I'm very happy that I got to meet Carlos a few weeks ago and shoot his car for the site. Please check out the article!
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I see rims on air ride, still a Kia.. NOT A FEATURE CAR IMO!! LOL
Andy, don't bother with that dude's comment. What Carlos is doing is what needs to be done. Create diversity. It's sad that some people just want to see the same thing over and over again.
I thought his was the only one in this country because, if I remember correctly, there are a couple in Europe that are also on air bags.
I hate sticking my opinion in on things, but here goes. This car is incredibly unique. I remember seeing this guys car at a mellow mushroom meet when it was first lowered and thinking Kia definitely had something with this car.
I'm of the mind that wheels can make or break the whole look of a car, and these wheels do not look good on anything at all. Anything. I don't know what it is about these wheels that has the stance scene clamoring over them, but they have to be ugliest design of wheels since Asanti Assasins. This car would be profoundly more interesting if it didnt have those wheels on it.
Is it Canibeat feature worthy? Sure, due to uniqueness and effort.
Could it be better? Most definitely.
Its a lowered car with some shitty stanced wheels and a carbon hood?
that is feature worthy now? Am I missing something
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Still dont see what the big deal is. Nice looking car, but the wheels look terrible
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When I'm choosing cars to feature, I primarily look for unique cars with quality work. Look through my features and you'll usually find that there is something off the beaten path. Furthermore, any model that hasn't been touched will have different expectations.
I believe that a true pioneer in a developing scene (KDM) deserves attention. Carlos has been working on this car for a couple years now, and has had looks that imho, weren't feature worthy. With the installation of a completely custom air suspension and custom body work, the car is finally on a level that deserves recognition and rises above the sum of its parts. Are the wheels my favorite? Absolutely not. But they check the right boxes, and weren't really the focus of the feature anyway.
^ that's what I'm thinkin. It meets feature criteria, but it has SO much potential to be nicer.
I remember seeing this thing on Barrett when he swapped wheels from the BBS RSs. I facepalmed all the way back home.
It was like dumping Jessica Alba for Brenda Fricker.
This is where I'm going to be an internet snob for a second.
Those weren't RS's, they were Konig Remembers. To be featured where he wanted to be featured, reps weren't going to cut it; right, wrong, indifferent. I agree though that the mesh style was a much better looking set-up.
Question: when did a car with no Function become cool?
Please explain...
Like im not trying to be an asshole im being dead on balls serious.
I dont really see anything special about it. its a Forte with suspension and wheels? I am not a fan of the stance at all, but I understand its popular right now. It looks like it has exhaust and maybe a front lip?
I mean i get its "different" and such, but a FEATURE car? I always though feature cars had a little bit of everything. Interior, motor, suspension, body, etc. Not just wheels and slammed on an air ride system.
Nice car, nice pictures, just dont see the appeal. WOW factor for me is like a 1 on a scale of 1-10
Seriously, it doesnt look all that much different than this
Can you point out what im missing, serious question.
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In the stance community, airride is a big deal. That's what sets it apart from those cars and makes it feature worthy.
Personally, I'm a big fan of OEM+ styling so I like all the little Cerato bits and the converted STI spoiler too. I think its an interesting car and worth showing off. I guess that's all there is to it.
Thank you for the clarification. Im not familiar with Canibeat so now that im clearly not in your demographic I understand why i "dont get it".
It is a different car, Ill give you that and it looks good, I personally dont like stanced wheels, it could be a GTR and I would still not like it. Just me.
I guess this would be like me bashing on Soccer magazine featuring a soccer star because I dont like soccer and love basketball. Hope you didnt take it as bashing, though.
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the car has no function? it's function is to be driven and not tracked, i'm sure it's very functional at that. the 'company' or w/e you want to call it is based off of the 'stance' trend, so it fits, i dont see why the hate on 'non functionality' is running so rampant in this thread right now.
Ok. I didn't really want to go here, but lets all get in our time machine and head on back to 2009 for a stance vs track argument.
The function of this car is to be a daily-driven show car. It will never race, never appear to race, and will never see a track. It's an automatic KIA Forte for the love of God.
Canibeat is a stance blog. We feature stanced cars. I've been wanting to feature a non-Genesis KIA/Hyundai for awhile, because its a brand new scene that very few people are involved in. This car is currently the most advanced and innovative stanced KIA in the world AFAIK.
If this car was an Civic Si and was modded the same way, would it be featured? Absolutely not.
1. Unique car.
2. Quality parts/build
3. Correct stance
Those three together will usually get you a feature on any stance site.
I have to add this, when I and many other people say it's not functional, that doesn't mean it should function on the track. If you need to change a route or modify your driveway entrance for your slammed car, your car is not functional. That's just my own opinion of course and I personally could care less what people want to do.
As for the car in question, the Forte looks better than many other cars in its class, or older Civics with a similar wheel setup. I don't think it's ugly or anything, not my cup of tea with the whole 90s poke thing and tire stretch but I don't even remotely care for the whole "stance" scene so of course it wouldn't be my cup of tea.
So lets define how this so-called "stance" game came about...
Hmmm, I'm to broke to afford mods so i'm gonna cut some ebay coils, and cram rims under my car that don't fit.. Yep I'm cool now!!![]()
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Come on man, this isn't that big of a deal, nor is it anything new. The basic idea is as old as cars themselves.
You see it with the pre-war American hot-rods, the Atomic era Customs, the 70s Japanese Shakotan/Bosozuku racers, the VW scene, and finally the American stance scene. Its all the same thing.
I mean should I go buy a Daewoo, slap air ride, and bbs.. I mean it's in same class as a KIA, A to B car, faster then walking!! Can I get Feature then??
Now why would you bring an Icon into the mix?
I like a lot of things, but dude.... IT'S A KIA!! you know why it's the only one on air ride now?
Because its the same thing 70 years earlier.
Because they aren't popular cars for modding. Neither were Hondas in the '70s.
We feature cars that are interesting and different so that thousands of people a month click on the link, read the article, and return the next day to read about something completely different.
And maybe a sticker or two while they are there.