Question of the Day: Are you into customizing and modifying vehicles?

Posted: Feb 17, 2010
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Every year a bunch of tuners and automakers arrive in Las Vegas for one of the single largest event on the cities calendar – the SEMA Auto Show.

They both share and show products from a $31.85 billion-a-year industry, which includes performance and racing components, cosmetic and functional accessories, wheels and tires, mobile electronics, safety products, restoration parts, handling equipment, drivetrain parts and more.

While some believe that the beauty of a vehicle is in the eye of the beholder, most like their vehicles stock and to remain the way the automaker intended them to be.

So today, we’re wondering whether or not you like adding performance, body kits, wheels and other modifications to your vehicle or do you just like to keep it stock? Let us know in the comments section below.

- By: Omar Rana


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  • Pat

    Not at all – i like to keep my vehicles stock – not into tuning at all

  • j man

    yes, but I work on real cars. My oldest is a '19 and the newest is a '59 with many in between. (not including my daily drivers)

  • http://cardomain.com/ Jonah Robb

    I like to moderize and modify the odd thing but mostly keep it stock

  • The Ghostrider

    Nope, 99.9 % of all body mods look fraking dumb. And I only understand creating performance for small displacement engines with out sacrificing or improving economy Very few aftermarket wheels make a vehicle look any better and only seem to be there for size You will have to live with the vehicle and making it ride like a dump truck or sound like a weed whacker seems rather annoying.Recently bought a 92 300zx and the only thing I cared about was a stock vehicle.

  • marcob2010

    I like to modify when it adds function. Tires, wheels and suspension that improves handling, not for looks. Very slight OEM style body kits always make the car look good.. nothing rice. Intake/Header/Exhaust is usually the bare bones..a nice audio system, tints.. and you're done.

  • Mike

    Unlike the other fellas here I do enjoy modifying my car, BUT unlike a lot of people you see out on the streets with mismatched everything, neons everywhere and a rear spoiler the size of a wing off a Boeing 747. Right now my car's lowered a little on coilovers (I can clear speedbumps still just gotta slow down a little more than your standard car), I have a turbo kit i'm planning on installing in the near future and doing other performance mods to have a trackable streetable car. As for body mods, maybe a lip kit, new wheels, new paintjob and projector headlights

  • aelalaily

    Agreed!

  • watcher68

    absolutely into modifying my car. like others here have mentioned, I go for handling improvements instead of the pure style (or lack of style) additions that tons of boy racers go for. My '03 BMW has lighter weight wheels/tires, front and rear strut braces, shocks/struts and springs upgraded, bushings upgraded, brake discs and pads upgraded. Most cars made today are fast enough but all can benefit from handling improvements to get rid of the built in compromises that the manufacturers have to make for non-car people.

  • Mogar

    If I had the knowledge, talent and disposable income then I would love to modify cars. Until then I'll let the experts do their job.

  • http://www.facebook.com/HoSway01 Jossue Josh HoSway Rivera

    I just wish I had a car!! But I would mess around with it, and if I need professional help, then I would seek it. (Oh how I want a Datsun 510 wagon!!!!)

  • Allen

    Yah, I've done some stuff before. Some cars are meant to be modified really: a normal Jeep Wrangler isn't actually that great off road imho, but there is a great aftermarket for the Wrangler that allows us to easily (and rather inexpensively) turn them into superb off-road vehicles by almost any standard.

    Or take some used vehicles: a 240SX is actually not that great of car, but nice aftermarket=fast car, even by Porsche standards.

    Speaking of Porsche, that's one car thats NOT meant to be modified. Sure, there are tuners like TechArt out there, but really, a 911 is close enough to perfect as is. You can sink tons more money into it but no one will really be so much more blown away (unless you are a boy-racer type, in which case, stickers impress you).

  • GMfan87

    I had a flowmaster 50 series on my 2000 Lexus ES300 a couple years ago. no joke.