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 say this is a hobby but it sure don't feel
00:23like no hobby, I mean you put in more hours than you do at work, we love it, but it feels
00:27like a full time job.
00:290000 The members spend hundreds of thousands of
00:31pounds and countless hours turning their regular cars into moving, roaring works of
00:36art.
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.
00:570000 Money wise, it's very hard to pinpoint
01:04it, but a rough estimate would probably be $90,000 to $100,000, I know it sounds like
01:09a lot to a lot of people, but also it's a build that has taken maybe four to four plus
01:15years.
01:160000 First start doing it for the girls, why
01:21lie?
01:22But eventually you do it so long, you overlook that, that's not what you're building, and
01:26you fall in love with the builds and the attention the builds get and everybody's reaction of
01:30something different.
01:310000 When they first see our rides on the street
01:34or anywhere we're setting them up, first thing that comes out of people's mouth is wow, second
01:39thing is why would you do that to 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 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, but unique.
02:050000 We ran out of ideas on cars, so why not build
02:10a 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 $5000 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.
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 in my family, they say I waste too much money on it,
03:14but my 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, you know,
03:34what you love doing.