The Popularity Of Car Tuning has led to the rise of movies with tuner cars in them. Most notably are the movies :

• The Fast and The Furious
  • Mitsubishi Eclipse
  • Toyota Supra (2JZ-GTE)
• 2 Fast 2 Furious
  • Nissan Skyline GT-R(BNR34)
  • Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Street Options
• The Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift
  •  Ford Mustang Fastback
  • Veilside ‘94Mazda RX-7

Even in gaming can see the car tuning culture rising and gaining popularity as you can see from these lists of game that I have played and liked.

• Need for Speed series by EA have dedicated several releases of their long Need for Speed series to Tuner racing scenes. Starting with the Need For Speed Underground, they have maintained their attention to tuners and their unique way of modification.

• Juiced series have been always about the tuners and import scenes from the beginning of the series in 2005.

• Street Racing Syndicate was also a very famous game that only featured tuners.

And With that note, we also have the urge to make our cars look nice and unique, but we still have to keep in mind that our pockets and wallets are not that deep. That’s why tuner cars are so popular.

It can be expensive to maintain a car. While some of us may choose to ignore or at least postpone repairing minor troubles, there are some problems that should never be disregarded. Here are the top 5:

1. Brakes – common sense tells us that the no. 1 safety item on your car is the braking system. If your pads are worn down, or your hydraulic system is leaking, fix it immediately.

2. Oil – change your motor oil and transmission oil to help prolong the life of your engine and save you from a costly transmission overhaul.

3. Timing belts – a failure on timing belts can ruin your engine.

4. steering – a worn-out steering system can cause your tires to wear out fast, and is a driving hazard.

5. water pumps – once you hear a humming sound, that is an indicator that the internal bearing is going bad, and should be replaced.

The Popularity of Tuner Cars is the basis for this Blog Thanks for Visiting.

Now A tuner car, is what we call an import, which is a sporty, economical and a very practical car that is built for the purpose of daily usage, decent gas mileage and comfort, but has the potential of being a high performance car, which requires engine modifications. That’s what sets it apart from other High performance cars or sports cars, is that anyone can buy a tuner car and unleash its true potential.

Tuners differ from sports cars in many different areas such as price, engine displacement, horsepower and many other factors. They also differ from typical sedans or SUV import cars; they are lighter, faster and have better handling.

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In the 1970s and 80s Japanese motor companies produced many popular performance cars and performance versions of existing cars. However, many of these were never exported beyond Asia. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, “grey imports” of Japanese performance cars became abundant in Western Europe and North America, such as the Toyota Supra. Many factors, such as parts being interchangeable, the low cost of obtaining a used imported car, and networking and e-commerce via the Internet all allowed the expansion of the practice of modifying a low-cost compact car. In the United States, this was in direct contrast to the domestic car production around the same time, where there was little widespread performance aftermarket for domestic compact and economy cars. In the United States, the focus was instead on sports cars such as the Ford Mustang or Chevrolet Corvette, or on classic muscle cars.
Because of their light weight and the increasing availability of low-cost tuning equipment, economy cars and compact cars exhibit high performance, at a relatively low cost in comparison to dedicated sports cars. As professional sporting and racing with such vehicles increased, so did more recreational use of these vehicles. Drivers with little or no automotive, mechanical, or racing experience would modify their vehicles to emulate the more impressive versions of racing vehicles with mixed results. A few detailed examples are below, but the most pointed out instances are aerodynamic attachments to a car, or loud exhaust systems.
The major reason of the rise of this class of automobiles into racing scenes was the Rallying competitions, where highly modified tuners race against each others times in twisty roads. This can be seen in today’s tuner culture very easily. Roof scoops, gigantic spoilers and drifting all seem to be derived from Rallying.

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