<div><figure contenteditable="false" data-format="jpg" data-height="2726" data-hide="false" data-id="41074057aa10097e82ca570a5089ae3e" data-lightbox="true" data-recommend-id="image://41074057aa10097e82ca570a5089ae3e" data-recommended="true" data-width="4846" draggable="false"><div contenteditable="false" data-hide="false" data-hidecredit="false" data-imagerights="other-license" data-link-reference="" data-link-target="" data-syndicationrights="false"><p><span><div><picture><source media="(max-width: 37.31em)" srcset="https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/41074057aa10097e82ca570a5089ae3e.jpg" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width: 37.37em)" srcset="https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_1315/41074057aa10097e82ca570a5089ae3e.jpg" type="image/jpeg"></source><img alt="Image for article titled What&amp;#39;s The Worst Car Tuner Fad?" data-alt="Image for article titled What&amp;#39;s The Worst Car Tuner Fad?" data-anim-src="" data-chomp-id="41074057aa10097e82ca570a5089ae3e" data-format="jpg" src="https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/41074057aa10097e82ca570a5089ae3e.jpg"></img></picture></div></span></p><p><figcaption>Photo: Henness y</figcaption></p></div><span data-format="jpg" data-height="2726" data-hide="false" data-id="41074057aa10097e82ca570a5089ae3e" data-lightbox="true" data-recommend-id="image://41074057aa10097e82ca570a5089ae3e" data-recommended="true" data-width="4846"></span></figure><div><p>Car tuners like <span><a data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://jalopnik.com/apologies-for-ruining-your-weekend-but-mansory-has-com-1850595338&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]" href="https://jalopnik.com/apologies-for-ruining-your-weekend-but-mansory-has-com-1850595338">Mansory</a></span>, <span><a data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://jalopnik.com/callaway-will-sell-you-a-630-hp-camaro-for-way-less-tha-1843399391&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]" href="https://jalopnik.com/callaway-will-sell-you-a-630-hp-camaro-for-way-less-tha-1843399391">Callaway</a></span>, <span><a data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://jalopnik.com/the-911-reimagined-by-singer-obliterates-every-other-ca-1798371381&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]" href="https://jalopnik.com/the-911-reimagined-by-singer-obliterates-every-other-ca-1798371381">Singer</a></span> and <span><a data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://jalopnik.com/ex-employees-say-hennessey-is-a-bigger-mess-than-you-ev-1778134112&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]" href="https://jalopnik.com/ex-employees-say-hennessey-is-a-bigger-mess-than-you-ev-1778134112">Hennessey Performance</a></span> are probably not fond of being known simply as tuners. It’s likely these aftermarket shops would rather be known as “coachbuilders,â€ or maybe as unofficial skunk works for the companies that make the cars they modify. Anything to put themselves on par with carmakers, which I <em>may </em>be willing to do if it weren’t for some of the awful modifications tuners make.<br></br></p><div><div><div><div data-current="196340" data-playlist="196340,196321,196314"><div><div><div data-monetizable="true" data-position="sidebar" data-video-blog-id="12" data-video-duration="109" data-video-id="196340" data-video-network="jalopnik" data-video-title="We're Driving the 2024 Kia EV9, What Do You Want to Know?"><div><p>We're Driving the 2024 Kia EV9, What Do You Want to Know?</p></div><video crossorigin="anonymous" disablepictureinpicture="" height="100%" muted="" playsinline="" preload="none" width="100%"><source data-src="https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196340/196340_240p.mp4" label="240p" type="video/mp4"></source><source data-src="https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196340/196340_480p.mp4" label="480p" type="video/mp4"></source><source data-src="https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196340/196340_720p.mp4" label="720p" type="video/mp4"></source><source data-src="https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196340/196340_1080p.mp4" label="1080p" type="video/mp4"></source><track kind="captions" label="English" src="https://kinja.com/api/videoupload/caption/21888.vtt" srclang="en"></track></video></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>From paint wraps that flatten the looks of what ought to be the most colorful vehicles to body kits that make supercars look like zig-zaggy abominations, tuners like <span><a data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://jalopnik.com/the-maserati-mc20-is-mansorys-latest-murder-victim-1849773374&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]" href="https://jalopnik.com/the-maserati-mc20-is-mansorys-latest-murder-victim-1849773374">Mansory</a></span> are guilty of the gaudiest mods. Other companies like Hennessey are not content with aerodynamic changes nor simple performance upgrades.</p><p><span><a data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.hennesseyperformance.com/news/hennesseys-700-hp-velociraptor-6x6-ford-raptor-r-thunders-into-production/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]" href="https://www.hennesseyperformance.com/news/hennesseys-700-hp-velociraptor-6x6-ford-raptor-r-thunders-into-production/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hennessey</a></span> stacks on extra axles and cheesy names, such as the “VelociRaptoR 6x6" to machines that are already impressive in their own right. Does the <span><a data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://jalopnik.com/2023-ford-f150-raptor-r-first-drive-supercharged-v8-1849718708&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]" href="https://jalopnik.com/2023-ford-f150-raptor-r-first-drive-supercharged-v8-1849718708">Ford F-150 Raptor R</a></span> need anything else to be more impressive? No. And yet Hennessey soldiers on as if it took the phrase “go big or go homeâ€ personally. I don’t know whether to weep or cheer. Actually, I do know.</p><p>But I’ll let you readers make that call and add your own grievances over the worst tuner cars. Tell us in the comments below what you think are the worst fads that car tuners chase?</p></div></div>