just another static truck in the making

[notsolow]

ok...jeff you need to listen to what these guys are saying. You just said that you do not have the same experience, so learn and soak up everything they tell you like a sponge. they are here to help when you have a serious question. if you have a thought about a style or direction you might want to go, then research it and see what you think about it, then do research about how much it would cost and try to take your research and file it into something that you like and then make it fit your style or direction.

I was in the same boat as you when I was that age. I knew very little, wanted to learn, and was in a position that did not merritt itself to the stance community. So I read magazines till early in the morning, I searched threads like this, I researched how to do the things I wanted to do, but I asked very few questions for fear of this exact thing happening.

MommysLittleMonster...this is what happens in small towns like we live in. I happens with all the kids trying to do something to their car. This is why i rarely respect the kids in my town. Its all about drag racing and lifted trucks, and there is very little to draw inspiration from.

With that being said, Jeff I think that you need to focus on saving money and trying to do more research instead of bumping this thread sooooooo much. its not going anywhere and when you do have a big update it will be that much better to see that people care about the big update you have.

[Belvader]

Thanks man, I truthfully couldn't have worded it any better but I think that's also the American education system kicking in but again thanks dude

[rice4life]

Everyone needs to take a break here for a bit.


Belvader feels that his truck has made some progress and he wants to share it with us. Sometimes he has no where to go for inspiration but here, so he asks us what should change.

When I was in freshman year, I was dreaming about a championship white B16b powered EK9, and torn down my first engine(b18a from a DA) in that class. I was dreaming honda, but I couldn't afford it, and wasn't allowed to have a car. Belvader is in freshman year, and he has his truck, like I wanted my honda, but he actually owns it, it's his. Some kids get brand new BMW's or Mercedes, but that doesn't matter, he has a truck he likes and he is making his own. To him I bet he would rather have this truck than a new car.

Let him do his thing. He is 15 and in a not so stance friendly place, so what if he has questions to ask. I guess you can say that the owner changes with the car(or truck in this case). The truck is shaping him as he shapes it, so wouldn't he be being built as well with the truck?

Does anyone remember Kaidotech? He was another member who was driven off by people giving him a hard time for his small updates and asking for peoples opinions. He was proud of his work, but people basically told him to piss off because they aren't expensive updates and they were far and few between. It seems that this forum feeds on the high budget "i can spend more money than my car is worth on wheels", rather than the "I am broke and I will work with what I have" kind of guys.

Sorry for my rant, hope you guys see what I mean.

[Belvader]

If you're 15 and in highschool, then focus on school and not bumping a thread on Stance|Works. No one cares how old you are, we're not going to baby you just because "life is hard and I'm in highschool!". Wait until you get older, and have bills to pay and responsibilities. Then you know the hardships of building anything besides debt.

I guess this is the point I'm getting at: If you don't have any big changes or updates worth noting, then just save it. Don't post. Wait until you have a meaningful post to share with everyone instead of spamming photos of an unchanged truck. People will praise you and give input as needed, instead of doing what I'm doing right now: schooling you in Meaningful Threads 101.

So what if your thread falls back a few pages? Bump it when you're ready. I have a build thread on here that hasn't been touched in months, because I'm not posting until I have something people may care to see.



I can't be more positive when I say to you: you have a solid platform. You're kind of on the right track, you just need to do a little research and pick your moves wisely and without input from others. If I asked an opinion every time I changed something on my Prelude, it wouldn't have ever happened.

thank you, and im not asking for people to baby me because of my age i just wanted you to understand why im in the position im in. and when i'm making a's, b's, and c's at worst in school i don't feel the need to concentrate on school alone. i am making it perfectly fine how i am and put yourself in my shoes for a second if you were this young and you had people saying nice ride and you thought you had a pretty decent set up wouldn't you be excited for the next chance on getting something done to your vehicle? and then being able to show off what you did. it's not only a hobby to me it's my life this is the only thing that i ever think about then when something is new about it i like for you guys to see because except for the couple guys in my town with nice rides like 'notsolow' it's just rednecks with their lifted trucks and shit calling your ride a fucking ricer so it's nice having stance works as a place where people can like and understand your mods as more than just stupid ricer shit. and don't get me wrong i like and enjoy going through your build, you have an awesome prelude dude i just dont have the age, experience, nor money to have a nice build like yours.

[Belvader]

That's what he's saying, Go with what you want, no need to ask for "approval" for every mod. It's your truck, you're spending the money for it. You don't need to update it constantly, update whenever you get something done however long it takes. My thread hasn't updated since october because I haven't changed anything, damn cold weather.

Keep going man, it's cool that you're building it while only a freshman in high school

/myuselessrant

thanks man and i know i need to make changes on my build it's just nice to keep the ball rolling and show off what you did new or an improvement you made even if it's not that big of a change or if your just seeing if anyone has any cool ideas for whatever it may be

[MommysLittleMonster]

If you're 15 and in highschool, then focus on school and not bumping a thread on Stance|Works. No one cares how old you are, we're not going to baby you just because "life is hard and I'm in highschool!". Wait until you get older, and have bills to pay and responsibilities. Then you know the hardships of building anything besides debt.

I guess this is the point I'm getting at: If you don't have any big changes or updates worth noting, then just save it. Don't post. Wait until you have a meaningful post to share with everyone instead of spamming photos of an unchanged truck. People will praise you and give input as needed, instead of doing what I'm doing right now: schooling you in Meaningful Threads 101.

So what if your thread falls back a few pages? Bump it when you're ready. I have a build thread on here that hasn't been touched in months, because I'm not posting until I have something people may care to see.



I can't be more positive when I say to you: you have a solid platform. You're kind of on the right track, you just need to do a little research and pick your moves wisely and without input from others. If I asked an opinion every time I changed something on my Prelude, it wouldn't have ever happened.

[07NJx355]

well if you don't like it well i'm sorry i didn't make this thread in hopes of pleasing you

That's what he's saying, Go with what you want, no need to ask for "approval" for every mod. It's your truck, you're spending the money for it. You don't need to update it constantly, update whenever you get something done however long it takes. My thread hasn't updated since october because I haven't changed anything, damn cold weather.

Keep going man, it's cool that you're building it while only a freshman in high school

/myuselessrant

[Belvader]

ok understand where how your looking at this and i do see the wrong in which i am doing but look at it from my point of view. i'm still a freshman in highschool, just getting as far as i have i think is doing well. i know most of the stuff i do you may think it's half ass, well i'm giving it all i got and just having a build thread on stance works at my age and only being 15 years old with what i have done i am damn proud of so i'm sorry if i can't get a job so i can make money so i can get shit done faster i'm just trying to keep this fucking thread going even if that means just ranting around with you on how to make this sum bitch better. i'm going all in i'm giving it what i got and well if you don't like it well i'm sorry i didn't make this thread in hopes of pleasing you

[MommysLittleMonster]

Well I guess it's hard for ou to understand that I actually like an open mind , I don't like the my way or no way set of thinking because a lot of the time somebody else will have a better idea than me or somebody thought of an easier and cheaper way of doing something and I'm not sure about everybody but personally even if I do stumble upon a thread and I think I have a cool idea for it I won't say because a lot of people do have a set plan on their vehicle but if that person were to post that their open to ideas or whatever I'll put in my 2 cents on their ride so there is always a good posibility that threw is many other people like me and I'm just throwing it out there that I am in fact open to all ideas and thoughts

Try using punctuation next time, and I might get halfway through your response.

Seriously, just pick a goal, and go for it. People will give you advice as you go. We are all like-minded people here, and we will put in our input- spamming 10 pages of "what should I do?" and "here's a random pic lol" does not make a build thread. Do stuff first, take a picture second, and post it third. Not the opposite.

You have an interesting platform. There are a dozen good examples which you can pull ideas from and twist into your own. Building a car isn't that difficult, it just takes some patients and the willingness to take a risk. No one will care if you play tiny steps like painting wheels safe, especially when you ask for an opinion every other post.

[Belvader]

mostly people are just getting annoyed from seeing this thread bumped so much. I mean its a 10 page thread and nothing much has changed. not trying to be a dick or anything but if you updated the thread when something new happened nobody would complain, it just seems like for every update there are 8 questions asked and tons of "random" pictures uploaded. nobody likes spam

Ok u understand that's my are annoyed by the random pictures but I was told before to stop taking shorty pictures so I've been practicing legit photography and anytime a that I just snap a random picture that I take pride in because I think it has an improvement from the last I post it I know it's problem not the right thing to do but fuck it I'm proud because even though it may not be a food picture but you know what it's better than the lasts and it made a sort of improven so I'm happy with it dammit

[Belvader]

Do what you want, its ok to ask an opinion on something, but you gotta make up your own mind sometimes. One thing I cant stand is people who do stuff to their cars/trucks just beacuse other people told them to do it. Go with what you feel.

When I am sure this is how I want something done I'll stick to it, I'm not suee if u noticed but I didn't ask anybody's opinion on those tires because I have a plan for them and a lot of people are telling me there too small but there just right for what I'm doing

[Belvader]

You say you're doing "your" build and doing things "your" way, and yet you do nothing without asking advice. Seriously, just do something once without asking. People will put in advice and input as you go, you don't have to ask every step of the way for directions.

I understand you're on a tight budget, and I get that not everyone has a great idea on what they're doing. So, do some research on similar builds. Get an idea of what you want to do and stick to it. Don't go scatterbrain and change your idea every other post, it gets old and no one wants to read about some kid who can't make up his mind.

Well I guess it's hard for ou to understand that I actually like an open mind , I don't like the my way or no way set of thinking because a lot of the time somebody else will have a better idea than me or somebody thought of an easier and cheaper way of doing something and I'm not sure about everybody but personally even if I do stumble upon a thread and I think I have a cool idea for it I won't say because a lot of people do have a set plan on their vehicle but if that person were to post that their open to ideas or whatever I'll put in my 2 cents on their ride so there is always a good posibility that threw is many other people like me and I'm just throwing it out there that I am in fact open to all ideas and thoughts

[Belvader]

If you are looking to have a nice Ranger that people will enjoy looking at, take the advice given from Beluga420. Current wheels are way too small for the truck. Go back to OEM look with tails, grille etc.

Trust me I do personally ask beluga for his pointers on a lot of things but then again I don't want to copy his truck, it's an amazing set up I just don't want to copy everything he does and I am working on getting everything right the tails I'm going to get 2011 oem tails and the front end set up is still undecided yet so I'm trying toile progress I just taking it one step at a time and doing things in order of what matter to me most

[Randomofodication]

mostly people are just getting annoyed from seeing this thread bumped so much. I mean its a 10 page thread and nothing much has changed. not trying to be a dick or anything but if you updated the thread when something new happened nobody would complain, it just seems like for every update there are 8 questions asked and tons of "random" pictures uploaded. nobody likes spam

[TheCrabMaster]

Do what you want, its ok to ask an opinion on something, but you gotta make up your own mind sometimes. One thing I cant stand is people who do stuff to their cars/trucks just beacuse other people told them to do it. Go with what you feel.