Customised & Modified Cars @ 31st Bangkok Motor Show

Extreme car customisation has a loyal following in Bangkok just as it does across Asia as a whole, and this genre of personalisation, resculpturing every surface inside and out, was one of the biggest draws for the masses of visitors during the just-gone 31st Bangkok International Motor Show as an array of machines, barely recognisable from their more humble mass-production origins, literally scraped their lowered-to-the max lavishly kitted bodywork into the car parks, announcing their arrival with dazzling paint finishes, glittering neon lights and pumping sound systems.

Custom enthusiast here spend small fortunes and uncountable hours turning anonymous production runabouts, cars such as Toyota's tiny Yaris to its bulky big sister Camry and every size in between, into utterly bespoke cars where almost nothing is left untouched. Huge body kits with asphalt-hugging front spoilers, flaring side skirts and racing style splitter-effects at the rear swathe these cars as they are dropped to mere millimetres from the ground, defying the torment of the city's roughly-surfaced roads. Bejewelled exhaust tailpipes thrust out (one flat-black Nissan Teana sported no less than six chromed oval exits), huge high-polished chrome wheels shod with ultra-low profile tyres, neon lights embedded all round - including behind the wheels - exotic metallic patterned or pearlescent paint jobs, jet-black tinted glass and scissor doors are all elements that combine make these projects stand out from far away. Inside the cars are just as lavishly equipped: out goes the downdy incumbent interior to make way for a bespoke makeover which usually focuses around luscious fabrics, leather seats and speakers (and amplifiers) on every possible surface. LCD screen monitors from small-to-large (some are motorised to flip themselves up and outwards) flicker video images that harmonise with the sounds blasting out while some go as far as to play out "disco" strobe lights and glitter balls which wash the insides with a multitude of colours. As well as cars, pick-up trucks are turned into mobile sound systems complete with mini "dancer floor" where coyote dancers can writhe to the beat.

Complementing the display customised cars (many of these highly bespoke machines are seen regularly on the auto event "circuit" here and are thus instantly recognisable) on show outside is a dedicated "Audio Zone". Here an array of cars and pickups pump music as dancers strut while a large temporary marquee was erected alongside the main halls of the BITEC Bagna complex. In its spacious white canvas confines dozens of auto "audio" manufacturers presented their lavish sound systems in a sea of beats and shows from "pretties". More & photos: http://www.newlifeinbangkok.com/?q=node/141

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[krocialblack]

Those arn't cars. Those are night clubs on wheels....

[YodZaz]

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[EarthSh4ker]

@Thorbjorn242 WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

[Thorbjorn242]

I really love Thailand, but this is digusting!! :(

[boyzaloveploy]

เท่โคตร



[spikenikom]

ตอน 2.30 มันเปนเพลงไรหลอ บอกผมที

[ProjectRevoLutioN21]

@skipskops all are air suspension :)

[TheJmsmurphy187]

holy crap i want to get a car and make it look like one of these

[V0iiDMW3]

Goddamn pimp ricerz....the worst shit evr..

[skipskops]

Most of these cars wouldn't be able to move around in the UK, you'd get stuck on a pothole or a speed bump or something lol. They're amazing though! Seriously some of these are CRAZY!!!!!!! Awesome :P