When it comes to exterior styling, people do a lot to their cars. They modify them, have them wrapped, and most frequently, they change the paint. So let’s talk about paint here. Having a car repainted in the same color because of damage or fading is not a big deal. But if you want to change the color of the paint and have some radical treatments added in, things are going to become a whole lot more complicated.
Changing the color of the car may require a trip to the DMV, as well as a major expense because the technicians will have to completely strip the older color down. After that, they have to sand the body, apply a primer, repair any damage, and then repaint it in the color or colors you want. Better make sure that the car and the paint job are worth all that expense and trouble. Or your car might just end up looking like these 15 ruined classics.
14 An Extremely Flushed Dodge Challenger R/T
The 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T was one cool car and a true blue classic that does not come cheap today. And it came in beautiful colors of red, blue, orange, yellow, and with black hoods and stripes. Having this 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T convertible wear a really strange shade of pink makes us shudder in horror.
13 Celestial Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
This is the perfect example of a good car gone bad. The 1973 model of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was pretty powerful, with engines that gave out more than 290 horses and 395 ft-lbs of torque. To have it painted in a glittery paint with far too many patterns, stripes and things happening on it takes away from the beauty of this car.
12 We Get It, It's A Jaguar
What a way to ruin the classic lines of a ‘70s Jaguar E-Type from a time when Jags were considered good cars and came with decent reliability ratings. Sadly, this image of a jaguar-wrapped classic E-Type is now permanently burned into our eyeballs.
11 The Not-So-Groovy Porsche 911 Carrera RS
And we’re at it again. This car owner is so stuck in the ‘70s, he’s gotten his car graffiti-painted with a rather sultry comic maiden splayed right on the hood. Sadly, unlike the big-lettered groovy on the windshield, the car does not look it and is far more comical instead. This is flower power gone wrong.
10 When Your Scout Wanted To Be An Army Truck
This ‘70s International Scout II Traveler wanted to be in the army. Or maybe, it was the owner who wanted it so, but either which way, the shoddy graffiti camo-paint on this one has made it look like a childish crayon drawing. When it comes to the paint, and the army, things should be left to the experts.
9 This Camaro Is Shame-Faced Because Of Its Stripes
The ‘70s Camaro was both good and bad, depending on whether you bought one before 1974, or after. Either which way, even a car that was beautiful but underpowered did not deserve its stripes to be shame-painted in what seems to be leftovers from someone's granny’s old kitchen wallpaper. For shame.
8 The Very Stripey Buick LeSabre
The perfect way to ruin the classic and beautiful lines of an expensive Buick LeSabre, the owner here went rainbow stripes all over a very yellow (or is it golden?) base. And then they splashed out on the interiors as well, going gem-encrusted on the steering and every kind of dots and stripes on the seats as well. It hurts our eyes and sensibilities.
7 More Stripes And Colors On This Mini
While the owner seems pretty proud of his little flashy Mini, we are a bit overwhelmed with all those colors, coupled with a green nose and those checked side view mirrors.
6 A Color-Bedecked Bug
So, it's like this car owner could not decide which color he wanted his Bug to be, and, as a result, decided to have them all on a single VW Beetle. This is probably the reason why this multi-colored Bug looks like each of its body parts came from a different car.
5 The Very Dedicated Dodge Challenger
Not only is this '70s Challenger painted in an awful, rusty shade of brown but it also sports an image of a pole dancer on the hood and some cowboys on the side. As icing on the cake, the whole thing is covered in some kind of glitter to attract even more unnecessary attention.
4 The Bubblegum Painted Mazda RX-7
You don't have to opt for an expensive wrap to ruin your iconic 1978 Mazda RX-7; you can do it by merely adorning the whole thing in an eye-watering shade of pink. Having realized their mistake, it doesn't surprise us that the owner is now trying to sell this bubblegum-looking RX-7.
3 The Aztec-Oriented Holden Ute
It may not look it, but this 1971 Holden HQ Belmont Ute once looked like a more upscale Chevrolet El Camino. Sadly, the paint job coupled with the red interiors just killed this beautiful car.
2 They Didn’t Spare The Daytona Dodge Charger Even
Not even the rare 1970 Dodge Charger Daytona HEMI was able to escape a cruel paint job. The ombre shading would have looked nicer if they had not added in those strange bracketed white stripes on the sides that ended on that giant rear wing.
1 Pepperoni 'Vette
Okay, who doesn't love pepperoni pizza? However, none of us would wear clothes that look like our favorite food, and neither would we ever think of getting our beautiful ride painted in such a theme, especially if it's a classic '70 Corvette. If this was the ride of a pizza guy, we just lost our appetite.