What was your first car mod(s)?

[Ekliptix]

1991 Integra RS
1) Short shifter ("solo" brand).
2) Clear corners (Front)
3) The cheapest short CAI I could find. I was so fuckin excited.

[nismodrifter]

2001 Jetta TDI:

1: 19x8" Axis Neos (Thanks Bob@CMS)
2. 225/35" Falken FK tires(Thanks Altezza)
3. FK Suspension Hightek Kit (35/40mm drop)
I had done all my research, stock piled these items over the winter, and was going nuts waiting for weather to get good so I could install.
Suspension + Wheels went on together. I did the suspension install at home.

Immediately after install (before it settled):
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[rage2]

87 Integra LS. Mugen sticker.

Physical modification? 91 Mazda 323 hatchback. Replaced muffler with a Canadian tire resonator.

Between that I tinted my own windows. Drove around years with thousands of bubbles lol.

[JfuckinC]

1981 Camaro Z28 - Chrome valve covers and air cleaner cover, and then 2 rockford 12" subs in a huge box in the back seat lol... something didn't seal well so if i went over a certain RPM oil would come out on to my headers and smoke :rofl:

[03ozwhip]

In 1998. 1986 Mercury Topaz. Sweet chrome hubcaps, 5% tint so you can't see up in my windows and 2 12" and 2 8" subs and 2 1000 watt amps and 3 alternators lol

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

1998 Ford Escort ZX2. Tokico shocks with lowering springs, swapped the rear drums for discs and painted the wheels dark grey.

[ExtraSlow]

Pulled the rear quarter windows out of my '93 Hyundai Excel so it was sorta like a convertible. Also added fog lights and tint and a very large sub box.

All of that made it faster. I didn't start with the stickers until maybe 2 years later.

[Chantastic]

Can't remember which came first but it was either a red Momo shift boot, or a horrible Momo shift knob held on with grub screws. I should have been focused on gas tank replacement/repair right away.

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[mr2mike]

91 Mustang
Painted own racing stripes on it.
Tucan industries shift knob (cf and black)
Tucan cf pedals.
Under dash black lights and blue signal lights.
Tinted rear quarter windows
A year later: painted and installed GT bumper kit.

[killramos]

I bought some floor mats once.

[Tik-Tok]

Modification/repair? Sheet metaling the rusted out floorboards on my '78 Aspen.

Performance Modification? CAI, headers, exhaust, and tune on '05 Mustang

[Sentry]

1992 Honda Civic Si
Turbo!
Incoming shitty old photobucket pics
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I got this Civic when I was 18 and has just started my first full time job, but was living with my parents so could easily afford the GReddy turbo kit for the D16. It was very cheap for what it was, got it from Titan Racing for 1500 USD. (Yeah Titan the Supra guys, I guess they were a Greddy dealer.)

[littledan]

95 prelude srv. First mod was an aem cold air. Next came some wheels and tires. Then greddy exhaust, resonator, strut tie bar, carbon hood.

[90_Shelby]

Good thread idea.

I built a 360 small block Dodge engine at 15 with plans to put it in an A body Dodge of some sort. If I recall correctly the engine had Keith Black 9.5-1 hypereutectic pistons, some sort of bigger camshaft, home ported cast iron cylinder heads, edelbrock intake manifold and a Demon carburetor. Davenport did the block machine work and I assembled the engine in the garage using a “How to rebuild a small block Dodge” book.

Once the engine was built I found a slant six ‘71 Duster for $800 and replaced quarter panels and painted it in high school Autobody class. Swapped in the engine, a 727 transmission, and an 8 3/4” rear differential and was driving it in grade 12.

Hard to believe I paid for everything myself while working at a gas station and or Mr. Lube part time through high school. I should try and find some old pics of the engine.

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[bjstare]

^That's awesome.

My first mods on my '91 Accord in high school - Ractive 4" muffler (that I hacked off something at the auto wrecker), and some fancy panasonic deck, 2-12" subs and a 1600w amp.

[ExtraSlow]

90_Shelby I like this a lot. Like a lot a lot.

[gmc72]

1978 GMC 1/2 ton pick up. Converted it to dual exhaust with glass pack mufflers. That thing was loud AF!!!!

[JfuckinC]

Good thread idea.

I built a 360 small block Dodge engine at 15 with plans to put it in an A body Dodge of some sort. If I recall correctly the engine had Keith Black 9.5-1 hypereutectic pistons, some sort of bigger camshaft, home ported cast iron cylinder heads, edelbrock intake manifold and a Demon carburetor. Davenport did the block machine work and I assembled the engine in the garage using a “How to rebuild a small block Dodge” book.

Once the engine was built I found a slant six ‘71 Duster for $800 and replaced quarter panels and painted it in high school Autobody class. Swapped in the engine, a 727 transmission, and an 8 3/4” rear differential and was driving it in grade 12.

Hard to believe I paid for everything myself while working at a gas station and or Mr. Lube part time through high school. I should try and find some old pics of the engine.



lollll were you my grandmas neighbor or is that in front of someone else's house

[dirtsniffer]

86 Ford Tempo. Slapped an N badge on it and created the Tempon. Or maybe it was the beaded seat cover

[ExtraSlow]

Modifying the lettering on your car is a classis. My brother did the detective work to figure out that the letters from a Parisienne could be adjusted to say penis. He put that on a ford Fairmont. I laughed like the juvenile I was.

[98brg2d]

It was either a custom "Dodge Racing" decal or a Momo shift knob, both on my old Dodge Neon.

[T-Dubbs]

i had an '87 Mercedes 300SD
big S-class and diesel... chopped off the mufflers, added a stereo with subs... cant go wrong when you're 16!

[90_Shelby]

lollll were you my grandmas neighbor or is that in front of someone else's house

That pic was taken by my friends Mom in front of their house on California Blvd in Monterey Park. I grew up in Pineridge just off of 16th Ave and 68st, we definitely couldn’t afford to live in Monterey haha!

[89coupe]

1979 Mustang pace car

Did cam, heads, intake, carb, headers & exhaust.

Looked like this.

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[Ekliptix]

Man, to the people who's first mod was a turbo kit, H/C/I, etc, y'all were ballers at a young age. Skipped right past the racing-pedal splurge.

[riander5]

95 integra base model, cold air intake and an exhaust. Raced a nissan titan after we were neck and neck... but i was louder

[Swank]

GTS smoked headlight covers, sunglasses for your whip.

[Sentry]

Man, to the people who's first mod was a turbo kit, H/C/I, etc, y'all were ballers at a young age. Skipped right past the racing-pedal splurge.
I just didn't bother until I had enough money to actually accomplish something. The cars I had from 16-18 were just stock and broken ass lol

[90_Shelby]

Good thread idea.

I built a 360 small block Dodge engine at 15 with plans to put it in an A body Dodge of some sort. If I recall correctly the engine had Keith Black 9.5-1 hypereutectic pistons, some sort of bigger camshaft, home ported cast iron cylinder heads, edelbrock intake manifold and a Demon carburetor. Davenport did the block machine work and I assembled the engine in the garage using a “How to rebuild a small block Dodge” book.

Once the engine was built I found a slant six ‘71 Duster for $800 and replaced quarter panels and painted it in high school Autobody class. Swapped in the engine, a 727 transmission, and an 8 3/4” rear differential and was driving it in grade 12.

Hard to believe I paid for everything myself while working at a gas station and or Mr. Lube part time through high school. I should try and find some old pics of the engine.

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A few more pics I dug up:

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[Sentry]

Did you ever go to the half mile events at AJ Flying Ranch? There was a guy with a sweet white duster who was a regular

[90_Shelby]

Did you ever go to the half mile events at AJ Flying Ranch? There was a guy with a sweet white duster who was a regular

I have not been to that event, no.

I still like the old stuff but prefer when someone else owns it! The cool factor is high but even a fully modernized muscle car doesn’t drive anywhere close to a modern engineered performance car.

They don’t make them like they used to, and to me, that’s a good thing.

After building this car, my brother whooped me in his modded ‘87 Shelby Daytona. I sold the Duster and followed suit shortly after…

[B.Spilner]

1986 honda prelude

-biggest loudest exhaust I could find
-blue headlights
-boomin sound system

[JRSC00LUDE]

After building this car, my brother whooped me in his modded ‘87 Shelby Daytona. I sold the Duster and followed suit shortly after…

Those were awesome! T-tops and all!

[JordanEG6]

First mod was on a 93 EG hatch. I had a Vibrant exhaust muffler and a NOS steering wheel cover lol

[Sentry]

I had a Vibrant exhaust on my turbo EG, sounded great.

[Gman.45]

1978 Honda Civic

I twisted the hood mounted windshield washer fluid jets to shoot sideways so I could squirt people I drove by (I was 15).

[BokCh0y]

1985 Toyota Camry

OEM wheels as compared to the OEM hubcaps haha

[BavarianBeast]

Injen cold air intake on a 2006 cobalt ss supercharged. Still one of the loudest whines I’ve ever heard from a blower.

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[cam_wmh]

Used my bursary money, to get a Minidisc Deck in my 95 Corolla:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[ExtraSlow]

Used my bursary money, to get a Minidisc Deck in my 95 Corolla:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Minidisc, NIIIIIOCEEE

[Maxx Mazda]

Injen cold air intake on a 2006 cobalt ss supercharged. Still one of the loudest whines I’ve ever heard from a blower.


I always had a soft spot for those cars. Loved how you could get the color matched interior.

[Kloubek]

Dating myself here, but 5% purple tinted rear quarter windows with No Fear stickers.

It was a different era.

[VTEXTC]

The year was 1992. I bought a brand new 1993 Civic EX sedan (EX-Vs were rare) and promptly outfitted it with a set of 13” ASA 5 stars, GTS headlight covers, and a “Mugen Power” decal all from Contemporary Motorsports. Jan Cerato was a legend!

[Maxt]

Mine was a '77 Dodge Ramcharger that had been flipped end over end into a ditch by my mother. My Dad got the windshield frame straightened on it, however it was still pretty warped so when I was 14 my Dad gave me the green light to start replacing body panels on it. I painted wrecker yard panels with Canadian tire color match spray cans, originally blue and white. Eventually I got T-boned by a drunk in the northeast when I was 16, and I took the whole truck flat black and grey, repaired the damage from pickyourpart, back when pickyourpart was just a muddy field and an atco trailer.
First mods were:
-Camouflage seat covers that were washable and instant dry that my Mom made out of some special tent fabric from somewhere.
-Best top soft top, the place we bought it from said originally they would install it for the sell price, then changed their mind when the top arrived and they read the instructions. My Dad and I drove the truck to their shop and back home in -30c weather without any top on the truck for nothing. I'll never forget the image of my Dad driving with a big fur coat and motorcycle helmet on.
-took a hammer to the air cleaner lid to do the flip over to get the whawwww sound when flooring it.
-Learjet stereo with 6x9's all from Army and Navy. I only had my learners license when I got the stereo so I would sit out in the truck in the backyard listening to Ride the lightning and Kill 'em All, it was 1987.
-Put in used 727 automatic and transfercase a little while after getting my drivers license. I Learned the difference between internal and external balance when I tried to use a 318 converter on a 360 and the truck vibrated like crazy.
-converted it from automatic to standard after I found that my driving style at 16 was really hard on automatics.
-4bbl carb/intake and headers in grade 12
-Did a home brew 4" body lift and 2" add leaf with 33's
-Got a used hard top, it didn't fit well because of previous accident, welded it and a used roll bar in permanently because none of the bolt holes lined up. The top came with a external rack which was cool for lights and cb antenna.
Couldn't find a decent body tub for the truck so I put the Ramcharger up for sale , sold for 1000.00 bucks.
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[Sentry]

1992 Honda Civic Si
Turbo!
Incoming shitty old photobucket pics
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I got this Civic when I was 18 and has just started my first full time job, but was living with my parents so could easily afford the GReddy turbo kit for the D16. It was very cheap for what it was, got it from Titan Racing for 1500 USD. (Yeah Titan the Supra guys, I guess they were a Greddy dealer.)
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[Pauly Boy]

I forget what was first, but it was either the neon plate frame or my ghetto warm air intake with a K&N bolted to exhaust pipe with rubber couplings, lol.

[Maxx Mazda]

Anyone else remember LED washer nozzles? Yes, I had some. Underglow too. Ugh.