Tasteful Modifications Thread

[Fastcarguy]

Cant believe I have not posted this yet. My all time favorite movie/ show car. American Racing Vector turbine wheels, bright orange, thats right, its the General Lee.

Engines in the TV show General Lees varied; 318, 383, 440ci engines, and 1 511 Hemi was used in the 2005 movie. None of the TV series cars had the 426 Hemi. However, the "close-up" Lees (except for the first one) were 383-powered. The special purpose built "Ski Car" (the car that was used for stunts involving driving on the left side or right side wheels with the opposite side wheels in the air) had a 318, as it was lighter weight. Most of the 'workhorse' stunt cars had 383s and 440s. The stunt drivers tended to prefer 440s (a higher performance engine) for jumps, so 440-powered stunt Lees were often saved for the higher bobby and longer jumps

 

[SVX]

I don't matter mang! (cookie for the reference)

They beautiful!

Indeed they are.

 

[ZedMan1996]

NASCAR Skyline. This makes no sense at all.

This owner from Japan likes Nascar got a problem with that? It's his car so he can do what he want with it.

Jeez you guys give 0 tolerence to anything outside of your own taste.

Moving on...

 

[Downhill Dino]

Cant believe I have not posted this yet. My all time favorite movie/ show car. American Racing Vector turbine wheels, bright orange, thats right, its the General Lee.
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Engines in the TV show General Lees varied; 318, 383, 440ci engines, and 1 511 Hemi was used in the 2005 movie. None of the TV series cars had the 426 Hemi. However, the "close-up" Lees (except for the first one) were 383-powered. The special purpose built "Ski Car" (the car that was used for stunts involving driving on the left side or right side wheels with the opposite side wheels in the air) had a 318, as it was lighter weight. Most of the 'workhorse' stunt cars had 383s and 440s. The stunt drivers tended to prefer 440s (a higher performance engine) for jumps, so 440-powered stunt Lees were often saved for the higher bobby and longer jumps

I'm sorry, but even if it is popular and I do like it, it's not tasteful. At all. Nor are the million replicas. Cool sight to see, but putting on some front roll bar (?), paint it an obnoxious orange and throw the Confederate flag on top? No.

 

[ZedMan1996]

 

[Slash]

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This owner from Japan likes Nascar got a problem with that? It's his car so he can do what he want with it.

Jeez you guys give 0 tolerence to anything outside of your own taste.

Moving on...

Half of those look like junkyard beaters

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Half of those look like junkyard beaters

Not. Even. Close.

 

[Sa7een]

New Zealand, dammit.

Haha sorry about that. I took one look at your flag icon and didn't think twice.

Wrong thread.

Not really, for one thing it looks incredible and I thought this thread loved BWM's with BBS?

No matter. This is my idea Supra, everything is perfect.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Half of those look like junkyard beaters

Absolutely right. Except the term is drift missile.

 

[SVX]

This owner from Japan likes Nascar got a problem with that? It's his car so he can do what he want with it.

Jeez you guys give 0 tolerence to anything outside of your own taste.

That's because it's essentially a riced Skyline. That wing. That 4WD stance, etc.

Haha sorry about that. I took one look at your flag icon and didn't think twice.

Just be lucky I'm not a patriotic New Zealander.

Not really, for one thing it looks incredible and I thought this thread loved BWM's with BBS?

Me thinks it's the stance/lowness. I'm not a huge fan of it personally either, I love low cars but I don't think slammed to the ground low with those wheels suit the car. I think it needs more modern wheels.

Absolutely right. Except the term is drift missile.

Which certainly ain't fit for this thread, at all.

 

[TexRex]

Absolutely right. Except the term is drift missile.

Correction: Janky Drift Missile.

I'm not sure it's a modification, though. It's more of a result.

 

[ZedMan1996]

Half of those look like junkyard beaters

Wrong, they battle scars, sure some of the cars get worn as hell, wanna know why? Because they get used properly.

If you're a racedriver or drifters, having no battles scars on any of yours cars simply means you're not trying enough, and these "junkyard beaters" can still SLASH the cars you obsess over.

Moving on once again...

 

[ImaRobot]

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really? I thought I was in the questionable mod thread.

 

[Downhill Dino]

It means you're not a good driver, nor care enough to take care of your vehicle.

and these "junkyard beaters" can still SLASH the cars you obsess over.

 

[ZedMan1996]

 

[Sage Ages]

I know what they are trying to go for, but it's stupid. A Chevy racing scheme on a Nissan Skyline doesn't make any sense.

Why not? It's not a Chevy livery, it's a team livery.

About that white E92: TE-37's work on everything. They even look good on a Toyota FJ Crusier.

No, they're extremely overdone. Not many people pull it off well.

Half of those look like junkyard beaters

Drifting is a pretty destructive sport, hence why no one gives a 🤬 about paint and bodywork. It's not exactly tasteful, but there's a honest reason why they look like crap.

It means you're not a good driver, nor care enough to take care of your vehicle.

Why not? Mistakes happen and constantly repainting and repairing body work is expensive. It's actually why you'd see drift cars with their bumpers removed.

 

[TexRex]

No, they're extremely overdone. Not many people pull it off well.

They're lightweight as well, which I appreciate (though I doubt that's the primary concern for the average fanboy), but so are the cheap 6ULs on my Miata.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Drifting is a pretty destructive sport, hence why no one gives a 🤬 about paint and bodywork. It's not exactly tasteful, but there's a honest reason why they look like crap.


Why not? Mistakes happen and constantly repainting and repairing body work is expensive. It's actually why you'd see drift cars with their bumpers removed.

Drift missiles are specifically built to be damaged.

 

[ZedMan1996]

It means you're not a good driver, nor care enough to take care of your vehicle.

Yeah you can keep thinking that.

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[Sage Ages]

Drift missiles are specifically built to be damaged.

Your point being? That's pretty much what I described.

 

[SVX]

Hooray. Back to posting gnarly, purposeful race cars again it seems.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Yeah you can keep thinking that.

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Some of those aren't really relevant and I'm not sure what you're trying to prove with these gifs? If anything, half of them already prove the second point. Especially one I know does.

"Nor care enough to take care of your vehicle." But I'm kind of half and half on this one, I know they're professionals with real drift cars. They don't actually use these ones in competitions like a lot of other people do.

Your point being? That's pretty much what I described.

Again, they just don't care for the car.

 

[ImaRobot]

Jesus Christ please don't spam gifs.

This thread is sad now. None of what has been posted has anything tasteful about it. Half destroyed cars are not. Being purposefully built is great, but those are not wht would be called tasteful, especially that almost destroyed black one.

 

[ZedMan1996]

Hooray. Back to posting gnarly, purposeful race cars again it seems.

Hmmm and I wonder how racecars are made...

Oh yeah thats right, by modifying road cars!

I'm literally building a 240SV N/A 2JZ racing machine with my mate right now and will be finished and ready to race at January or March, and what was it when we bought it? Oh yeah, thats right, it was a stock street car road going up for sale at 1.5K.

 

[ImaRobot]

By throwing taste out the window.

Race car and modified street car are two different things though. At least in the sense that when people think of a race car I doubt they think of an engine swapped S chassis.

Guess that word can be subjective.

 

[Sage Ages]

Again, they just don't care for the car.

Paint and fiberglass are expensive. I'm just saying why a lot of cars don't look the greatest. It's not that they don't care.

 

[ZedMan1996]

By throwing taste out the window.

The only thing I've seen you do in thios thread is complain.

Moving on...

Also which of these lights would you choose for this NSX?

 

[ImaRobot]

What's not o complain about, when your lumping in destroyed drift missiles in this thread? Never knew having a half destroyed car was a tasteful modification.

Not to say I don't appreciate what they're doing, this is just the wrong place.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Here we go....


Have some Audi

 

[ZedMan1996]

What's not o complain about, when your lumping in destroyed drift missiles in this thread? Never knew having a half destroyed car was a tasteful modification.

Not to say I don't appreciate what they're doing, this is just the wrong place.

But battlescars are not midifications are they? Dig deeper into the modified performance parts of the cars to keep them sideways and that's what I call taste, some people just dont have the money to maintain prestine visuals and then have them rip their rear bumper off on a wall-tap the next day.

Anyways...

@Team THRT Drift wow what Audi is that? Looks beautiful! Reminds me of an Isuzu I forgot the name of, it's a coupe though.