Has anybody been noticing an increase in those fake Fender Vents recently?

Here's a link of them if you don't know what I'm talking about.

I've seen them on hoopties, old work vans and trucks, and little econoboxes. And there has been a big increase in sightings in the past month or so.

I wonder if its just a Houston thing or this is the new nationwide trend? I seriously see 3-4 a day on the freeway now.

 

:ghey:

And :IBthisismovedtoCarTalk:

 

Isn't this repost? those are some nasty fender vents.

or :ibmovethisthreadtocartalk:

 

i can see that on some cars it may look o.k., but for the most part, the stick on vents are :theghey:

 

BTW I in no way like these things. I'm just shocked at how fast them seemed to have caught on around here. I did a search for fender vents and nothing came up.

But I guess this would be better in car talk then ramblings. Sorry

 

Suite! I'm ordering a pair for my 93 Cavalier.

 

wow those are ghey

 

On anything other than late '40's/early '50's Buicks, second generation Firebirds, and '87 Buick GNX's they tend to look a little weird.

Terry

 

we have some Neons and Civics running around them on em.

 

HAH! You have no idea... these seem to be popular within the minority groups (excluding asians) here.... They put them on everyfuckingthing! Especially if it's a ghetto cruiser with 98 inch wheels on it, it's like standard equipment. Hell I'm almost shocked when I see a regular buick with them (OEM).

 

If I put those on my Type-S, how many WHP do I gain. I do it for 20 .... uhm, 10. I'd do it, if I got 10 more WHP.

Anybody know?

 

So, don't Aston Martins, M3s, XJ-Rs, XKRs, CTS-Vs and Escalades have fender vents too?? What a bunch of losers...

 

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My GE clothes dryer has a side vent, but I wouldn't put in the same category as an Aston Martin...

 

NOTE: this is not just a Houston thing... I drove from Arkansas to Houston, then all the way to Georgia (12 long hours)... dem thangs is everywhere.... and they are on cars and trucks of all kinds with all kinds of folks drivin... kinda like spinner wheels...

 

and the shocker stickers on cars

 

4 out of 5 cars I see here are trashed or ghetto'ed up in some way.

 

negative 400 WHP

 

yep... I agree!!! ...its alittle better in spring tx

 

They are functional on all of the above except maybe the caddys..


I've seen them increase in popularity around here. It's sad because there is a really nice orange hemi charger w/ tasteful wheels etc around here and he had to go and ruin it with those vents

 

I've seen a few, but it's not an epidemic around here like you guys are talking...

 

it's definitely an epidemic in north TX. Seemed like all of a sudden they were on every third car.

 

they have maid it to the cali they are everywere. the funny thing is is that nobody seems to know the true meaning of the vents. they were used to designate engine size. I.E. 3 vents on each fender ment a V6, 4 means V8 so on and so forth. it just bugs the shit out of me when i see a civic rolling with those damn vents on the fender. they are everywere.

 

Wow cool. I didn't know that. Was this for a specific manufacturer that followed this? Because cars that legitimately have fender vents (BMW M3, etc) don't seem to follow any pattern. I guess the only exception is Buick.

 

I saw a ton of this in Missouri this weekend.