Man gold-plates porsche. Cool?

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[QUOTE=MacTech]
Cool? no.

Stupid? YES!

IMHO ANY cosmetic mods are stupid, useless, and pointless, moreso if they’re done to a poor, defenseless sports car

I’m a fan of the Sleeper concept, any and all mods should be performance mods, underhood/suspension mods that improve the vehicle’s performance, keep the exterior as bone-stock appearing as possible
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Like this?

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[QUOTE=Charlie Tan]
Oohhh, shiny!

Though I’d hate to meet that car on a bright and sunny day.
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Yeah, me too. I even wonder about the legality of such a thing in some states. It’d be like driving behind a giant mirror reflecting the Sun into your face.

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[QUOTE=MacTech]
I’m a fan of the Sleeper concept, any and all mods should be performance mods, underhood/suspension mods that improve the vehicle’s performance, keep the exterior as bone-stock appearing as possible
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The ultimate sleeper?

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Nope. Draws too much attention. The ultimate sleeper circa 2008? Camry. Circa 1998? Taurus.

Three years old, dull in color, and faster than a JATO powered goat.

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[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher]
The ultimate sleeper?
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Remove the stickers on the rear window, and find a way to disguise the Recaro racing seat, then, yes, as it stands now, I’d say it’s bordering on no, as far as “sleeper” goes

stealth is key with a sleeper, it should have no external cues or hints of modification, it needs to look as close to bone stock as possible

that Karmann is a very nice car, for sure, but loses sleeper points for the stickers and undisguised racing seat, the seat I’m willing to give a pass on though, but the stickers gotta’ go…

If I was to mod my Ion, I’d install the GM Performance Supercharger, replace the shocks, struts, and swaybars with performance pieces, put in a hotter set of cams, Cold Air Intake, a free-er flowing exhaust system, and stickier rubber on all four corners, the exterior of the car would remain unchanged, it’d look just like the myriad other bone-stock Ion Level 2’s out there, mundane, boring, and utilitarian…

until I turned the key and brought the engine to life…

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Now, THIS is ALMOSTa sleeper, lose the fancy rims and stickers and we’d have a true Sleeper

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[QUOTE=MacTech]
that Karmann is a very nice car, for sure, but loses sleeper points for the stickers and undisguised racing seat, the seat I’m willing to give a pass on though, but the stickers gotta’ go…
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I wasn’t able to watch much of the video, YouTube acting up, and had no idea about those.