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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00:000018002 The Nocturnal Car Club is one of the biggest
00:14customized vehicle clubs in the world with chapters across America, Europe and Asia.
00:20001807 I said this is a hobby but I sure don't feel
00:23like no hobby.
00:24I mean you put in more hours than you do at work and we love it, but it feels like a full
00:28time job.
00:29COMM THE MEMBERS SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
00:31OF POUNDS AND COUNTLESS HOURS TURNING THEIR REGULAR CARS INTO MOVING, ROARING WORKS OF
00:36ART.
00:37COMM Here 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.
01:17COMM First start doing it for, you know, the girls.
01:21Why lie?
01:22But eventually you do it so long, you're overlooked at.
01:25That's not why you're building it.
01:26You fall in love with the builds and, you know, the attention the builds get and everybody's
01:30reaction 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.
01:39Second thing 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.
01:48It's fantastic.
01:49It seems there's no part of this car that's not customized.
01:57The paint is extraordinary.
01:59Definitely has show quality.
02:01This vehicle is definitely above the top.
02:04Unique.
02:05We 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.
02:16We have an iPad that goes on the dash.
02:19Xbox 360 in the back.
02:21And actually this damn golf cart weighs probably as much as a car.
02:24I'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.
02:42We've expanded to 28 chapters, including Texas, Florida, St. Louis, Chicago, New York,
02:50Arizona, 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?
03:05And sometimes they do more for you than your own family does.
03:08Everybody thinks I'm crazy in my family.
03:11They say I waste too much money on it.
03:13But my perks are different.
03:15My rewards are different.
03:16I grew up reading the Lowrider magazine here.
03:19Always aspired to maybe one day come out in the magazine.
03:23But successfully, we've won.
03:26And I'm a three-time champ when it comes to Lowrider.
03:29Say I'm obsessed with all these vehicles, but I don't call it obsessed.
03:33It's just, you know, what you love doing.