How To Customize Your Car

Autos & TrucksMaintenance

  • Author Mary Ann
  • Published November 8, 2008
  • Word count 551

Among people who like cars are people who like to be different and look unique. These people would go about customizing their cars to achieve that effect. With a car that is customized to your needs, you can be sure that you will love your car more. There's also the added bonus of a car that looks and feels your way and geared for high performance.

You will be focusing on two things to customize your car: its performance and its visual look and feel.

The first is the performance of your car. What is needed is to check the parts of your car that can be enhanced, which includes the engine, exhaust, and others. You can do many things to upgrade the performance of your car. What is important, though, is how to go about it.

It is better to have a skilled mechanic work on your car if you have no idea how to the upgrades. A lot of wrenching and tweaking is involved in the processes. The engine, for example, needs a lot of work. You can increase its horsepower by working with the turbo or cutting down on the engine temperature with the headers.

Other general upgrades you can do for your car would be to get a new transmission to aid with the acceleration ratio. You should also take care of the gearbox as it is very important in helping with the all-around performance of your car. It maintains fuel management, and checks over the changes of your engine. Adding suspensions are recommended to help you drive more smoothly, providing you tune your car correctly. Other notable upgrades are the exhaust system and the nitrous oxide purge system (NOS).

For the visual upgrades, start with the exterior. The body of the car would be the first thing that you'll be itching to improve. Get yourself a body kit that is most compatible to your car in both function and style. Almost always a body kit that will help direct air is preferred. After you have chosen the right body kit for your car, you can choose the paint for it. Choose the paint that you like, and is pleasing to other people despite the fact that not everyone will like it.

After the body kit and the paint, you can have your choices of spoiler and exterior features. The spoilers are needed to direct air over the trunk or back draft of your car. You can add optional features to your car, but make sure not to overdo it. More importantly, the functions of the visual upgrades should carry out well with the performance upgrades.

Interior improvements usually focuses on the seats of the car, the gauges, switches, sound system, etc. Additional gauges for the nitrous, turbo, temperature, and oil are great additions. Checking with the seats is also important for comfortability. Always make sure that there are seat belts, too. You can also change or have a customized steering wheel.

You can basically do any kind of upgrades on your car, providing they are compatible with it (and they all usually are). It will be your choice on what to do with your car and how to go about the upgrades, but, again, it is better to get a mechanic's help to customize your car.

The author of this article is currently working on High Performance Custom Engine. Feel free to contact her at keywriterm@gmail.com for any inquiries or concerns.

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