Whats more important to you?

your cars performance or how your car looks

I'm spening over $2,000 on paint and exterior mods.....

And I drive an LO3, if that doesn't tell you my answer i don't know what does.....

BUT, I plan on doing performence mods, don't get me wrong, they will get done, but to me i rather have my car look good......

PERFORMANCE!

I'm not doing a thing to the exterior of my car until there's a hot 350 under the hood. I want to go fast!

The way I would love to make the perfect maro would be to put in a kick azz engine followed by all the appearance that way you dont risk messing anything up on the front end while putting in a the engine and tweaking with it. But for some reason I always end up doing all the appearance mods first.

I'm going with appearance, mainly cuz of the fact I'm a non racer. Don't get me wrong I still like going fast, otherwise I wouldn't have done any mods, even though they're nothing big. But I find myself more concerned with keeping my car clean inside and out, than trying to figure out what my HP numbers are.

apperance to me is my #1 thing...i spend hours just on cleaning the exterior part of my camaro...i cannot stand water spots or dust on my car...the very second it gets dirty im down at the car wash...and yes i hate this kind of weather cuz it makes the car look terrible...yeah people think im crazy but owell its just how i am...a neat freak...

I think it's unfair to post this in the Appearance board.

The appearance of my car is very important, but it's outweighed by the performance... appearance is up there though

Don't get me wrong, I never stop cleaning my car! She's always spotless. You will never see my car dirty, but I'm not concerned with changing what the exterior looks like.

The better looking your car is, more people challange you to see if your car is all show and no go.

Both are great to have....but...I'd have to go with apperance....unless your nothing but a drag car. I mean...most local speed limits are 55 here.....so.....it's not like you can have a drag race right down town....so why go fast?...the cops will eventually probably get you..... Although it is fun :O)......lets just say....at a car show....you don't have to prop your hood open......most look at the appearance...the paint... and the body....not so much towards the engine. Mine will have both when I'm done....so...I'll have the best of both worlds I guess

Thats a toughy, but id have to say performance. Theres nothing like spinnin the old BF's when you in the mood for some fun. But appearance is right up there too. For some, its all about looking good cruisin the streets.
Only way to go is to have both!!!:rockon:

Gotta have both.

Gotta have both.

i put both down for the simple point that i like it to look clean and pretty much stock. If the question were appearance mods or performance mods i would pick performance. apprearance is simply ipmortant to keep it looking like it is. i would only spend on aperearance 1st if it were a matanence issue.

Is it better to be slow and seen,
or be fast and not seen at all?

I'll take the later of the two, thank you.

There is one part of my car I need to keep looking good.

Tail lights baby!!!!!!! Tail lights!!!!!

"Beauty is only skin deep, but Power is through and through"

To me, more then anything, style is important. Would that qualify as appearance?

Unless I am driving a Rolls Royce or a Bentley, performance is far more important. In the case of my 2.8l Firebird, appearance is more important because I just cruize in it.

performance, i wash my car at least twice a week and keep it really clean, but as long as i have a clean car that can hold its own on the streets ill be good, its nice to have both but performance is first

Both.

-Schultzy

definately performance first cuz if it looks like a POS, but fast as a bat out of hell, then it will surprise a lot of peeps. Whereas if you have an awesome looking vehicle, people expect that since it looks fast...it must be fast.

Gota have both !

i say make the car look as fast as it goes!

Performance all the way. My car is stock on the outside. And, although I hate to admit it, more often dirty than clean.

But then again, I'm usually going too fast for anyone to get a good look at my car anyway. So, why would I care how it looks if no one is ever going to see it?

performance

what up pat, ide have to say performance is just a little more important to me, although just like camarogirl said, im also a neat freak when it comes ot my car. hey man march 1'st i get the beast out, telling you man we need to plan some kind of gatherning in a little while, later man

It must run/perform, or what is its point of looking good if its just gonna sit in your drive/garage.

I'm currently working on both. Doing some engine mods and have new 18" tire/wheel combo, all new weatherstripping and badges waiting to put on when I'm done with the engine.

hey whats up ron...my car is scheduled to go to the paint shop March 1st:lala:

Hopefully by late march early april i will have it put back together mayve we can plan somthing for then?

later pat

I ahve spent about $4,000 on my car since I got it and it is all primered, dented, the back hatch locking mechanism is busted, all 4 tires are a different brand, my interior is gutted, and my back bumper is cracked reallt bad...needless to say i am about PERFORMANCE first.

I just get a kick out of pulling up to a well done-up appreance car a blowing the doors off of it, because on the outside my car looks like a 100$ P.O.S!!(But underneath the hood...hehe)

For me, it's performance.
I'd rather have a decent looking fast car than a hot looking slow car.
Take my car for example,

They are both important. I would not want to drive a car that looks like absolute crap but was fast. On the other hand, I would not want a to drive a car that looks fast, but is slow. I want a decent looking car with performance. The paint on my front nose is cracking and I have a couple small dents. I have the money to fix all that, but instead I'm gonna get headers, an electric cutout, and I bought an LT1 intake. So I'd rather have a couple little things wrong appearance wise and have the performance

i like performance more than appearance, however, i want to have a nice looking and fast reliable daily driver.

I think a car should "look as good as it runs and run as good as it looks". Both are just as important to me. I will say I did all the performance work and got the bugs worked out a year or so before I painted it. You don't want to do that bass ackwards.

My ride https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/index...ew&rideid=9388

Isn't making a car look fast but the car really isn't what r!cers do? I say if you are going to make a car look fast have the power under the hood to back that appearance up. Otherwise your fast looking car will be getting beat by slow looking and performing cars.

I'm glad my car just looks good and not fast? OR does it. I like looks over power but thats cause I know how to do paint and body work more than building a killer engine.

i agree with 406 z

you can have appearance without performance............

YOU CANT HAVE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT APPEARANCE!!

noone wants to see a pos burn down the track, or blow by your, whoever has the phatest lookin car gets the chick in the end.. and gets all the respect from 90% of the world who dont know a thing about cars.... performance is for those who like the track, and not a daily driver cruise around, for those people its all about the "eye catcher"... having both is the best of course, but looks have to come first,

I dunno man having all performance and little apearance seams like it would be really fun to blow by some body kit car, I mean just to see the look on there face when the dented monster flys by! And the cars are not to get girls they are for you to enjoy. If a girl wants to be with you it should be because of who you are not what you drive. All though saying you have a trans am is a good concersation point lol.

Performance first....appearance later.....

Exactly that is what makes us diffrent from the R I C E R S.

I would of thought it would be embarrassing when a sweet looking ride gets smoked by ride that looks a little beat up. Man if I had a nickel for all those embarrassed r!ce boy faces when I beat their performance looking cars I would be rich I have nothing against making a car look nice but it shouldn't be the only thing that is done to the car. What is the fun of having a car that looks fast but gets beat by an 83 Civic?

Its sad when you feel you need a car to get girls.

I have to be honest. For the street I prefer appearance over performance its not cool to race on the streets and it will only get you in trouble. I've been through too much legal stuff already, and its just not worth it to go race by people who are doing the daily commute. On the other hand, It is cool (and mostly legal) to modify the appearance of your car to fit your tastes. You're not hurting anyone, and you get more looks. But there is a part in all of us that wants speed and power, so we must have it. Having a car for the track thats all about performance and not so much about looks is the way to go to fullfill the need. Who cares what it looks like, you push the car to the limit and you might end up crashing. And you dont get 'busted' for anything. So for me its a balance. I want both but its hard to go all out performance and appearance in one car. My plan was to get one for the track and go all out performance (90 RS), and one for the street and go moderate performance and all out appearance (91Z28). But now my priorities are mixed up and my street car has a blower and my track car has new GFX and a new paintjob soon. So I guess its both. hahahha

I'm working on both. My car doesn't look perfect, but it's pretty good. Currently however, it's not as fast as I want it to be. So, it's time for some bolt-on performance mods. I think performance and appearance are equally important.

I think if your car has good paint and a straight body, you should go for performance.

If your exterior is lacking, appearance mods are necessary to escape the stereotypical "trailer trash thirdgen"

If its clean, shiny, and basically all around nice, then its time to build yourself a motor.

I think fast junk looking thirdgens are stupid. I wouldnt want to be seen driving a rusted out camaro even if it ran 11's. They are ugly, and face it, any car you drive really is a status symbol.

Get your car back, and i 'll still smoke you ,even though your car looks better than mine Now....... I'll even hold off on the supercharger install till spring just to see the look on your face, and i'll still beat ya with no problem

performance is something that is truly appreciated by a select few... anyone can appreciate how good looking a car is... so for me ill go with performance

Got to have both in my book but I would say performance 51% and appearance 49%. It means a little more to me and I hate seeing some one spend $10k in appearance and then be sporting a 130hp V6.

That is sooo true with most import guys i know. They spend so much money on body kits and and cosmetics, and interior work and they still have a bone stock car that maybe sporting just an big muffler and possibly a cold air intake. I hate when import guys refer a cold air intake as a intake. I think of a intake as a intake manifold. But if you spend 10k in a camaro and still have stock v6, there is something wrong. When you think of camaro, you think of a muscle car IMO