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I don't like how, or believe it's fair how anyone who modifies their car is labelled a 'chav'. There's a huge market out there for tastefully modified cars, im not talking about cheap Halfords tat but where people have spent thousands on a car, and its not a case of you could spend that money on getting a better car, you do it because you enjoy making your car individual and spending your time and effort on the car to make it an indivdual.
I hate hideous bodykits but i went to a school with a guy who had a 1.6 Honda Civic VTI Jordan (if anyone knows anything about Hondas you'll know the Jordan was a limited edition to 500 made, and still to this day retail on a T plate at around £6k) The car was immensely fast, 185bhp, everything done to it, engine tuned, full colour coded leather interior (NOT covers, real interior) professionally tinted glass, i do have pictures somewhere. The car alone was worth £6k standard but he had spent probably that again modifying it to make it a part of him, he wasn't a geek either, very popular guy and very intelligent with a well earning job when he left school. He was about to fit Lamboughini style doors when some low life scum wrecked his car, destroyed all that time effort and money within minutes, a gang, trashed the car while parked up, written off...
Unfortunately you can attract the wrong attention, and how i see it those people who destroyed his pride and joy aren't much better than those who instantly go CHAV when they don't know the person or their reasons for modifying.
I go by the belief though, if you can't afford to do it properly, don't do it at all...
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The thing is these people generally do stupid crap to their cars to make it "individual" and end up looking like everyone else that modifies their car. PLUS they generally spoil the handling of their cars in the process.
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Don't pull your regular seat belts out. You are not going to enjoy driving around strapped into a full racing harness for any length of time. And since this seems to be for "the look" and "the talk", don't use racing oil in your street car. It is formulated to be used one time and it's main claim to fame are it's anti-foaming properties at high rpm. It has no detergent package to help keep your engine clean and prevent sludge buildup. Same with racing spark plugs. Their heat range is for long stints at high rpm not poking around town. Your car won't run any faster with them in there. If anything, it will run worse.
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I think you need to look up the definition of anti-roll bar before you make yourself look foolish ;)
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i did mean rollcage but somehow i always mix em up. I not keen on modding a car like Max power and pimp my ride style because i think they r just a waste of time showing blings which make the car heavier. I always think they don't realise there something growing on their head :P
I'm into light (as in weight) tuning as long as the kit dont makt the car uglier and different, I'm fine.
Does this car with 20" alloy and lowered suspension look like a show off?:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...0026_21390.jpg
I thinks it looks subtle, something for performance and noting chavy.
I was thinking of making a car between trackday and daily use, but it is hard to fully adapt both. Im sure there are some good tinting windows like the US government vehicles. I think might keep both kind of seat belt on different use.
I'm brit....
Comment about this car, my school did it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8paHICJZyE0
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The Skyline looks fine as far as Skylines go, my point was that fitting much larger wheels than what the vehicles suspension geometry is designed for, creates all sorts of handling problems.
The Merc is ok I suppose, wheels are a bit too bling for me and Im not a fan of big sound systems but at least its not too tacky.. er.. well apart from the spinners ?!? in the boot! :D
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That Skyline looks nice, tastefully done :)
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Why does anyone want blacked-out windows? They give no performance advantage and will make people think you're a drug dealer.
That Skyline looks okay, not a huge fan of that model so it's hard for me to comment, though. I prefer the much older Skylines which were less chunky.
Zico is right about the wheels. My brother's Mini had adapted arches, hubs, shocks and bearings for its big wheels, but the arches still rubbed on the tyres with the slightest impact. Larger, wider wheels, especially those on rear wheel drive cars, can also be a total nightmare on snow.
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Exactly. Lower profile tyres don't necessarily give you a huge performance boost or anything :mark: They just make the car less fun to drive. The most fun I ever had was with some 75 or 80 profile tyres on my Pug in Australia. Not tremendously grippy at all but really good at telling me when they were going to let go :) Plus I didn't look like a drug dealer or just a plain chav for putting bigger rims on my car :)
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That Skyline looks like a mess.
My advice - if you want a high performance track car that you can use on the road buy a kit-car. Most Lotus7 replicas will beat almost anything on the track. ;)
