tricking out

Adding flashy upgrades

Tricking out means customizing or decorating something elaborately, typically a vehicle: He spent thousands tricking out his Honda with custom rims and a sound system.

The phrase suggests flashy, attention-getting modifications rather than subtle improvements.

It extends to any showy enhancement: She tricked out her laptop with stickers and LED lights.

Related

embellishing · styling · personalizing · kitting out · tailoring · crafting · tweaking · fixing up · augmenting · retrofitting · accessorizing · blinged · pimping · body kit · bedazzling · designing · installing · tuning

Opposites
customization/modification

tricking outstripping down

Removing clothing or components

reverting · standardizing · simplifying · decommissioning

aesthetic elaboration

tricking outsimplifying

Making less complex

toning down · understating · decluttering · downplaying · minimizing

Family

trick, tricks, tricked, tricking, trickery, trickster, tricky, trickier, trickiest

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Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G