Mods you regret doing..

[Dimik]

What are the mods you wish you never done to your car? there must be some, come on let's hear them!

[LatinDragonXJC]

Dunno if I regret it yet, but this weekend I started the process of debadging. Started off with the TOYOTA, followed the instructions on here, but last minute I forgot the goo one, my brother told me use an eraser to get the left over. The eraser didn't leave a nice mark, but I won't jump to conclusion about fudging up my paint until I wash and wax her.

[ICrazyChrisI]

Half-assing it the first time. Went thru set after set of wannabe HIDs before getting the real deal, putting on groundcontrol coilovers, then tokico/eibach, THEN jic flt-a1s, getting a vis carbon fiber hood, and not taking the tint sample outside to see how it'd look on the car (the sample looked very different under indoor lighting)..

[ThatVietGuy]

I've only done two mods, so there's nothing YET

[SpeedSTARs]

I would have to say the CATZ Zeta HID system. It wasn't really a HID unit. It kept blowing out the H4 bulbs. This in turn became a costly lighting experience!

Colored bulbs that claim HID like performance, which really reduced night visibility.

Power Slot Rotors are for sure the worst rotors I've ever bought. They were 30% heavier than the factory rotors and they chewed up any pad it came in contact with it. They also loosened up the lugs on my rims (due to the slots vibrating them lose). If these rotors are used the factory torque spec are not adequate. You will need at least 95-100lbs of foot torque to keep those wheels on.

Rod Millen RMM intake system- This is one flimsy unit. It had one blot holding the assembly to the fuel filter bracket and at times it wigged forward and aft jarring loses the cone filter/ velocity stack. When the unit would move around the engine bay the filter would sometimes come close to exhaust manifold. This in turn caused the K&N filter to develop crack on the rubber cuppling to the RMM velocity stack. This is one POS product. I ended up going back to the 3” Akimoto intake pipe with the APEXI cone filter. At least the RSA unit was stationary to the inner fender. It mounted to the existing stock air box location where it was flat and not mounted in the Y-direction (forward and aft of vehicle).

Well these are some of my bad experience with some of the after market products out there. Hopefully some of ya will learn from my mistake.

[bassthrive]

doing engine mods. the only engine mod worth doing is forced induction. everything else gives minimal gains and is solely eye/ear candy.

sometimes i regret buying rims and suspension when going over crappy roads and speed bumps.

[Smoothro]

I most definitely regret getting lowering springs without the struts, the ride is terrible. I wish that I had gotten both at the same time so that I could save on the labor cost. But then again, I had a VERY bad experience with the installer , so I wouldn't have wanted to give him any extra money...

[Sap Z]

my sirius radio...cuz they cut down on the number of music chanels recently..n they play the same freakin songs over n over

cost - $200 plus $13 every month.

[SC V6]

I'd have to say, buying the TT Maf and I never installed, and no one wants it now, so I basically invested in a $250 cool looking sensor

ANYONE WANT IT!?!?! Never been installed

[x0swtextacy0x]

hmm...i didnt really do any mods...unless shaving counts. but i dont regret that

[SleeperSolara]

Man nothin' here.
Homie wants to put my TEIN springs on wit stock struts......... Um hell no. Don't want to blow them.
Everythin' good, except for wreck.

[ClassySolaraGuy]

Only mods I have done to my Solara is take off the front license plate...LOL! I don't think shaving counts either!

[xavier]

Mine would be trying to backlight my guages with neon wire, then a crap load of led's and now im gonna just get some reverse glow guage overlays if I can find them in manny tranny

[Jai_Jai_Binks]

Solara - regrets, selling my konig rims to a fella member here...
Camry - TRD strut bar, should have got a $20 bar from ebay and used the difference for trd rsb.

[BradOwens]

i regret doing neons inside the car...but i love the leds i have in there now. i also regret getting just 1 10" sub to start with but now i have 2 10"s and it sounds great. other than tht nothing really