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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00:00COMMON DAD
00:1201 THE NOCTURNAL CAR CLUB IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CUSTOMIZED VEHICLE CLUBS IN THE WORLD, WITH
00:17CHAPTERS ACROSS AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA.
00:2001 I SAY THIS IS A HOBBY BUT IT STILL DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A HOBBY. YOU PUT IN MORE HOURS THAN
00:25YOU DO AT WORK. WE LOVE IT. BUT IT FEELS LIKE A FULL TIME JOB.
00:29The members spend hundreds of thousands of pounds and countless hours turning their regular
00:33cars into moving, roaring works of art.
00:36Here you have a 1998 Chevy two-door Tahoe. We converted the whole front end, as you see,
00:44fenders. We added oversized wheels, 28-inch, fully engraved and painted. We added a nice
00:51mural on top of the hood, our caddy paint job, pearl paint job, and then some pin striping.
01:00Money-wise, it's very hard to pinpoint it, but a rough estimate would probably be $90,000
01:07to $100,000. I know it sounds like a lot to a lot of people, but also it's a build that
01:13has taken maybe four to four-plus years.
01:19First started doing it for, you know, hey, the girls. Why lie? But eventually you do
01:23it so long, you overlook that. That's not what you're building. You fall in love with
01:27it and, you know, the attention the builds get and everybody's reaction is something
01:31different. When they first see our rides on the street or anywhere we're setting them
01:36up, first thing that comes out of people's mouth is, you know, wow. Second thing is,
01:40why would you do that to a new car? Our car club is we try to go after the newest stuff
01:44and pretty much mess it up.
01:46The car is great. It's fantastic. It seems there's no part of this car that's not customized.
01:57The paint is extraordinary. Definitely has show quality. This vehicle is definitely above
02:03the top. Unique.
02:07We 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. LEDs 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.
02:30Despite 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,
02:45Florida, St. 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, parties, and we've gone everywhere with these guys, with our members, you know,
03:04and sometimes they do more for you than your own family does.
03:09Everybody thinks I'm crazy and my family. They say I waste too much money on it, but
03:14my perks are different, my rewards are different. I grew up reading Lowrider magazine here,
03:20always aspired to maybe one day come out in the magazine, but successfully we've won
03:26and I'm a three-time champ when it comes to Lowrider.
03:30You say I'm obsessed with all these vehicles, but I don't call it obsessed. It's just,
03:34you know, what you love doing.