What is the fascination with headlights?

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by Michelle

HAHAHAHAHA

psssst, that wasn't a joke. That's my next mod on my '04 Z16 Vette... right after I pay the tax man on april 15th, I think i'm going to be paying East Coast Supercharging an equal or greater amount

American manufacturers understand that many of their customers buy their cars because they are "mod-able". What few people know is that the largest convention in Vegas every year is SEMA, and having been there 3 times, I can attest that it's a friggin HUGE show, HUGE. European manufacturers seem to have gone down another road (no pun) where they pack every last drop of performance into the vehicle that they sell you, and then make it close to impossible to mod it without you being best friends with a Service Tech with access to the manufacturers computer.

This is not to say that either philosophy is better than the other, it's just another example of different strokes for different folks. If I could fit a 4 post lift in my garage, I'ld have installed 1 and I'ld be wrenching on my cars as often as I could, unfortunately I can't, but a good set of ramps, jack stands and a couple of buddies who are significantly smarter than I am when it comes to automotive technology and you've got yourself one hell of a good time on a Saturday afternoon.... oh, and beer, I forgot to mention beer

[SANguru]

only 750??? weeeaak...

Originally Posted by gresch

There aren't many performance mods that can be done to the X5, what's left is lights, interiors, audio and exhaust. Also, with few exceptions, there are very few gear heads on this board as compared to other automotive sites. (probably because, as i said above, there aren't many performance mods that can be done to an X).

If you want to see a board full of "holy crap i just put an SC on my LS2 and now i'm getting 750HP at the flywheel" join www.z06vette.com. You'll be in heaven.

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by SANguru

only 750??? weeeaak...

right after the 750hp post is usually a "ok, so now i've got 750HP and i can smoke the tires in 5th, does anyone have any experience with Nitto 550's as a good street and drag tire?"

I love it.

Here ya go, the power adders section of z06vette:

http://www.z06vette.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=60

[SANguru]

we got a couple of 1000+ hp streetable E39 M5's around on the m5board...Nitto 550's are ok.. :p

Originally Posted by gresch

right after the 750hp post is usually a "ok, so now i've got 750HP and i can smoke the tires in 5th, does anyone have any experience with Nitto 550's as a good street and drag tire?"

I love it.

Here ya go, the power adders section of z06vette:

http://www.z06vette.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=60

[statdoc]

Well, I just want to know why the fascination with visors hanging from mirrors!!

[Michelle]

Originally Posted by statdoc

Well, I just want to know why the fascination with visors hanging from mirrors!!

Grrrrrrrrrrr

[breytonX5]

Originally Posted by Scott in Cincy

I just thought that was a ricer thing, not a BMW thing.
Illuminate me (pun intended)

With all due respect Scott, the above statement can be perceived by some to have acondescending tone and hence you have a couple of negative replies. I myself take no offense to your statement although I would've phrased it a little differently.

At the end of the day, it's all good.

[iop9000]

thats how the headlights and AE fever starts, first the resistance, then comes acceptance, then obsession....like any other mods

[Paulpt]

The whole point of this forum as well as others, is to share experiences and learn. Whether we like a mod or not (in my case, I would not do anything cosmetic), but that does not mean I need to question other people's likes. But I do learn a lot here and find extraordinary people willing to help. I think it is simple, if you are not interested in a particular topic you don't read it and that's it. Just my 0.2

[breytonX5]

Originally Posted by Paulpt

The whole point of this forum as well as others, is to share experiences and learn. Whether we like a mod or not (in my case, I would not do anything cosmetic), but that does not mean I need to question other people's likes. But I do learn a lot here and find extraordinary people willing to help. I think it is simple, if you are not interested in a particular topic you don't read it and that's it. Just my 0.2

Extremely well said!! Definitely sticky material. I love diversity and that's what makes this site so great. There are those who choose to mod and those who leave their BMWs bone stock. I respect both groups and one is not "better" than the other.