whats the best mod you have ever dont to your car??

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Nebraska240sx
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what one mod are u the most satisfied with in your car? id have to say shaved door handles was my favorites.


nab911
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So far cp racing strut bars... actualy LSD :) Everything is cumulative and adding one thing makes the other pieces that much better.

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Admittedly, I haven't done much to my trusty old S12, my priority is keeping it in good running condition for the foreseeable future. Overall I'd have to say the mod I'm most pleased with is the conversion from the belt-driven engine fan to dual electric fans with control circuits of my own design.

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building my SR20 has been the most personally satisfying.

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Nebraska240sx
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see thats cool, doing your own mods make you feel like u accomplish something.

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slw240sx
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the Ca under the hood!! and getting to drive the car the way it was supposed to be driven, nothing in the world like it

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Putting green tape around my shift knob...

BuudWeizErr
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Gotta be my stickers.

I dunno, I'm just satisfied in general with my car, seeing as how I did all the work on it.

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Checkered-Member
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Audio....

Altiman94
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i also haven't done much to my car. I would say fixing my blown rear strut. No more wheel hop around right turns made me much happier!

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Well For the last 3 cars the I have owned I have not been able to mod them properly.In stock form the have all been super though.I have also only owned N/A cars so as far as best mods I would go with the I/H/E combo.$ per HP has to be the best.Not to mention the sound!

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Nebraska240sx wrote:see thats cool, doing your own mods make you feel like u accomplish something.


I totally agree, and its a great way to learn about a car.

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Turbo. Not just for the power. The turbo whine and the BOV are just music to my ears. The power is a whole lot of fun too.

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The 5spd. Even tho it hasnt' worked right yet, it still is a blast sometimes, heh. But, in a close second is all my suspension work, which (hopefully) isnt' done..

Chingon
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removed aiv for better idle..., and other than that the other mod I have done e-fan.

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89240sx
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Chingon wrote:removed aiv for better idle..., and other than that the other mod I have done e-fan.


Does removing the AIV make that much of a difference? I have a real bumpy idle sometimes and was debating on removing it also.

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K240
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the best mod was upgrading to 2400 batteries instead of 1800. oh i see you guys arent talking about RC cars lol j/k...

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im two techno
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My best mod was paying off the car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pface

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im two techno wrote:My best mod was paying off the car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pface
NICE!!!!Man its going to be a long 5 years.LOL:rolleyes

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im gonna have to go with my audio, i wired everything and picked everything out and everyone tells me how good it sounds, while when i was picking the stuff out people said "thats gonna sound like crap" also my radar detector.. that thing has saved me sooooo many times...

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i would have to say the viagra hat , i get so many comments on it and its placment in the rear window of my gereatric hotrod

Blackbird S14
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putting a fatty turbo on my s14

and putting a "I heart Drifting" sticker on my stanza :oP

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probably my S/T sway bars. they were a bit of a pain to install, but i feel a noticeable difference over stock.

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RB20DET CONVERSION

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holy shiz,, its Stoneage_Turbo whats up buddya

Chingon
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89240sx wrote:Does removing the AIV make that much of a difference? I have a real bumpy idle sometimes and was debating on removing it also.


It did for mine, and my brother's. IF you are, don't forget to plug the lines and warm the car before getting it smog tested. Other than that, the aiv is just a piece of crap.

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Without a doubt putting on a good set of high performance tires. I replaced the all season crap it had on it w/ some Ventus K104s, 205/50/15, Y-rated. Made an insane difference in handling. They're the first set I've had w/ a super-high speed rating, and I'll never go back to S,T, or H-rated tires unless they're snow tires.

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hmmm I would have to say that the best bang for the buck mod i ever did on a car was putting the HICAS rear swaybar and TC rods on my old '89 S13. Those two things made such a big difference the car became instantly fun to drive.

However, putting all the dinero into my '90 was pretty fun too :D

Now to find and begin work on my wife's SC300... :D


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