Car Modding?

Brenner

OK guys where do the Car Modifiers get their gear?

I'm toying with the idea of modifying my fiesta for a laugh, looks pretty lame at the moment so was thinking of jazzing 'er up a little, looking for how to find out about body kits mostly, but alloys & other options are of interest,

sound,
Bren

Eoin

looks pretty lame at the moment so was thinking of jazzing 'er up a little

You will never got that money back - a body kit must cost a couple of grand, why not put that money into upgrading your car? (edited: By upgrade, I mean change cars, not modify the existing one)

If you are still looking for ideas, I suppose you could pick up a copy of "Max Power" magazine in most newsagents...

Here is a site that shows you how NOT to do it.

Interceptor

I have a lovely set of three spoke alloys for a Fiesta - combined with some flashing washer jets and DTM mirrors your car will be the envy of everyone. PM me for details...

Most car modders (the ones in Max Power or Flush Bus) spend incredible amounts of money on their cars and as eoin points out, you won't get the money back when you sell it. On the other hand, there are lots of modded Fiestas so second hand goodies are plentiful. I'd start with an ad in the Wanted section of the Buy and Sell and see what shows up. Keep an eye to the breakers yards too.

'c

AlisonB

Interceptor wrote:

I have a lovely set of three spoke alloys for a Fiesta - combined with some flashing washer jets and DTM mirrors your car will be the envy of everyone. PM me for details...

Please do not put three spoke alloys on your car... or flashing water jets..(makes the car look cheap). Start with the road upwards. I'd say look in the buy and sell and pick up a set of 5 spoke rims (you can't go to wrong with Kahns). nothing too big. 15's should be big enough - you don't want to pull the b%^^&%x out of your fiesta. Then pick up a nice set of sideskirts and front and back splitters.. a set of subtle number plates too. and i mean subtle... East Coast Alloys should be able to sort you out with rims (but look in buy and sell) and number plates....

Brenner

Hey thanks guys, clearly "for a laugh" doesn't mean I'm gonna spend a shedload of money on the little car, but thats why I'm posting!! sound advice Alison, 3 spoke wheels look a little erm... super sporty (sorry interceptor) but yeah the idea of skits etc. would be cool,

What are splitters? (something like skirts but for the front?)

Also, what kind of issues do you come up against with colour matching etc.

AlisonB

Brenner wrote:

Hey thanks guys, clearly "for a laugh" doesn't mean I'm gonna spend a shedload of money on the little car, but thats why I'm posting!! sound advice Alison, 3 spoke wheels look a little erm... super sporty (sorry interceptor) but yeah the idea of skits etc. would be cool,

What are splitters? (something like skirts but for the front?)

Also, what kind of issues do you come up against with colour matching etc.

Yeh Brenner splitters are just an addition to the bumper that's already on the car. there's various types you can get - you can get a splitter all in one or two separate splitters that sit on each corner of the bumper. Have a look around.. as for the colour coding. If you have colour coded bumpers kool just get the splitter sprayed up with a local panel beater. If you dont have colour coded bumpers and you're strapped for cash you might get away with leaving them untouched. Also, your splitter doesnt have to be specifically for a fiesta, alot of people use the splitter of a laguna and just cut it down to size. Different strokes for different folks. It all depends on the money!

Brenner

AlisonB wrote:

Also, your splitter doesnt have to be specifically for a fiesta, alot of people use the splitter of a laguna and just cut it down to size. Different strokes for different folks.

This is what I'm talkin' about - thats the "knowledge"!

I'm presuming when you say "have a look around" you just mean in autoparts shops etc. its just seems to me that there is a world of this going on somewhere and I'm green as b'jaysus!

My bumpers aren't colour coded, they're ye olde black rubber-esque stuff, want to get rid of them altogether actually so that the car *is* colour coded...

In your estimations, on the super-cheap, how much should I expect to spend? (taking into account that I'm not serious about this car looking really that brilliant)

nice one,
B

Brenner

Also, thanks eoin_s for the info & link, I should have said that I wasn't too serious about spending alot on it... guess its a good starting point to when I can shell out for a car worth really putting together as a good streetcar...

bren

AlisonB

Brenner wrote:

In your estimations, on the super-cheap, how much should I expect to spend? (taking into account that I'm not serious about this car looking really that brilliant)

nice one,
B

Buy a second hand set of rims for your car.. that's all you need. I reckon you'd pick up a cheap/half decent set for €250. you dont really need all that splitter stuff...

528i

cruise-irl.com <- loads of err,, like minded individuals who like to blow all their dough on silliness that makes their cars stand out to the cops & look ridiculous to everyone else..

its a fiesta- live with it.

clairey

what year fiesta have you got??

Brenner

528i wrote:

its a fiesta- live with it.

I've never done something like this, so I'm just getting a buzz out of knowing what I can do...

€250 sounds cool enough for a decent set of wheels, its probaly right to stop there, but hey, cars kill cats not curiosity and I'm just curious.

Cheers
Bren

P.S. Its an auld 1995'er (what MK would make that - old body)

AlisonB

Brenner wrote:

I've never done something like this, so I'm just getting a buzz out of knowing what I can do...

€250 sounds cool enough for a decent set of wheels, its probaly right to stop there, but hey, cars kill cats not curiosity and I'm just curious.

Cheers
Bren

P.S. Its an auld 1995'er (what MK would make that - old body)

Think its MK4

AlisonB

Few pics for ya

DoctorEdgeWild

If you can put aside a grand, you can make the car pretty nice.

THREE SPOKES!! :eek: :eek: :eek: Please don't! I'll give you my wheels rather than that.

Wheels, skirts, front and rear bumpers and you'll be alright.

PLEASE DO NOT get things like light up bits, stickers and mirrors - the last thing we need is another one of 'those' fiestas.

Pick up a copy of Flush Bus and give it a read - its only a fiver or thereabouts and might be of intrest to you.

Other than that, stop a guy or girl in a maxed up car. We are all pretty friendly and love to waffle about our cars for hours. (see my various other posts on the subject!)

Junior

Cheers for the Referral 528

And it's actually www.cruiseirl.com ...

Steve C

How's your Fiesta doing Junior?

D!ve^Bomb!

i wish i could kill people.. really i do. you're all going on the list

528i

oops, sorry about that junior.. haven't been myself lately, see o'brien kicked me- said I was bad for hits & and the sense of community and morale or something..
can I be in your gang now

Junior

Ahhhh poor likkle 528i feeling all lonely ???

Just go try and piss on someone's parade on IPC.com and see what happens

528i

theres not enough people to get annoyed over there.. and its pointless now since wee barry's calmed down.. what about the mad-maxxers on www.cruiseirl.com, if i said something nasty about neon lights & flip paint skemez , would they go cracked ?

dogz

typical bmw driver

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a wanker :rolleyes:

528i

oi, show some respect you !

mike65

Here is a site that shows you how NOT to do it

Ah Barryboys never fails to make me laugh....



Agh! MY eyes......:eek:

Mike.

clairey

dogz wrote:

typical bmw driver

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a wanker :rolleyes:

LMFAO!!!!!

Interceptor

I am starting to wonder if now is the time to add a Modified Cars sub forum to the Motors forum? The Classics sub forum is working well and there are plenty of people wanting to discuss the How/Where/How Much of car modding that the Motors main forum doesn't always cater for. And then the Motors main forum could concentrate on Audis, BMW's and diesels....

'c

Dades

Interceptor wrote:

I am starting to wonder if now is the time to add a Modified Cars sub forum to the Motors forum?

I agree.

They could colour it lime green, and include fit-inducing flashing images.
(Runs best on Tinted Windows 95...)

AlienGav

Interceptor wrote:

I am starting to wonder if now is the time to add a Modified Cars sub forum to the Motors forum? The Classics sub forum is working well and there are plenty of people wanting to discuss the How/Where/How Much of car modding that the Motors main forum doesn't always cater for. And then the Motors main forum could concentrate on Audis, BMW's and diesels....

'c

I'm all for it!
Somewhere we can talk and not get flamed or trolled gets Gav's thumbs up!

:cool:

AlisonB

The Atheist wrote:

I agree.

They could colour it lime green, and include fit-inducing flashing images.
(Runs best on Tinted Windows 95...)

Atheist, what do you drive..

Paul (MN)

AlienGav,

Were you in Howth over the weekend?

bp_me

As well as cruiseirl, racershaven.com is a great resource too.

JB123

NO no dont weigh your car down with splitters and subs like the max power mob.Alloys yes always look good.What i would suggest is harder springs lower if u like, a strut tower brace front and rear(search ebay).This will get rid of body roll corners.Next a nice exhaust not a cheap weld on boy racer job a nice stainless job that is only noisy when u booting it.My rule is if it dosnt make the car handle better or go faster dont bother.
Lastly and this is my favorite go to the scrap yard and see if u can get up spec bits like sports seats from a 1.6 fiesta or interior bits from a sportier model.Have fun

mcguiver

Well said. In ireland(well down south at least) modding seems to be just adding on silly bits. Eveywhere else it's chipping the engine, playing with springs, turbos etc. It's strange that people pay lots of money just to change the look of some very basic motors ????

edmund_f

There is an concept called 'sprung weight' essentially the mass of what is hanging off the suspension. The lower this is the better the acceleration.

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel13.shtml

empicerally about sprung = 1.7 x unsprung e.g. if you add 10Kgs to a corner (wider tyres+ nasty alloys) 10x4x1.7=68Kgs, like carrying the average passanger about all the time.

wonder how true this is?...

JB123

mcguiver wrote:

Well said. In ireland(well down south at least) modding seems to be just adding on silly bits. Eveywhere else it's chipping the engine, playing with springs, turbos etc. It's strange that people pay lots of money just to change the look of some very basic motors ????

There will always be people who like to mess with cars.The Max Power thing will come and go.There are loads of well modded cars in Ireland.

JB123

HE HE if like me u are lazy just by a modded car off the boat from japan.I got my Integra Type R with 3k+ worth of goddies on it.Car dealers dont have a clue how much mods are worth hahaha.

528i

Unless declared to your insurance company, those "3k+ worth of goddies [sic]" could render your cover null & void, which unfortunately given the nature of these things won't arise until the day you need it most.

ps. rather than a proposed mad max 'special' sub section, how about a designated vip area for bmw [and other distinguished marque's] instead ?

Interceptor

528i wrote:

rather than a proposed mad max 'special' sub section, how about a designated vip area for bmw [and other distinguished marque's] instead ?

Well like my Uncle Peter says, 'A BMW is a poor mans Merc' and in my book it doesn't start to get distinguished unless it cost over €250,000 so you wouldn't be allowed into it. Oh where is MotorNet when you need it to suck back its bottom-feeders......

'c

528i

I don't think there's sufficient demand yet for a €250k sub-section on motors.. yet, so maybe 'your book' and 'your uncle peter' should go and have a lie down for themselves..

dogz

i think ill stick with cruiseirl and racershaven

twin cam girl

R.S turbo kit all the way try the demon tweeks catalog....

Interceptor

twin cam girl wrote:

R.S turbo kit all the way try the demon tweeks catalog....

Hey, Twin cam - we missed you here on Boards.My-diesel-sauerkrautwagen-is-better-than-your-diesel-sauerkrautwagen.ie

Demon tweeks have a good online catalog but there are BILLIONS of places in the UK doing stuff on the 'net and lots up North too (Check out PerformanceAlloys.com - tell Michael I sent ya)

Ebay also have tons of stuff - I have bought exhausts, throttle bodies, dashboards and accessories with no difficulties there - take a look.

'c

Dades

AlisonB wrote:

Atheist, what do you drive..

Heh.

A 33yr old Fiat Spider. Modding's definitely not my thang...

JB123

My car looks completly standard had to dig to find the mods(Mugen twin loop ,R-spec RSM,Spoon manifold,1k+ ice. I mentioned the mods to my insurance and they said as long as it isn't turbo charged its ok.Im covered



BMW is a mass market brand. They were 10th in the UK last year .The 1 series is just greed.Same rules apply for X5 and X3.Now they make some nice cars M3,M5,M6, 535d but they are not seen as distinguished brand anymore.528 boy is up his own ass like most BWM owners. He has an overpriced barge and seems to want to tell anyone who will listen lol.

Junior

I dunno I wouldn't call an M5 an over priced barge ..

mike65

JB123 wrote:

528 boy is up his own ass like most BWM owners. He has an overpriced barge and seems to want to tell anyone who will listen lol.

Whatever the merits of BMW owners 528i is NOT up his own ass, you however are.

No abuse of fellow boards users. Or its a ban.

Mike.

Orla1

Wateva u do to the car just make sure it stays on the car!!! A guy I kno put neon's n some other acc's on his car and caused a huge accident when the neon's fell off while driving!!! lol...

ds20prefecture

528i wrote:

ps. rather than a proposed mad max 'special' sub section, how about a designated vip area for bmw [and other distinguished marque's] instead ?

Oooh yeah - like Maybach buyers. Or Porsche Cayenne owners. or other marketing victims.

unkel

About BMW

JB123 wrote:

Now they make some nice cars M3,M5,M6

JB123 wrote:

528 boy is up his own ass like most BWM [sic] owners. He has an overpriced barge and seems to want to tell anyone who will listen lol.

You haven't the faintest now, have you :rolleyes:

Your homework for today: try and find out using your interweb search skills what motor the dude you are insulting is currently driving. You'll find it is you that is the boy...

JB123

unkel wrote:

About BMW





You haven't the faintest now, have you :rolleyes:

Your homework for today: try and find out using your interweb search skills what motor the dude you are insulting is currently driving. You'll find it is you that is the boy...

Oh dear another punto driver gets upset

528i

easily mistaken for a 7-series you should show alittle more respect towards your motoring superiors young man