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Vdub Engine Bay Fail

Vdub Engine Bay Fail

Hat tip to Vdub reader and Volkswagen fanatic, Delano Prim who sent us this engine bay fail. Not entirely sure what the owner was thinking but I’m guessing the conversation at the local Builders Warehouse went “10 cans of your silver spray please”

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Friday Vdub Fail: The Undertaker

Friday Vdub Fail: The Undertaker

This is quite an old one, and I assure you it is not photochopped.  Maybe the owner has a massive sound installation, or maybe he needed extra bootspace OR maybe he planned to start a funeral business (hence the Undertaker bit).  Lord only knows the reasoning,  But hey, here is this Fridays Vdub Fail! Volkswagen [...]

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Friday Vdub Fail: Vw Beetle

Friday Vdub Fail: Vw Beetle

Perhaps it’s more of a vehicle choice fail, or maybe a fail on VW’s part for not providing a decent bakkie/pickup truck in the past.  Either way the smooth bodyfilled & primered coated shell along with bolt on roof rack allowed this Vdub owner to load everything and the kitchen sink.     Check out [...]

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Friday Vdub

Friday Vdub

Don’t be scared and don’t have coffee anywhere near your keyboard.  This weeks Friday Vdub Fail shows you everything NOT do to to  a Mk1 vdub – The bodywork color, the neon wheels and ill fitting bodyparts all combine to give a truly unique Vdub Fail that you probably will never (thankfully) see in your [...]

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Friday Vdub Fail – More dodgy lights

Friday Vdub Fail – More dodgy lights

Yup, I’m sure the owner of this car loves it, and likes the work he’s done…

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Friday Vdub Fail: Flat as a Vancake!

Friday Vdub Fail: Flat as a Vancake!

No, not until you can tell what purpose it serves besides a “Hey, look at me!” reaction.

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Vdub Fail: Vw wannabe AC Schnitzer

Vdub Fail: Vw wannabe AC Schnitzer

Ah yes,  that time of the week – the VdubNews.com  Vdub Fail! This week we can only let out a collective WTF! when viewing this image.   Obviously this owner is in with the ladies, hence the playboy badge.  Yes we can live with that but just above it.  What? Yes? an AC Schnitzer Badge!!  – [...]

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Friday Vdub Fail:  or is it an Opel fail?

Friday Vdub Fail: or is it an Opel fail?

So our 3rd installment of the Friday Vdub Fail series,   this is a reader submission (hat tip to Razark Khan) who snapped this up with his cellphone.  Yes it is an Opel Corsa, and YES it has a Volkswagen badge up front.  We can only hope that this Opel owner seriously lusts for a VW.   [...]

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Friday Vdub Fail – Golf Mk1 debadged err mesh ?

Friday Vdub Fail – Golf Mk1 debadged err mesh ?

This weeks Vdub Fail is…  *no comment* This wile VW Golf Mk1 owner really digged the euro debadged look but equaled liked the aggressive mesh type look found on later models.   Unsure with this dilemma, our hero had a light bulb moment and said “I will have my cake and eat it” And thus the [...]

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Friday Vdub Fail

Friday Vdub Fail

So inbetween the latest VW automotive news and showcasing some tricked out ‘dubs.  We thought it would be a nice way to celebrate TGIF by posting some VW fails.  Sometimes the owners had good intentions and unfortunate execution and at other times we’d be like “gimme some of what you’r smoking dawg!!” Words dont quite [...]

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