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    SEX MACHINE

    Apr 20, 2022 4 minutes
    STORY CRAIG PARKER
    PHOTOS
    PICS BY CHADDO

    FROM the late 90s through to around 2010, Hot4s magazine, Auto Salon and ‘sex-spec’ were at the height of their popularity. Sex-spec was all about decking out predominantly four-cylinder cars in lurid colours and wild airbrushing, extreme bodykits, massive wings, over-the-top bling, full leather interiors, massive-diameter chrome wheels with low-profile tyres, mega-slammed suspension, and stereo systems that could be heard two suburbs away.

    Like a shooting star, the scene burned incredibly brightly before dying out just as quickly as it had emerged. While many of these cars might look trashy to some, there were a number of iconic sexspec rides that stood out from

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