"You're doing it wrong." - A thread to ridicule turrible, just turrible ideas

[simmode1]

Originally Posted by Corbic

They are 5x114.3 '99-04 GT wheels. 17x8 ~ +25 offset.

Much better than 16x7 +35 SE bullshit

Oh. Thanks for clarifying. Every time someone spouts off about 4 lug Mustang wheels fitting, they post that picture up... lol

[Bushido]

[5280VertDET]

[Bushido]

^LOL 4500 for that embarrassment

[HeyGirlHeyyy]

Corbic, you're not even close to being on point with your misguided insults.

You don't need to dump gobs of money into these cars to have something worth while. Having the patience to wait for deals is what's kept my build costs low, not cheaping out on parts because "I gotta be JDM bro."

Sorry the $13000 you have "invested" left you with an underwhelming car.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by HeyGirlHeyyy

Corbic, you're not even close to being on point with your misguided insults.

What insult? Don't be all Rachet-Spec bro, I'm not insulting you, just calling you out.

Originally Posted by HeyGirlHeyyy

You don't need to dump gobs of money into these cars to have something worth while.

Which is EXACTLY my point. I have $13k in a car after 10 years. That is fucking pocket change in the world of modified cars. People buy crate engines and transmissions for more than that.

Originally Posted by HeyGirlHeyyy

Having the patience to wait for deals is what's kept my build costs low, not cheaping out on parts because "I gotta be JDM bro."

First. You can't cheap out and be "JDM Bro". Being "JDM Bro" means overspending for the sake of having rare and blingy parts.

Second, I keep hearing about this supposed RB26 S14 on SSRs or some shit. Lets see it.

Thirds - taking your time is EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

Originally Posted by HeyGirlHeyyy

Sorry the $13000 you have "invested" left you with an underwhelming car.

Oh noes, intranets with his free R33 is not impressed!! Nobody "invests" in project cars, if you don't know that yet you don't know shit. I would love for you to show me how I could have saved mega bucks and built a 400hp Type-X S13 for less.

Shit costs money. End of story. You want baller 3pc wheels. They cost money. End of story. You can wait all you want Blitz 03 wheels cost what they do. You can save $100 or $200 but unless your stealing them, you are not getting them for $500.

SR swaps? $1,500 min up to $2,500.... just for the engine.

Here, check this link out, get better aquatinted with what shit costs.


http://zilvia.net/f/forumdisplay.php?f=10


PS: I'm not insulting you, I'm trying to bring you to reality and educate you.

[aga]

Originally Posted by HeyGirlHeyyy

Corbic, you're not even close to being on point with your misguided insults.

You don't need to dump gobs of money into these cars to have something worth while. Having the patience to wait for deals is what's kept my build costs low, not cheaping out on parts because "I gotta be JDM bro."

Sorry the $13000 you have "invested" left you with an underwhelming car.

you're a retard. stop embarrasing yourself.

@ corbic: you re doing it right. mine has cost me so far 16.000 euros along with the car's purchase, and i'm gonna be spending around 7.000 more to finish it. a lot of the stuff is cluttering my house until the time is right. my car is white and all the parts of the kouki bodykit i have in storage are white, but i'm not gonna slap them on unpainted on a dented and fucked up car.

[HeyGirlHeyyy]

Originally Posted by Corbic

What insult? Don't be all Rachet-Spec bro, I'm not insulting you, just calling you out.

You're trying to imply that I'm ignorant because I don't agree with the idea of paying inflated prices on anything s-chassis related. I know what things cost. And you're right, some things you are only going to save a couple hundred dollars on (Blitz 03s are a good example of that). But for a little bit more than the average cost of an SR swap it's not impossible to find a decent condition car already swapped over is my point. But I digress.

Originally Posted by corbic

Which is EXACTLY my point. I have $13k in a car after 10 years. That is fucking pocket change in the world of modified cars. People buy crate engines and transmissions for more than that.

Fair enough.

Originally Posted by corbic

First. You can't cheap out and be "JDM Bro". Being "JDM Bro" means overspending for the sake of having rare and blingy parts.

Second, I keep hearing about this supposed RB26 S14 on SSRs or some shit. Lets see it.

Thirds - taking your time is EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

The quotation marks were used to implicate irony. You know, like the kids who just want that style because it's the current trend.

What in the world are you talking about? Never once have I stated that I have an RB series engine or the like. You're mistaken for sure on that.

Originally Posted by corbic

Oh noes, intranets with his free R33 is not impressed!! Nobody "invests" in project cars, if you don't know that yet you don't know shit. I would love for you to show me how I could have saved mega bucks and built a 400hp Type-X S13 for less.

Shit costs money. End of story. You want baller 3pc wheels. They cost money. End of story. You can wait all you want Blitz 03 wheels cost what they do. You can save $100 or $200 but unless your stealing them, you are not getting them for $500.

SR swaps? $1,500 min up to $2,500.... just for the engine.

Here, check this link out, get better aquatinted with what shit costs.

PS: I'm not insulting you, I'm trying to bring you to reality and educate you.

Like I said, sure some things can't be had at a deal, but with patience you can avoid paying sticker prices on a lot of things. All the major online sites have fairly regular sales that yield around 15% savings for instance.

Relax man.

[tricky_ab]

JDM bro? Now I've heard everything...


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[niscur29]

Some people just don't realize what shit costs to do things right....Some ratchet spec bros think $30K on a S car that looks beautiful is a waste of money because they just can't comprehend what things truly cost and the time and effort needed to create said cars. To them its about I need it now, I need to fit in now, how can I ride on a stock car when my bros running that....They are chasing acceptance or purely trying to stand out for the attention is rings them.

Those of us that know what it takes to do things the right way understand the labor and time alone easily crush the monetary investment we have in our cars. Its a personal thing and reflects our character. We don't care if good parts take time to save for, take weeks to be custom made/delivered, or doing the labor ourselves. Its about getting it right the first time and taking the time do it. Sure we make mistakes but instead of just running it we fix it. Its not about showing up at meets bragging about how much we spent, our wheels x dollars, what swap we have etc etc etc....Our cars speak volumes about the effort to get them this way.

The greatest thing for me and my car is when I roll around on weekends and random people roll there windows down at stop lights, stop me at gas stations an say "nice job". They dont need to ask how much, whats in it, etc the car speaks for itself.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by HeyGirlHeyyy

I don't mean it as an insult. I just can't see 8 grand. Maybe his SR swap has a lot involved? Or he's riding on KW suspension? I'm honestly curious. Again, not trying to rustle no jimmies.

You cant see 8 grand because you simply dont know what things cost. 8k is chump change.

Originally Posted by Corbic

Also... while that is totally super awesome you got a LS1 S15 one cerberus II's or whatever for $1,500 - thats not the norm and we should not expect everyone to be able to do that. What we can expect is people take pride, take their time and give a shit. People should be applauded for doing THEIR BEST. Not everyone is CamryonBroonze and can drop $35k on a S13 - which he even admits he did to build this car

It all depends on what your mission is. Last I checked, I was around 55k. Whatever floats yer boat.

Originally Posted by Kaifd3s

Lol at mounting electrical parts on wood. Just imagine if one of the wires actually catches on fire.

Wood is an insulator, there is absolutely nothing wrong with mounting electrical components on wood. Better than mounting them on metal. And wires are not supposed to catch fire. Thats what fuses are for... you stupid fuck.

Originally Posted by HeyGirlHeyyy

You don't need to dump gobs of money into these cars to have something worth while. Having the patience to wait for deals is what's kept my build costs low, not cheaping out on parts because "I gotta be JDM bro."

Post up some photos and mods list of your car, let me be the judge.

[Bushido]

[Bushido]

[LockOn!]

^^^



Cringe.

[illvialuver]

I would say that our community is in dire need of help. Yesterday I went to the SoCal s chassis car meet at k1 kart racing in Anaheim. I feel like every year it gets worse and worse. Out of the 150 cars I saw there I would say a good 120 of them would be part of the ratchet40 gang or would trump them in their amount of pride for half assed builds and lack of shame.


It's like the scene from kung POW enter the fist.
The one were the guys gets beat up and is bleeding, so he says,"i am bleeding, clearly making me the victor" then his sensei says "we trained him wrong as joke"

[joshchewuhh]

Originally Posted by illvialuver

I would say that our community is in dire need of help. Yesterday I went to the SoCal s chassis car meet at k1 kart racing in Anaheim. I feel like every year it gets worse and worse. Out of the 150 cars I saw there I would say a good 120 of them would be part of the ratchet40 gang or would trump them in their amount of pride for half assed builds and lack of shame.


It's like the scene from kung POW enter the fist.
The one were the guys gets beat up and is bleeding, so he says,"i am bleeding, clearly making me the victor" then his sensei says "we trained him wrong as joke"

I totally agree with this statement. HUGE disappointment in the socal s chassis scene. Out of all the 150 + cars that attended id say about 5 were clean with legit parts. Horrible. Come on people get your shit together its not that hard.

It really blows my mind cause everyone knows what a good looking car looks like and when people try to execute the same styling they fail miserably.

I understand that you dont have a good job to purchase nice quality parts...blah blah blah, but if you freaking save your money for a little longer you can have all the cool parts. People just want to make there car "stanced" and "low" as fast as they can.

SHITTY PARTS=SHITTY CAR

[illvialuver]

Your car was one of the cleanest there josh. Very nice meeting you by the way. Yeah there were like 5-10nice cars at best.

[eek]

Its not like Nor-Cal is any better... Kids meeting up at the local Starbucks with their multi-colored s-chassis cars thinking every night is a car show. This generation is all about instant gratification. If things are not handed to them in a second they freak out since they won't be accepted in the cool kids club. Every year it gets worse as you can tell by the threads started on this forum, more than half don't bother to even use Google to find the answer they are looking for, then you got people posting stuff in the wrong section and when they are told they did it wrong they get all upset.

Its cool thing now to point and make fun of the few people who are patient and hardworking to do things the right way. As like someone said earlier, I don't even tell people I own a s-chassis anymore since you automatically get associated with these ratchet 40 guys.

[hOngsterr]

man i should of been there... i would of made it to one of the cleanest 240's lol

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by Bushido

WTH is going on there?

[tricky_ab]

Originally Posted by eek

Its cool thing now to point and make fun of the few people who are patient and hardworking to do things the right way. As like someone said earlier, I don't even tell people I own a s-chassis anymore since you automatically get associated with these ratchet 40 guys.

Wait a sec... this is actually a thing now? Really?

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

Post up some photos and mods list of your car, let me be the judge.

...and he was never heard from again.

[kikcaffine]

Georgia Represent :/

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by kikcaffine

Georgia Represent :/

The State or the Country?

[kikcaffine]

Originally Posted by Corbic

The State or the Country?

Both are in equal states of dis-repair


but im taking about the state

[Reece]

Originally Posted by illvialuver

I would say that our community is in dire need of help. Yesterday I went to the SoCal s chassis car meet at k1 kart racing in Anaheim. I feel like every year it gets worse and worse. Out of the 150 cars I saw there I would say a good 120 of them would be part of the ratchet40 gang or would trump them in their amount of pride for half assed builds and lack of shame.


It's like the scene from kung POW enter the fist.
The one were the guys gets beat up and is bleeding, so he says,"i am bleeding, clearly making me the victor" then his sensei says "we trained him wrong as joke"

Quoting once again. This is spot on.

You'd barf if you saw the Minnesota scene... Not just shitty "builds", but lots of people here do such unnecessary things to their cars. They overbuild their cars and go to two drift events each year, and they also don't register their car so they can't drive them on the street, pretty fucking pointless. The cars here used to all be pretty decent... But now maybe 10% of them are free of eBay parts.

For example. Some local guy just put a 1UZ in his 240 last winter (totally awful idea because he did one event the year before with a stock KA and that was all of his experience), he went to a skidpad two times this summer, and now he is going to boost the 1UZ. And the car isn't street legal. So it's totally fucking pointless. That's one example of the many, many failures.

Then there is this car here too

[DJDANGER24]

Originally Posted by Corbic

WTH is going on there?

Looks like a turbo humping a muffler.

[Bullitt_180sx]

Originally Posted by DJDANGER24

Looks like a turbo humping a muffler.

They do this a lot for vehicles that done have enough room under the hood for a typical turbo setup (especially twin turbo) or for completely stealthy setups. It's called remote mount or rear mount. It operates exactly the same, just different from the norm.

....never seen it done quite like that though....

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by Bullitt_180sx

They do this a lot for vehicles that done have enough room under the hood for a typical turbo setup (especially twin turbo) or for completely stealthy setups. It's called remote mount or rear mount. It operates exactly the same, just different from the norm.

....never seen it done quite like that though....

That is certainly not a "remote mount" turbo setup. I have no idea what the hell that is supposed to be.

Typical Remote mount for a 350z by STS.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by Reece

But now maybe 10% of them are free of eBay parts.

eBay parts really aren't the problem. In theory a car can be clean and well built using "off-brand" parts.

example - XXRs on "broke status 240sx"


(I'd fucking shake this guys hand)

Originally Posted by Reece

For example. Some local guy just put a 1UZ in his 240 last winter (totally awful idea because he did one event the year before with a stock KA and that was all of his experience), he went to a skidpad two times this summer, and now he is going to boost the 1UZ. And the car isn't street legal. So it's totally fucking pointless. That's one example of the many, many failures.

We all do our hobby in our own way. I don't see any problem with the above as long as it doesn't look like that shitbox you posted. But since you called it a "drift car" I suspect it looks like a pile of shit.

This is why, as I've said many times in this thread, DRIFTING SUCKS. The entire culture of "American Drifting" is what is creating this shitbox cars. Kids are spending way to much time trying to "build race cars" with "mad angle mods" and "look at me trendy signature touches" (flat paint, rusted hoods, zip ties stitches, hanging stuffed animals etc).

This is what happens without magazines. People used to want to be featured in magazines... and magazines used to refuse to publish such bullshit.