The Fast and the Gorgeous

The Street Devils was set up as a club where boys could talk endlessly about cars and race them over empty stretches of highways. The club soon turned into a platform to highlight bespoke makeovers — from tweaked engines for extra power to better exhausts and filters. In the line-up of cars,one Swift looks harmless; its power lies within — the turbo kit that was fitted in for Rs 2 lakh. While Lamba takes care of most customisation,the boys also swear by outlets like Auto Psyche and Auto Zone in Delhi.

The club is populated by 18-24-year-olds who come from across the NCR and Haryana. The last headcount threw up 400 members,of whom around 30 make it to every meet. Trust Lamba when he says that there are things only a car lover would understand — like why it was absolutely essential for 23-year-old Kunal Sharma to make his sedate Santro look like a muscleman on wheels.

“I wanted my car to look aggressive,so I got in touch with the Street Devils where Ankit customised the car by adding mesh grills and bespoke headlights fitted with LED and a glowing ring around the reflector called Angel Eyes,” says Sharma,a businessman,who spent around Rs 10,000 on the headlight alone. These high-definition lamps can be seen from kilometers away on a straight road,the twin flares glaring unblinkingly and reflecting off the rough tarmac. Sharma has been a member of the Street Devils for three months,preferring it because of the club’s stress on “speed riding and safe driving”. Lamba says that many rash drivers had been asked to leave the club. Drinking isn’t allowed and members must give right of way even to cattle.

The membership charge is Rs 1,500.
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