i don't know if this was a thread already but i couldn't find one w/ this topc. what inspired you to mod your cars? my inspiration came from my brother in law's 75 corolla sprinter. it was the sweetest ride ever especially since he built it when this import craze was just starting to blow up. it had kind of a hot rod influence to it, i 'll post a pic if i can find one.

 

my friends 92 cevy corsica..PIMP, now its pretty much a style i like, being uniqe and getting compliments from everyone young and old..also somthing fun to drive, a toy that i can work on and learn from, with skills that i can use for the rest of my life...fiberglassing,woodworking,machanics,fabrici ng,electrical,audio and more

 

I actually started very young and was really interested in police cars (because everytime I saw one, it was going fast). But I didnt start modifying my car until after fast and the furious came out on dvd, It let me know that there were other people out there interested in speed also and you didnt need to spend too much money to make a fast car.

 

i always was a detail person.. my jeep was extremely clean like 40s engine.. my last few stands with it i was painting the vents/certain trim... put a new system in it... then my acclaim upgraded system../tinted ...escort went all out body kit what not.. that was after all the movies..and i realizedd i wanted my car to stand out and get pulled over alot

 

i'll be straight. it was Fast and the Furious that made me get into imports and tuning. but i also knew that 7/8ths of the car related things in that movie were utter bull****. i knew my fair share of cars beforehand...my grandpa collected vettes. but up until F&F i new **** about japanese cars and modding anything beyond the intake and exhaust was beyond me.

 

my wife got me started in civics in 2001 she had this little white hatch with 389.000 miles on it and it ran great but we had to give it to her mom so i went out and bought the purple coupe and since then i bought a 2006 accord

 

one of my (still very good friends) got me into tuner cars, he had a 95(i thin) civic, modded fast, and then i wantched F&F, and i reliezed, that imports were a great thing, i was into them b4 that, like 3-4 months b4, and now, i have had to civics, my 92 dx, and now my 88 crx, i will always be into them, i still like american muscle but they are 3rd. in my book...

1- imoports
2-girls(mainly my gf)
3-american muscle


lol

 

Jeez, I remember waaaay back in the day before I even had a license, racing on a home made dirt track behind my uncles house. I was about 12 years old, and he put me in the seat of his Datsun 280Z, with 4 on the floor . He then said "boy, go learn how to drive a manual." After hours of grinding gears, and eventually skidding off the track a few times, I got the hang of it. I have been hooked on driving ever since.

Tuning, on the other hand, was influenced by one car. An eg coupe that belonged to a college student living down the street from a buddy of mine. It had a body kit, cat-back, and a stupid spoiler, but at that time it was so awesome to us, because we were just getting into it. I remember sitting at his house with a few other friends, just hanging out, when we saw the first trailor for Fast and the Furoius. They flashed the eclipse grabbin' gears and racing by, Justin stood up and yelled "EVERYONE SHUT THE **** UP!!" We were glued to the screen like window lickers on the short bus. That movie kinda ruined the whole body kit/spoiler thing for us (which was a good thing), and all I wanted to do from there on out was build a turbo'd civic. Now that that's almost done, I'm getting my next project in mind

 

man i've always been into cars, but what dotted the i was going to my first autox meet when i was like 10....from then on i have been into cars, namely hondas...

 

hehe i am the same with you on the list
Cars first, girls second. Cars wont yell at you