# Most ridiculous aftermarket add-ons **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164 "2014-05-25T08:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/141 "2014-06-02T04:54:38Z")
Those early Ford and Rolls Royce noses were offered on Beetles about the same time as the VW Thing appeared. As odd as they are, they’ve become highly collectible now and bringing a lot more than they sold for when new. Who would have ever imagined a 21 window Bus bringing a 100 grand… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/142 "2014-06-02T09:10:02Z")
The 21 window bus brings 100 grand at auction and in restored condition, sometimes they don’t get more than $75,000 it all depends on who’s bidding. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/143 "2014-06-02T10:14:57Z")
Still, even at $75K there have to be some happy hippies out there. And the timing probably coincides with their retirement. ---
**Author:** ![chunkyazian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@chunkyazian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chunkyazian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/144 "2014-06-02T13:52:03Z")
@knfenimore I gotta disagree with the bumper dumper. When nature calls, it is a great mod. Beats squatting over a hole in the ground. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/145 "2014-06-02T14:35:43Z")
> Who would have ever imagined a 21 window Bus bringing a 100 grand...... :-) WOW…I’d never have thought that. I saw an episode of Kounting Cars…and they redid a VW Bus…it went for absurd money. I surely wouldn’t pay it. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/146 "2014-06-02T18:01:15Z")
I like 'em. A local guy has one with the front end looking like a '40 Ford truck cab and a pressure-treated wooden stakebed on the back complete with dually rear wheels. It looks great. He drives it everywhere all summer long. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/147 "2014-06-02T19:31:06Z")
( I wish I had a picture ) A handy new way to use your cell phone hands free has been shown to me by our islamic neghbors. When I pick up my kids at the Boys and Girls Club after work I’ve seen more than one mom with her cell phone neatly tucked and held in place by her hijab. Not a head set…the whole cell phone…is held at her ear by the hijab. How handy is that ? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/148 "2014-06-02T20:15:14Z")
Sounds better than the GoJo! ![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61HrYIhOUDL.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/149 "2014-06-02T20:31:32Z")
This is the cheapest… [https://www.google.com/search?q=rubber+band+cell+phone+holder&biw=1419&bih=709&tbm=isch&imgil=Fe9-vmd1WZZUsM%3A%3Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRL4lfVerZ\_M\_UuhywZgNjngx02o76e1ZGkui65KlaLjv2vCDpM%3B200%3B213%3BvbhTzIgaEFN3PM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fouthouserag.typepad.com%252Fgizmos%252F2006%252F01%252Fhands\_free\_cell.html&source=iu&usg=\_\_Wjv7DnanS-0LhLhZv\_r3\_V-xkPc%3D&sa=X&ei=rKaMU9GTMe-vsQTAgoDwDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CHQQ9QEwBA#facrc=\_&imgrc=Fe9-vmd1WZZUsM%3A%3BvbhTzIgaEFN3PM%3Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fouthouserag.typepad.com%2Fgizmos%2Fimages%2Fhandsfreecellphoneholder.jpg%3Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fouthouserag.typepad.com%2Fgizmos%2F2006%2F01%2Fhands\_free\_cell.html%3B200%3B213](https://www.google.com/search?q=rubber+band+cell+phone+holder&biw=1419&bih=709&tbm=isch&imgil=Fe9-vmd1WZZUsM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcRL4lfVerZ_M_UuhywZgNjngx02o76e1ZGkui65KlaLjv2vCDpM%253B200%253B213%253BvbhTzIgaEFN3PM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fouthouserag.typepad.com%25252Fgizmos%25252F2006%25252F01%25252Fhands_free_cell.html&source=iu&usg=__Wjv7DnanS-0LhLhZv_r3_V-xkPc%3D&sa=X&ei=rKaMU9GTMe-vsQTAgoDwDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CHQQ9QEwBA#facrc=_&imgrc=Fe9-vmd1WZZUsM%253A%3BvbhTzIgaEFN3PM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fouthouserag.typepad.com%252Fgizmos%252Fimages%252Fhandsfreecellphoneholder.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fouthouserag.typepad.com%252Fgizmos%252F2006%252F01%252Fhands_free_cell.html%3B200%3B213) ![]() ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/150 "2014-06-03T05:02:39Z")
Pro . . . cheap Con . . . look like an idiot ---
**Author:** ![MarkM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@MarkM](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkM)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/151 "2014-06-03T10:43:01Z")
@bing I wonder whether those Sioux Falls granite posts at corners may have once had early signals on top. If you see photos from the early days of cars you will find all kinds of different traffic signals, many of them mounted much lower than modern signals. A restaurant here in San Francisco has a picture from 1941 that has very weird signals. They’re low, but huge, with a single head. It reads ‘STOP’, color unknown. Must be about four feet across. On top is mounted a semaphore, presumably for daytime use. The whole rig is only about ten feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/152 "2014-06-04T02:42:40Z")
Found on Twitter, someone’s idea to make a Honda Fit look more like a Lambo ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/153 "2014-06-04T02:48:15Z")
How about those stick family decals in the rear window of SUVs and minivans? Surely that is about as useless an aftermarket add-on as you can find. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/154 "2014-06-04T04:38:34Z")
[https://www.google.com/search?q=kill+stick+figure+family+pictures&tbm=isch&imgil=zU1bdERhjj5dZM%3A%3Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQrHsCoFRf2Exx0FifaZwRVgcpfR1ezbQFxLQVgPyyoj03RD\_ny%3B600%3B518%3BXJogGacEq2tx7M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fuberhumor.com%252Fstick-figure-family&source=iu&usg=\_\_gjyoAy5DdZweYmcZmAxy8nrREeI%3D&sa=X&ei=TGqOU4SUB4ncoASpn4DQBg&ved=0CDYQ9QEwCg&biw=1242&bih=585#facrc=](https://www.google.com/search?q=kill+stick+figure+family+pictures&tbm=isch&imgil=zU1bdERhjj5dZM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcQrHsCoFRf2Exx0FifaZwRVgcpfR1ezbQFxLQVgPyyoj03RD_ny%253B600%253B518%253BXJogGacEq2tx7M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fuberhumor.com%25252Fstick-figure-family&source=iu&usg=__gjyoAy5DdZweYmcZmAxy8nrREeI%3D&sa=X&ei=TGqOU4SUB4ncoASpn4DQBg&ved=0CDYQ9QEwCg&biw=1242&bih=585#facrc=)_&imgdii=_&imgrc=5dblGotdInio6M%253A%3BXqTpb1rshLNolM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%[252Fstatic.someecards.com](http://252Fstatic.someecards.com)%252Fsomeecards%252Fusercards%252FMjAxMi1iM2EzZDM5N2Y2ZjkwY2Rj.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%[252Fwww.someecards.com](http://252Fwww.someecards.com)%252Fusercards%252Fviewcard%252FMjAxMi1jYWY5MGNiYWI3ZGM1NmIx%3B420%3B294 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/155 "2014-06-04T17:27:22Z")
I always wondered what those stick figures were. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/156 "2014-06-05T00:48:22Z")
I don’t like those stick figure families either, no matter how dysfunctional they are. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/157 "2014-06-05T00:53:00Z")
IMHO they’re dumb looking, but proudly displaying representations of the size and makeup of one’s family is not something that I’m prepared to criticize. Those stickers clearly fit the definition of a useless aftermarket add-on, but they’re one that I have no problem with. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/158 "2014-06-05T02:06:46Z")
Security folks seem to advise against putting those on your car. I can’t exactly explain why but it seems to advertise to everyone that there may be subjects available for molesting or worse. Kind of like a sign that says “I’m not home but I keep cash in the kitchen drawer right next to the state of the art computer”. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/159 "2014-06-05T02:12:44Z")
**^** Exactly, Bing! I have absolutely no interest in knowing how many dogs, cats, or children you have, but…a child molester might. I think that putting these appliques on the back of the family van is an exercise in vanity that can have unintended consequences. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164/160 "2014-06-05T04:50:45Z")
I’m not too concerned about the stick figures, if they see kids it’s pretty much a done deal you have kids. What I don’t like are the “My Suzie is a cheerleader at Central HS” stickers - giving a name, location, and an interest would seem to be WAAAY to much information… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164.md?page=7) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/most-ridiculous-aftermarket-add-ons/85164.md?page=9)