What was the first addition/modification to your car?

[Senna27]

Do you remember the first modification you made to your car? 

 

I bought Sabine in March 1982 when I was 20 and she was 7. The very first thing I did to this tired little rust-bucket was change the steering wheel. It didn't change things much, but made her feel a tad sportier. It was a Gilles Villeneuve signature Momo. Being Canadian and a huge motorsports fan, Villeneuve was by far my favourite. Sadly, he died 2 months later. 

 

She's come a long way since then. Love every day with this car.

 

Saturday January 18th. was Villeneuve's  70th. Birthday. RIP ❤️

[Gordon]

My first 02 was a 75 Euro spec 1802, I swapped out the instrument cluster with a clock for one with a tach.  On my first US spec 02, replaced the POS sealed beam headlights with Hella H4 lights and the upgrades grew from there, Weber 32/36, etc...

 

Edited January 19, 2020 by Gordon

[Dudeland]

Replaced the points with a Pertronix. 

[Cruzr]

A pair of Recaros when they were reasonably priced...

[tzei]

On '73 2002 Colordo it was S14 engine

It was first in when i began to sort some other minor bits around it.

 

uwu

[jp5Touring]

Fuel line banjo gaskets on my dual Webers.  Would only leak when you turned off the motor after warmed up.

Nothing like gas doing a slow drip on a hot engine.  

Got the front turn signals to work correctly.

[jp5Touring]

Watched Villeneuve at The Glen's last f1 race.  My girlfriend literally bumped into him by pit lane.

We camped at The Watkins Glen state park.  IIRC couple cars were set on fire,  

[JerryC]

Replaced center drive shaft bearing on all 3 '02s I've had within a month of purchase. Also, fixed blinkers on all 3. Says something about the type of cars I purchase, maybe...

Edited January 19, 2020 by JerryC

[iinca]

on my current tii the first thing I did was replace the small "hard to turn"

steering wheel with a stock 'ti' wheel

 

Doing so saved me $$ on gym memberships and cross training

Edited January 19, 2020 by iinca

[tahoedon]

Trying to remember back 50 years,     I think the first change I made was replacing the clock in my 1600 with a tachometer.  I couldn’t afford the $75 (I think) that bmw wanted so I bought a Stewart Warner tach for $39 which fit in the space almost perfectly.  30 years later I replaced it with the correct VDO tach.

[adawil2002]

Big sway-bars.

[ingramlee]

Fixed the sloppy ebrake handle

[golf73]

I installed Angel Eyes

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[SydneyTii]

Steering wheel. I had the late type as mine is a 74, I didn’t violently dislike it, I just thought it didn’t quite work for me, I went motolta, and now have this Momo Indy

[resra]

1st 2002 and 1st modification back in 1997 was Bottle Cap wheels and tires from a 1987 325.