A poll to see what the most common "very" first mods were...why not?

 

gauge cluster swap

 

motor swap!

 

Its different from car to car. Most of the time motor/tranny though.

 

I couldnt wait to get rid of the DPFI, I went B series so that I would have lots of aftermarket support.

 

the last time i had been in a position to add the first mod was in 1999
and back then it was more about sound and looks, so i went for the exhaust, mainly because when i bought the car it had a cherry bomb muffler that sounded horrible.

and i still have that first mod to this day

 

H2B

 

I did suspension, drop springs, I dropped my car because I couldn't stand the stock stance. I've had the car for 6 years now and I'm still running the dirty D...I think its about time for a swap I just don't want to spend the money.

 

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haha, I've had the car 2 years, and I bought it with the b7 swap. I really want to swap in an LS but I just don't know how to yet :-/

 

If starting with a stock car, you should start with suspension/tires, then brakes, then motor swap, or other signifigant upgrades (High compression/turbo, etc.). This is from a safty standpoint. It is not the safest to add a bunch of power to a car that can't handle or stop well. For most motor swaps not going turbo or anything that will add signifigant power, the stock brakes in good shape are usually sufficient. If just doing the typical CAI,/exhaust stuff, the order does not really matter IMO.

 

On all my cars I have always got an exhaust first, my crx has a skunk2 n1 , my old eclipse gsx had a hks carbon ti w/ apexi gtspec dp, and my old talon has a apexi n1

 

My first mod was a engine and auto to 5 speed lol. I was 18 and didn't know anything about cars haha. Good way to learn a bunch.

 

Stock Si to sohc ZC to suspension and then built B16A and all the bolt ons.....you can see the build on the tuna.......

 

tires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

tires offer the biggest improvement on a cars handling and there is no bigger thrill then beating a evo down a mountain road with a stock ef

 

I did the ES Master Kit on my sedan as the first mod with a CRX Si gauge cluster swap a close 2nd.

 

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x2, that was the first thing I did (Falken RT-615's) and I am no longer fighting to keep up with my buddies supercharged MR2 in the twisties. Now he's fighting to keep me behind him

 

hey man keep me posted on how that computer runs for ya!

 

 

short throw shifter and shifter bushings. My shifted was messed up from the last owner trying to make a short throw shifter out of the stock one.

 

Pinstriping! I was too poor for anything more substantial for a first mod lol

 

Auto to manual and d15 to d16a6 swap at the same time. Just finished.

 

Stock HF Dseries getting 40-50mpg
to
Stock JDM Gsr B18c getting 5mpg in Vtec..

 

Are we talking first mod ever? ...or first mod to our current cars.

First mod ever was 6-2-1 headers on my 300ZX. First mod to the CRX was returning to stock springs from the previous owner's cut springs.

I bought the CRX from a guy on this site, but I don't know if he is still around. Military guy in Florida. Sold the car because he was getting deployed.

 

first mod ever was a fart can on my 93 cavilier. lol fun times with that pos!!! first mod to the crx was dpfi-mpfi swap and wow did that wake the 1.5 up!! i recomend the swap to everyone!!

 

i put some audio bumps in my ride before it even had an engine ROFL!!!