Introduction

[Vain]

Hello all, This is the link to my first post on this site before I found this area, all the info about my car should be on there, I live in Montgomery. Currently me and my friends are setting up a street raceing division,
http://www.newcougar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=98117

[Moraki]

Welcome aboard .... i see your near Chicago... thats where most of the active LoL peeps are at. They are a fun bunch i tend to drop by a few times a year to hang out with them ;)

[Frosty]

Hey there, welcome :wave:

Montgomery is near Aurora, right?

[Vain]

Correct, most of the time me and my friends are in aurora, is right next to it i believe yup, http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Aurora,+IL

[Moraki]

Aurora ... while not only Wayne and Garth's hang out... is also the party home of Reagan. The disposed president of LoL.

[BigBalledOX]

You read that right kiddies, former president Ronald Reagan, now deceased, is a part of our humble little forum here.

[Aries]

Welcome man.. you gotta hang out with us sometime. we'll probably have a party at Reagan's house right there in Aurora sometime this summer... Where we can help you with any mods if you need any.

[bensenvill]

Welcome!
anyways, just some helpful advice, NECO does not advocate street racing, so becarefull what you say on the subject.

[MetallicaCougs]

did you buy that car with those cosmetic mods? I feel like I've seen that car on the boards before

[jaged]

welcome.

I remember that car, the guy that had it was complaing that the shop that painted the hood was supposed to be a green candy to show the CF and they just painted it IIRC

[Vain]

Thank you all, as for the raceing we do it on a legal track, just to test out new mods and other additons to the cars,

[Frosty]

Um, I'm pretty sure his avatar pic is just a pic of Y2Kat's car, not his.

[Vain]

No that is not my car, right now my cougar is all stock, minus the CAI. I will be moding it shortly. Tomarrow I am retooling my engine painting part of my car that was keyed, along with fixing up a firebird. Right now I am looking for mod kit for my car, just have not found one, with a nice hood

[jaged]

well if you want to make a trip to NW IN I autox all the timeand it would be great to get some more cougar competition. Our next event is Aug 20th

[Vain]

Ight, If work isn't a problem Ill be down.

[Phantom]

wow, I apparently missed my introduction. :)

You live right near me. I live near the intersection of Orchard and Indian Trail in Aurora.

Welcome to NECO. Hope to see you at some meets!

[Vain]

I live off Orchard on rt30

[Aries]

Party at Vain's house!

[Phantom]

I live off Orchard on rt30

Cool, just down the road from me then.

[BigBalledOX]

So we can TP Reagan's house and then get drunk at Vain's house! :thumbsup:

[Vain]

yea, um no, see my parents are very strict, in order for me to even mod my car while liveing in there house, I almost have to make an essay on what the part does, where it goes and how I intend to install it, oh and one of them are always home =(, but I have other places for all the partying

[HugNSmile1]

Welcome to IL NECO! I hope you enjoy your cougar as much as I do. Hopefully you will be able to go to CougarFest next year. It will give you lots of modding ideas!

[Vain]

Actually, If you could give me mod ideas that would be great, I have been trying to come up with some ideas for mods, for both performance and looks.

[Moraki]

GMK CAI ... easy essay... increases MPG by about 2 mpg. oh and it increases hp a bit .... but you dont have to tell your parents that part.

[Vain]

I already have a K&N Custom CAI. Other then that, its the only mod made to my car so every thing else is fair game

[Moraki]

you mean that god awful box around your air filter? i know they call that a CAI... but its not.

[bensenvill]

vain, you'll have to come to the next meet... I've been hiding mods from my parents for years, I can show you plenty of things you can do that they wont notice.

[Vain]

Ill be and the next meet, and there is no box around my filter

[Aries]

First mods (most simple) I did.. Intake, Short shifter, tail light covers, Clear side markers, painted dash, and a pioneer headunit. My first non-simple mods I did wer Exhaust, Coilovers, and Struts.. Non simple meaning I had issues with them because I didnt know how to handle rusted-on bolts. After those, followed 18" wheels, bodykit, reapholstered headliner and side panels, in/outside neons,then most recently, racing seats. Every one of those I did myself. Body kit didn't turn out so well (as everyone knows) because It kept scraping during potholes, speed bumps, and parking curbs, which eventually cracked it, and required duct tape to hold up.

My word of advice if you plan to do stuff yourself, is to have a backup car (just incase you need to run to the parts store), a decent set of the CORRECT tools (no standard sizes for this car!), and tons of patience. I have my times where I just wanted to finish the damn mod and it ends up looking like crap, or breaking in a few months just because I was too impatient do it right the first time. Just remember. once you start modding your car, it will never be the same. If you go out and examine the top show cars out there, you'll notice that they're far from factory-perfect. It's very difficult to get that kinda quality back once you start modifying things. I remember looking at CustomCougar's car when I helped him at HIN one year. He had the 2nd place show car in the country according to the National Custom Car Association. During end of the show, Crispy and I got in his car and started picking out every single flaw. There were TONS. thing were falling apart, paint was chipping, nothing was held on very sturdy, etc. This car was far from quality, but was still a great looking car. Here's a small pic from that day. (http://creativecompacts.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/Cougar.jpg)

ANYWAYS, I'm done ranting. Good luck with modding! It's addictive, and it's fun.

[Moraki]

humm i wanna see a picture :)

[Phantom]

I was reading your first paragraph, Brian, saying to myself "he's gotta mention the duct tape!" hahaha.

Yeah... once you start modding all hell breaks loose... but I'd like to think I've modified in a quality way. Less paint chips than my stock hood had to date, and most people ask me if it was a special edition and don't realize it was custom.

[bensenvill]

reagan, your one of the few people thats modded their car without leaving loose ends.

you start finding really odd stuff like today discovering that without the cruise control module installed, the horn wont work.

[Aries]

I know a loose end on Reagan's car! ::cough:: neons ::cough::

But Reagan's car really is one of the most cleanly modified, and VERY Clean!

[Aries]

humm i wanna see a picture :)

Of my car?

[jaged]

and then you get to the point where you buy a second coug thats all ready modded, and you mod it some more. We all spend lots of money on mods, well most of us anyway. Some people just leave them stock, smash them, then buy another one

[Moraki]

bah ive seen your car ;p i wanted pics of his intake.

[Badazzcougar]

Is there still a drinking party at Vains house:confused: :rofl: