Tune My Ride

Tune My Ride is an American television series produced by CNT and hosted by leader of Avenged Sevenfold, M.Shadows, which ran on MTV from seasons from 2011 and onwards. Each episode consists of taking one car in poor condition and restoring it, as well as customizing it. The restoration and customizing were done by West Coast Customs for the first four seasons, then Galpin Auto Sports for seasons 5–6 and in New York City Tunings for Seasons 6 onwards

The show had several international adaptations, including Tune My Ride UK, Tune My Ride Global (All across the world), and other adaptations in Brazil, Indonesia, Baltic countries and Japan. It also spawned imitators, including the ABC series Texas Monster Truck Mania in 2016.

Format
This show picks young car owners living in Los Angeles, Southern California or New York. An episode of Tune My Ride generally begins with the participant showing his or her car off, and convincing MTV that it needs to be "pimped". After this segment, the host (normally M.Shadows, but there are occasionally guest hosts such as Pitbull, Danny Trejo, Ke$ha or Ludacris) shows up at the participant's house, takes a look at the car himself, makes wisecracks about the particular things that are wrong with it, and promises the owner a complete makeover of the vehicle.

After examining the car, M.Shadows takes it to a custom body shop (West Coast Customs (WCC), in Corona, California, in Seasons 1–4; replaced by Galpin Auto Sports (GAS) starting Season 5), and New York City Tuning (NYCT) starting Season 6 and on), where the shop team generally replaces most of the components and rebuilds the interior and exterior from scratch.

Each car is a custom "pimp", tailored to the personalities and interests of the owners. For example, a Need for Speed: Undercover fan had his car painted to look like one specially customized in the Need for Speed video game series, while a bowler had a ball spinner installed in his trunk, a badminton player had a badminton net installed in the back of his Ford E-Series, and a surfer got a clothes dryer in the back of his Volkswagen Golf GTI Mark 1. Work usually includes new paint, accessories, chrome, tires, and rims, internal electronics (DVD players, video games, large TFT screens, and other cutting-edge accessories) and engines. Most changes are only cosmetic, and mechanical work is generally only done to enable the car to run; the show has replaced entire engines with new engines or modified them to make them faster (and overtaking a Ferrari Enzo in 1 episode) Both WCC, GAS and NYCT are well known for putting their own whimsical touches in their work, such as the aforementioned dryer, or an electric fireplace in the trunk of another vehicle.

At the end of the show, the car is revealed to its owner, as well as all the details of the renovation and the custom features; in addition, the participant is usually given a gift somehow related to the car or the owner's hobby.

Season 1 (2011)

 * 1: Under New Management - M.Shadows heads to Newburgh, NY to meet a Berry, whose Ford Escort RS Cosworth needs urgent repairs. The car was fitted with approximately US$ 80,000 worth of upgrades, including a custom body kit made by West Wings specifically for the car, 23-inch BBS wheels, a VeliSide spoiler & a Neon Green paintjob, plus a dark green neon. (March 4th, 2011)
 * 2: Family Emergency - The team gets a visit from Christina, originating from Indio, CA, which has a 5th Gen Mazda Famillia that couldn't turn on. The car was fitted with suicide doors, neon inside the car, a 27-inch-TV, an MP3 player and was dipped in Charcoal Grey. Just a day after the full makeover, Christina's mother died at the age of 84. (March 11th, 2011)
 * 3: In Need for a New Muscle Car - M.Shadow's gets to meet Logan's '49 Chevy Fleetline is sporting a smashed headlight, no radio, a broken driver's side window, twin dents on both sides and enough remnants of fast food in the back to feed half of Burundi. While currently in school aiming for a degree in Business, 29-year-old Logan needs a ride that means business. It was painted in Jet Black, had an air suspension, alongside with an Flat-Screen Panasonic TV alongside an XBOX 360, flame decals (which in an interview, said were just stickers picked up from a dollar store) and an exhaust muffler that spat flames (were not joking). The exhaust muffler that had some sort of "Dragon's Breath" though, was removed due to safety reasons
 * 4: Max's Maximum Carnage - Max has a '02 Dodge Neon that looks like it's been through a war the size of the one in Afghanistan. (March 25th, 2011)
 * 5: Gone Southpaw -