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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00:000000 The Nocturnal car club is one of the biggest
00:14customized vehicle clubs in the world with chapters across America, Europe and Asia.
00:200000 I said this is a hobby but it sure don't
00:23feel like a hobby. You put in more hours than you do at work. We love it but it feels like
00:27a full time job. The members spend hundreds of thousands of
00:31pounds and countless hours turning their regular cars into moving, roaring works of art.
00:370000 Here you have a 1998 Chevy two door Tahoe.
00:42We converted the whole front end as you see, fenders, we added oversized wheels, 28 inch,
00:48fully engraved and painted. We added a nice mural on top of the hood, our caddy paint
00:54job, pearl paint job and then some pin striping. Money wise it's very hard to pinpoint it but
01:04a rough estimate would probably be $90,000 to $100,000. I know it sounds like a lot to
01:10a lot of people but also it's a bill that has taken maybe four to four plus years.
01:160000 First start doing it for the girls, why lie?
01:22But eventually you do it so long, you overlook that, that's not what you're building and
01:25you fall in love with the builds and the attention the builds get and everybody's reaction of
01:30something different. When they first see our rides on the street or anywhere we're setting
01:35them up, first thing that comes out of people's mouth is wow. Second thing is why would you
01:40do that to a new car? Our car club is we try to go after the newest stuff and pretty much
01:45mess it up. The car is great, it's fantastic. It seems
01:50like there's no part of this car that's not customized. The paint is extraordinary, definitely
01:59has show quality. This vehicle is definitely above the top, unique.
02:05We ran out of ideas on cars so why not build a golf cart right? We put some 14 inch rims
02:12on the golf cart, LED's all the way on the bottom, halo lights, it's got TVs everywhere.
02:16We have an iPad that goes on the dash, Xbox 360 in the back and actually this damn golf
02:22cart weighs probably as much as a car. I'm sitting on a good 12 batteries right now.
02:27You spend at least $5,000 just on these batteries.
02:31Despite the incredible amount of time and money involved in being a member of the club,
02:35it's grown exponentially since its inception in 2001.
02:39We started in Montebello, California. We've expanded to 28 chapters including Texas, Florida,
02:46St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and now presently in Japan as well.
02:55Nocturnal as a club, I mean now it's more like family. I've missed so many birthday
03:00parties and we've gone everywhere with these guys, with our members. Sometimes they do
03:05more for you than your own family does.
03:09Everybody thinks I'm crazy in my family, they say I waste too much money on it, but my perks
03:15are different, my rewards are different. I grew up reading Lowrider magazine here, always
03:20aspired to maybe one day come out in the magazine, but successfully we've won and I'm a three
03:27time champ when it comes to Lowrider.
03:30Say I'm obsessed with all these vehicles, but I don't call it obsessed, it's just what
03:35you love doing.