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Has anyone else noticed this trend? Apparently it can be three different things:

- in Japan it's meant to be a subtle way of letting people know that you're up for a race

- in Thailand/Korea it supposedly keeps evil spirits away so you don't have an accident

- in Australia it means you are the illest fatlace stance hellaflush ever???

I've seen a fourby with a pair of balls hanging of the back... That was interesting. I think Cadmoon is looking for an Anchor for his R33 :P

A stocking and 2 tennis balls does the trick! We did it to a mates hilux :laugh:

It was a bit of a thing in the club for a while. Benno found a Mario from Maccas while out at a meet, I found a big bird at a race meet in Goulburn, Noel found a stress ball style brick. After that everyone was trying to find something. I still have mine as a homage to god days gone by!

I've had mates do this, I at one point had an ace of spades playing card hung from mine... I have no idea why.

Common ones I've seen around the place: angry birds, subway hangers, pokemon, slenderman, I saw on the other day which was just a bunch of Zipties with another Ziptie around it.

Drift culture, it confuses me.

A few years ago, at least in the Qld community, it was something that was found or given to you that could be hung from the tow hook. If we saw anyone with something they bought specifically to put on the hook they were flamed. I found a tiny surfboard in the gutter outside Revhead's house and it was on there until it broke. I now have a Dora doll that my 3 year old daughter insisted go on there after she saw others at last years SAU Charity Cruise.

Yes, it is is kinda silly, but who cares really??? And I won't disappoint my daughter...

A few years ago, at least in the Qld community, it was something that was found or given to you that could be hung from the tow hook. If we saw anyone with something they bought specifically to put on the hook they were flamed. I found a tiny surfboard in the gutter outside Revhead's house and it was on there until it broke. I now have a Dora doll that my 3 year old daughter insisted go on there after she saw others at last years SAU Charity Cruise.

Yes, it is is kinda silly, but who cares really??? And I won't disappoint my daughter...

Yeah mine will stay, it reminds me there was a time when I used to do stuff with my car and my mates, good times ha ha

It is a Japanese trend to have a hang ring from a train on your tow hook, designed to show that if you had the ring just touching the ground, you car was low enough to be cool.

before imports (no tow bar), it was children's plastic toys shoved on tow ball with their arse holes.....

replaced the ol' tennis ball.

I admit I used to have this "not the mama" cause my kids loved it !

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