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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00:12The Nocturnal Car Club is one of the biggest customized vehicle clubs in the world with
00:17chapters across America, Europe and Asia.
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00:21I said this is a hobby but it sure don't feel like no hobby, I mean you put in more hours
00:25than you do at work and 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.
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00:38Here you have a 1998 Chevy two-door Tahoe.
00:42We converted the whole front end as you see, fenders.
00:45We added oversized wheels, 28 inch, fully engraved and painted.
00:50We added a nice mural on top of the hood, our caddy paint job, pearl paint job and then
00:55some pin striping.
01:01Money wise, it's very hard to pinpoint it but a rough estimate would probably be $90,000
01:07to $100,000.
01:08I know it sounds like a lot to a lot of people but also it's a build that has taken maybe
01:134 to 4 plus years.
01:19First start doing it for you know the girls, why lie, but eventually you do it so long
01:24you overlook that, that's not what you're building and you fall in love with the builds
01:27and you know the attention the builds get and everybody's reaction of something different.
01:32When they first see our rides on the street or anywhere we're setting them up, first thing
01:36that comes out of people's mouth is you know, wow, second thing is why would you do that
01:40to a new car?
01:41Our car club is we try to go after the newest stuff and pretty much mess it up.
01:46The car is great, it's fantastic, it seems that there's no part of this car that's not
01:52customized.
01:57The paint is extraordinary, definitely has show quality, this vehicle is definitely above
02:03the top, but unique.
02:06We ran out of ideas on cars so why not build a golf cart right?
02:11We put some 14 inch rims on the golf cart, LEDs all the way on the bottom, halo lights,
02:15it's got TVs everywhere, we have an iPad that goes on the dash, Xbox 360 in the back and
02:21actually this damn golf cart weighs probably as much as a car.
02:24I'm sitting on a good 12 batteries right now, you 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, Florida,
02:47St. 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.
02:59I've missed so many birthday parties, parties, and we've gone everywhere with these guys,
03:04with our members you know, and 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.
03:17I grew up reading the Lowrider magazine here, always aspired to maybe one day come out in
03:22the magazine, but successfully we've won and I'm a three-time champ when it comes to Lowrider.
03:29You say I'm obsessed with all these vehicles, but I don't call it obsessed, it's just what you love doing.