Import trends....???

[UpSideDownDesi]

Can someone please explain the trend like, prop the hood up about 2" from the hinges, tag on dash, drift charms, and etc??
-Hood propping started with h22 swaps in civics then every one and their momma started doing it :thinking:. Not the swap, the propping of hood. Why, if you have no h22 under the hood and mess up perfect lines of a car?
-If you got a tag plate, put it on a bumper not dash board.
-Drift Charms, accepted on drift cars on the track or in the ring...not civics and every other 240.

Ever noticed mostly all these "trends" only show up on low end imports. Not being cocky or saying shit, just what i have seen and noticed. My rant is over.

[MINI]

Can someone please explain the trend like, prop the hood up about 2" from the hinges, tag on dash, drift charms, and etc??
-Hood propping started with h22 swaps in civics then every one and their momma started doing it :thinking:. Not the swap, the propping of hood. Why, if you have no h22 under the hood and mess up perfect lines of a car?
-If you got a tag plate, put it on a bumper not dash board.
-Drift Charms, accepted on drift cars on the track or in the ring...not civics and every other 240.

Ever noticed mostly all these "trends" only show up on low end imports. Not being cocky or saying shit, just what i have seen and noticed. My rant is over.

Every 240 is a drift car! :doh:

And when youre JDM, you can do and say anything with no consequence :goodjob:



But I lie :rolleyes:

[oneSLOWex]

I dunno bout the tag or drift charms....but the hood prop thing is DUMB unless you have to....and like you said...most people dont.

[AirMax95]

Every 240 is a drift car! :doh:

And when youre JDM, you can do and say anything with no consequence :goodjob:

QFT! If you have a 240, it is a drift car at heart, waiting for its sideways debut. The charm signifies that its is Zeus's iron chariot!

Stop fronting Suny; I saw the charm on the 7, and the Nurburging badge on the Subie with the rally armor mudflaps :ninja:

[Sammich]

i drifted my maxima w/ my drift charm...chicks on site told me it was charming

[87 Turbo II]

Don't forget about all the tow hooks.

The hood propping thing is dumb, it can actually raise underhood temps.

EDIT: check first post, page 4 for reasoning

[Sammich]

Don't forget about all the tow hooks.

The hood propping thing is dumb, it can actually raise underhood temps.

thought it was suppose to do the opposite:thinking:

[Elbow]

Yeah hood propping is "suppose" to be for letting hot air out. That's why you see it, does it work on half the cars? No. Because half that do it our stock Civics slammed on Rotas and a Jap front plate.

The drift charm well you know duh, it's like a good luck charm for drifting, stupid JDM wannabe thing. This year at Drift Atlanta and every meet I am going around ripping every hanging piece from a back bumper off, there will be a bucket full of stupid little bears and shit at the gate, if you want yours back, find it.

I have never understood the tag thing, I saw it in the lowrider scene though first so who knows, maybe some import guys have a little lowrider in their blood?

EDIT:

Yes tow hooks, so fucking stupid. Unless it's a track car or you track it quite a bit, why does a street car need a tow hook, usually mounted in a bad spot anyway lol. I love when people put the wrong sticker for tow on their cars, like a Civic hatch that's on here, he had a battery kill switch arrow sticker pointing at the tow hook thinking it was a tow here arrow :no: . 100% RICE.

Most race cars don't even have tow HOOKS they use straps lol.

[Sammich]

I have never understood the tag thing, I saw it in the lowrider scene though first so who knows, maybe some import guys have a little lowrider in their blood?

:ninja: :ninja: :ninja:

[oneSLOWex]

Don't forget about all the tow hooks.

The hood propping thing is dumb, it can actually raise underhood temps.

Tow hooks can actually serve a purpose though

[Elbow]

Tow hooks can actually serve a purpose though

Yeah if you are RACING...

Stock cars have tow hooks for tow trucks, they just don't stick out from the car and look shiny.

[ash7]

I did mine like that because it irritates the hardcore folks. :goodjob:

-jonathan

[Total_Blender]

Shopping list...

2" spacer brackets to prop up hood.

Beanie baby to tie to rear bumper.

Japanese plate for dash

Drywall screws to attach JDM plate to dash.

Does anyone know where I can get metric drywall screws? I want to keep my vehicle as JDM as possible.

Anyhow... E-bay here I come.

[Z33_kid]

Tow hooks can actually serve a purpose though

to steal the ride :D lol j'p track use only

[AnthonyF]

The hood prop or what I call the "wrecked front end look" is retarded. They say it allows more heat to come out of the engine bay. Oh really? Any aerodynamic tests to back this? Exactly. Do the racers do this? Exactly.

The tag on the dash, has to be fucking stupid. Lets put a Japan tag up there to show off that my car was made in America.

-Ant.

[SUBY_RUE]

Yeah if you are RACING...

Stock cars have tow hooks for tow trucks, they just don't stick out from the car and look shiny.

Well, I use to drive a tow truck. and when a car are lowerd so low, those tow hooks are what saved the front and rear bumpers from being damaged... It was much easier to hook right up to those insted of the factory locations... jmo...

[Sammich]

Well, I use to drive a tow truck. and when a car are lowerd so low, those tow hooks are what saved the front and rear bumpers from being damaged... It was much easier to hook right up to those insted of the factory locations... jmo...

*looks into purchasing tow hook*

[UpSideDownDesi]

yea i can get it if one has a slammed car or a car they track to have a tow hook, but Hood propped, drift charmed, tow hooked civic? Might as well put "Sipcy Rice" on the plate sitting on the dash.

My understanding...No one mostly gives a second look to some of these cars, beat up/stock/semi modded civics, 240s, etc. The "trends" are simply poor attempt to get attention, yea they work, but this is the attention they go.... :upchuck:. Prefect way it kill a clean car.

Good to be trendy, when you set it, not follow it. :goodjob:

[Total_Blender]

Painting your wheels or one of your body panels a fruity color is also pretty JDM trendy.

I think for my Mad Tyte JDM truck I'm going to paint my tailgate pastel green. That should set off my big red arrow decals pointing to my tow hooks and fake battery cutoff really well. :goodjob::goodjob:

[Captain-Obvious™]

I agree on the hood prop and drift charms...

but what's the big deal if someone wants to have a tag on there dash?

[ash7]

lol @ this thread - more or less a reminds me of a bunch of old dudes meeting to read the paper and talk about how "immoral the new generation of kids are."

old man #1: "yeah, popped hoods are gay"

old man #2 "yeah, tow hooks are gay too"

old man #3 "yeah, if its not a ballin part it's ugly"

old man #1 "race car guys don't do it, it must be stupid"

old man #3 "yeah! if it's not functional, it's POINTLESS"

...i remember when i was this way, let the kids do their own thing... what makes a trend anyways? you have to have followers for it to be a "trend", right?

-jonathan

[UpSideDownDesi]

I agree on the hood prop and drift charms...

but what's the big deal if someone wants to have a tag on there dash?
you said it yourself...tag on dash. Where does it belong? I mean really is it so mad JDM tyte rare expensive that it needs to be on a dash not a bumper or needs to get showed off in such manner?

[AirMax95]

My A4 is JDM.......

[UpSideDownDesi]

lol @ this thread - more or less a reminds me of a bunch of old dudes meeting to read the paper and talk about how "immoral the new generation of kids are."

old man #1: "yeah, popped hoods are gay"

old man #2 "yeah, tow hooks are gay too"

old man #3 "yeah, if its not a ballin part it's ugly"

old man #1 "race car guys don't do it, it must be stupid"

old man #3 "yeah! if it's not functional, it's POINTLESS"

...i remember when i was this way, let the kids do their own thing... what makes a trend anyways? you have to have followers for it to be a "trend", right?

-jonathan
no one said it has to be a balling part to stand out (in a good way) nor did anyone say it's pointless if not functional. Shit tons of mods that look good that are cheap and not so functional. All the above are simply eye sore.

Trends are good when they are seen not soo often and stay in a class of their own that sets them apart, even with followers. When something becomes very common it's not a trend anymore, simply a thing to follow.

I can careless if some wants to mess up a perfectly looking car, but questiong is why?

[Captain-Obvious™]

you said it yourself...tag on dash. Where does it belong? I mean really is it so mad JDM tyte rare expensive that it needs to be on a dash not a bumper or needs to get showed off in such manner?

because just as propping a hood ruins the body lines of a car...so does a front tag...

I rejoice in the fact that I live in GA and don't have my front end soiled by a tag...

that being said some people still wanna rock the tags but not put the unsightly thing on the front of their car...

[Captain-Obvious™]

I can careless if some wants to mess up a perfectly looking car, but questiong is why?

I just wanted to clerify...you CAN care less? so you care some? maybe just a little bit?

Of course if you were trying to say that you don't care at all I think you meant "I couldn't care less" :goodjob:

[UpSideDownDesi]

because just as propping a hood ruins the body lines of a car...so does a front tag...

I rejoice in the fact that I live in GA and don't have my front end soiled by a tag...

that being said some people still wanna rock the tags but not put the unsightly thing on the front of their car...
doesn't the front bumper already have holes for a front tag? I rejoice it too, no tag on the front end lol. If it makes you feel like you car looks cleaner with tag on dash, then no arguments :cheers:. Your car, you do it if you like it, but opinions will be there.

[Captain-Obvious™]

doesn't the front bumper already have holes for a front tag? I rejoice it too, no tag on the front end lol. If it makes you feel like you car looks cleaner with tag on dash, then no arguments :cheers:. Your car, you do it if you like it, but opinions will be there.

I don't have a tag on my dash...I was just saying I didn't think that the "tag on dash" was a big enough deal to be included in a rant of this sort...

[Papa_Smurf]

Tow hooks can actually serve a purpose though

yes, they CAN serve a purpose, as previously stated in this thread, for uber slammed cars where the stock toe hook is not accessible.

HOWEVER, you know damn well it's there for one thing, looks. and if anyone actually had to use it, that nice shiny toe hook would get scratched, and the driver would be ill minded about it.

[UpSideDownDesi]

I don't have a tag on my dash...I was just saying I didn't think that the "tag on dash" was a big enough deal to be included in a rant of this sort...
you car is clean, and i like it the way it sits. Tag just becomes a eyesore...clean car then BAAM white tag on dash lol.

[ash7]

you car is clean, and i like it the way it sits. Tag just becomes a eyesore...clean car then BAAM white tag on dash lol.

just think of that tag as the mole on Cindy Crawfords face...

hot - most definitely.
-jonathan

[Sammich]

here is another trend:

kimyatters (4:42:51 PM): y the catback for my car more expensive than urs
kimyatters (4:42:53 PM): wtf yo
integrahot (4:43:12 PM): cuz
integrahot (4:43:13 PM): ur gay
integrahot (4:43:14 PM): lol
integrahot (4:43:23 PM): urs a v6
integrahot (4:43:24 PM): ?
kimyatters (4:43:28 PM): sdfu
kimyatters (4:43:29 PM): no
kimyatters (4:43:36 PM): if ail @ that
kimyatters (4:43:39 PM): fail*
kimyatters (4:43:42 PM): gawd how i wish it was
integrahot (4:43:45 PM): u fail at spelling too
integrahot (4:43:50 PM): u want my max?
kimyatters (4:43:53 PM): it will be a v6 within the next 2 yra
integrahot (4:43:53 PM): 5spd v6
kimyatters (4:43:58 PM): yrs*
kimyatters (4:44:01 PM): no
kimyatters (4:44:03 PM): i love honda
integrahot (4:44:05 PM): plz dont do nothing crazy like swapping a v6 in it
kimyatters (4:44:09 PM): i am
integrahot (4:44:11 PM): omg
integrahot (4:44:17 PM): just buy a v6 accord
kimyatters (4:44:19 PM): nope
integrahot (4:44:26 PM): *shakes head*
integrahot (4:44:28 PM): ok WOMAN
kimyatters (4:44:33 PM): cheaper to pay this bitch off & swap it
integrahot (4:44:33 PM): have fun
kimyatters (4:44:56 PM): i will
kimyatters (4:45:20 PM): swap is cooler
kimyatters (4:45:26 PM): atleast to us honda owners

[UpSideDownDesi]

just think of that tag as the mole on Cindy Crawfords face...

hot - most definitely.
-jonathan
haha

[Papa_Smurf]

mr sandwhich are you implying that ... motor swaps are a trend?

[Sammich]

hondachik said that..i was just posting her trend....

[ash7]

motor swaps are a trend?

genius! ...gotta admit, I'm kinda glad that i followed that one :yes:

-jonathan

[HypnoToad]

hood pop is old muscle car thing,u know a free small cowl,just like removing the rubber off the back off the hood........just trying to get the hot air out and cool in.

but i wouldnt do it on my car.

[Papa_Smurf]

genius! ...gotta admit, I'm kinda glad that i followed that one :yes:

-jonathan

LOL

yea, even though it didn't really make much of a difference in my car, im glad i followed that trend too :tongue1:

[Deke]

Does someone have a picture of this tag on the dash thing? It's not ringing any bells for me. You mean some people mount a license plate to the top of their dashboard? Weird.

But yeah, I definitely agree with the general sentiment on the other aforementioned fads.

[ranger250x]

why do civic drivers sit like 2 inches from the steering wheel? seems to be just civic drivers but might be other FWD honda platforms

[SLOWR/T]

I have a couple to add.

The strange ass head liner and door panels. Whats up with that?
Bike racks when the owner doesn't ride a bike or even own one for that matter.

[£G2♣]

I have a couple to add.

The strange ass head liner and door panels. Whats up with that?
Bike racks when the owner doesn't ride a bike or even own one for that matter.

headliner i think its cool, looks alot cleaner depends on what design they go for

im with you on that bikerack shit. i've seen alot of cars on this site with it, and not being used for shit.

[amped4life33]

Don't forget about all the tow hooks.

The hood propping thing is dumb, it can actually raise underhood temps.

I can explain the tow hooks. Thats for when a domestic whoops that ass. Makes it easier to bring the new car home...

[EL42]

:ninja:WOW!The only thing I learned from this is,I got to get me some tow hooks. LOL
Couldn't reach the front stock ones if I wanted to.

[UpSideDownDesi]

Does someone have a picture of this tag on the dash thing? It's not ringing any bells for me. You mean some people mount a license plate to the top of their dashboard? Weird.

But yeah, I definitely agree with the general sentiment on the other aforementioned fads.
this is what i meant by tag on dash...very clean car, but tag's just out of place.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg194/jmoo711/sd9.jpg

[Captain-Obvious™]

I can explain the tow hooks. Thats for when a domestic whoops that ass. Makes it easier to bring the new car home...

:lmao:

most hondas maybe... but not ALL imports...

[EL42]

this is what i meant by tag on dash...very clean car, but tag's just out of place.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg194/jmoo711/sd9.jpg:ninja: About the tag thing,my dad had his tag stolen off his truck. And it was just a regular GA.tag. So I can imagine someone would unscrew a "trendy" tag off a car as well. But if it's a show car,then it looks kinda bad if it's on the dash

[Humphrizzle]

Don't forget about all the tow hooks.

The hood propping thing is dumb, it can actually raise underhood temps.


tow hooks help tow a car when it's too low to the ground to pull it from the rad support.

i have no problems with anyone having a tow hook.

[quickdodge®]

I have never understood the tag thing, I saw it in the lowrider scene though first so who knows,

Not just lowriders, but many people. Putting tags on your dash has been around for a LONG time.


why does a street car need a tow hook, usually mounted in a bad spot anyway

Like on the BACK of a FRONT wheel drive car. Later, QD.

[DeeAOne]

my japanese tag is on my bumper.. im not rice am i? lol

[ash7]

yeah, well...

don't worry DeeAOne, you can hang out with me in the Rice Corner with my hood spacing.

-jonathan

[Sammich]

yeah, well...

don't worry DeeAOne, you can hang out with me in the Rice Corner with my hood spacing.

-jonathan

thats if he decides not to flip his new piece:lmfao:

[Total_Blender]

hood pop is old muscle car thing,u know a free small cowl,just like removing the rubber off the back off the hood........just trying to get the hot air out and cool in.
.

Because 1 or 2 degrees of underhood temp makes a lot of difference on a 100hp econobox. :crazy:

[GTScoob]

Whats with this whole turbo awd trend? everybody should get an evo, skyline, rdx, ms6, S4 quattro, etc and hop on.

Get yourself a speedwagon and defy the trends. Try and do something different with your car. I'm not too big of a fan of all the graffiti art going on in the honda and vw scenes but I like the uniqueness of it.

And lol and the guy in the civic with all of the ricer mods mentioned in this thread trying to defend it. You're just following all the trends, same wheels and spoiler as every other EG hatch.

www.trunkmonkey.com subaru owners keep their stuffed animals inside the car.

[ATL_EG]

Well, I use to drive a tow truck. and when a car are lowerd so low, those tow hooks are what saved the front and rear bumpers from being damaged... It was much easier to hook right up to those insted of the factory locations... jmo...

wow, that would have saved many a front bumper, i actually may look into one just cuz my car gets towed more than driven :(

[RL...]

And what's with all these losers putting money into cars and wasting their apparently useless time! I mean seriously, why would you want to make your car faster or look better. They are just to get you from A to B!

[Starrfire]

Aww man, I followed the h2b trend(If that is possible) and as a result, apparently followed another trend, popping the hood(my intake manifold and entire valve cover and oil cap are taller than the fenders. don't really care for the tow hooks, or even care about the little goofy stuffed animals or weird license plate locations.

[eraser4g63]

How about the stupid asses that Zip Tie body kits on and then Primer the cars half ass. And assume they are hard core Drift kitties.

[UpSideDownDesi]

Aww man, I followed the h2b trend(If that is possible) and as a result, apparently followed another trend, popping the hood(my intake manifold and entire valve cover and oil cap are taller than the fenders. don't really care for the tow hooks, or even care about the little goofy stuffed animals or weird license plate locations.
if u got a h2b then you aren't doing anything wrong. I was just ranting about people who don't have them and still prop their hoods up.

[C-loS109]

this is the way i see it.
-if u dont like drift charms, dont hang any.
-if u dont like spacers on your hood make sure u dont do it on your car
-if u dont like tow hooks that are placed in the wrong spot. dont do it.
-if u dont like jap tag on their dash. its simple dont do it.
-if u dont like "frooty colors" on your wheels or body panels. dont paint them.
-if u dont like any of those things make sure they arent on YOUR vehicle, and stop caring for those who do. u didnt buy the car. u arent driving the car. u dont have anything to do with the car. yes some dont make sense, and make u want to hit yourself in the face but like i said, just simply turn around and dont give 2 shits about it.

[87 Turbo II]

Ok, let me clear this up for the idiots who think hood spacing reduces underhood temps.

Do you know how cowl induction works? The base of the windshield is a negative pressure zone, air is actually rotating under the windshield wipers TOWARDS the back of the hood. On a cowl induction car, say..... and old muscle car, this is ducted to the intake runners/carb horns/air filter/throttle bodies/ whatever. They stopped doing this because people were complaining of a "suction"sound at the base of their windshields.

Fastforward to someone with a hood lifted in the back, with no ducting. The air rushing in from behind (not hot air rushing out like people keep saying) creates back pressure in the engine bay, this higher pressure area reduces the airflow through the radiator, thus, heating the engine's coolant, and heating the engine. This is why auto manufacturers install weather stripping at the cowl IN THE FIRST PLACE, and the same goes for underbody splash guards also reducing the air pressure in the engine bay. So all you retards to lift the back of the hood, congrats on making your car run hotter without any aerodynamic knowledge.

Please spread this information on so people will stop doing it.

If anyone wants proof, find a temp gauge that reads digitally for exact purposes, then do a control test at monitoring the temps for a 5 minute drive at a constant speed and see which runs cooler.

[Elbow]

LOL exactly. Anyone ever wondered why race cars don't have hood props? lol. Especially endurance race cars? hmmmmmm..........

LOL @ the bike rack thing that's STUPID AS FUCK. If you don't ride on a regular basis, take that ricey shit off. I can't believe some people thing the tag in the window is acceptable, it's 100% rice. A tag on the front bumper looks hella better I think then looking white trash with it in your window lol...

The tow hooks everyone uses are usually to pull a RACE CAR out of a tire wall or tow it behind a truck back to the pits, or obviously use it to load it on a trailer if it's bad. Plus like I said most use straps now anyway. It's the new cool, ricers should pick up on that soon.

[87 Turbo II]

Bumping because more people need to read what I wrote.

[Twan0690]

How about the stupid asses that Zip Tie body kits on and then Primer the cars half ass. And assume they are hard core Drift kitties.


I guess they should drift every turn to get a pass

[UpSideDownDesi]

I guess they should drift every turn to get a pass
don't u know.... amount of zip ties = amount of times they have crashed. Zip ties all over the place, means beginner. No ties, swizz knife precision.