- Perfect car builds,
they just don't exist.
I mean according to the internet
there's no such thing as a perfect car build.
And people don't just wanna tell you
that it's not their cup of tea,
they wanna make sure that you know that you're wrong.
Like, you could have a Bugatti
and they'd be like, betcha a Supra could do the same thing
with 20,000 mods.
Like, you could have the perfect S14
and people would complain
that it ain't got enough horsepower.
If you got an NSX it ain't a Ferrari,
if you got a Ferrari, it ain't an NSX.
All right, people are just ridiculous sometimes
because they are stuck at home.
But when it comes down to perfecting a car build
and of course doing it for yourself
and not for others,
there's a couple two, three things you could do
to make it look like mwah.
Just better.
Like macaroni and cheese pizza when you're super drunk
on a Tuesday at 2 in the morning.
Maybe not a Tuesday because that's frowned upon now
with everybody going back to work.
Or they be like the perfect Funfetti cupcakes.
I'm Alex.Fi on Instagram
and today we're gonna be chit-chat-a-lackin'
about some of the small things you can do
to make your car build just perfect.
And of course if you're looking for after marker wheels,
tires or suspension,
be sure to hit us up over at fitmentindustries.com
where we literally have it all.
I have a sleepy in my eyeball and it hurts.
And I'm about to be sent to another dimension.
There are stars.
Oh that makes me so concerned.
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you know like wheels, tires, suspension, BC coils.
I mean, yeah.
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Tip numero uno.
Okay, listen up, this is a good one.
This is one I learned the hard way.
It's pretty actually, it's pretty sweet.
If you're looking to perfect your build,
start with your glass, okay?
Windows, headlights, taillights,
almost always seem to be a missed opportunity
to clean up your build because I don't know why
but we just sometimes forget about it.
Restored headlights and restored taillights,
windshields and all that good stuff
are huge for your build
and clean up the overall look of your car completely.
I have not don't that yet
and it irks me every day.
Clear coating, ceramic coating and all that good stuff
will tie your build together,
especially when you have clean, blocky taillights.
Because there's nothing better
than having super clean headlights
and Lexis LS 400s take the cake
in terms of restored headlights
'cause they just are so big, they're so beautiful,
they're so clear, they're so blocky.
Honestly though, clean up your glass,
it looks insane, it looks great in photos.
Clean up your headlights,
it makes the car look new.
It's like the number one thing
that'll make your car dated is having bad headlights.
Another good way to perfect that good, old dirty build
is honestly
now hear me out,
I know this is gonna sound simple but it's not, okay?
It's gonna find out what doesn't match on your car.
If you're going with a Batman theme
you're probably gonna have some black,
maybe some gray, okay, on there
and then you're gonna have some maybe
a little pop of color somewhere else,
maybe the calipers, awesome.
But if you got pink dice in the rear-view mirror,
chrome lug nuts, you got purple valve stem caps
and this weird, like, phallic-looking shift knob,
a red steering wheel and spray-painted side panels,
we're gonna wanna maybe calm that down
a couple two, three minutes.
They have things called color pallets
and if you're looking to actually dial in a car build
and if you're trying to wonder why
something may not be feeling
like it's all the way there yet,
take a look at your color pallet of your car.
You should be able to break it down
between three to five colors on the car
that all fall within each other
with maybe one or two accents.
It's all a constant theme or color
throughout your build,
which will actually help keep the consistency.
Which I know plenty of popular builds follow
if you go out there and look at a couple of them.
Now keeping that theme,
even the type of carbon weave can make a difference
if you're really looking to get dialed in.
Having things like a 1x1 weave throughout the whole car
will look super clean
and actually almost give it like an OE factory look.
And if you carry that 1x1 weave from the front of your car
all the way to the back of your car,
it will look absolutely intense.
Now if you don't do that
it ends up looking like this
and then you gotta figure out parts
to get that done, all right?
You'll see plenty of builds
that even take quite a bit of time.
TJ Hunt's RX7 is probably one of the best examples
of detail for purpose in a build.
Everything about that car is extremely well done.
But TJ Hunt also has, you know,
like a lot of people that can help get those parts.
Especially the rare ones or difficult ones
to get a hold of
and we may not have access to those same things.
If you're trying to do
the same kind of styling or quality styling
while on a budget, it actually isn't too difficult.
Keep your painting, your assembly, your powder coating,
et cetera, all that stuff, do it all at one time.
Powder coat is weird and so is painting with spray cans
and plasty dip when you do it all,
it just, it can get a little weird.
But when you do it all at once,
you end up having less variance in the outcome
in how all those parts look.
It's like a super easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy way
to keep a consistent color, flake and style
to all those little parts that you end up modifying.
Now, obviously people tend to hate on spray paint
but there have been plenty of things that I've spray-painted
or used in terms of a paint shop that came in a can
that ended up looking really good
and then you just do it all at once
so you have the same consistency
because once you have to mix another can
sometimes that consistency can go away.
Another great way to perfect the good, old buildsky
is to find whatever the (beeping) is making that noise
when you turn right and get rid of it, okay?
This usually happens with like squeaky steering rack,
loose suspension component or worn bushings, okay?
You can have a banging car
but it's super weird when you pull up
and it sounds like a box of bolts rattling around.
The only vehicle out there in the world
that can sound like a box of bolts
just shaking around all the time and it being okay
is a Ducati, okay?
And that's a motorcycle,
that ain't even a car.
All day.
Also if you're running static,
go to a paint shop, get a spray can,
maybe a little nail, if they have a little nail bottle,
you know what I'm talking about?
Or whatever they call it, I don't know,
I'd have to ask my wife.
And keep it in your car.
Static cars look banging,
but the poor front bumpers look like
they got bullied in High School.
Keeping a little backup amount of paint
to fix those small scratches will inevitably just make
everything look nicer.
Especially on the underside of the car
where most people don't look,
but if you actually take a picture,
especially from the down up,
you'll see all the scratches.
Just having a little thing, temporary paint,
keeps it sharp all the time.
And it looks pretty good, you never know.
And last but not least
are honestly, I'll say it once,
if I said it once, I've said it 1000 times,
plastics, okay?
Totally worth replacing or restoring if you can.
On top of that, gaskets and plastics
are huge for making the build finally look new,
especially when it's window gaskets.
Window gaskets are like the weirdest thing to modify.
They're the weirdest thing to rebuy
because nobody really thinks about their gaskets.
And there's nothing better
than having true black gaskets around tinted windows
instead of that old, dried, aged, weird-looking,
probably smells like home-school lunch,
it's just not good, okay?
Just don't do it.
Unfortunately plastic and gaskets
aren't actually that cheap.
Pretty much ever, they just never are.
Which is why most people don't end up doing it,
but if you are looking to truly dial in the car
to its final Ts and having the dotted Is,
it's definitely worth doing
especially on an older car.
Those frames, the windows,
all that stuff with clean gaskets
make the car look fresh.
Perfecting a car build comes down to combining
both the looks the car came with when new,
like the glass and the gaskets and all that sort of stuff
with the modifications that make the car yours,
like wheels and tires, suspension,
your new intakes, your exhaust,
your pieces, your trim, your carbon,
all that sort of good stuff.
And how much you can make all of that blend together
into one uniform look
is usually what's gonna give you
sometimes one of the best-looking builds out there.
Now, if you actually want to do that,
that is entirely up to you.
But what do you think is one thing
that makes your car build perfect?
Let us know below and of course if you're looking
for after market wheels, tires or suspension,
be sure to hit us up over at fitmentindustries.com.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries,
we will see you later.
Goodbye.
Oh my back, goodbye.