Hi guys,

I was thinking earlier and realised that I have not owned many cars which I haven't modified in some way or other. This came as a shock.

It started with a Spitfire mk3, which I fitted larger twin SU's, a 4-2-1-2 exhaust & mk4 suspension along with changing the colour to BRG.

Then there was the mk1 Golf 1.1L with the twin headlight grille & replacement clocks.

Then there was the SD1 3500 manual with a few bits & pieces.

The Range Rover V8 manual with a few bits & bobs.

Then a Lancia HPE, mainly repairs to the engine plus a few enhancements inside.

Then the Saab 900..... Oh nothing nothing to that apart from repairs.

The Vauxhall Cavalier SRi. Again nothing.

Ford Mondeo mk2. Just a tow bar

Ford Mondeo auto. Nothing.

BMW e39 523i touring. Xenon headlights and the later rear led lights.

BMW e39 530d touring. Remap, xenon headlights, tail lights. BT parrot hands free. 12v socket in the rear.

Octavia mk2 2.0 PD140 DSG L&K estate. Oem Bluetooth & Columbus sat nav.

Yeti CR140 DSG 4x 4 Elegance. Remap, flappy paddle MFSW, wood trim, plus lots of little bits & pieces.

Current: 2006 Land Rover Freelander 1 TD4 auto. Plenty of mods and more to come ..... as well as repairs :lol:

Yep, didn't modify an L reg Escort i owned in 2001-02 and the Peugeot 206 i owned between 2002-04. Didn't mod my Fabia for the first 6-7 years of ownership.

My current car in actually the only car I have, stereo aside.

Usually tweak them in one way or another, yes

 

Very hard to resist making them better!

Didn't modify my MkII Escort 1.3L (not really any point, but I did think about ripping off the vinyl roof...).

 

Couple of MKII Cavaliers went unmodified other than one of them getting a K&N.

 

MKII Astra (1.6 diesel - non-turbo...yuck) got a set of alloys.

 

Rover Metro (1.1 K-series) got a 2" straight through cat-back zorst, although that only seems to indicate to people just how long it took to accelerate!

 

MKII Octy - nothing until last weekend.....

 

Good grief, it would almost be pointless me joining a piston-heads type forum.....  I am so boring!

Nope.

This is my second car, i modified my previous car and it was me experimenting at the same time. It was all new to me so i wanted to try things out, i can safely say that a full decat exhaust with no silencers at all is not my current to do list.

 

I owned the car for 3 years and did various things to it, some things that were worth it, some that i would do differently in the future and others that were a complete waste of time and money.

 

Always good to make a few small changes/improvements imo, whether it's just something simple like a new head unit or something bigger such as an uprated suspension set up.

Generally by not putting back annoying bits of trim, removing under trays (the last one ended up floating down the road in some flood water that was deeper than I imagined), always plan to do this or that but never do... just keep 'em running and replacing as things break/wear out.

I think I modded all my cars over the last 44 years except the Audi I have now,  just a mo,  I did put in some led's inside the  car so yes all modded.  The Westfield has only the chassis, instrument gauges and GRP body in standard form, every other part has been changed.  

Had 53 cars and modded virtually everyone, with the notable exception of a nova saloon I owned for 1 day.

Said it elsewhere, but my missus loved it when I bought a Zafira.

She thought id finally gone all practical family man

Within a fortnight it had 17" Alloys, full bodykit and duplex s/s exhausts

Modding is a bug, and is very hard to get out of, well...its more of an addiction really.

My name is Damo, and I'm a Modaholic

I didn't modify my Talbot Horizon

 

But I did modify my Mini Van when the door hinge panels rotted and I had to get two more custom made and welded on

Panda - Yep - Stereo, interior and then respray (badly)
AX - Yep - Better Stereo
Ka - Yep - Better Stereo
Octy Mk1 - Yep - Better Stereo
Octy Mk2 - Nope, unless numberplate surrounds count.

Bravo - Just - Better speakers.
Octy Mk3 - Probably won't, other than numberplate surrounds.

Modding?????

 

Sorry, but most of what is listed above doesn't seem like modding to me.

 

Changed stereo / head unit / speakers???? - back when I started driving EVERYBODY did that, cos the supplied kit (assuming that the model came with a radio) was such crap.

Then you did it again 2 months later when some scrote put the side window in and nicked it.

 

Changed the wheels??? - hardly modding is it, pop into local motor factors, throw £500 at them, an hour with a jack and wheel wrench and it's done.

 

A Tow Bar ??? - puuurrrrleese 

 

What's listed so far is mostly just fiddling about.

 

No, I've never seriously modded any of my cars, unless you count the things listed above.

 

Now, if only I had a Citgo.....go......go.....go.....go (with great envy of and deference to Boss Fox)

 

 

Edit - Just remembered, I did lower the roof line on my first Ford Cortina, but I'm not sure that rolling it onto its roof by running up a grass verge to avoid a tractor really counts.

only modified 2 cars out of 13. Unless you're counting night breaker bulbs then the number goes up to 4 out of 13.

First car modified was my first car, a skoda favorit forum, I added a CD player, hidden 6x9s in the parcel shelf and a spoiler.

Second car I modified was the third car I owned a 1994 escort 5 door in red. Added fox five spoke alloys and painted the calipers and drums bright red toatch the car.

Everyone of them's been played with, the Yeti quite lightly compared to some!

once a modder, always a modder... you never grow out of it

yep, have fiddled with or modded every car I've owned and 

have been known to muck about with cars belonging to others too.

Ive had 6 cars and modded 5, only reason i didnt mod the 6th was cause it was a non running project that i didnt get started on before i sold it!

first few cars i only really messed around with audio so not really modding to be honest. first fabia was when i started doing proper modifications such as intercooler, remap , brakes . civic was the most modified , supercharged, suspension , air intake , fast road setup. got myself a fabia again and only done coilovers so far apart from a few cosmetic touches too.

Modding?????

 

What's listed so far is mostly just fiddling about.

 

 

i must admit i'm inclined to agree... paying some chinless oik with a laptop to 'tune' your car is not modifying in my opinion... even i can remember the days when you used to have to actually open the bonnet to tune your car no less..

Yes. I have an i10 in OEM spec

Depends how you define modification. Are you going by the current Insurance definition of anything from sticker upwards where you have to declare anything that didn't roll off the production line as the manufacturer specified, or what is probably the more traditional (I could be wrong here) 'Performance & Styling' where the likes of the stickers, bulbs, basic radio unit changes are not really mods?

Under the latter I have only ever modded my current car, never really bothered about it before as I was either unaware of the ability to, where to get something reputable or thought the car warranted it.

Under the initial definition then all I have previously done is the occasional radio unit upgrade.

Never really saw the point.  Rather spend the money on something else.

Any deviation from standard specification is by definition a modification.  Just because most have not added lightened fly-wheels, or bored out their donks and installed forged cranks does not mean that their ride has not been modified.  Maybe the title of the thread should have been 'has anybody not heavily modified their vehicle (excluding speakers, wheels and audio, which TBH is lame and cannot in any way be considered a modification, even though it actually is, but does not fit my understanding of the term modification, etc. blah...)'.

have been known to muck about with cars belonging to others too.

 

Hope you told them first!

 

Or maybe not - that would probably be more amusing....