I think that back in the day (only a few years) it took some coin to build a bad ass car. Sure, we all started at the bottom building some pretty "ricey" shit but as the scene grew, a few dozen cars rose to the top and made their way into vendor booths and hard to beat car clubs. Their shit was original or one-of-a-kind and people tried their best to build similar cars on a budget.

Along with these high profile, quality built cars came hot models and smokin girls willing to pose half naked infront of a bad ass car just for the shot of getting some magazine coverage or "getting noticed".

So what happened? I think most of the OG's figured out that instead of building a 80K Acura, they can buy a 50K Lex or Benz and put 30K into owning a house. With everyone and their mom making cheap import parts, I think that it's pretty tough to build a real unique show car these days. Most import models have probably moved on to internet porn and coke and their replacments are the short chubby white girls just looking for a ride out of the trailer park.