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Is this the ugliest prius?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Accessories & Modifications' started by ajbdiaz, Apr 7, 2012.

  1. jamoffroad

    jamoffroad Junior Member

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    well that means that both the ugliest prises ever built were built by the same person.... George Bari's and he has no taste they are both butt ugly...
     
  2. greengrasshopper111

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    only vintage 90's Lambo's should have gull wing doors - all other cars look lame with them as modifications
     
  3. 69shovlhed

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    i like the 2nd barris car except the doors. the green one he ruined the aerodynamics at least. even if you can get past the ugly nose job. i would like to see more outrageous paint jobs though.
    to me, the prius is kind of a 21st century "bug". think how people reacted to the vee dub back in the 60-70's. it too was so ugly it was cute. and people either loved em or hated em.
     
  4. Cross Country

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    I honestly think its cool. I don't like the front bump out the colors but take away the front and just solid white black silver whatever would look nice.....
     
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    I can take or leave Barrris' and any other custom Prius.
    There's no accounting for taste -- and a lot of money.

    However, there can be no doubt that Prii like this are
    the ugliest:

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  6. Jason dinAlt

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    I like it :)
    It proves that not all Prius owners are sandal-wearing, leather-patch-on-elbow, dope-smoking ex-hippies.
    Well, scratch dope smoking.
    :D
     
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    My 2 cents worth...

    1) The first is uglier but a better fit - it's trying to play on the "futuristic" theme that Toyota kind of did in a more subtle way.

    2) The second is trying to make the Prius into something it's not. C'mon the Prius is never going to be a sports car. Now, if he'd done that body conversion and made it have a 0-60 time of sub 5 seconds then I'd be all for it (but to do that he'd probably have to ditch the hybrid...)

    3) I agree with whomever said the Prius is a bit like the original VW bug. It would be cool to see more personalization.

    I just bought my Prius and she's cosmetically challenged. She's had a hard life and she shows it. So, when I'm done with converting her to a PHEV I'll invest in a whole vehicle wrap (but not until I've done the PHEV part). I'm toying with tie-die. What do you think? I happen to like tie-die. I'm not a hippy (honest!)...
     
  8. Sheepdog

    Sheepdog C'Mere Sheepie!

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    um, no I dont like them at all. Just wash dry and polish a little and its all good.
     
  9. 69shovlhed

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    i'd like to get mine painted a nicer color, but the wife would probably chop me up with a cleaver in my sleep. (she's chinese. you ever see a chinese woman work a cleaver? scary.)
     
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    Do it.
     
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    How many clowns do you think they can get in there?
     
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    Talking bout the ghetto
     
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    i think the Zhang Heng is cooler that either of barris's.
     
  14. HaroldW

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    I actually like the Barris Prius except for the color . Classic silver and black bottom might look not bad with those mods? :ROFLMAO: H
     
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    You have to seen other Barris work to understand where he's coming from. Those two Prii are MILD. He could have done those without breaking a sweat. Barris was customising cars before most of us were born. They may not be everybody's cup of tea, but neither are completely stock plain-jane cars.

    Here are a few Barris cars.

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    [​IMG] Done in 1952
     
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    You're talking about scissor doors:
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    Gull wing doors look like this:
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    And your opinion looks like this:
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  17. jdh2550

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    Unfortunately I found out that a Prius wrap will cost about $3K.

    Too much for me. :(
     
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    This one is pretty ugly

     
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    It's pretty ugly......but I love how they made it a coupe. That aspect looks good.
     
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    I don't understand the doors. Would be a difficult in-out? Other-wise not bad! H