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Most displays of ratchetness come and go quicker than you can even decipher what the fuck you just saw. Only then can you hope a video of what happened pops up on YouTube, so you can laugh, raise an eyebrow, then blast it out to all your friends over social media. The examples on the list you are about to see are not fleeting. They are permanent customizations, making these cars both useless and unacceptable. At some point, people in this world have decided it was a good idea to turn cars into makeshift cockroaches, shoes, tanks, peacocks, scissor lifts, and gargoyles. Spend your day laughing at other people's stupidity with these 50 Ratchet Custom Cars.
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Wrap it Up
This makes the chrome-wrapped cars look amazing.
Plunger?
WTF.
Amish Paradise
Now that's a unique choice of rims!
El Corvino
A Corvette El Camino...so not necessary.
Trendy
This is what they like to do in Japan. They really take their absurdly tricked-out vans extremely seriously.
UFO
Close encounters with a stupid-ass idea for a car.
Happy Meal
How many drive thru's has this car survived?
Toasted
The brave little toaster got some wheels!
A New Breed
Why is this parked at a car show alongside a real classic? And why are those dudes even looking at it?
Stretch
The redneck stretch Excursion.
Blasted
Allll the wayyyyy turrrrrnnttt uppppp.
Snowmobile
We'd like to know who purchased this.
Smart Tank
Going to war in this would not be too smart.
Wack
This is the body kit from hell.
Fright Night
We're gonna have nightmares.
Buggy
We could probably have some fun running over shit in this thing.
Roach Coach
Buggin' out, buggin' out, we buggin' out.
A Shoe In
An ugly shoe makes for an ugly car.
Car Wars
Is that R2D2's head??
Purp
A purple Citreon hot rod. Not okay.
Pipe Dream
Why, though?
I'm a Peacock, Captain!
Rather flamboyant. It could possibly be considered an art car, we guess.
#MinivanLife
Whip it, real hard.
Hybrid
This Lincoln leads a very interesting life.
Klondike
What would you dooo for a Klondike bar? Paint the shit on the side of your hoopty, of course!
Lift Kit
We're hoping this is the work of some bored kid on Photoshop.
Pretty in Pink
Apparently this is the wave in Japan ... SMH.
Just For Fun
And you thought Smart cars were tiny.
Jacked Up
Words cannot describe the ratchetness.
Villified
Not sure what this is. A life-sized cartoon car of some sort??
Get Lifted
How the hell are you supposed to get up there?
Help
We're glad this only appears to be a temporary float for a parade.
Splitsville
Holla, we want pre-nup!
G Shit
Wait, somebody is actually going to go off-roading in a G-Wagen?
Gargoyles
The car of Notre Dame.
Plowin' Down
Very interesting career move for this little Fiat. We can't imagine it's very good at that job.
What a Boob
The car might be a mini, but there's nothin' mini about that paint job.
Unfriended
Why would you paint your '96 Impala to be a billboard for the one company that does not need your free advertising? That's just defacing a classic.
Clownin'
We're not even sure how this thing was built.
Sick and also Tired
Not sure how sufficiently this would take you back to the future, but at least you know potholes aren't a problem.
Protect Ya Neck
A cardboard tank?? Very practical.
Cardboard Cutout
This is a cheaper mod job than getting your parts at Wal-Mart.
Art Project
As an art project, this idea was pretty awesome. As a regular custom, however, this would have been a major fail.
Oh, You Fancy, Huh?
Is this our grandmother's rod iron fence made into the shape of a VW beatle?
Da-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Batman?
Superbass
Wow this made his speakers into quite the abstract art form. We can't imagine what that speaker sculpture sounds like...
Bape Benz
Bape and camo, that's cool and all but not over the beautiful face of the most iconic Mercedes-Benz of all time.
Suped Up
It's too bad they had to do a perfectly good supra like this
Fine Print
Guess someone had just returned from the jungle when they decided to attack this car with lions and tigers and bears.