Pro-Hawk said:
Ok I was like so with you until you said this, you really got life all mixed up if you ask me
First of all usualy people only have enough money to either make the car look good or look bad and go fast. The funny thing is half the cars I've seen if the person would have used the money they spent on: wheels, spoilers, paint, and radios they could have used it to go faster. I always look out for the ugly cars like my cars
I think youre just suffering from anti rice syndrom. The idea that the money you spend on an indy spoiler coulda gone towards some cool engine mod. Plus you did see that I said it looks fast even STOCK. And it does look fast. Trust me, you're gonna get more looks from a cop obeying the speed limit in a 145hp stang, compared to a 300hp 4 door sedan going 10 over. It simply looks fast.
You're right about how people will go one way with mods, some go just engine, some go just looks. The cool thing about the mustang is the fact that its one of the most customizable vehicles out there. Stang owners dont like being just like everyone else, so a lot of us try to be different in our own ways.
I went the appearance route. Yes, next mod will be duel exhast, but most of my mods are appearance. Lemme first appologize to fox body owners. Keep in mind I'm just shouting examples, not bashing the entire production. I hate seeing a fox body look 30 years old about to fall apart piece by piece. Its ugly, and not keeping it look nice makes it uglier. Yeah, this guy could roll next to me at a light and beat the crap outta me when it turns green. But thats just cuz all his mods went there. Whats the point of having a fast car when it looks like a junker? People are shallow and will see you as a slow nondependable car, despite what kind of powerful sleeper it actually is. I know my cars slow, but I enjoy the compliments I get from strangers. I dont race people, I have nothing to prove. What can I prove with 145 hp? But the thing is, why have a 9 second car, when I already am the first to cross the intersection with the little that I have. Theres a huge difference between a drag car, and a show car. The show cars are right next to the drag strip, if my car had the 5.0 engine it shoulda have, it would be draging, not showing off parked.
Also some things just need to be modded. Custom radio, hell yeah. Know what my stang came with? a factory tape player. No CD, definately no mp3 capability. Infact, I had to convert my mp3s to tape. That was hard work. Wheels, Im sorry, but what was ford thinking when they made every rim 3 spoked. Plus you hafta give it to other cars, some rims are better than the wheel covers, which, BTW, some mustangs came with surprisingly enough. As for spoilers, why should a GT have a spoiler and a v6 shouldnt? just because it has 8 cylinders doesnt give it the right to look nicer, besides, its not like people are posing as a gt.
Basically most stuff should be replaced when its nessisary. I'll soup up my engine when its already non reliable. Anyone buying a full body kit is just asking to get into a wreck.