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View Poll Results: What will you do regarding your modded car or future modded car?
I will mod my next car, I don't mind the daily worry.
20.00%
I will not mod my next car, the car is just a tool for me.
20.80%
I will continue to mod my current car and will always be modding cars.
40.00%
I haven't modded nor will I mod my car - I browse CL for the TLN entertainment.
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Driving a stock car vs modded car. I think I'm keeping my next car stock.

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Old 11-04-13, 10:16 AM
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I love modding cars and I'll probably mod every car I get in some way. I've never been one to go overboard with mods though. A nice set of wheels, coilovers, and upgraded stereo are usually the first things I like to put on the car. I always change out the exhaust too.

Stuff like body kits and turbos depend on the car.
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Old 11-04-13, 10:49 AM
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I just bought my IS300, and I'm having a hard time with this issue. I really don't want to mod it too much since it rides so nice as is, especially for a DD. I might eventually do struts/lowering springs, I'm positive I won't do coilovers. Also possibly a quiet-ish aftermarket exhaust, something that lets the JZ clear its throat but won't wake my neighbors as I idle through my parking lot on the way to work.

As a few have said earlier, I want to mod for daily driving. I don't mind a slight drop and some visual/performance stuff, but I won't do a slammed car on coilovers again. My EP3 was like that and after a while it honestly wasn't fun to drive every day.
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Old 11-04-13, 11:02 AM
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for someone like me who has multiple vehicles, there's reason to differentiate the "garage queens" and still be comfortable in your DD for commutes n errands. Even my DD Solara has minimal mods...descent drop, wheels and a sub. The GS barely gets used during the week but is heavily modded along with my SE-R, too.

Doubt I'd stray away from mods...can't help but love a clean, aesthetically pleasing ride of your own
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Old 11-04-13, 03:03 PM
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I may continue to mod but I think it would take a lot for me to drop one of my cars again. I think a set of wheels is pretty much all I will do in the future. Hopefully I will buy something in the future that looks great bone stock.
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Old 11-04-13, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I may continue to mod but I think it would take a lot for me to drop one of my cars again. I think a set of wheels is pretty much all I will do in the future. Hopefully I will buy something in the future that looks great bone stock.
tammer if you get your gtr and put wheels on without dropping, i am going to kick you
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Old 11-04-13, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
tammer if you get your gtr and put wheels on without dropping, i am going to kick you
Maybe for a 2009............. those 2013 GTR sit pretty low bone stock already, you like it lower then that?
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Old 11-04-13, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by BNR34
Maybe for a 2009............. those 2013 GTR sit pretty low bone stock already, you like it lower then that?
if it doesn't scrape it's not low enough lol
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Old 11-05-13, 08:53 AM
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i dont know anyone that gets a GTR and doesnt mod.
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I've enjoyed the journey and the final product of my "slightly" modded IS3 which I sold recently due to needing and wanting to buy a compact SUV/Crossover. Although I have no regrets, I'm done and will be keeping my current vehicle as well as future vehicles stock.
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I modded a 1991 mr2 turbo I bought new and I'll never recover the 30k in mods I put into it. My new car is an Audi A5 that I will most likely not mod. I bought the s line competition package which gave me a sport suspension, 19 inch wheels, leather/alcantara sport seats, piano black trim and flat bottom steering wheel. If I decide to mod the A5... it will be spacers and that's it.
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Old 11-11-13, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
tammer if you get your gtr and put wheels on without dropping, i am going to kick you
Originally Posted by rominl
if it doesn't scrape it's not low enough lol


LOL. I love it.
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