Pictures of decently Modified cars
Discussion
I hope my car qualifies as decently modified.
Here it is on the day of collection from the dealers:
Skoda Octavia on Collection Day! by oobster, on Flickr
Here it is nearly 3 months later:
skoda_170211_1 by oobster, on Flickr
Modifications:
Stage 1 remap from Ben at Shark Performance
Colour-coded front grille surround with honeycomb black insert from superskoda
Stubby radio aerial from a VW Polo
Lowered approx 35mm on Weitec coilovers
Standard wheels painted (outside and inside) in Skoda Titan Grey
Windows from the B-pillar back tinted in dark smoke tint with a small 'sunband' at the top of the windscreen
15mm spacers on the back hubs
Boot de-badged
Rear window blend (not shown in the pic above) colour-coded and fitted at the top of the rear window (again, supplied by superskoda)
Front and rear indicator bulbs replaced with the Phillips Silver version that look silver but flash orange (just removed the tiny bit of orange from the light units)
Fitted rear OEM mudflaps (which the dealer said couldn't be fitted - they can, easily!) to match the front OEM ones the dealer DID fit for me
Dealer-fitted rear parking sensors (I am the 2nd owner of my car, the 1st owner didn't spec the car with them so I had them fitted before buying the car)
MDI interface (for iPod connectivity to the standard touch-screen stereo) retro-fitted - the interface was bought from eBay and a local car audio installer fitted it for me. Again, the 1st owner didn't spec this when buying the car.
Here it is on the day of collection from the dealers:
Skoda Octavia on Collection Day! by oobster, on Flickr
Here it is nearly 3 months later:
skoda_170211_1 by oobster, on Flickr
Modifications:
Stage 1 remap from Ben at Shark Performance
Colour-coded front grille surround with honeycomb black insert from superskoda
Stubby radio aerial from a VW Polo
Lowered approx 35mm on Weitec coilovers
Standard wheels painted (outside and inside) in Skoda Titan Grey
Windows from the B-pillar back tinted in dark smoke tint with a small 'sunband' at the top of the windscreen
15mm spacers on the back hubs
Boot de-badged
Rear window blend (not shown in the pic above) colour-coded and fitted at the top of the rear window (again, supplied by superskoda)
Front and rear indicator bulbs replaced with the Phillips Silver version that look silver but flash orange (just removed the tiny bit of orange from the light units)
Fitted rear OEM mudflaps (which the dealer said couldn't be fitted - they can, easily!) to match the front OEM ones the dealer DID fit for me
Dealer-fitted rear parking sensors (I am the 2nd owner of my car, the 1st owner didn't spec the car with them so I had them fitted before buying the car)
MDI interface (for iPod connectivity to the standard touch-screen stereo) retro-fitted - the interface was bought from eBay and a local car audio installer fitted it for me. Again, the 1st owner didn't spec this when buying the car.
OlberJ said:
Apart from the lack of useable suspension on show and the Bentley wheels, they look, well, kinda standard.
They're using air suspension, which mean you lower it on the floor when stationary, and raise it to a drivable ride height when moving and raise it higher for speed bumps. Not cheap, but gets the desired effect. Hoping to put air-ride on my Passat later in the year. 
EDLT said:
big dub said:
G-Works R32
Isn't that a photoshop, the rear wheel looks wrong.Why does everyone with a VW/Audi follow the same stupid suspension + bling wheels + stretched tyres look? I thought modifying a car was about making it individual.
It's all to do with the VW/Audi modifying scene, and if you're not part of it you probably won't understand it.
Zad said:
Decently. Modified. Cars.
FFS.
Not arse draggers with rubber band wheels and drug dealer windows that look as if the entire UK's Weightwatchers failures just sat in them.
As I said above, I know they're not to everyones taste. But come on then smartarse, what's your idea of a decently modified car?FFS.
Not arse draggers with rubber band wheels and drug dealer windows that look as if the entire UK's Weightwatchers failures just sat in them.
big dub said:
OlberJ said:
Apart from the lack of useable suspension on show and the Bentley wheels, they look, well, kinda standard.
They're using air suspension, which mean you lower it on the floor when stationary, and raise it to a drivable ride height when moving and raise it higher for speed bumps. Not cheap, but gets the desired effect. Hoping to put air-ride on my Passat later in the year. 
I know what air suspension is. I've driven plenty Citroen ZX's.How does air suspension ride when at a useable height?
big dub said:
As I said above, I know they're not to everyones taste. But come on then smartarse, what's your idea of a decently modified car?
They aren't crap (okay a little bit), but they basically just have big wheels on them. They aren't that interesting. Decently modified cars are in my opinion the ones that took a decent amount of engineering to complete; not just a whole load of parts that fit into the gap left by the standard bits.14500rpm said:
One thats taken more than an afternoon to complete might be a good starting point 
Cheeky twunt 
There's a hell of a lot of hard work and time gone into those cars, the air-ride on the RS4 took 10 weeks as it was the first RS4 that had ever had it fitted. There are many subtle mods that many people won't notice.
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