The pastime of car modifying
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yeahh so this is modified, yeah its a total waste of time and the worst thing money has ever been spent on....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZyCHlgO6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZyCHlgO6o
okie592 said:
yeahh so this is modified, yeah its a total waste of time and the worst thing money has ever been spent on....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZyCHlgO6o
fhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZyCHlgO6o
k me thats quick!AdamC1983 said:
okie592 said:
yeahh so this is modified, yeah its a total waste of time and the worst thing money has ever been spent on....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZyCHlgO6o
fhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZyCHlgO6o
k me thats quick!k my tall hat!I thought at first the speedo was in The French System until it showed the figures at the end.
0-60 in 2.2 seconds!
V88Dicky said:
fk my tall hat!
I thought at first the speedo was in The French System until it showed the figures at the end.
0-60 in 2.2 seconds!
I thought that their R8 that is linked from that video had bit of a punch too..k my tall hat!I thought at first the speedo was in The French System until it showed the figures at the end.
0-60 in 2.2 seconds!
0-100 in just 2.3 seconds. It gives 1500 WHP on race fuel (VP-C16 117 octane) , and 1000 WHP on pump gas (93 octane) .Recognized for their extreme tuning of Lamborghini and Ferrari supercars, Underground Racing unveils the Audi R8 Twin Turbo. Equipped with a 5.2L V10, this German sports car is able to produce abt 1500 wheel horsepower with Underground Racing's twin turbo system.
My focus is modified quite a bit, there's a full list of what in my garage, I do it because I want to is pretty much the only reason, I do it to make my car better than what it is standard, I know people can say why didn't you just get a better car in the first place but that isn't the point, as has been said cars are built to loads of compromises to suit a wide range of people, so I want to make the car my own, how I want it. Will I lose money come sale time? Sure thing, but not that much as I've still got all my standard bits so they'll go back on before selling, I'm confident I can recoup quite a bit of my money from my mods as a lot of them I bought cheaper second hand anyways. Some mods I can't get anything back ie RS clutch and poly bushes, so meh just wrote them off.
My car looks fairly standard outside which isn't going to change as that just isn't my style, I agree that someone putting an obscene body kit and getting a £2k two tone respray on a 8 year old saxo is at the other end of modding spectrum to what I think decent modding is, but it's their money so let them crack on with that while I crack on with modding my car.
My car looks fairly standard outside which isn't going to change as that just isn't my style, I agree that someone putting an obscene body kit and getting a £2k two tone respray on a 8 year old saxo is at the other end of modding spectrum to what I think decent modding is, but it's their money so let them crack on with that while I crack on with modding my car.
Very much a case of each to their own, I find it funny how modified cars actually offend some people!
I was very much a 'Max Power' modder 10 years ago and would look forward to being able to fit my huge stainless backbox, alloy wheels, sound system etc. I loved the scene, I loved my individual car and how everyone knew me by it but yet I would get very negative comments from some miserable people which I could never understand! Why don't you put that money towards buying another car, etc. I wouldn't walk into someones house and snub their new kitchen by saying why didn't you just move somewhere better, but with cars it seems perfectly acceptable.
I grew out of that and went more towards the subtle modifying on my next cars and the reaction was somewhat different, much more positivity!
It's not about making money, far too many people think that a car is a financial outlay and the more ways you can make it cheaper the better. When a car is your hobby you don't mind splashing your hobby money on it. I see no problem in any of it, if someone wants to make their Fiesta look silly it is their car and their money to do so!
I was very much a 'Max Power' modder 10 years ago and would look forward to being able to fit my huge stainless backbox, alloy wheels, sound system etc. I loved the scene, I loved my individual car and how everyone knew me by it but yet I would get very negative comments from some miserable people which I could never understand! Why don't you put that money towards buying another car, etc. I wouldn't walk into someones house and snub their new kitchen by saying why didn't you just move somewhere better, but with cars it seems perfectly acceptable.
I grew out of that and went more towards the subtle modifying on my next cars and the reaction was somewhat different, much more positivity!
It's not about making money, far too many people think that a car is a financial outlay and the more ways you can make it cheaper the better. When a car is your hobby you don't mind splashing your hobby money on it. I see no problem in any of it, if someone wants to make their Fiesta look silly it is their car and their money to do so!
I've modded my Mustang because it needed modding and the ititial outlay at over $2 to the £ made any modding a reasonable exercise in cost. There would still be nothing on the market that would come close to it for the overall outlay and depreciation has been relatively kind.
I think the danger with most mods is knowing when to stop. There is a fine line between achieving a good balance between what you want and costs but it's easy to get lost and fall into the "Halfords window" phase of being unable to stop putting stuff on. Subtle is the key IMHO and the devil is in the detail not the in your face crassness of some cars.
Inevitably, you may also want to sell it and mod another car so defining a budget and what you want to achieve is fairly important.
I think the danger with most mods is knowing when to stop. There is a fine line between achieving a good balance between what you want and costs but it's easy to get lost and fall into the "Halfords window" phase of being unable to stop putting stuff on. Subtle is the key IMHO and the devil is in the detail not the in your face crassness of some cars.
Inevitably, you may also want to sell it and mod another car so defining a budget and what you want to achieve is fairly important.
I love working on cars, spending time in the garage building engines etc, and creating something unique that looks standard and has outrageous performance. However, if I hadn't spent so much time and money chasing big bhp figures in my Supra, I would probably have an NSX in the garage right now instead of a Mk1 MR2. Never again! (Until the next time. No, Never! Well, maybe . . . but no.)
I've nearly always modified cars but usually only subtle tweaks rather then spending many thousands. IMO some factory cars (esp performance cars) were not 'perfect' in stock form and some modifications are exceedingly common - so much so that most cars of that model will now have these aftermarket mods!
off the top of my head I would use the e46 M3 as an example. Many of the early models for sale will have uprated lights (eg rear LEDs) and the 19inch wheels instead of stock 18's as they looked much better on the car.
off the top of my head I would use the e46 M3 as an example. Many of the early models for sale will have uprated lights (eg rear LEDs) and the 19inch wheels instead of stock 18's as they looked much better on the car.
BarbaricAvatar said:
V88Dicky said:
BarbaricAvatar said:
Monsterlime said:
BarbaricAvatar said:
The only bit i do have a problem with is fking loud exhausts. They're just for narcissists and tts. And i'd love to see government legislation brought in that effectively bans all after-market exhausts.
Villages will be much happier places without Corsa's fitted with farty-pipes.
So for those cars where official parts are no longer made/very hard to get hold of, what is a person supposed to do then if their exhaust dies/needs replacing? Scrap the car?king loud exhausts. They're just for narcissists and tts. And i'd love to see government legislation brought in that effectively bans all after-market exhausts.Villages will be much happier places without Corsa's fitted with farty-pipes.
There's loud exhausts that sound crap, ie most 4 pots and builders' Transits.
There's loud exhausts that sound bloody superb, for example, cross-plane crank V8s, wailing straight sixes, roaring V10s and so on.
Have you heard a Monaro on it's factory exhaust? You'll not get the chance now because 90% have been changed for those aftermarket ones that you detest. They were whisper quiet as standard, extra silencers were fitted for a nanny-state UK market, as the Aussie ones and the Pontiac GTO were much better from a sound perspective.
You have no petrol in your veins sir, no soul.
Although i quite like the idea of finding Golf's, Corsa's, 306's etc and smacking the exhausts with a sledgehammer. Not just for the noise but also the reason that several times i think i'm hearing something interesting go past and turn (or dash) to see and it turns out to be a f
king Focus with exhaust tomfoolery!And no, Immortal's tend not to have souls.
However, the last thing I want is the incompetent and petty beaurocratic government sticking their snout into *anything* else.
so I personally can put up with farty exhausts... !
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