So Why exactly are you modding your car???

[Rob]

other than "Me", i'd say its because stock e30s pretty much suck and are generally unreliable, and it makes a lot more sense to buy crappy aftermarket stuff that expensive OEM stuff, plus its more fun to brag about cool 'go fast' parts....

[Axxe]

Fun car to beat the crap out of, and inevitably shit breaks. Replace with OEM or better, and keep beating it up. I voted track use, since that is what this car is best at; embarrasing people with newer/more expensive/much faster cars.

[Ryan Stewart]

So as many of us are doing it to get into robs pants as are doing it to auto-x.

[Scott314]

So much of the discussion here is about modding the e30. Which is great as it provides a nice database - as long as you know what is crap and what is not.

But in reality, it seems to me that among regular posters (not lurkers) there are maybe a dozen or so that actually put these mods to their proper use.

So it got me thinking - why in the world are so many of you kiddies spending your minimum wages from Blockbuster or Subway or whatever on Stage IIIs, konis, big wheels, etc.

Seriously.

Hawk HP+ and parking lot tech battery tie down mods FTW! Other than that, its all stock.

I have some Car Art boots and eur0h grilles sitting around. I saw your fancy nogaro wheels though, so at least I know I'm not the only one who's all about the looks :D

[Jordan325iC]

Because it's a hobby. Hobby's are pointless, it's their nature.

[MikeK]

this is a good point... because i have money to dump into a car?... since i was in my early teens, i always wanted to mod a car so im having fun until im out of college, then im sure it'll slow down or even come to a hault...

and i love going to AUtoX and beating the living shit out of my car... hopefully ill make it to some HPDE next summer as my funds grow

[equate975]

Because I can?

[AdironRider]

I think that if any of us didnt enjoy modding our cars we wouldnt be driving 20 year old BMW's. Id be in a truck I bet but I just cant break away from how good my BMW feels on the road, and it only gets better the more I do to it.

[Erick]

I think that if any of us didnt enjoy modding our cars we wouldnt be driving 20 year old BMW's.

That's true for less than 1/2 of the forum, which could afford something better than an e30. (Myself included)

- Erick

[Avus E30]

I like the car because its relatively fun to drive, has some character to it, and can be made to look quite attractive. I don't have to track it.

[equate975]

Just so you know, I am unsubscribing. This thread will go on for 129841 pages and keep flooding my inbox, plus I really dont care why you gusy mod your cars.

I dont know why I even posted.

[Dave]

Fun car to beat the crap out of, and inevitably shit breaks. Replace with OEM or better, and keep beating it up. I voted track use, since that is what this car is best at; embarrasing people with newer/more expensive/much faster cars.

Amen - The guy with the s54 powered M Coupe and his Club Race driving instructor said that to me Sunday after the last run. "We kept trying to reel you in on the front straight, but then you were off and gone after that. . ." This after he had pointed me by on the second real (non-warmup) lap.

[Iain]

I mod my car for several reasons:

1. To upgrade worn-out parts
2. To be safer, faster and more enjoyable on quiet country roads
3. To be a fun, safe car to drive on the track
4. To be an aesthetic standout against all the stock E30s in my area (not many E30s here though)

I mod all my cars in different ways, but they've all got to achieve two things: look good and be fun to drive.

[NC325iC]

looks like im the onlyone that thought itd be fun to put mommy as my option, i do it cause id like to autox but i dont wanna have a roll bar on my cab as well as the fact that i like the way it looks better now than when it was stock and i like acceleration

[Jand3rson]

I voted Rob, because several proper options are not listed.

I mod my car because I enjoy changing things about it. I enjoy enhancing the visual style of my car, as well as the performance, both in regard to the engine and the handling of the car. I like to change things on the car to suit my tastes, and to go beyond what was originally intended for it. I do it to set it apart from other cars on the road, and from other BMW's. I do it to upgrade things on the car which in the 20 years since it was built, have been redesigned or upgraded by other companies. I do it because I like to.

My car is not the fastest on the road for sure, but it doesn't need to be to make it enjoyable. I've done a limited amount of things to the engine in regard to performance, and I plan to change that, but not to an extreme amount. I've also only done a limited amount to the suspension, but that will change also. I plan to start auto-x'ing this summer, so I'm looking to get more handling performance from the car.

I've gone to bigger wheels because I think they look better on the car than the small stock wheels. I like the look of lower profile tires, and bigger wheels. I'll stick to the stock wheels for auto-x (weaves), but the bigger wheels are for looks. I've chosen a lot of my mods based on what I've seen on the forums over the years, going off of what I've considered to be attractive, and partially what others think to be attractive. I like to get compliments on my car, and hear the comments about it when I show pictures of it. I'd be lying if I said I didn't ever do anything to the car because I like the attention it gets.

No doubt this thread was inspired by Heeter's being time-out-ed for slamming Jeremy about his THR CAB's, and I also have no doubt that he'll read this thread long before he's allowed back, so I know before I say it that probably everything I've written here will be classified by him and others as me being a ricer, or whatever you want to call it. Frankly, I don't really care. I modify my car because I enjoy working on it, changing things about it's performance and looks, and getting compliments and criticisms from people who are into it for the same reasons. You don't have to track or auto-x your car in order to give what you do to it a point. It's a hobby for me, something I'm very interested in.