Things not to do to your Z

eXo5 · 04-25-2009, 08:43 AM

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?

wstar · 04-25-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by eXo5

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:

eXo5 · 04-25-2009, 09:56 AM

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

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

zeebra · 04-25-2009, 10:01 AM

Painting non Sport model brakes...

Educ8r · 04-25-2009, 10:05 AM

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.

tvfreakazoid · 04-26-2009, 06:11 AM

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

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Originally Posted by Educ8r

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.

VCuomo · 01-24-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Educ8r

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.

+1000

sonic370 · 11-09-2010, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Educ8r

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.

sonic370 · 11-09-2010, 07:36 PM

First off i like fried rice..like one guy said theses cars are made in japan so i'm just saying............ anyway it's your money and your car do what you want... why put 4 grand into a 2 seater for a sound system that can be heard two states over.... i've learned from the past i'll keep this one as stock as the day i bought it.any money put into it for mods will never see a return..
im not against that but when you go to sell or trade it in they know you've
kicked the crap out of it....

it seems like these cars are jacked with in all kinds of ways....
didn't mean to ramble final point these cars are great just the way they are.

Pushing_Tin · 01-23-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyrell Tyson

You are not crazy, i agree with you 100%

The cars in the vid did look very over the top and i laughed at first but as the videos went on, i felt like the two guys making fun of these people sound sad and desperate. Sounded like chronic masturbaters.

At the end i was like whoa those two commenting are fags and the guy with the retarded car, more power to him, hes doing what he wants an what makes him happy.

- Ty

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.

Pushing_Tin · 01-24-2010, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyrell Tyson

But would you want to be filmed with a camera pointed in your face whilst being made fun of, then have those people put that video of you all over the net?

We have all said stupid stupid things at one time or another, or more similar example is that you guys have worn clothes that others would consider extremely old/gay/tacky/try hard/gangster/emo etc.

Imagine if these two guys see you walking down the street in your clothes of choice (that you think are the best, make you look oh so good) pointed a camera right in your face, asked you questions about your clothes making fun of you, then posted up here for all to see...yeah would be gay as hell huh

- Ty

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.

MightyBobo · 04-25-2009, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by eXo5

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.

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.

m4a1mustang · 01-23-2010, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo

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.

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.

PapoZalsa · 11-09-2010, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

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.

I hope you are not talking about Tony...

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Originally Posted by Dpeters

My definition of "Rice" is as follows:

Any modification done to a car that dominates the asthetics of the car and does not contribute to the overall beauty of the car as a whole. If you notice the wheels/wing or other modification before you recognize the type of car, it's riced.

Few people now where the term "rice" came from and they called everything they don't like rice nowdays. The term "rice" refering to cars started back in the 70s in California, when Asians hook up and fix the cars real nice like Toyotas, Datsuns and Hondas and with a couple of mods beat the crap of the domestic cars too.

The white folks start calling them "rice" because in Asian countries like in any Latin country we eat a lot of rice. There is were the term came from! But we have a lot of ignorant people in this country and now everyone use the term without knowing the true background of the word.

molamann · 04-25-2009, 11:00 AM

Don't forget euro lights

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eXo5 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: delaware Posts: 368 Drives: skateboard w/ NAWWWZ Rep Power: 672	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? Pearl zed likes this. __________________ Remember kids, NAWZ energy drink will not make your car go faster.

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