Performance vs Presence

[lbheat]

Originally Posted by DRKS1D3

Performance first. Anything can be made to LOOK fast. For example :

Lol what he said. The car looks clean from the outside without any mods, but you are really going to appreciate your car even more with performance mods. Or you can do both in parallel depending on your cash flow.

[Wizard1183]

Originally Posted by Trentin24

You put a sunroof in your car and didn't post a thread on it?

He sent me a photo of phase one on his sun roof project.

[AmericanMuscleCars]

Originally Posted by strych9

Performance, performance, performance. I personally bought a factory "custom" and have no desire to cosmetically change anything on this car. I've always been a minimalist in regard to cosmetic mods anyway.

Says the person with a wing...

[ActNup NY]

Originally Posted by Trentin24

You put a sunroof in your car and didn't post a thread on it?

Yeah !! Shame on you for not sharing with us. Are there atleast any pics to show? Before/after

[ActNup NY]

Originally Posted by Wizard1183

He sent me a photo of phase one on his sun roof project.

[Camper]

you dont have presence if you dont have performance

[Camper]

Originally Posted by Dox057

Was having a debate with my wife last night and thought I would bring it to you lot.

I have a laundry list of mods I still want to do on the car. Some cosmetic (rockers, splitter etc) and some performance based (CAI, exhaust etc). Now, I am trying to do them simultaniously, a little here and a little there, but my wife asked, "If you don't intend to race, why wouldn't you do the cosmetic stuff first and make the car look the way you want before worrying about performance mods? People SEE those, no one will know about the performance mods except you?" I replied with, "The car speaks for itself visually, I am looking forward to the little extra performance, better sound in my exhaust note etc."

We went back and forth with this for a while. I still intend to do them both in tandum, but I am curious about you guys. Did or do you place more emphasis on aesthetics or performance? Hypothetically, would you prefer to have a BEAST running 9's that looked like crap (Not that any camaro could look like crap, this is hypothetical) or a showpiece that barely edges out a prius? (Again hyperbole used for effect lol)..

now, that ive read your post, cars that run 9s NEVER look like crap. They look like racecars

[strych9]

Originally Posted by AmericanMuscleCars

Says the person with a wing...

That, sir, is a factory wing as installed from the factory. Hence my statement, "factory custom".

[etmx183]

I chose performance over presence because I don't want to look good in someone's rear view mirror.

[CamaroJim56]

Looks

[2012-1822]

She's a woman, she doesn't get it

And the is me ducking from all the women Camaro drivers throwing their high heels at me

[Aubrey64]

I went for the looks first. First I modded the interior and now I am onto the the exterior. For me, there are TONS of camaros where i live, but not many that look modded, and so I want to make mine stand out from the 20 others that I see on any given day. But after I got my CAI, and I am eager to add some more performance mods

[mikeSS]

You will turn more heads with a loud exhuast over a lot of cosmetic mods

[BlaqWhole]

Originally Posted by Synner

Performance is presence. The other crap is extra weight.

Agreed! I do like to look at other cars that have been done up. But to me, that money could have been spent on making the car faster. That said, I just bought a painted engine cover because it was a great price. Otherwise, I wouldn't have even considered it.