Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
[Re: StrkrDart69]
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I am really striking out here .. I just installed halo headlights in my 68 Dart to go along with the fuel cell, wheel tubs, narrowed rear and big tires đ
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68 Dart 410 / 904 92 D150 original owner 21 Ram 1500 Quad Cab, Big Horn , Hemi ,4x4 23 Audi Q5 16 Honda HRV
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
[Re: 11secdart]
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01/03/23 03:57 PM
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I am really striking out here .. I just installed halo headlights in my 68 Dart to go along with the fuel cell, wheel tubs, narrowed rear and big tires đ Moparts will set you straight! LOL! Mini tubs in a Dart are almost required for anything bigger than a 235. You get a pass on that one.
'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
9.92 @ 135mph with a 350 shot of nitrous and 93 octane pump. 1.43 60 ft. 3,750 lbs.
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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01/03/23 04:18 PM
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Under car lights. Farm jacks on stock jeeps. Stick on exhaust "holes" on front fenders. I'll say Farm Jacks on any Jeep. I used to do lots of rock crawling and offroading. The Hi Lift or Farm Jack is horrible for changing a tire, you have to jack the body up and on a lifted jeep the suspension droop is so much that it makes for a real sketchy setup. My Cherokee is lifted 6" on 35" tires and I just use the stock little bottle jack to change a tire, even on the trail. I did use one as a winch once, it kind of worked. The tree flex and the strap flex took up about 75% of the jacks travel but it did work, just not enough to get me out of my situation. The phone a friend at midnight option worked much better but was the last resort haha.
68 Barracuda Formula S 340
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
[Re: Bad340fish]
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01/03/23 06:37 PM
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Yeah, I had a Hi Lift jack on my CJ-7. 7 inch lift, 35âs. Worthless. Lightweight floor jack and some scrap wood was much more effective.
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
[Re: WS68SSC]
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01/04/23 02:38 AM
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"Hot rodded" 4 door cars and long bed pick up trucks Disagree with this. My regular cab 2nd gen would suck if it were short box, a longer truck is cooler in probably any situation Iâve always believed, be it semi truck or pickup truck. And I donât want to have a pickup that is shorter than my B body car is so longbox pickups for me forever. In regular cabs anyway, if extended cab then yes Iâd say short box for sure. Had a mid eighties square body pickup years ago which I sold, and the new owner cut it up and short boxed it, and thatâs when I knew for certain it looked better before when it was still a longbox. I miss that truck but I donât want it back as a short box.
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
[Re: BleedDodge]
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01/04/23 03:34 AM
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Putting a lift kit in virtually ANY kind of truck or SUV.
Considering 80% or more will never see off road anyway and it all just seems to be in vain simply to put on larger tires. Like....... why?
I've received a little flack for only putting 15x7 wheels with 235/60 rubber on my silly little V6 truck. But, in my time, 235/60 was actually a pretty serious tires and besides.... it's just a silly V6 truck!! I'm not lifting it, I'm not lowering it, I'm not doing a G-D thing to it other than getting some paint & some box liner in the summer. That's it! I'm very happy with the aluminum slots and tires.
P.S. - I have since put some center caps on the wheels.
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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01/04/23 05:49 AM
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Curb Feelers on old Cadillacs.
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
[Re: PROSTOCKTOM]
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01/04/23 10:55 AM
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Putting an intake and header on a slant 6 and thinking it's fast. Even with a power adder they are slower than a turtle.
'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
9.92 @ 135mph with a 350 shot of nitrous and 93 octane pump. 1.43 60 ft. 3,750 lbs.
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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01/04/23 12:25 PM
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Probably upset some people here, but...
Narrowed rearends, tubs, big tires and fuel cells in cars that run slower than 10's.
Poser mobile. Fat tires matter...
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68 Road Runner
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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01/04/23 04:50 PM
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Repowering any brand car/truck with a GM LS V8 or any Small Block Chevy...ugh. So sick of non-GM cars with LS V8s...
JS
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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01/04/23 05:30 PM
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Whew, I am so glad no one listed the little winglets â Wheeler Vortex Generatorsâ or the swimming pool foam ânoodleâ on the bottom of the front air dam. Chicks must think those are so âcoolâ that they gotta be âhotâ
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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01/04/23 05:44 PM
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Anything "Donk", which actuallyy should be called "Dork".
I mean, anything that can make a Japanese Bosozuku look better has got to be the dumbest ass way to modify a vehicle.
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Re: Name a car modification that people think is cool, but isn't
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Big wheels and rubber band tires on a muscle car. My god around the year 2000 the sunday morning TV shows started worshipping the big wheels and rubber band tires- "Pro Touring" blasphemy on muscle cars. Just awful. Take young prime Steve McQueen John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Give them purple hair, tattoos and their specific pronouns. That's the equivalent of putting big wheels on a classic.
Keep old mopars alive.
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