Case by case... imo a lot has to do with the car that you own. I "modified" my Civic as a teenager (headers, air filter, exhaust, wheels, a few cosmetics, etc..) and it was THE biggest waste of money whereas doing the same on my current car would give me great results and would make a lot more sense.
What do you guys think of this?
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He cuts up old 911s to give them ludicrous body kits, but I think it looks pretty cool. It also reminds me of the CTR Yellow Birds, which probably inspired these kits.
I usually cringe when people cut up nice cars. It's one thing if it's a rusted hulk and you use it to make a hot rod, it's another to cut up an original car, like what Chip Foose usually does.
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911's are mass produced sportscars, who cares if he cuts some up to make a street machine esque bruiser
Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
Yellow bird is actually a narrow body car.....
RWB is really kinda like the whole stretch, poke and stance crowd though, only for the old Porsche(they do other brand as well, but Porsche is their famous work)...crazy wide fender, deep dish wheels, stretch tires, tucked under those fender....while I like their inspiration from the old school racing Porsche, they all are a bit much...
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Tasteful modifications, OK. Cut up a rusted hulk, OK. But a good original is a good original, and I would like to cut up the owners who cut up cars like that.
An it harm none, do as ye will
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I agree wholeheartedly. I'm not a fan of non period modifications too- large 20 inch wheels on old Mustangs is a very egregious mistake.
Maybe it's the CTR2 then that I'm thinking about...
But heck, all Porsches have big butts.
Or if you want wider than that...
Roock 993 GT2....circa late 90s FIA GT2...
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Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
There is no way we are going to be agreeing on this.
But just because it was produced in the millions in the 70's-80's does by far mean that there is a million now!
My personal favorite is a Peugeot 205 1,9 GTI. A car sold in huge numbers, but because many has been trashed by reckless drivers who put them in trees or made irreversible modifications to them, they are becoming a more and more rare car by the day! - That's a 22 year old car.
Imagine the same to a car +40 years. The millions is likely down 10,000's.
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