What are the WORST Car Mod Trends? Scotto, Zack and Zac Debate!
5/6/20261 hr 45 min
It’s time for a change up and after exploring several Top 5 lists, we thought it was high time to settle the WORST modding trends of the last decade. Who better to find the definitive ranking than Zack Klapman of The Smoking Tire and returning deviant and partner in mischief Mister Zachary (Zac Mertens). This episode may hold the record for the most censorship beeps ever featured on the show in its entire run to date (and yes.. Producer Nick did cry in legal many times) but to get the full skinny, go check out the Patreon - you never know what you’ll hear over there. For now, time to find out if you are one of the modding elite, or a common style criminal. Only Firing Order has the answers - enjoy!
Mentioned in this episode
Tesla Downgrading Brakes - The Brake Report
The 950 HP Switzer E900 GTR - /TUNED
Partners:
Vyper Industrial
FCP Euro
Heatwave Visual
Wera Tools
KW Suspension
Producer: Nick Rutter @nickrutterarts
Music: SlikSound
Patreon: https://patreon.com/u37266647
https://bio.site/321actionaction
00:00 - Welcome & Introduction
00:30 - Sponsors: Heat Wave Visual & KW Suspensions
02:08 - Meet the Zacs and the Rules
07:12 - Find the Pre-Show on Patreon
09:07 - Zack K’s List
27:47 - Zac M’s List
47:23 - Sponsors: FCP Euro & Wera Tools
49:47 - Scotto’s List
01:08:56 - Blindspots (from Patreon)
01:19:07 - Picking Final Five
01:27:42 - Snack Break by Vyper Industrial
01:29:31 - Ranking the Worst Mods
01:40:36 - The Worst Five!
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First 90 secondsBrian Scotto· Host0:00
And we're back with another episode of Firing Order, brought to you by Viper Industrial. And as always, I'm your host, Brian Scotto. The topic today, the worst, that's right, the worst car mod trends of the last decade. And to debate this ever so important topic, we have the Zachs. We got Zach Mertens, AKA Mr. Zachary, and Zach Klapman, probably best known from The Smoking Tire. We're gonna hurt some feelings today. Hopefully they're not yours. Enjoy. [static hisses] Legal disclaimer, it might actually be illegal to wear Heatwave's polarized ultra black lenses while driving. But if you spend a lot of time in violently bright conditions like snow or in the desert, then these lenses are gonna be perfect for you. Traditionally, sunglasses have an 11% VLT rating, but these are cranked all the way down to 6%. That's limo tint for your eyes. They also provide a great level of ocular privacy for when you're looking at something you shouldn't be. I'll be wearing them tonight while I'm sat next to my wife, scrolling Marketplace. Avoid being blinded at heatwavevisual.com. [static hisses] What's that old saying? Don't ever meet your heroes. Unfortunately, this applies to cars, too, as my buddy Ken Block discovered when he bought his Ford RS200. To say it politely, the suspension sucked. So we went to KW to fix it on their seven-post suspension rig. Some say it was misappropriated in the middle of the night from an F1 team, and it once knocked out the power grid of a small village. But what we do know for