Like my slogan says...Remember YOU have to drive it. Each entitled to his or her own opinion.
This is actually my first import project. To be honest, if it weren't a show car, I would have done lots of things different, as well. As I said, its designed to get noticed.
We also have a real clean Escalade with a modest audio / video system (ok, the video isn't so modest...it has a 27" TV that motorizes out of the back seat), a flat black 94 Caprice with shaved handles and flames, and a 1991 Corvette ZR-1 that looks almost stock, but sports over 500 NA no spray HP. So, I can go lots of different directions with a car.
Just to clarify, we did all the work in house, but I'm not really ready to offer all of these services to the general public. I think I'll leave SR swaps and upgrades to Casey at XAT. Its not a bad job, but he's better equiped than I am to do it. Paint is also something I need to get better at before I do someone elses car. This is only the second car I've ever painted.
What we're pretty good at is anything electronic, and I really like doing little things that make a car trick. For example, this car does not have a typical ignition key or lock cylinder. I used a lighted ignition switch in combination with a one wire microchip electronic module. I've got what looks like a watch battery on my keychain that you touch to a sensor on the dash to enable the starter.
Again, thanks for the comments, good and bad.
Toby
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Toby Johnson
BlackDog Racing
BlackDog Speed Shop
Lincolnshire, IL