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Re: What's over the top in accessories?
This is always an interesting discussion because the thoughts run from one extreme to the other and everything in between. I'm not so much worried about something being over the top as I am people bluntly telling someone else that their car's mods are repulsive. Sometimes it would seem the better part of valor not to comment on another person's taste.
I've seen plenty of things done to our favorite car that I wouldn't do to mine, but I'd never tell the owner to their face that I didn't like it so I'm sure not going to write it here either. For that matter, I've seen some things done that I think are really pretty darn cool and if I had the talent or the guts I'd give it a try as well. Then there is the question of just how big of a copycat do I want to be.
The main mods I've done to my car are things that I think should have been options when I bought the car - chrome hood scoop, NM wheels and Thunderbird logo floor mats. I haven't put any emblems on the car where the V8 badges are on the 03s because I can't decide whether I'd like any of them better than I like the car without anything there even after seeing just about every possible badge there on other friends' cars.
Things I've seen and would seriously consider doing are the "chrome" rocker panels, Navigation System, homelink header, trunk light and Borlas. If any or all of them lowered the value of the car then so be it - the kids' inheritance just went down. I expect to have the car until it wears out and I get another or I die, which ever comes first, so collector value doesn't mean much to me.
This is always an interesting discussion because the thoughts run from one extreme to the other and everything in between. I'm not so much worried about something being over the top as I am people bluntly telling someone else that their car's mods are repulsive. Sometimes it would seem the better part of valor not to comment on another person's taste.
I've seen plenty of things done to our favorite car that I wouldn't do to mine, but I'd never tell the owner to their face that I didn't like it so I'm sure not going to write it here either. For that matter, I've seen some things done that I think are really pretty darn cool and if I had the talent or the guts I'd give it a try as well. Then there is the question of just how big of a copycat do I want to be.
The main mods I've done to my car are things that I think should have been options when I bought the car - chrome hood scoop, NM wheels and Thunderbird logo floor mats. I haven't put any emblems on the car where the V8 badges are on the 03s because I can't decide whether I'd like any of them better than I like the car without anything there even after seeing just about every possible badge there on other friends' cars.
Things I've seen and would seriously consider doing are the "chrome" rocker panels, Navigation System, homelink header, trunk light and Borlas. If any or all of them lowered the value of the car then so be it - the kids' inheritance just went down. I expect to have the car until it wears out and I get another or I die, which ever comes first, so collector value doesn't mean much to me.
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