Rate my car mod

Cerberus · 2007-06-23 17:29:10

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lacuna Posts: 4,004

June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cerberus

In regards to the comment about why not get a sportier car, when you 17 and can't afford insurance for a real sports car, and I don't mean an MX-5, I mean a proper sports car like a TVR 3000M or similar.
When I'm 21, hopefully I'll be able to get something like that, like my dad did. He's had a performance car since he was 20, he sold the Chimeara last year, I just wanted to make my car a little sportier/aggressive. I was bored and had no money, so I just had a bit of a mess.

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A TVR at 21? You're looking at œ5000 plus, even just for 3rd party.

Put your Fiesta back together before the insurance company discovers you have 'modified' it and cancels your policy.

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Alex Posts: 2,086

June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by nicklouse

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Sam B256 Posts: 73

June 2007

next stop: here

Im not a huge car fan, but still even I know that mod is just bad. I'm sorry, that is my honest opinion.

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fleabag Posts: 1,253

June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by lacuna

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cerberus

In regards to the comment about why not get a sportier car, when you 17 and can't afford insurance for a real sports car, and I don't mean an MX-5, I mean a proper sports car like a TVR 3000M or similar.
When I'm 21, hopefully I'll be able to get something like that, like my dad did. He's had a performance car since he was 20, he sold the Chimeara last year, I just wanted to make my car a little sportier/aggressive. I was bored and had no money, so I just had a bit of a mess.
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A TVR at 21? You're looking at œ5000 plus, even just for 3rd party.

Put your Fiesta back together before the insurance company discovers you have 'modified' it and cancels your policy.
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Mate of mine has a 4.5L V8 TVR at 22/23, insured for under a grand. Not sure how much it drops between 21 and 22, or how he managed that, but even so...

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Mike Skinner Posts: 9,657

June 2007

I've just seen on that barryboys.co.uk forum the ebst idea for MBUooooooh! ever. A fight section!! So when flame wars start, teh mods move the fight into this area to let it carry on without interfering with the daily drissle. How cunnning

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John Posts: 2,499

June 2007

Then whats the sandbox?

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skamanfrank Posts: 615

June 2007

Oh god, I'm all nervous now........

I have to put a mesh in the bootlid of my car when the new engine goes in, otherwise the oil cooler will cause the paint to bubble and the nice new high efficiency rad won't be able to suck in enough air! Fingers crossed I can do a better job than that!!

I can't help but see the point in "modding" small, low power, hatchback , starter cars. They will always look like small, low power, hatchback, starter cars, just with a bit of plastic on. No one is going to look at a fiesta with a special grill and go "oooooooooooooh look at that fiesta! I bet it packs a punch, and I bet that strange looking guy behind the wheel is reeeeeeeeally cool"

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lacuna Posts: 4,004

June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by fleabag

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by lacuna

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cerberus

In regards to the comment about why not get a sportier car, when you 17 and can't afford insurance for a real sports car, and I don't mean an MX-5, I mean a proper sports car like a TVR 3000M or similar.
When I'm 21, hopefully I'll be able to get something like that, like my dad did. He's had a performance car since he was 20, he sold the Chimeara last year, I just wanted to make my car a little sportier/aggressive. I was bored and had no money, so I just had a bit of a mess.
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A TVR at 21? You're looking at œ5000 plus, even just for 3rd party.

Put your Fiesta back together before the insurance company discovers you have 'modified' it and cancels your policy.
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Mate of mine has a 4.5L V8 TVR at 22/23, insured for under a grand. Not sure how much it drops between 21 and 22, or how he managed that, but even so...

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I find that horrendously suspicious, especially since the 4.5 is basically i licence to print money for insurance companies. A friend of mine aged 25, with 4 years no claims was insuring is evo4 for œ1200. The TVR with no driver aids or safety devices and more power would definately cost more than that.

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Fantastic Mr Fox Posts: 848

June 2007

I thought TVR's had a reputation for extremely bad reliability. The only one your going to be able to afford at 21 is an old one, which will surely spend most of its day's in a garage? So, your going to end up spending a fortune on the car, insurance, petrol and getting it fixed. You have to ask yourself, is it really worth it?

Why don't you just get a Clio V6 or something, as its probably a damn site more reliable/practical and will turn as many heads.

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Mike Skinner Posts: 9,657

June 2007

Insurance doesn't drop massively over 21, a little, but not a huge amount, and same for 25, small drop, but not huge. It's no claims years that really bring it down

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Sir HC Posts: 20,148

June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by skamanfrank
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Your car is cool though, fiestas/saxo's/106 arn't (unless its a proper hot hatch).

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360 Posts: 5,940

June 2007

Well it all depends on your circumstances, If you used a fleet policy or used a parents insurance with you on it you can get away with not paying much at all. I've been insured for some fairly handy cars since about 23 for peanuts.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by skamanfrank

Oh god, I'm all nervous now........

I have to put a mesh in the bootlid of my car when the new engine goes in, otherwise the oil cooler will cause the paint to bubble and the nice new high efficiency rad won't be able to suck in enough air! Fingers crossed I can do a better job than that!!

I can't help but see the point in "modding" small, low power, hatchback , starter cars. They will always look like small, low power, hatchback, starter cars, just with a bit of plastic on. No one is going to look at a fiesta with a special grill and go "oooooooooooooh look at that fiesta! I bet it packs a punch, and I bet that strange looking guy behind the wheel is reeeeeeeeally cool"

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Thats fine since its obviously performance related, sadly bits of chicken wire on the front of your 99 fiesta zetec 1.2 are unlikely to.

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P.s Im not doing that again.

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unknown02 Posts: 110

June 2007

But then again you cant aford performance mods at 17, well not insurance wise.

best bet is buy a older warm/hot hatch, as it is more likely to be cheeper thatn a shitty corsa barried to the hills.

I.E. a 96 (M) 2.0 306 for œ750 TPFT
A standered 96 (P) 1.4 306 if œ500 TPFT before induction kits and exhausts which add about œ600 on to the price of the 2.0 so im geussing about the same for a 1.4

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Cerberus Posts: 436

June 2007

Its not finished yet anyway. Whoever has uploaded the pics please remove them now, they still have number plate in. Also please delete any saved pics. You can save the ones without the number plate. I will reupload the pics, as poeple want to see, [:D].

Its going to change soon anyway, I've found some grilles going cheap on ebay so I can fit the grill into that and not risk messing up the original.

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robb_o Posts: 332

June 2007

Maha, looks corr blimeye.

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wildeye Posts: 97

June 2007

dont fit grills! they look shit spend the money on paint or 2nd hand seats or something sensible or better still get an engine clean or tweak petrol/air ratio etc etc just leave tweaking till you've grown up a bit

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360 Posts: 5,940

June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cerberus

Its not finished yet anyway. Whoever has uploaded the pics please remove them now, they still have number plate in. Also please delete any saved pics. You can save the ones without the number plate. I will reupload the pics, as poeple want to see, [:D].

Its going to change soon anyway, I've found some grilles going cheap on ebay so I can fit the grill into that and not risk messing up the original.

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Yeah theres some fucking sweet brevilles going on at the moment.

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P.s Im not doing that again.

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climber Posts: 413

June 2007

What a waste of time, I have a fiesta the same as that for work and they are a load of wa<s></s>nk.

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Jamie@AC Posts: 752

June 2007

I love my fiesta. It's my first car and its all good. Its gets ragged sometimes, I love it purely because I know I'll never buy another car as boring as that!

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anto164 Posts: 3,500

June 2007

im thinking of changing my grill on my car.

Then again, it would only be to a normal renault clio one. mine is slightly cracked. [:(]

Ebay for œ30 tho, FTW.

And for modding your car? dont bother, what you've done looks shocking, and also it probably has added more drag to the car, making it slower HAHAHA.

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Cerberus Posts: 436

June 2007

how would it add drag, if anything its letting more air in, giving an extra 0.000001 bhp

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Jamie@AC Posts: 752

June 2007

Aerodynamics fool!

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elmotheewokking Posts: 2,279

June 2007

The standard grille probably made the air flow in a certain direction. Now the air is just going straight into the block.
Maybe.

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doug Posts: 8,927

June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by 360

Well it all depends on your circumstances, If you used a fleet policy or used a parents insurance with you on it you can get away with not paying much at all. I've been insured for some fairly handy cars since about 23 for peanuts.

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ayee thats true
my friend is 18 and he had an 05plate jaguar s-type 3.0 v6 on his dads company insurance. the thing fair shifted lol

sold it now and hes drivin a bmw 5series
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unknown02 Posts: 110

June 2007

What is it that every one has against moded cars, yea i agrees stubid body kits and all that are naff, but what about the subtle mods that the average joe wouldnt notice, like colour coded door handles, rear lights out of a newer model, factoy body kits (i.e. ones off the sports models) etc.

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Mike Skinner Posts: 9,657

June 2007

If no-one notices, what's the point, and things like changing the lights just come accross as a cheap way to try to make your car 'different'.

People have nothing against improving cars from stock, just against changing them for the sake of it, often making them less practical (bodykits), and uglier.

People like ford have design teams working for hours on parts for cars, bolting on bits from Halfords rarely compliments their work.

A well modded car can be an artform, but people tend to just go vulgar or tacky instead

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Jamie@AC Posts: 752

June 2007

I agree 100%. My friend drives a Mk 2 Golf Gti. He's slowly rebuilding it, just done a complete engine rebuild, now onto body work. He's keeping it in theme as it were, and old skool. Not chavving it. Props to him because it looks beastly atm!

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doug Posts: 8,927

June 2007

i like modifying cars

OEM+ is the best look to go for imo

unlike the lexus lights and exhaust on my corsa atm lol (which are syllabub if anybodies interested)

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unknown02 Posts: 110

June 2007

Well there isn't really a point but its my car and i know it looks better with the little things like that done.
Yes they were changed for the sake of it, but its all OEM stuff. and doesnt look out of place, unlike lexus lights and ridiculously low body kits that look tike they were airfixed on.

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Mike Skinner Posts: 9,657

June 2007

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