Rat-look cabbys, do they exist?

Hi, I've been looking for this for a while, and I've looked through hundreds of pages with pics of golfs, but so far I've only found this photo:

I think it looks great, and I'd love to see more. So if you have any pics, I'd love to see them!

Pretty cool, thats the fist ive seen. Id definitly like to see some more too.

That roofrack ´s a good idea, you could put anything up there nd just reach it from underneath, cant be easy to put the top up though

There was a clipper at santa pod that had been painted to look like rust, everything was done even the clipper kit was rusty!

Quite cool but not my taste.

me and mixerman on here went and looked at one about a year and half ago, it was 85% there and looked wiked, they do look nice and worth putting the work in as dont think there are many proper all done properly ratted cabbies about, i'll see if i have a pic of it anywhere but not sure if i took one

richyhill said

me and mixerman on here went and looked at one about a year and half ago, it was 85% there and looked wiked, they do look nice and worth putting the work in as dont think there are many proper all done properly ratted cabbies about, i'll see if i have a pic of it anywhere but not sure if i took one

Thanks, that would be awesome! And ye, from the one pic I've managed to find, it looks great. I'm considering this myself, cause I can't afford a paint job, and I've always loved the rat look

funk-star said

There was a clipper at santa pod that had been painted to look like rust, everything was done even the clipper kit was rusty!

Quite cool but not my taste.

Here a pic of that car.

ha ha the above is pritty cool, but not really to my taste either, this one i saw had been proper rusted on panels etc

cant find the pic of one we went to see , but

Google Images

I've just been having a look on ebay for rusty old campervans and spotted this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RUSTING-PAINT-VW-CAMPERVAN-T2-BAY-SPLIT-BEETLE-RATLOOK-HOODRIDE-PAINT-THAT-RUSTS-/221005014766?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3374ece6ee#ht_871wt_1254

it does look tempting in those pics, with a perfect roof, set of BBS and detailed engine bay, but all the rest rat, could look sweet

rat cabby's look really cool, ill upload the pic i have when i get home.

Rich, we could rat you sportline

Russell's Rusty Skip 1 by Bikeygeek2010, on Flickr

I've copied the info from that eBay ad:

"AUTO INNOVATION'S HAS DEVELOPED THIS PRODUCT WHICH GIVES YOU RUST BUT ON A PRIMED OR PAINTED SURFACE. SO IT CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY SUBSTRATE THAT CAN BE PRIMED EXAMPLES ARE METAL, PLASTIC OR FIBREGLASS OR EVEN WOOD!

SO IF YOU WANT THAT RATLOOK BUT DON'T WANT YOUR PRIDE AND JOY TO END UP ON THE SCRAPPER…..

THIS EASY TO USE PRODUCT CAN BE APPLIED USING GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SPRAYGUNS. DRYING IS ACHIEVED BY EITHER USING A PAINT BOOTH FORCE CURED AT 80 DEGREE'S FOR 30MINUTES OR INFRARED LAMPED OR LEFT OVERNIGHT AT AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 20 DEGRESS.

ONCE FULLY CURED THE SURFACE IS ROUGHED UP TO EXPOSE THE IRON METAL AND THEN THE A PATINA SOLUTION IS SPRAYED ON  AND LEFT FOR APPROXIMATLEY 6-8HRS OR UNTIL DRY THEN IT'S RINSED OF WITH WATER AND THERE YOU HAVE IT!

RUST BUT WITHOUT THE ROT!

A RUSTING SERVICE IS AVALIABLE AS WE HAVE FULL BODYSHOP FACILITYS PLEASE EMAIL WITH YOUR PROJECT REQUEST AND WE WILL PRODUCE AN ESTIMATE

THE PRICE IS £60 FOR 1KG KIT PLEASE ADD £30 PER EXTRA KILO

1KG KIT COVERS 1x1 SQ MTR WITH 2 COATS.

THE PROJECT GOLF IN THE PICS USED 7KG."

Sound pretty cool eh! Here's the photos that go with the eBay ad:











I absolutely love it!

why would you take a nice looking car and make it look dump?

It's effectively paint mixed with iron filings. Then a solution to cause the rust to speed up.

Would look different on say a engine. Nice 16v on carbs but the whole lot rusty. Lol total opposite to scene queens.

Those cars look great. But I'm not sure about how i feel about that much rust found another one tho, without the rusty look