Tasteful Modifications Thread

[ProjectWHaT]

 

[Crash]

Saw this E28 at a BMW show on Sunday. Probably one of the cleanest cars there, and I definitely want one.

Note: this is not my picture, I was merely at the same event.

 

[Slash]

603 horsepower turbocharged LSX Nova.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Odd choice for rims.

But fits. Nice.

EDIT: Found this just now.

At first it blew me away. Then I kept thinking...is it actually good...questionable...? I am really not sure if I do like it. But with this marvelous shot...I'm gonna risk. Tell me what you think, lads.

Huh. Found this by accident. This is not bad, I actually like. Not sure if it was in russia actually, since the website is.

Ooh.

I would of posted this in the custom thread too but, tht'll be later. It's a 2005 corvette, with some parts of a '53. I say he did good, nice.

 

[TheCracker]

To use a period correct adjective. Gross

 

[E28]

That Corvette, while well done, is absolutely disgusting. The E46 is OK, the C63 is a bit odd, and that Mustang is certainly questionable in my opinion.

 

[Snorevette]

That Corvette, while well done, is absolutely disgusting.

I actually kinda like it in a weird 'I'd drive it but only because it looks right at home outside a 50's roadside diner' way.

 

[Cano]

Odd choice for rims.

Go read about Trans Am, then come back.

At first it blew me away. Then I kept thinking...is it actually good...questionable...? I am really not sure if I do like it. But with this marvelous shot...I'm gonna risk. Tell me what you think, lads.

The Ring Brothers probably produce the most questionable muscle car builds in the entire world. So overbuilt for the sake of, er, nothing really.

I would of posted this in the custom thread too but, tht'll be later. It's a 2005 corvette, with some parts of a '53. I say he did good, nice.

By now, you know where you should refer to with those two. I really like the BMW, though.

 

[ImaRobot]

That C63 is just a stock black series with a Matte wrap. Not really a modification...

EDIT: not even a black series actually haha.

EDIT2: actually, is it? It doesnt have the spoiler or the fins in the front, everything else matches the part though.

 

[LivingWithGames]

I knew I should have NOT took the risk. I failed again.

And woah, wasn't you acting a little harsh about the firebird? Kinda sounded. I was jsut telling about the rims on that nova...They mostly were made for a Toyota Sprinter Trueno or GT-APEX, but surprisingly works for a Nova.

 

[TheCracker]

And woah, wasn't you acting a little harsh about the firebird? Kinda sounded. I was jsut telling about the rims on that nova...They mostly were made for a Toyota Sprinter Trueno or GT-APEX, but surprisingly works for a Nova.

They're based on Minilites, a design from the 60's. Late 60's Trans Am racers used a version of them as did a lot of European race cars.

 

[Cano]

I was jsut telling about the rims on that nova...They mostly were made for a Toyota Sprinter Trueno or GT-APEX, but surprisingly works for a Nova.

The ones you are refering to are called RS Watanabe. Yet...

They're based on Minilites, a design from the 60's. Late 60's Trans Am racers used a version of them as did a lot of European race cars.

Cracker is right to a degree, there are several companies that had this kind of design in their line-ups, the most famous one is arguably Panasport, but then you have Minilite, Watanabe, Empi, heck, even Western jumped in on the action at one time. The 8-spoke wheel has always been asociated with road-racing.

In the case of the wheels on that Nova, it's a contemporary take of the classic 8-spoke wheel made by Vintage Wheelworks, model V48 if I remember correctly, offered in sizes up to 17" and custom offsets.

 

[LivingWithGames]

But it's interesting I never knew those firebirds used those wheel. I'll see what I find here and if possible, post them.

Hm, that was piss easy. You meant this.

Yeah, they look good, I guess. I was not just very fond of them y'know.

But there is one particular car those wheel work best...maybe on a Skyline 2000GT-R too but this beaut.

SAY HELLO TO THE DEVIL.

 

[Heldenzeit]

I miss my RS Watanabe's....Trans Am racers are definitely one of my inspirations.

 

[ImaRobot]

They look good and most anything before 2000

 

[Cano]

But it's interesting blah

They aren't the same wheel, they have key differences in their design. The Watanabe spoke is cirved, the V48's straight, the Minilite's is also curved but it's thinner at the end of the spokes where they meet the barrel, and so on. They're all a prime choice for modified vintage cars because basically any car you equip them in will look awesome.

 

[Heldenzeit]

Panasports are cool too.

 

[Cano]

Double post (not anymore), but I just realized this. When you said:

And woah, wasn't you acting a little harsh about the firebird? Kinda sounded

I didn't really understand what you said. Then you posted the picture of the white Trans Am, and I finally caught up.

When I said "go read about Trans Am", I was talking aboutt he Trans-American Championship series, commonly known as just "Trans-Am", a racing series that took place in the late 60s and early 70s, not the Pontiac Trans Am, altough yes, the Pontiac is named after that racing series (in which, ironically, it failed miserably).

Go read about it, see pictures of the cars and their wheels, and get back to me.

 

[Stotty]

They are a copy of the original Minilites as found on Escorts, Minis, Imps, Avengers, MG's etc....

 

[Cano]

Yeah, all those wheels are incredibly similar, but I do think the original, slim Minilites were the first ones, way before the wide barrels that the Trans Am cars used. The damned Panasport and early Minilites are pretty difficult to tell apart unless you read the scripting on the wheel

 

[hemisport15]

Not sure why I haven't posted this yet, but you're all welcome.

But why is this car so special?

Oh, that's why.

 

[Slash]

WIN.

 

[The Stig Farmer]

It's a brown rear-wheel-drive estate (hopefully with a manual).

That engine better be a diesel

 

[Slash]

That engine better be a diesel

It's an LSX...

 

[The Stig Farmer]

It's an LSX...

Jalop license: revoked

 

[Leicht]

That C63 is just a stock black series with a Matte wrap. Not really a modification...

EDIT: not even a black series actually haha.

EDIT2: actually, is it? It doesnt have the spoiler or the fins in the front, everything else matches the part though.

I think you can opt not to have the spoilers and fins IIRC...I wonder if Jeremy told that in one episode where C 63 black series was featured.

 

[McLaren]

That C63 is just a stock black series with a Matte wrap. Not really a modification...

EDIT: not even a black series actually haha.

EDIT2: actually, is it? It doesnt have the spoiler or the fins in the front, everything else matches the part though.

The spoiler & fins are part of the AMG Aerodynamics Package; it's usually almost always coupled with the AMG Track Package (Dunlop track tires & a bigger transmission cooler).

To be honest, the car doesn't actually belong in the thread, either. Nothing on it, including the factory available matte paint, is modified outside the factory.

 

[LivingWithGames]

It's a BROWN rear-wheel-drive estate (hopefully with a manual).

That engine better be a diesel

I don't see brown here. And no, I'm not color-blind.

 

[Snorevette]

I don't see brown here. And no, I'm not color-blind.

It's at the very least brownish-gray.

 

[Cano]

Not sure why I haven't posted this yet, but you're all welcome.