businessclass wrote:Yeah snapped a Range Rover with that stuff on while ago, immediately thought he borrowed it off the lot or something.
Yes, that's the look. Thanks.
Post by gavinmac » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:18 pm
businessclass wrote:Yeah snapped a Range Rover with that stuff on while ago, immediately thought he borrowed it off the lot or something.
Post by andyinasia » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:28 pm
Post by Elekid » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:33 pm
http://www.boredpanda.com/rusty-car-vin ... yde-wraps/New Car Covered In Rust Camouflage To Protect It From Thieves
Post by AE86 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:40 pm
Yep, I did that with an rice cooker once. Glue turned really hard and caked on and I ended up scratching it to hell when I finally tried to get it off, ironic.epidemiks wrote:I worked for BMW once upon a time, and they'd come off the transporter wrapped in acres of plastic, inside and out, and wax to protect various parts. The glue that holds those stickers on isn't designed to be used for a long time. Doesn't age well, and is a batch to get off without scratching if you leave it too long.
Elekid wrote:Meanwhile in the West.
http://www.boredpanda.com/rusty-car-vin ... yde-wraps/New Car Covered In Rust Camouflage To Protect It From Thieves
Post by Lucky Lucan » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:45 pm
That's hilarious. I expect it will be a while before this look catches on here.Elekid wrote:Meanwhile in the West.
http://www.boredpanda.com/rusty-car-vin ... yde-wraps/New Car Covered In Rust Camouflage To Protect It From Thieves
Post by Elekid » Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:02 am
Rat-look.AE86 wrote:
This is huge in So Cal with VWs especially, except they like to actually rust their bonnets and doors. My old GTi fit the club well except that it was rusty due to natural causes.
Post by scobienz » Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:59 am
Post by Garry Crabtree » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:09 am
Post by AE86 » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:17 am
This. Most of the cars here are used and original plastic (which is usually white), is long gone.scobienz wrote:The stickers are not 'left there'. They are especially added. I have walked past a luxury car yard and seen a woman cutting them out from a blue plastic strip and fixing them under the door handles.
Post by DetroitMuscle » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:57 pm
Post by Lucky Lucan » Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:20 pm
Post by v12 » Sun Jul 12, 2015 5:36 am
Like Hanno says: Protection against nails scratching the paint.gavinmac wrote:Forgive my ignorance about cars and status symbols here.
I've never noticed this before, maybe it's been prevalent for a while but I just noticed it recently and now I keep noticing it.
I'm seeing some cars, mostly SUVs, that appear to have light blue tape under the door handles. It looks like tape, I haven't tried to peel it off an cars though, I guess it could be paint.
Anyway, do new cars in this region come with light blue tape under the door handles? I've shopped for new cars in the US, and I've never noticed this. .
When cars have the blue tape under the door handles, does that indicate that the car is brand new, or are Khmers going and getting blue tape put under the door handles of cars to make them look new?
Is it fair to say that if there is blue tape under the door handles, the driver is a douchebag?