What would you do first?

Corolla GTS · Post by **Corolla GTS** » 22 May 2005, 14:36

If you got a brand new car, whatever it is, what would you do first?

bashderq · Post by **bashderq** » 22 May 2005, 14:43

erm...i'll first lightly tune the engine, dyno it 2 get an idea of wat my engine's limits are and how far my buget can take me, then go hardcore on the engine...or thats the plan atleast wen i earn some cash

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 22 May 2005, 14:54

For me . . . mod the engine heaps and then put it on the dyno and tune it.

Then I'll worry about the body.

ViperGT · Post by **ViperGT** » 22 May 2005, 14:57

Dabeastyboy · Post by **Dabeastyboy** » 22 May 2005, 15:12

First of all tune it. And when the car is good enough start working on the exterior.

vellu · Post by **vellu** » 22 May 2005, 17:28

Tune. No point in dynoing first (unless you want comparison). Body mods would be the last thing.

Triskac · Post by **Triskac** » 22 May 2005, 19:03

interiour, wheels, decent optical tuning (i am not a millionaire to swap the engine and make a bi-turbo

)

mohsan1988 · Post by **mohsan1988** » 22 May 2005, 23:39

Tune it obviously.

Grez~Supra_RZ-S · Post by **Grez~Supra_RZ-S** » 23 May 2005, 00:18

Dyno. You cant tune a car without first knowing how its currently performing.

Triskac · Post by **Triskac** » 23 May 2005, 00:44

hehe funny how everyone says tune, tune as they dont want to look like a ricer, lol, i dont think most of you would buy new intake system and bigger intercooler as a first thing

i would be really glad if i'll even manage to find some nice second hand car in good conditions and the last thing i will be thinking of with a pieces of rust on chasis will be some engine tuning

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 23 May 2005, 00:49

I think I'd go for a new set of alloys. Can't go without them.

Dabeastyboy · Post by **Dabeastyboy** » 23 May 2005, 12:03

Triskac wrote:hehe funny how everyone says tune, tune as they dont want to look like a ricer, lol, i dont think most of you would buy new intake system and bigger intercooler as a first thing i would be really glad if i'll even manage to find some nice second hand car in good conditions and the last thing i will be thinking of with a pieces of rust on chasis will be some engine tuning

That air-intake would be my first thing to do though. BTW it looks cooler to smoke a ricer with a car that looks very standard on the out side.

master m · Post by **master m** » 23 May 2005, 19:02

I'd modify the exterior first. Because that's what everybody can see. I wouldn't tune it, since it's not allowed in Belgium

Hessian · Post by **Hessian** » 23 May 2005, 20:51

master m wrote:I'd modify the exterior first. Because that's what everybody can see. I wouldn't tune it, since it's not allowed in Belgium

So you would make it look fast when it actually isnt. rice.....

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 23 May 2005, 21:25

God, every styling part is rice. Why do alot of drifters have a lot of tupperware on them? They could've let it stock.

Rigga · Post by **Rigga** » 23 May 2005, 21:29

wtf @ tuning is not allowed in Belgium, I see a lot of tuned cars in comparison to the Netherlands in Belgium.

BTW, I'd probably buy a car that's got a powerful engine in it already (a GTI, Abarth etc), so I won't have to spend a lot of money on the engine and start off at the body right away! I'd like to have some small bumperspoilers on there, like the Ace and Snyper in NFS, and of course some nice rims!

Drewb99 · Post by **Drewb99** » 23 May 2005, 21:29

@ PSZeTa

Actually that's confused me since day one. I think they get the bodywork free out of a sponsorship deal or something.

Grez~Supra_RZ-S · Post by **Grez~Supra_RZ-S** » 23 May 2005, 21:52

Drifting is just expensive advertising. Kits = eye catching = marketing tools.

Triskac · Post by **Triskac** » 23 May 2005, 23:22

just one thing - what really make me laugh is, when someone, who even dont earn a money to buy a car and who think that money falls from sky, will write "tune of course, i dont want to be f*ing ricer"

sorry i am so rude but i can see it on my friends that they r playing too much NFSU and they are calling a rice each car which doesnt looks stock on sight

Grez~Supra_RZ-S · Post by **Grez~Supra_RZ-S** » 24 May 2005, 00:04

I agree. Unfortunately, it has spread to every forum Im part of. 'Ricer' has become the new 'homosexual' in that everyone tries their hardest to avoid being called it.

Hecubus · Post by **Hecubus** » 24 May 2005, 06:42

It really depends on the car in question, but I'd rather start with moderate preformance modifications, before doing anything else (although anything I'd do would be rather minimal anyways).

Andre_online · Post by **Andre_online** » 24 May 2005, 10:26

I'll probably take it for a stroll on the street. Wait till I have sufficient amount of money to upgrade it, then I'll upgrade parts by parts slowly as these parts don't come cheap.

mohsan1988 · Post by **mohsan1988** » 24 May 2005, 12:51

Hmmm. Most people I know (including me

) refer to a Ricer as a car that has been outkitted, I.E. overdone or even looks plain ugly.... If I saw a Nismo style Skyline that's only got kit and no performance yet, I wouldn't call it a Ricer, I'd call it nearly there.

OFF TOPIC:
DAMN YOU ANDRE, you are in SINGAPORE WHERE THE FIRST JACKIE CHAN CAR HAS BEEN RELEASED!!!

master m · Post by **master m** » 24 May 2005, 18:26

Hessian wrote:
master m wrote:I'd modify the exterior first. Because that's what everybody can see. I wouldn't tune it, since it's not allowed in Belgium
So you would make it look fast when it actually isnt. rice.....

Yeah, yeah, ... I know it's rice

, but I'd buy a car which has alot bhp as standard. 100bhp would be good enough for me. Besides, we have to pay alot of taxes in belgium. The more bhp, the highr the taxes

And offcourse insurence, road-tax, .... It all adds-up

baadmw · Post by **baadmw** » 24 May 2005, 19:14

aaaarggh... that sux.. well finland isn't that much better...car taxes are like
I-----------------------------------------------I <--- this high..... and the engine tuning is really limited

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