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post Feb 26, 2009 - 12:55 PM
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So a buddy and I were having a somewhat heated discussion of what he should do with his G35 and it pretty much came down to this: when building your car, would you rather give it bold looks (body kit, rims, etc) and sacrifice some performance or make the car a sleeper (all performance, pretty much stock looks). This can apply to any kind of car/bike, not just Celicas.

I personally prefer the sleeper. Get a good quiet exhaust, suspension setup, keep stock rims with some good tires, do whatever to the motor you want to do, and blow the doors off any un-suspecting opponent.

My favorite sleeper I've come across was an old POS VW hatch. It was an 80's something, brown and rusty, sounded like ****, running on steelies. He blew the doors off my Mustang, and my friend and I were just like "wtf." Turns out he pretty much had a swap from a newer VW GTi with a bigger turbo, downpipe, engine management, etc and had drilled a bunch of holes in the muffler and exhaust to make it sound like he was just running with an old rusty exhaust.


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post Feb 26, 2009 - 3:06 PM
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from what i understand the meaning of a sleeper is, something that appears to be stock or doesnt seem to have any performance mods on it. and the only way you would know is by looking under the hood or getting blown away by it.


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- blu94gt   Bold looks or sleeper?   Feb 26, 2009 - 12:55 PM
- - 96bluevert   That's really just a personaly preference. Nor...   Feb 26, 2009 - 1:04 PM
- - jcaron9gt4   I don't like either. I prefer a nicely built ...   Feb 26, 2009 - 1:26 PM
- - lagos   If the car is a POS that goes fast, then make it a...   Feb 26, 2009 - 2:04 PM
- - Akirad1   sleepers are cool. but like jcaron said i like fun...   Feb 26, 2009 - 2:19 PM
|- - blu94gt   QUOTE (Akirad1 @ Feb 26, 2009 - 1:19...   Feb 26, 2009 - 2:58 PM
- - xs94st   Sleeper all the way. The only thing that shouldn...   Feb 26, 2009 - 2:48 PM
- - jcaron9gt4   It's dependent on the car I think. With a G35...   Feb 26, 2009 - 3:04 PM
- - Akirad1   from what i understand the meaning of a sleeper is...   Feb 26, 2009 - 3:06 PM
- - Consynx   Sleeper is fun, but it gets real old having everyo...   Feb 26, 2009 - 3:13 PM
- - Random_Stranger   I prefer the bold look, because I get the attentio...   Feb 26, 2009 - 3:51 PM
- - playr158   QUOTE (Random_Stranger @ Feb 26, 2009 - ...   Feb 26, 2009 - 5:02 PM
- - 95CelicaST   When I owned a celica I was into bold, but bold ge...   Feb 26, 2009 - 7:09 PM
|- - blu94gt   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Feb 26, 2009 - 6...   Feb 26, 2009 - 10:26 PM
- - jcaron9gt4   Does WRX and sleeper go together lol?   Feb 26, 2009 - 7:23 PM
- - richee3   Sleeper. Hands down. No matter what car it is, a s...   Feb 26, 2009 - 7:26 PM
- - Stambo   For example i'm planning to just patch my exte...   Feb 26, 2009 - 7:53 PM
- - Malek   YESS! I love this question!! I used to...   Feb 26, 2009 - 8:47 PM
- - Fastbird   I like a good combination of both. Certain aesthe...   Feb 26, 2009 - 10:29 PM
- - 92-gt   I like a nice combination. I like the car to have...   Feb 26, 2009 - 10:40 PM
- - ej8ferio702   Sleeper for the win! G35s have a good potentia...   Feb 26, 2009 - 11:51 PM
- - Random_Stranger   I am just going to tell you guys this. There is a...   Feb 27, 2009 - 1:13 AM
- - axelrduvirage   my CeliPig, as is, on the outside with a V6 swap.....   Feb 27, 2009 - 7:34 AM
- - playr158   QUOTE (jcaron9gt4 @ Feb 26, 2009 - 7...   Feb 27, 2009 - 7:46 AM
- - richee3   I agree with Faust. There's a huge difference ...   Feb 27, 2009 - 10:51 AM


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