Is modding cars even cool anymore?

[kwik!gti]

i will always mod my cars to some extent. like everyone else, i'm all for OEM+ for a DD.

I have 2 cars and they are both identiacally modded. Nothing cosmetic. Suspension and brakes and chassis. Stock mufflers. Anything cosmetic at this point I dont care much for. Even though I constantly hear "a set of wheels would do wonders for that car".

[PLAYED TT]

OEM+ is the way to go IMO. The modding community has come a long way from what it used to be.

[Old Windy]

The current generation is more about Internet chatting time behind obscure names (Highlander Lord anyone?) than actually meeting people face to face. I laugh everytime I see the anxiety attack show up on my nephew and niece face (18 and 17 respectively [sorry no pictures]) about having to interact with someone in person and they don't have and chatting device to hide behind off. Heck they don't even want to go the mall to watch the latest movie they actually get all stressed about having to get of the couh to actually go there and not having there technological device grafted to their face for 10+ straight hours. Granted they are not all like that as my younger nephew (15)goes nuts every time he hears Turbo go by a really factory modded Mustang so there is still hope or asks me if he can take a ride with me around the track (granted he does wear a helmet and all the possible straps)

IMO i preffer to follow the fucntion/ form for mods and concentrate on the arease where I can feel it while driving. On the outside I like to have it subttle just enough to notice there is a differenc but not enought to garner LEO's attention.

[Harold]

Modding your car to be "cool" is lame. What eveyone else thinks about the mod, I don't give a chit.

I mod my cars to keep them interesting to me, helps me keep the car longer. A mod is usually cheaper than a new car. Most of my mods have been conservative.

[badb5]

I guess it depends on where you live - here in Florida completely stock cars/ SUV's could be considered unusual. Especially Benzes/ Bimmer's/ Porsche's, Corvettes, Range Rovers, rare to see stuff like that stock here. Tint/ slight drop and aftermarket wheels seem to be done in the first 1,000 miles. I don't many riced out Honda's or the old F&F stuff that used to be common here - that crap is almost non-existent anymore.

I'm into OEM plus for the most part - I can't leave any of my cars stock - ever.

[S0RRY]

I have 2 cars and they are both identiacally modded. Nothing cosmetic. Suspension and brakes and chassis. Stock mufflers. Anything cosmetic at this point I dont care much for. Even though I constantly hear "a set of wheels would do wonders for that car".

It'd look tite on some 18" TSW's amirite?

[RacerrRex]

People still and always mod cars.....
Its not as noticable as a bright green riced out civic that youre comparing them to
But there still is and always will be modified cars:

[kwik!gti]

It'd look tite on some 18" TSW's amirite?

Those are 17s. Just so you know.

[S0RRY]

Those are 17s. Just so you know.

**** I guess I need to start sweating you a little harder. Are the tow hooks still on the car?

[FiveAinOne]

facebook, twitter...all social media is to blame. Up until about 3 years ago, you could go out to the local "strip" on friday and saturday night and see wall to wall cars cruising up and back endlessly. Yes most of the cars were junk and poorly done, but it made for great entertainment. I enjoyed watching or driving through the parking lots as the differnt makes/genres/high schools would park together and do whatever it is that they do. Now, you stay at home and text, tweet...or whatever.

cars do not seem to be important with the up and coming generation.

Yup I think internet, mass multiplayer online gaming, and technology has taken the money and attention away from cars.

[kwik!gti]

**** I guess I need to start sweating you a little harder. Are the tow hooks still on the car?

No it's bone stock exterior wise minus the lowered suspension. Stock wheels, mirrors, OEM front and rear lips, etc etc etc

[Yak Meat]

modding cars is better than modding your nose with Coke... least thats what i tell my father when he complains... cost might not be so different though.

[weakshht]

i modify pretty much everything i own to my tastes, always have always will.

[MikeSAABt]

I mod my Volvos with things like working ETMs, non cracked timing belts and head gaskets that keep the fluids separated. I prefer subtle.

Chris

Really going for the OEM+ movement eh

I've developed an active rust prevention system for my Brick which coats the underbody in a fine atomization of Delo 15w40

[PrimaVW]

I have noticed the amount of cars rolling around with mods has dropped off almost completely around me.

I recently said goodbye to the flashy stuff myself. I have a boring A4 that will get some basic things (exhaust, filter, plugs/wires) and I'm going to call it a day. My age is the main reason for this though...

[Rapid Decompression]

..if your doing it to be cool...you already failed

[Yak Meat]

i do it to go faster... but thats not "modding" as far as the mk4 community is concerned... damn it am i a mk4 kid? does the mk4 R32 count as that?

[Rapid Decompression]

i do it to go faster... but thats not "modding" as far as the mk4 community is concerned... damn it am i a mk4 kid? does the mk4 R32 count as that?

if you do it for your own reasons..does not matter what anyone thinks

[crannky]

I think that you are seeing the OEM+ (and variations on that theme) remain strong, while the people who were in it b/c it was the "thing" to do have faded away. People learned that a fiberglass body kit on your lowered Civic was a huge waste of money.

I modify my cars...but only in ways that I deem to be improvements on the initial design. I've never purchased a body kit in my life. I aim to make mild changes.

I sort of agree but have to stress that, I can't remember ever seeing a car with aCombat kit that was lowered IRL. The never lowered those ****ing things which made them even uglier. Haha.

But people still mod plenty where I'm from. Just not strictly aesthetically, anymore.

[Buckeye(OH)]

I got pretty conservative with my modding (besides suspension/brakes/lighter wheels/engine mounts/intake etc) after I put a VF engineering ****charger on my VR GTi. I ruined that car.

[E34M50]

i don't mod my cars anymore. i kinda stopped when the cool factor went down around 3 or 4 years ago. i think that i'll be able to get back into modding cars if it gets cool again.

[c0mmon]

People mod subtle crap on a Mini Cooper now. I think between Fast and Furious having more sequels then collective writing brilliance and tons of hate for the ricer in general really shut it down

[roadtripper]

i just got done watching fast 5 this exact minute. no better and no worse than anything else out there in the smash 'em up genre. some very lovely ladies. especially at the nighttime streetrace scene. cool LFA footage. the dodge cop cars seemed better than they had a right to be. sounded mean. nice variety; surprisingly blatant tuner exposure (AE?). and you gotta love getting that hand print without giving up the handful.

if you guys think fast and the furious somehow ushered in modding to the masses, you are very young or weren't paying attention. it was the other way around. the first one was a stroke of luck, timing, and luck. i was at SEMA the year before, the year of, and the year after. it was a nice tie-in, and it certainly gave the supra/2JZ some extra legs it may or may not have needed, but this movie should not define the hobby for you. that would be unfortunate.

i especially love the comment that someone stopped modding because it fell out of style, but is eagerly awaiting its return so that they can recommence. sounds stressful. like the famous mkiv polls: "what should be my next mod . . . " priceless.

[E34M50]

i especially love the comment that someone stopped modding because it fell out of style, but is eagerly awaiting its return so that they can recommence. sounds stressful. like the famous mkiv polls: "what should be my next mod . . . " priceless.

yea dude, right now, i'm sticking to a proven cool theory which is 'hating on MKIV'.

[8V Fury]

Over the years as many people have said before, the modding has change from who has the biggest wing and fart can and whos cars the loudest to now where it is people are doing OEM+, JDM, KDM and the list goes on and on. Sometimes, you don't realize you are next to one unless you know what you are looking for. I have seen several OEM+ cars, that I have had to take a second look to notice that they were. Plus alot people now, don't want to have the attention of the law while driving. To the police it looks like a stock vehicle, that is one reason why I like the OEM+.

[Chris_V]

They upcoming generation can't afford a car because they don't have jobs. It's hard to mod a car when you are unemployed.

obin

No, it's not. There are still tens of thousands of dirt cheap cars. I did it when I was unemployed below the poverty line. It's simply interest from the young crowd that is waning. Interest in cars in general.

[Chris_V]

i don't mod my cars anymore. i kinda stopped when the cool factor went down around 3 or 4 years ago. i think that i'll be able to get back into modding cars if it gets cool again.

So you mod your cars for other people, not for yourself. I see. Modding cars has been cool since the '40s. Earlier if you include the custom coachbuilt cars of the '20 and '30s.

[DTMTrini]

Modding cars is as cool as the owner of the car feels. In general, I don't think it even matters. People should do it for themselves, not because of someone else's opinion....unless that someone else controls your budget. I have always modified my cars, and will always do so.

[MRVW00]

I'm with the other guy.

Ask any 16 yr old, and they aren't excited about driving or getting a car. When they do, it's just an appliance to them like their phone or laptop.

[seadoo2006]

I still want that car ... Veilside kit and all ... the 92-95 Civic EX Coupes were just a good looking car, and hey, who didn't like Veilside back in the day?

[R32R1]

You must have not been looking hard enough.

I will always modify my car in some way, shape, or form.

[phryxis]

I'm glad modding was a fad for a lot of people because all of those terrible builds are gone now.

When I look at a car for the most part I can instantly tell if the owner is a true car enthusiast or if they are doing it to be trendy.

[R32R1]

I still want that car ... Veilside kit and all ... the 92-95 Civic EX Coupes were just a good looking car, and hey, who didn't like Veilside back in the day?

...and we found the ricer!

[seadoo2006]

...and we found the ricer!

I've never hidden my true allegiance ... bahahahah ...

[evosky]

not gonna lie, i was definitely in an F&F phase in high school when the movies first came out. good thing i had no money back then and couldn't rice out my 626 LX. and yes, i'm asian. stereotypical.