Hey folks, I'm about to take a step towards another mod and I got to thinking, who did everybody else's mods? Did you do your own mods or did you pay someone to do them for you? What was modified? What was the charge (if applicable)? I'm curious to see how many DIY's we have in here and how many aren't.

 

there are only two shops in the world that will ever touch my car AutoWerks custom body and paint, and Autofashion in san diego past that its all my hands

 

every mod on my car is done by myself, coilovers, catback, audio stuff, and everything. i won't pay someone else for jacked up labor costs when i can just do it myself. plus, i have SL helping me out

 

Depends on the mod to be done and it's level of difficulty. Majority of the time myself + friends can accomplish it.

 

Did my intake myself, when I get my exhaust ill prolly pay someone though.

 

hmm.. mostly myself... then a few that friends helped out on.

 

why pay someone for exhaust install? it's simple and straightfoward

 

i get my stuff done for cheap..but i mainly did all my mods + with a little help from friends... springs where hard but wouldnt do it again..intake will be next..ill do myself... but the exhaust ill get my boy to do it for cheap just cuz i want a "professional" look to it haha

 

everything from the paint to the motor moddifications were done by me in my garage/shop as for looking professional, it is about the attention to detail, and the 15 years of modding i have in my backround.

 

how can an exhaust look "professional"? you just bolt it on and put it on the hangers. it'll look the same no matter who bolts it on

 

the only thing i didn't do were my springs. i will say that EVERYTHING that i modded that i'd never done before was helped out tremendously by these excellent DIY tech articles on scionlife.

 

well most exhaust that arent axel back come out the side..like the megan and the zpi for example..once i get my megan exhaust im going to get it to come out striaght not ****-eyed

 

You never know some people dont have the patience and hang it wrong, i have seen it here.......burned bumpers etc.

 

Pretty much did them myself. With some help from Kilo6_one and Stylis here on scionlife.

 

i would think someone working on their OWN car would take the time and install it correctly.

 

^^ you would think, but then you see those "pep-boys" wonders on the street.

 

those are a result of bad taste and uneducated minds, but not because they don't love their cars...i feel bad for those cars

 

That's funny, I'd think a CAI is harder to install than an exhaust...

 

I install everything myself and with Scinergy friends, thanks are to Gortok, Rabid_Lemming, and Batjew. The only thing that I'm not so sure I want to do is the lip spoiler. I suck at all things paint-related (I know I won't have to) and I'm no ace at drilling, so I might just take a slight hit to my boasting ability and have a pro drill holes in my car.

 

window tint and springs are the only things that i've paid someone to do for me. everything else i or friends and i have done.