Being original and doin your own thing....

Is it ever actually possible? lol....

sometimes you wonder if its a strive to make your own identity or to distance yourself from the masses of standard cars.

And from my point of view,it kinda encompasses both of those aspects.But inevitably as soon as you come up with an idea or use a certain part,its gone.Vanished into common place modding and forgotten.

As far as i can see i have had the first set of 19" DOTZ roadsters fitted and ive seen one set of 18's since but apprently there now 'common'!!

Yeah that will be as common as Tomason's then? lol

It really doesnt matter what you go for,if its working and it strikes a chord,then you can pretty much tick it off as a consumed mod amongst the masses.
Its both a compliment and a small kick in the pants but hey,you did it to stand out and if it means you have found a like minded crowd,then thats not a bad thing is it?

The only way of making mods very unique to to price them out of the general market for the next guy to think 'ill tackle this on the weekend'.

But then its another can of worms spending beyond your overall project budget.
So then lastly its exposure.And this is one area im good at cos making a name for yourself for better or worse is still exposure for what you are doing.

Im a big believer in projects succeeding thru self publication and PR across the forums and shows,mags and assorted galleries online.

Proof in the pudding of which ive seen time and time again,is people spending 1000's upon 1000's and it striking a minor chord of 'wow' thats impressive but it doesnt have a home based feel of struggle,cost and achievement about it.

But if you spend a lot of time being excited about what you do,and let people in on it and share the base experience,then you can quickly drum up a lot of respect and admiration for a simple low cost project cos you believe in it.

So therefore everyone else will.

I dont think that cheque book cars suffer completely with it i just think largely so and again only cos the distance a car like this drives between creator and community because it lacks working class every day realism and feel.

I have sworn to myself that if i ever did win the lotto!! lol,id set up a range of wheels and parts from all the ideas i cant flesh out with my own cash.spooj branded aftermarket stuff thats all limited run specialised application.

you could even offer a designer package where i would enlist the help of a very good CAD designer and bring full start to finish packages together ala Chip Foose...

just removing the foose and bringing on the spooj pmsl....yea right