What side-by-side accessories make you roll your eyes?

This week saw SEMA, the nation’s biggest custom rig and accessory show, take over Las Vegas. There was no shortage of wild-n-crazy builds, featuring machines with every add-on including the kitchen sink.

Which got us thinking (yes, we do think from time to time) – what is the biggest waste of money in terms of side-by-side accessories? There’s plenty of room for the argument that any modification is worth making so long as the owner of the rig enjoys it … and in some cases this is true. If it’s not hurting anyone else on the trail, who cares?

That said, you know just as well as we do that some mods are just a complete waste of cash. Whether it’s an over-the-top accessory or something that’s completely useless, there’s no shortage of questionable products being hawked by stores and shops ready to hoover your wallet clean.

LED lights were a great product when they first hit the market, a lightweight and compact way to illuminate the trail ahead. Like all good things, some riders take the concept waaay too far, stacking lights on their rig like Lego. LEDs are awesome in small numbers.

Supersized stereos are mystifying, too. Folks pay through the nose for this marine-grade gear, only to have most of it submerged in mud or bogwater on their first trip over the ridge. The same goes for outsized chrome wheels that create UTV versions of the whips that showed up at Sarge’s Boot Camp.

Your author’s peak levels of contempt, however, is reserved for dumb stickers. You know the ones: This Side Up, Don’t Follow Me, and so on. I’ll take this opportunity to lump these in with the novelty illuminated dashboard switches with slogans I am not allowed to print here.

What’s your pick of the lot?

[photo cred: sxsnation.com]