Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[RevoltTrain]

49 minutes ago, terrytek said:

 

honestly idc about the fender all i care about is that it's a manual wagon with loaded features like heated power leather seats, sunroof, and a turbo 4.

So get a 9-5. I have heated leather seats, a sunroof, turbo 4, memory seats, heated rear seats. The list goes in. 

[terrytek]

7 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

So get a 9-5. I have heated leather seats, a sunroof, turbo 4, memory seats, heated rear seats. The list goes in. 

hmm, maybe. but idk, i like the sound of a boxer 4 turbo really.

[RevoltTrain]

10 minutes ago, terrytek said:

hmm, maybe. but idk, i like the sound of a boxer 4 turbo really.

I do too. Subarus are my favorite cars. But damn does my 9-5 sound good. Thinking of doing my muffler delete tomorrow

[RevoltTrain]

Colin's Miata looks soooooooo good. 

 

@bcredeur97 have you thought of getting a "Bikini top" like he has in the last 2 photos? I'm not sure if that's the real name but that's what he's always called it. 

[terrytek]

@MEC-777 do you know if the cherry bomb  glasspack mufflers are any good? because i saw them for like 35 bucks at autozone and i thought that was pretty cheap for a muffler. if they are, how good are they compared to the vortex?

[RevoltTrain]

1 minute ago, terrytek said:

@MEC-777 do you know if the cherry bomb  glasspack mufflers are any good? because i saw them for like 35 bucks at autozone and i thought that was pretty cheap for a muffler. if they are, how good are they compared to the vortex?

Glasspacks are typically more like a resonator than a muffler. 

[bcredeur97]

9 minutes ago, terrytek said:

@MEC-777 do you know if the cherry bomb  glasspack mufflers are any good? because i saw them for like 35 bucks at autozone and i thought that was pretty cheap for a muffler. if they are, how good are they compared to the vortex?

They don't "muffle" very well. Best used with more than one 

[bcredeur97]

@RevoltTrain no. No roll bar. Don't really need one anyway and would have no use for it

[MadyTehWolfie]

9 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Glasspacks are typically more like a resonator than a muffler. 

Resonators dont have anything inside it to muffle sound. Glass packs are mufflers just usually in a cylindrical straight shape. Only muffler that doesnt use fiberglass to mufle sound in chokemasters.....I mean flow master exhaust. 

[8uhbbhu8]

29 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Colin's Miata looks soooooooo good. 

 

@bcredeur97 have you thought of getting a "Bikini top" like he has in the last 2 photos? I'm not sure if that's the real name but that's what he's always called it. 

Damn that's a beautiful car! Wouldn't want to drive that on a cloudy day though 

[Speedyv]

2 hours ago, terrytek said:

@Speedyv interested in a legacy gt manual wagon? https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/6086625472.html some mods, but mostly an original car.

I'd want if it wasn't molested. I would pay the same price without the mods tbh.

[RevoltTrain]

2 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

Damn that's a beautiful car! Wouldn't want to drive that on a cloudy day though 

He's got a nice hardtop also, along with the factory soft top 

 

He's also got the mini Pictured, had a beautiful 60s Town And Country and has a C2 Corvette. He's got great taste. 

[RevoltTrain]

15 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

@RevoltTrain no. No roll bar. Don't really need one anyway and would have no use for it

Damn. Rip. 

13 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Resonators dont have anything inside it to muffle sound. Glass packs are mufflers just usually in a cylindrical straight shape. Only muffler that doesnt use fiberglass to mufle sound in chokemasters.....I mean flow master exhaust. 

This is true, but Glasspacks (cheap ones especially) are super prone to blowing out. Which then kinda makes it a resonator / test pipe

[MadyTehWolfie]

Just now, RevoltTrain said:

Damn. Rip. 

This is true, but Glasspacks (cheap ones especially) are super prone to blowing out. Which then kinda makes it a resonator / test pipe

While thats true they arent/werent designed as resonators.

[RevoltTrain]

[arnavvr]

7 minutes ago, Speedyv said:

I'd want if it wasn't molested. I would pay the same price without the mods tbh.

Most Mods tend to devalue a car (unless it's a like a turbo or something)

[arnavvr]

@terrytek https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/6100264872.html 

[terrytek]

20 minutes ago, Speedyv said:

I'd want if it wasn't molested. I would pay the same price without the mods tbh.

i'd still pay that price with mods. 

 

13 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Most Mods tend to devalue a car (unless it's a like a turbo or something)

well i just hate how i waste so much money on mods, and come to find out they're an absolute waste when i end up selling the car.

[RevoltTrain]

24 minutes ago, terrytek said:

i'd still pay that price with mods. 

 

well i just hate how i waste so much money on mods, and come to find out they're an absolute waste when i end up selling the car.

Build and mod your car for your own enjoyment. Not for resale value. 

 

That's my plan. And why my list is so long of mods. Because at the end of the day. It's an extension of me. My money, my transportation. If other people like it, good. But as long as I'm not a ricer I'm happy. 

 

Current list

 

• Exhaust
• Intake post MAF
• Bigger intercooler
• Pistons
• Cams
• Injectors
• E85 Capable Fuel Pump
• Strut bar
• Coilovers
• Wheels / tires
• Window tints
• Steering wheel
• Subs / speakers
• Mustang Mach 1 Front Lip
• Roofrack cross bars
• Add some gauges
• Yellow fog lights / yellow vinyl on fog light housings (not sure which yet) 
• Different front grill
• Aero Spec rear wing
• Better sounding horns
• Custom tuning

That's not even the whole list. Will my car be more valuable in the end? To me, yes. To just about anyone else, no. 

 

Cars are a passion of love, and if you're in it for the profit open a shop. 

[Speedyv]

40 minutes ago, terrytek said:

i'd still pay that price with mods. 

 

well i just hate how i waste so much money on mods, and come to find out they're an absolute waste when i end up selling the car.

There are no real performance mods though. What he did was butcher the fenders and put shitty wheels on. I think an exhaust system, tints, and possibly nice coil-overs can increase value but not that. Not to mention the sketch tune on a mid-high mile subie.

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

well i just hate how i waste so much money on mods, and come to find out they're an absolute waste when i end up selling the car.

Follows the same kind of logic like not driving your car for resale is like not having sex with your girlfriend for the next guy. Mods dump value anyways because the people putting them on usually have no idea what they're doing and are generally making the vehicle worse.

[RevoltTrain]

50 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Follows the same kind of logic like not driving your car for resale is like not having sex with your girlfriend for the next guy. Mods dump value anyways because the people putting them on usually have no idea what they're doing and are generally making the vehicle worse.

Had that analogy in mind but didn't want to be the one to say it. 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

Had that analogy in mind but didn't want to be the one to say it. 

When in doubt just put "What Would Always Say?" and you'd probably be close filling in the blanks.

[yathis]

52 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

mods, and come to find out they're an absolute waste when i end up selling the car.

Yeah that is common knowledge

Live & Learn bud

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

Something mildly edgy

Or disgruntled.