Unlike another rat rodded fifth-gen, the Chevy Camaro you see here didn’t undergo days’ worth of sanding and other forms of abuse; instead, this car — seen at the 43rd annual National Street Rod Association Show in Louisville Kentucky — wears a wrap to furnish it with a look that gives off the impression that it’s been to hell and back… even though it hasn’t.
According to ScottieDTV’s video, the 2010 SS RS is supercharged, wears an aftermarket spoiler, contains functional brake cooling ducts in the quarter panels, and is finished in these American Racing wheels. The rat rod wrap looks very realistic while the custom front grilles make it all that much more sinister. Ironically, as with most cars today, the front and rear bumpers of the car are actually made of plastic… but the wrap throws them some rust their way, anyway.
But the Camaro doesn’t carry the rat rod theme to the interior. Instead, the cabin is finished in leather, suede, and carbon fiber accents — which makes sense given that it likely isn’t pleasing to spend time in a cabin that’s all beat up, at least aesthetically.
So the question is, would you rat rod your Camaro? If so, would you wrap it like the car above — or modify the original surface as in this example?
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Flash forward to 2035 a prize found in the barn “Is this one of em mythical V8’s?”
“looks like” “Say didn’t GM rust proof these cars back in the day?” ” don’t look like” “thought so” “Are V8’s legal to own?” ” Naa don’t think so..”
That looks terrible, It sends a bad message about the bad quality of the car paint . It must have been done by Ford people..
It definitely different in the sense that it is wrapped. I like it, and I bet the owner will go a few years with it like this and eventually take the vinyl off. That’s what’s so great about vinyl. It gives you the opportunity to experiment with your car and then put it back to OEM status after a while. Not only that, say he leaves it like this for 5 years. He then takes be vinyl off. Pristine paint!!!
i’m so tired of the “Rat Rod” theme. especially considering that the cars that originated the look were not intended to stay that way. they were works in progress. now everybody with a willingness to run a sh#tty looking car is claiming “Rat Rod” this and that.
and it’s vinyl wrapped?!? YOU CAN’T FAKE PATINA!
how bout this: if you must go for the well used “i don’t give a f#ck” street fighter look; just actually not give a damn about your car’s external appearance. drive it like you stole it, practice drifting and power-slides and kiss a few guardrails and walls. NEVER wash or wax the dang thing, and finally; let your friends randomly kick, scratch, and drop abrasive and heavy thing on the body.
i guarantee that in less than a year your car will have that awesome sinister unloved patina that all good REAL Rat Rods have. for an example of a car doing it right check out ‘Rusty Slammington’ http://jalopnik.com/5651022/meet-rusty-slammington-m5-gets-chopped-slammed-and-rubbed-the-wrong-way
this guy was so dedicated to messing up a perfectly good car he rubbed diesel fuel into the paint! never mind all the other abuse he heaped upon it, but damn does it have character and look great! the Patina is awesome! too bad the said ‘diesel fuel soaked paint’ contributed to it burning to the ground. *shrug*
Who cares if you don’t like the “rat” look. Rat Rods usually use parts from other cars, random pieces like stop signs for fire walls and floorboards, etc. They were never intended in being finished. And rat rods are even the latest trend now. And I’m pretty sure that vinyl patina and rust could be convincing. People are so objective today not really thinking that others are probably saying the same things about their cars. It’s kind of like the time somebody said that blacking out my car was stupid and I turned right back around and said “So says the guy with “26 wheels and a Mr. Bubbles decal on the side of his pink colored car.” You don’t like what other people do to THEIR car, that’s cool. Remember the key word THEIR, as in not yours.
Not my thing but the idea of using a wrap is actually pretty cool. And your right, it would be nice five years out to peel it off and have a brand new looking car! Hmmm, got me thinking of using a wrap somehow as a chip defender on long drives…..
The only problem with wrapping a car is how expensive it is. I’ve seen them go as high as $5,000. But, later on down the road, when you remove it, you won’t have to pay that amount for a new paint job. If you want defense on road trips, have you ever thought about clear protection on the front? It’s clear vinyl and works to protect the front end. Of course there is always the cheap route. Use Seran Wrap or the front. Sure it looks ugly, but the front end will look good once you get to your destination.