Extreme Car Customisation: Vehicles Turned Into Works Of Art
Candy-colored paint jobs and oversized rims are standard for cars belonging to one of the largest custom car clubs in the world. Nokturnal Car Clubs more than 250 members spend hundreds of thousands of dollars transforming their regular rides into moving, roaring works of art. The organization was formed in Montebello, California, USA in 2001, but has since expanded to 28 chapters across the US, Europe and Asia. Members of the club customize their cars with eye-catching paint jobs, tall rims, custom speaker systems and a variety of electronics.
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00:00 00;01;10;12 00;01;14;22 COMM: The Nocturnal Car Club is one of the
00:14 biggest customised vehicle clubs in the world, with chapters across America, Europe and Asia.
00:20 00;01;17;22 00;01;21;22 COMM: The members spend
00:29 hundreds of thousands of pounds and countless hours turning their regular cars into moving,
00:35 roaring works of art.
00:36 00;01;29;02 00;01;35;02 COMM; Here you have a 1998 Chevy two-door
00:40 Tahoe.
00:41 00;01;37;03 00;01;40;03 COMM; We converted the whole front end as you see, fenders, we
00:45 added oversized wheels, 28 inch, fully engraved and painted.
00:49 00;01;42;03 00;01;46;03 COMM; We added a nice mural on top of the hood, our caddy paint
00:54 job, pearl paint job and then some pin striping.
00:58 00;01;50;03 00;01;54;03 COMM; Money wise, it's very hard to pinpoint it but a rough estimate
01:05 would probably be 90,000 to 100, I know it sounds like a lot to a lot of people but also
01:12 it's a build that has taken maybe four to four plus years.
01:16 00;02;00;00 00;02;05;00 COMM; First start doing it for you know, the girls, white light but
01:22 eventually you do it so long, you overlook that, that's not what you're building and
01:26 you fall in love with the builds and you know the attention the builds get and everybody's
01:30 reaction is something different.
01:31 00;02;05;00 COMM; When they first see our rides on the street or anywhere we're setting them
01:35 up, first thing that comes out of people's mouth is you know, wow.
01:39 Second thing is why would you do that to a new car?
01:41 Our car club is we try to go after the newest stuff and pretty much mess it up.
01:46 00;02;15;00 00;02;21;00 COMM; The car is great, it's fantastic, it seems there's no part of
01:51 this car that's not customized.
01:54 00;02;21;00 COMM; The paint is extraordinary, definitely has show quality, this vehicle
02:01 is definitely above the top, unique.
02:05 00;02;29;00 COMM; We ran out of ideas on cars so why not build a golf cart right?
02:11 We put some 14 inch rims on the golf cart, LEDs all the way on the bottom, halo lights,
02:15 it's got TVs everywhere, we have an iPad that goes on the dash, Xbox 360 in the back and
02:21 actually this damn golf cart weighs probably as much as a car.
02:24 I'm sitting on a good 12 batteries right now, you spend at least $5000 just on these batteries.
02:30 00;02;43;00 COMM; Despite the incredible amount of time and money involved in being a member
02:34 of the club, it's grown exponentially since its inception in 2001.
02:38 00;02;50;00 COMM; We started in Montebello, California, we've expanded to 28 chapters
02:44 including Texas, Florida, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and now presently
02:53 in Japan as well.
02:54 00;02;59;00 COMM; Nocturnal as a club, I mean now it's more like family.
02:59 I've missed so many birthday parties, parties and we've gone everywhere with these guys
03:04 with our members you know and sometimes they do more for you than your own family does.
03:08 00;03;05;00 COMM; Everybody thinks I'm crazy and my family, they say I waste too much money
03:13 on it but my perks are different, my rewards are different.
03:17 I grew up reading the Lowrider magazine here, always aspired to maybe one day come out in
03:22 the magazine but successfully we've won and I'm a three time champ when it comes to Lowrider.
03:29 00;03;22;00 COMM; Say I'm obsessed with all these vehicles but I don't call it obsessed,
03:33 it's just you know, you love doing.
03:35 (helicopter blades whirring)