Things not to do to your Z
 

Everyone seems to have their own definition of what a riced out car is. If you ask any american gear head he will probably tell you its anyone who works on a japanese car. If you ask other people its a car with a bad body kit or a giant whale wing on their car. Others say its "show and no go".

I think it happens when someone doesnt have a theme with their car or an idea on what they want to do. Keeping the car simple and clean is personally the best way to go. As long as there isnt gull wing doors, a 35 foot wing on the car, hydrolics, and spinners it should be fine.

Opinions? And some suggestions on what people should NOT do to their Z?

I don't mind people modifying the looks of a car tastefully, and performance and handling related mods are great, assuming they actually work for some real purpose. I draw the line at mods that are intended to give some sort of "racing" look but impart no substantive benefit to the car and driver. So yeah, spinners are tasteless, and giant wings fall into the "bullsh*t performance mod" category, at least for street cars.

Personally, I'm hoping to keep the exterior of my car as stock as possible. My car will be a "sleeper", as much as any 370 can be :)

But that said, there's a lot of room for subjective interpretation on all of this, and I'm not gonna go trying to enforce my opinions on someone else.

Then again, if you're like these guys, I'm gonna laugh my *** off at you:

O...m...f....g....

The guy in the Z was horrible. Thats honestly the worst 350z i have ever seen.

Painting non Sport model brakes...

Call me crazy, but I say if you bought it do whatever you want to it. It's YOURS! The day someone pays for my car and insurance I will let them dictate what I should or should not do to it. :rolleyes:

Bad assumption, seeing as I'm one of those "American gear heads", and I now own a 370 lol...

"Rice", is a mentality. You can rice out ANY car, no matter what brand or where its built. Period.

My no-no's on this car?

-Ridiculous body kits that cost $5000+ (or worse yet, cheap ones that look horrid...).
-Park bench wings
-SLAMMING THE CAR TO THE GROUND! This car needs, probably at MOST, a .5" drop. After that, I feel you're compromising the dynamics and ground clearance of the vehicle and you've now just become a show-only car.
-The "MUST HAVE CARBON FIBER EVERYTHING!" mentality. No, you don't, and no, it doesn't save a lot of weight lol.
-Excessively tinting the headlights. Not a fan, think its unsafe and somewhat tacky.

Don't forget euro lights

Two tone paint job. Tinting the brake lights, I think that is unsafe and just asking to be re-ended!

Oh sweet jesus, thank you - how could I forget...

Have you guys seen my Spec-V emblem yet? I swear my car feels so much faster, and I can hang with the GT-R thanks to the Spec-V emblem. :rofl2:

Seriously, before I got my car I had plans to do some mods like change out the spoiler and stuff. The OEM spoiler, while hard to clean underneath, is growing on me so I'm keeping it. I may end up with something along the lines of Central20 sides and Mine's CF front lip (waiting for alternatives). I just hate FRP stuff tacked on, so I may end up keeping the stock side skirts and simply add on a simple CF lip to keep a "flat" profile underneath.

TS produced a really nice front diffuser with CF underbody panel. The rigidity would be nice, and it also provides an access panel for the oil filter.

Lighting wise, my modded headlights will be as "ricey" as it gets. I was thinking about getting the JDM clear tail lights, but I like my stock ones the way they are.

Overall, I reduced my wishlist and will end up saving a few grand. The Z looks good enough as it is, and (coming from a 350Z) it is such a pleasure to drive. What you see in my avatar is my 350Z with just a spoiler and side skirts, and people loved the cleanliness of my car.

Some comedy for sure but I agree with you Educ8r

Its basically your own opinion.
So I totally agree with Mr. Educator.

I like engine cover with vents. Wish I could find one.

I like the sleeper idea....do things hidden and under the hood. That's what makes an interesting car, not a car that has body kit pieces falling off after a couple years....ridiculus !!

Or better yet how about the guy who slams the car to the ground and then slowly shows visible signs of obvious bumps into every raised piece of concrete such as speed bump, curb, parking block.

http://www.the370z.com/attachments/e...als-20cf_1.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/attachments/e...als-2b8d_1.jpg

The G35 Ricer video CANT be real. That'd be hillarious if that guy was seriously that dumb and didnt know his car...

Yeah, that G35 video has to be the guy just ******* with them.

I agree with you, but OMG what is that old dude thinking? What is up with people in FL. :owned:

Damn no one mentioned lambo doors, Z3 fenders, and neon lights under the car? Or are those not considered rice lol.

^ z3 fenders ::cringe:: Got that one right.

Why spend hundreds on Z3 fender when you can just:

http://mustangspeed.com/port_holes_300c.jpg

< prefers to just glue stuff to his car rather than spend a lot of money :roflpuke2:

Nahh Lambo doors are hott..

Yea on lambos and delorians...

Were the guys in the first 2 videos driving an SRT4? With racing stripes?

You guys want to know what else is EPIC fail?

http://www.interfooler.com/

^ even the honda guys make fun of that one.

Between the basket-handle (with stripes) and the, "if it's loud, it must be fast" exhaust note . . . I'm guessing those guys were just envious of the guy in the fake supercharged Z.

Last I checked all our Z's were made in Japan, so technically we're all driving a "Riced Out" or "Rice Burner" car. The non-performance things that people put on their cars (park bench spoilers, CF everywhere, extra-wide body kits, landing kit LED's, etc...) are just they're way of expressing themselves and standing out, so more power to them! As long as it makes you happy and it's not offensive to other people who cares what you put on your car. Why be stock and drive the same ride like the next guy? Plus, it's fun to laugh at some of the ridiculous things people do to there cars.:rofl2:

Speaking of American rice!


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That's so funny!!! But on a more serious note, I've retrofitted my fuel system with di-lithium crystals.

I agree with everything.

I hate the patchwork carbon fiber look. I have seen some cars on here that have some parts CF, some parts OEM painted... they just put CF wherever they can get a CF part for it, and it looks horrible.

It was an SRT-4 Neon. I'm not a personal fan of them but they can be quite fast.

I see nothing wrong with lambo doors. I can see the fart can exhaust tips, fender vents, huge wing, and 20" chrome tires are a nono..but than again..it's all up to the owner. Like most people, I bought the car for myself to drive and enjoy so therefore I don't give a crap what anyone thinks. If I ask for your opinion than it counts, but if not..... don't talk crap on other import owners! That's just wrong. And yea..I'm aparantly a "RICER" cause I'm getting my car painted 2-toned. Boo-hoo. Someone pass the tissues

I just want to say unless this is a horrible dealer epidemic, this car is currently sitting @ Cherry Hill Nissan in NJ. As of three weeks ago, it still hasn't sold. They are charging something like $500 for the "racing stripes."

Yeah.

Yeah.

They should be beaten for defiling a helpless Z.:shakes head:

Big wing and raspy exhaust is the easiest way to turn the 370 into a ricer. Also, graphics and stickers (I'm talking obnoxious here)...typical stuff really.

Anything that detracts from the car and its design. A display of general aesthetic ignorance.

Body kits that ignore all the lines and design motifs of the car. Sometimes unpainted, or painted different colours.

Fake body kit vents and stick on port holes. I recently saw a Z3 whose owner had stuck buick port holes above the vents. Unbelievable.

Paint jobs or wraps that work against or obscure the shapes and lines of the car.

TRD stickers.

Carbon fiber glued over original parts.

Stickers to denote what upgrades you have. Who gives a s*it about what kind of brake pedals you've installed?

Misappropriated badges and emblems, often meant for other cars. Type R Toyotas. Porsche Turbo badges on a BMW.

Farty 4" exhaust tips on cars pushing out less than 130hp.

Rubberised steering wheel covers in random colours.

Blue LEDs on windshield washer jets.

Ornately shaped license plate frames - chains, blades, barbed wire.

Bits of random chrome trim accent.

General busyness and hodge podginess.

Platinum motor sports.

It's all subjective though, isn't it.

;)

Of course you cand do whatever you like to your car, but when you start lying about it repeatedly then you should be embarassed and made fun of.

don't put on the front license plate !!!

If I were lying to inflate my own ego or self-worth then yes, I absolutely, 100% deserve to be made fun of all across the internet.

If you really think about it their lying is what makes it so hilarious. If the guy had simply said, "of course it's not supercharged, I just did that to get some laughs," do you really think anybody would have cared? No. If you act like a douchebag you should be prepared to be called out.

there's nothing wrong with that. the license plate ruins the look of the car imho