What Was Your First Custom Addition?

We’ve all been there, maybe we were younger (maybe some of us are still kind of young), maybe it was our first car, and maybe we didn’t quite know what we were doing. But that first custom addition is something that we’ll always remember. It could be as trivial as something like a strip of chrome trim or something more substantial, like a new exhaust tip. Younger drivers seem to be more into looks than performance, but that changes once they discover their car has a little bit of giddyup to it and then next thing you know, they start throwing on headers, changing out flywheels, and getting short-shifters. Custom appetites seem to change pretty quickly.

My first was a new exhaust tip for a 1990 Pontiac Grand Am in 1997. It was my first car and that thing could move a little bit. It was only a 2.5 four cylinder, maybe good for 100+ horses, but it felt like it could move, so I wanted it to look like it could. That exhaust tip (from a company no longer around) didn’t even add any depth to the sound, but it felt good knowing it was there.

Now, many of us are wise to the industry and know what kind of modifications really make a difference, but what about your first? What was your first custom experience? What do you remember?

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