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Hey everyone! Been on this platform for a while but quite never really interacted with it, but thanks to someone else in a similar boat @ladiesman217. I decided to make a post myself to interact with the automotive community on here.
So I'm asking out to the community of people that grew up with the early 00's and late 90's of the tuner culture, or those that are just interested in it like I am. What draws you to that scene and era of automotive culture?
For me personally it's the sheer creativity behind everyone's builds. Limitations breeds imagination. People didn't care that they had a basic chevy malibu, nissian sentra, or whatever. But it was what you could do with it on your limited budget to stand out from the crowd or traffic.
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JDM & 2000's/Y2K automotive fans discuss.
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Howechama
Finally! My people!
Aside from growing up with the scene. Their kits are wacky (and I’d say is as controversial as today’s Camber culture) but they definitely have their appeal when built nicely and when you see the ‘theme/aesthetics’ the owner/builder is trying to do. MOST IMPORTANTLY the prominence of sticker and decals on the cars. It just adds this much flare and uniqueness to a build, very reminiscent of the racecars. Also! As much as the exterior is heavily modified, there’s also some iniqueness with the interior that matches the outside!
Some riceness is to be expected but people still worked on things under the hood. Maybe not as excessively as social media makes it and more on the realistic side of things
While I agree with you on the controversial part with the similarities to Camber; I would say there is a fine line between Camber done right and non-intrusive-and builds where people just cut the springs to leave it completely slammed to the ground looking like as stepped on hot wheels cars.
But I agree with you on the rest as the interior helps really sell the exterior; I know some just gut it to go for the full rocket look-but the lack of dampening and the cold metal interior does make it a pain for a daily modified. Though I sit here and lie; I did always fall in love with the ridiculous trunk modifications like putting a ps2 and tv in there or music player.
And while I never really got a close look at some rides that looked riced out in person; from what it seems on online posts and pictures. Namely plug & play replacements or bolt ons like coils, plugs, air filter, painting engine covers, etc. As engine swaps to larger degrees and crazy fabrications weren't as mainstream compared today where everyone on IG or YT is trying to cram an LS or Sports Car engine into something random. But the crazy builds were reserved for stuff like Import Tuner magazine.
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hahaha actually I really like camber... sometimes even the non-practical ones especially when it ties the build perfectly BUT I do have to insist that there's a better approach into modifications like these that ensures safety, practicality, and robustness but then again, you'd have to sacrifice some aspects which others may not want. Still, if a car is decently thought off and not just stick-on parts galore, then I could definitely respect and appreciate what's been put into a car.
heavy on the interior modifications, it's so period correct. we saw people putting consoles into cars since most of what we got from factory are analog dials, knobs, and a radio/stereo. people will add lcd screens, sound set-ups, and much more that you just can't help but appreciate the look they're trying to achieve. some might say it's tacky but it is an acquired taste.
and Yes! back then, these crazy "tune-ups and swaps" were prmarily reserved for select cars. the car scene definitely changed a lot since then and now, with how accessible parts and shops are, tuning and performance mods are more easily done. I still remember when people had to WITH THE SCENE to get connections for some cars and even then, aftermarket availability was scarce on some areas of the world. Eventually these popular cars we see and know of established the tuner scene because of how ide-spread they have gotten.
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