View Poll Results: appearance V. performance
Appearance first
3
6.52%
Performance first
29
63.04%
Combonation of both(please post your combo choice)
14
30.43%
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MOD options: appearance V. performance
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On The Tree
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From: Orange County,CA
MOD options: appearance V. performance just like the title says what would you do first? Lets say it was a daily driver as well and you wanted good manners and reliability. Also lets say the car in mind is a plain jane Z28 with stock wheels and everything.
Would you do a hood, spoiler, wheels, tint, lower, splitter, custom emblems, etc first
Or would you do heads, cam, lid, intake, headers, exhaust, stall, gears, CMS tune first?
Just curious to know where you guys would stand on it? I think I already know the answer but want to hear it from the horses mouth.
Would you do a hood, spoiler, wheels, tint, lower, splitter, custom emblems, etc first
Or would you do heads, cam, lid, intake, headers, exhaust, stall, gears, CMS tune first?
Just curious to know where you guys would stand on it? I think I already know the answer but want to hear it from the horses mouth.
well i did appearance first and look at her. I have full boltons and a lil suspension to go with the looks. it gets the job done. these cars are faster than 80% of the cars out in the road. it all depends what fast is to you.why not do both as you go... I plan on doing a cam and juice soon. Most people will say performance. One thing I've learned hanging out with heavy moded cars is if you don't have the fastest car you better have the cleanest.you dont need a 500hp car to make people drull over your car.IMO
Last edited by 01SOMSS!; Sep 13, 2008 at 05:04 PM.
If it was me:
Tint
1LE/Strano swaybars
Koni shocks + springs (especially if the stockers are bad)
Other suspension stuff
Intake/exhaust
Stall (at this time set up any coolers you want, be it oil, PS (unless it has it) and the necessary trans cooler)
H/C
gears
tune
spoiler
hood
Remember, it'll be your DD. If you have to drive to work every day, then you may not want your car to have the visual maintenance of a show car... Cleaning, waxing, and polishing once (or more) a week gets tiring.
Tint
1LE/Strano swaybars
Koni shocks + springs (especially if the stockers are bad)
Other suspension stuff
Intake/exhaust
Stall (at this time set up any coolers you want, be it oil, PS (unless it has it) and the necessary trans cooler)
H/C
Originally Posted by the order of these can be switched depending on wheel size
lower + koni's at the same time (think if you really want to lower your car if it's your DD?)
wheels (can be lightweight for performance - forged!)
wheels (can be lightweight for performance - forged!)
tune
spoiler
hood
Remember, it'll be your DD. If you have to drive to work every day, then you may not want your car to have the visual maintenance of a show car... Cleaning, waxing, and polishing once (or more) a week gets tiring.
Last edited by ZexGX; Sep 13, 2008 at 04:49 PM.
TECH Apprentice
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well i did appearance first and look at her. I have full boltons and a lil suspension to go with the looks. it gets the job done. these cars are faster than 80% of the cars out in the road. it all depends what fast is to you.why not do both as you go... I plan on doing a cam and juice soon. Most people will say performance. i remember John w/ his pewterSS telling me a while back "One thing I've learned hanging out with heavy moded cars is if you don't have the fastest car you better have the cleanest.you dont need a 500hp car to make people drull over your car.IMO
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too bad my POS is neither the cleanest or the fastest LOL Trending Topics
What I did is maintenance, then appearance (cause I hate how stock Formulas look), and finally performance (yet, I'm back to maintenance again! I love GM! 
).It's a vicious cycle.
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On The Tree
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Ya forgot to put suspension mods on the list lol. sub frame and shocks and springs would be a good start. I think I really just want a sexy clean car that drives really smooth and had so get up and go power. If I went heads and cam I would just do a very mild H/C with a 114 LSA to make it sound stock but have a nice rumble to it.
Thread Starter
On The Tree
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From: Orange County,CA
compare apples to apples though. WS6=SS Tran am=Z28. If I bought a WS6 or SS wouldnt need to change anything but the wheels. Trans am and Z28 would be hood and a spoiler for the Z28
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On The Tree
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