"Lee Cao" <maxxpwr@ya-haha-hoo.com> spake unto the masses in
news:brv6dv$f1u$1@lore.csc.com:

> But then I am just afraid that someone will take one look at the
> exhaust mods and then start to walk away because they think this car
> has been tweaked by a mindless rice boy, which there are plenty in the
> VA/DC/MD area.
>
> Any reaction?


I can't tell if you're being facetious here or not.

In my reply to Vuarra, I said that "vast majority of items sold as
"tuner" products are poorly made and amateurishly installed".

I think that's a pretty fair assessment given the youth and thin wallets of
most "tuners". I did some "tuning" 20 years ago with what passed for
"tuner"-type items back then. My tuning efforts were amateurish and poorly
installed. I ended up ripping them off and reinstalling the OEM stuff
again, which actually made the car work better. I did not know then what I
know now.

You sound like a dedicated tuner who actually spends the money to put
proper quality parts on the car and has them installed correctly, with all
the parts chosen to work well together. That is not rice, that's what hot-
rodders have been doing since the '20s. You also don't sound like you're 20
years old.

The problem is, how do you know if the modifications have been done well?
It's really hit and miss, isn't it? How many modifiers are going to spend
the money and time to have it done right, and how many just want their cars
to look, ride and sound like a race car and are willing to put up with all
sorts of problems and glitches for the sake of appearance?

And for sure, modifications will definitely severely limit your potential
market when you go to sell. The best market for selling that kind of car
would probably be the community of people who are into that sort of thing,
and who hang around together, frequent the same shops and shows, and talk
about others' cars enough to know who's done it right and who hasn't.

That's my reaction.

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TeGGeR®