with Mel Gibson.

From those roots, it was the VW scene which took up the baton, becoming one of the first to really bring the scene alive in the USA with the term “Hood Ride” being pinned, which also had its own American based website and forum at the time (now defunct). In the USA they don’t have MOT’s so driving a car with rotten floor, no sills etc is legal – Easier for some than others hey! And there appeared to be a lot of rat on the air cooled forums also around this time. With the VW Camper Van and Beetle at the forefront, it wasn’t long before anything pre 90’s and Volkswagen started to have a retro following of its own within and around Europe, albeit very niche at the time. Around this time the “rat look” term was pinned as it seemed the most respectful naming convention to the original rod scene that everything had originated from so far.

As time went on it seems that the scene really expanded, especially in the last decade. I’ve created this site to cater for you guys and girls. We’ve all seen that it’s not just the VW guys involved anymore with their euro styling – everyone is getting in on the act. Typically you’ll see German and French machines taking hold of the scene in the UK with their respective 80’s and early 90’s hatchback models, whilst slightly trailing behind is a slightly smaller selection of Jap, American and British machines that have been given a taste of the rat-look. It has to be said that ‘Rat’ isn’t the same as it once was all those years ago, but that isn’t a bad thing, as the scene has progressed so far and now we have various styles all floating around the becoming part of the massive rat look phenomenon.

p/s: aku rasa jeembo lebih mengetahui apa yg dimaksudkan dgn 'kete tikus' nih...heh..heh... Twisted Evil

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

go crazy! if you have lotsa E30 laaa ehhehehhehehe


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:53 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

Shocked

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

my collection!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

Damn! Like the orange man....
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:27 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

errorneus behavior hehehhehe...but cool..kinda like it.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:40 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

i love hot rods.....especially from jimmy from so-cal.....
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:21 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

hot classic.........

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

Memang stylo la ini tikus!

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:14 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

rat-look ,still clean.....

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:29 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

that rat e36 green soldier featured in PBMW october issue i think
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:25 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

mcm2 style yg ada skang kn...hmmm
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:38 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

Rat look inspiration still look cool walaupun sesekali mmg nampak jahat & ganas!

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:28 am    Post subject: Re: Rat-Look Stylo Reply with quote

M buroughs car transform lagi into shark car...
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