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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00:00COMM THE NOCTURNAL CAR CLUB IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CUSTOMIZED VEHICLE CLUBS IN THE WORLD,
00:17WITH CHAPTERS ACROSS AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA.
00:20I say this is a hobby but it sure 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.
00:37Here you have a 1998 Chevy two-door Tahoe.
00:41We converted the whole front end as you see, fenders.
00:45We added oversized wheels, 28-inch, fully engraved and painted.
00:49We added a nice mural on top of the hood.
00:52Our 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 to $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 four to four plus years.
01:18First started doing it for, you know, the girls. Why lie?
01:21But eventually you do it so long, you're overlooked at.
01:24That's not what you're building.
01:25You fall in love with the builds and, you know, the attention the builds get and everybody's reaction is something different.
01:32When they first see our rides on the street or anywhere we're setting them up,
01:35first thing that comes out of people's mouth is, you know, wow.
01:38Second 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. It's fantastic.
01:49It seems there's no part of this car that's not customized.
01:56The paint is extraordinary. Definitely has show quality.
02:00This vehicle is definitely above the top. Unique.
02:07We ran out of ideas on cars, so why not build a golf cart, right?
02:10We put some 14-inch rims on the golf cart.
02:12LEDs all the way on the bottom. Halo lights.
02:15It's got TVs everywhere.
02:16We have an iPad that goes on the dash.
02:18Xbox 360 in the back.
02:20And 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,
02:34it's grown exponentially since its inception in 2001.
02:39We started in Montebello, California.
02:41We've expanded to 28 chapters, including Texas, Florida, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Arizona, Nevada, Utah,
02:52and now presently in Japan as well.
02:55Nocturnal as a club, I mean, now it's more like family.
02:58I've missed so many birthday parties, 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 in my family.
03:11They say I waste too much money on it, but my perks are different.
03:15My rewards are different.
03:17I grew up reading the Lowrider magazine here, always aspired to maybe one day come out in the magazine,
03:23but successfully we've won, and I'm a three-time champ when it comes to Lowrider.
03:30They say I'm obsessed with all these vehicles, but I don't call it obsessed.
03:33It's just, you know, what you love doing.