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Originally Posted by daftpunk
Congrats on your new car and taking a dive into the tuning scene!
The car hobby is very rewarding and there's nothing like sitting back and appreciating your build as it comes along. The best way to learn is to jump right into it and get your hands dirty. Determine goals for your car, based on what you want it to be able to do. Research a lot and try to do as much of the work as you feel confident doing. Be thorough and persistant, and always do the adequate research before doing or buying anything.
It's gonna be frustrating at times. When you tinker with cars, things always seem to go wrong even with the simplest tasks (i.e. Replacing my mudflap...turns out a bracket was bent and ruined the thread on the screw, ended up spending an hour trying to fix it) but don't be discouraged!
Don't do everything all at once.. take your time to thoroughly enjoy each mod that you do. It's much more satisfying that way. All in all, it's gonna be a fun ride =)
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See I'm scared of doing things myself as I've never touched anything other than changing a tire. I KNOW a little about cars, but I've always been nervous to touch anything. I have this weird brain tick where I just don't want to move anything from where it was because then I will always be conscious if I put it back correctly, if it's tightened enough, etc.
I also don't trust a lot of mechanics down here either, I don't even know where any performance tuning centers in Miami are located. I've looked but they all seem to work on Euro's like Mercedes, BMW, etc.
It is frustrating, I just want to take my car to HKS in Japan then get it back a month later lol. Can I just do that?!
