so, is anyone (especially in north & northeast)still getting rims or exhaust or any exterior things done in the upcoming winter months? it seems like fall is barely here and it's pretty close to winter. i was just wondering if most people take their wheels off? i know lots do, but are there any of you who don't do it and still drive around in snow? i might be getting rims or a y-pipe for christmas but am not sure if i should wait because of the snow. what's everyone's thoughts and opinions on that?

 

Rims are coming off...all exterior mods except my lighting project cease until temps come back up but modding never ends...there's plenty to do

 

i mod thru winter, doesnt affect me as much as the north/northeast members though. But i remember freezing last year trying to get rusted bolt off my y pipe.

 

Whenever the money comes I mod. Phoenix winters aren't much of anything.

 

winter is the best time to mod... no downtime when its nice out

 

In Texas, winter just means that it gets chilly and it rains every now and then. No snow means bodykit is coming

 

do you think it's a bad idea to put rims on or the y-pipe. i know it seems logical to take rims and such off, but in reality, what is so bad about snow? lets say i got rims, if i kept them clean, would there be any real problems? i still have yet to decide whether i want rims (if i do stock 2001 5 spokes, only problem is tires cost big money too) or y-pipe(budget one for $160). i'm not sure which i'd rather have yet.

 

stock rims goin on soon

yes there will be modding over the winter..."interior mods"

 

yeah im in tx also, im doing the biggest mod of my car's life during the winter...it'll BLOW you away

 

i love modding the lil things during the winter...when i got my body kit painted over the summer i had them make me a pint of my cars paint...Concord Mist so knowing that here is a list of things i plan to do during the winter:
-Paint Calipers (Concord mist)
-Paint Valve Cover & Accent the engine bay (Concord mist)
-Paint Dash (Concord mist)
-Put rear speaker tweeters in rear pillars instead of just sitting on rear deck
-Interior lighting
-Battery Relocation(Preparing for turbo kit)
-2 x 6 bulb Whelen 90 watt strobe kits(6 strobes up front and 4 & 2 other placed i dunno where)
-Aluminum Door inserts & Door Sills...(maybe)
With all that done the car will look completely different!

 

I'm like a hamster when it comes to winter modding...
I don't really throw on much mods but I store them instead wating for the best time to put them on..

 

i'm gonna keep modding through out the winter ...

 

The seasons have no effect on my modding. I mod whenever there is money in the bank...

 

hahahha gotta love hawaii

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/96744

 

you guys have the same weather for the next 10 days .. and it's nice too

 

Down here in GA it gets cold.. but not much snow so the rims stay.

and I work outside.. so I mod outside

 

this winter i am just going to little things to my car, mostly interior.
-greddy or apex-i catback (havnt decided which one yet
-drop the car with springs
-new pedals
-get my aluminum dash kit polished
-door sills
-side blinkers
-and once the snow actually stops here in good ol' Illinois, my auto maxima will mysteriously get a 3rd pedal

 

i ran out of interior mods to do

WINTER MODS:

- Budget Y pipe
- RVM UPD....installation, if i ever have time
- more strobes(in tails x4)
- new headlight and fog lenses (for spring time)

new suspension setup:
a) Intrax(one coil cut off front),KYB-AGX and new oem hardware
or
b) KYB-AGX with my H&R's and new OEM hardware

new trunk setup:
a) x2 10" Eclipse Aluminum Subs, Rockford 1000db and x3 1farad caps
or
b) JL stealth box(single 10w6), Rockford 500s and x3 1farad caps

- sunvisor TV's (x2 5" screens)

and SPRING = NEW PAINT


Ant

 

the problem isn't really the snow (although the salt isnt great for the rims... especially chrome). the problem is the very cold weather makes many "high performance" tires virtually useless.

 

The seasons have no effect on my modding. I mod whenever there is money in the bank...

 

I'm running out of affordable/practical mods. LOL. Guess I'll save up for something nice in the spring.

 

put on a ypipe.. cant hurt ya as for rims, i'm gonna wait until spring before I buy them

 

Isn't that what winter is for??? mod season? Who drives in the winter anyway?

 

 

I live in MA and i will be puttin my stocks back on for the winter. As for mods, i usually just start buying stuff and watching it slowly form a pile in my room and come spring i put all the goodies on!

 

don't forget.. you are hand polishing the intake manifold while i do the valve cover and timing chain cover..