What have been your biggest modifying mistakes??

chrismc · Post by **chrismc** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:16 am

After receiving a japspeed rear strut brace yesterday that I can only describe as an appallingly poor piece of engineering- I immediately condemned it to my my list of 'waste of money' mods- those I've tried but wished I hadn't really bothered

Il give a few examples

1. VW bonnet gas struts that bent the bonnet/cracked the paint

2. ITR Spoon drop in filter- £100 to lose a load of midrange torque & gain SFA!!!

3. VW uprated headlight relay kit- lasted about 3 weeks before the headlights developed a mind of their own...

4. ITR blueflame exhaust. Sounded like a chav-wagon & went no faster!

I could go on!!!

Do any of you also have any horror stories? Seems to me there is an awful lot of rubbish out there to trip up the unwary

Chris

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:15 am

Started.....

Post by **Donald** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:22 am

Not sure about mistakes as such but I have a lot of stuff I can't afford to have painted

2lude · Post by **2lude** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:28 am

Erm sheared a bolt off when fitting a strut brace to a r5

Post by **Lude-dude** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:49 am

ebay coilover sleeves on standard shocks

was my worst probably,

Post by **Ammo** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:53 am

Lude-dude wrote:ebay coilover sleeves on standard shocks

was my worst probably,

Lol, that's prob mine, luckily it wasn't my car though

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:58 am

6x9 speakers. Oh dear...never again.

Painted my old civic coupe interior white. Oh dear....

Post by **Lude-dude** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:21 am

Ammo wrote:
Lude-dude wrote:ebay coilover sleeves on standard shocks

was my worst probably,
Lol, that's prob mine, luckily it wasn't my car though

common mistake

another is chrome rims, they corroded in under a year

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:28 am

Lude-dude wrote:ebay coilover sleeves on standard shocks

was my worst probably,

DITTO!

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:43 am

bb1boy wrote:
Lude-dude wrote:ebay coilover sleeves on standard shocks

was my worst probably,
DITTO!

ummm theres a fair few so far, got me thinking - hey i should be selling these

minted