i've found that a lot of Z enthusiasts are hard to please...anything you put on your car has to provide a gain in horsepower or improve handling or it's rice...i think aesthetic mods are perfectly fine just as long as they look cool and not cheap-looking...neons, big wings, and bodykits can be done tastefully and not be rice IMO

 

My car is rice. I love Rice so is Kellys (KCOBeans), Chestos, Rickdoggs... etc

http://members.aol.com/man/new_z/

lol

Rice is in the eye of the beholder. I would say for me... rice is a civic with a big wing on the back.. fart can.. unpainted body parts.. etc

 

Rice Rice Baby
Rice, Rice, Baby!
Yo, VTEC, lets kick it,
Rice Rice Baby, Rice Rice Baby...
Alright stop - collaborate and listen,
Rice is back with a brand new invention.
Chopped springs, they hug tha road tightly,
6 inch exhaust tip flows really loud nightly.
Will it ever stop, yo,
I don't know,
hit my neon lights and I'll glow.
To tha extreme my car looks like a candle,
and tha paint job - it was done by a vandal.
Dance, I got a speaker that booms,
this aint a car, it's a mobile sound room.
Deadly,
listen to tha melody,
if it was louder yo, it'd be a felony.
Love it or leave it you can't gain way,
with my Type-R sticker I'll lose you any day.
If there was a problem yo I'll solve it, check out
my rims while my front drive revolves it,
Rice Rice Baby, Rice Rice Baby...
Now that my suspension is jumpin',
my bumber hits tha ground, but who cares I'm a thumpin.
Quick to tha point, to tha point no fakin',
cookin' mopeds like a pound of bacon.
Burning 'em, cause I'm quick and nimble,
you can't fade me and my VTEC symbol.
In your souped up GN or 5.0...
I'm on a roll,
I always ride solo.
Rollin', in my 2 point 0,
it runs low 18's, yo, that really ain't slow.
Tha girlies on stand by,
don't even want to say "Hi".
Did ya stop? No, I just flew by.
Kept on, pursuing to tha next block,
I bust a left and I'm headin' to tha next stop.
The block was dead, yo, so I continued to A-1-A,
Detroit Avenue!
Tha girls looked hot wearing less than bikinis, I
saw a few chumps drivin' stock Lamborghinis.
Jealous, cause I'm out drivin' mine,
ready to race 'cuz my Nittos lookin' fine.
If there was a problem, yo I'll solve it,
check out my rims while my front drive revolves it,
Rice Rice Baby, Rice Rice Baby...
Take heed, 'cause I'm a Honda poet,
Akimoto's on tha scene just in case ya didn't know it.
My exhaust tip, created all tha bass sound,
rumbles enough to put holes in tha ground.
'Cause my ride's style is so reeeeeeeeeeeeal, with
an exhaust tone that ya can feeeeeeeel.
4 foot spoiler, it's a helluva concept, my ride is
hype, and you wanna step
WITH THIS.
In my rearview you'll fade,
slice like a Ginsu -sounds like a Kitchen-Aid.
So fast, that all tha V8's say "damn", if rice was
a drug I'd sell it by tha gram.
Keep my composure when the front tire breaks loose,
magnetized by the kick of 30 horse juice.
If there was a problem, yo I'll solve it,
check out my rims while my front drive revolves it,
Rice Rice Baby, Rice Rice Baby...
Yo, we outta here...
E-Brake burnouts to your mother!

 

check out
my rims while my front drive revolves it!!!!!!!!!!! RICE RICe BABY! too slow to slow RICe RIce baby ..too slow too slow

 

Since my Z will be replacing my show car I'v decided on an Ings long nose kit, Nismo wing, SF-Challenge Diamond Black wheels, Varrad Ultra bright Blue LED undercar kit, Varrad suspention light kit (only to be used at nighttime shows) the LED Z kickplates and strut cover and of course my sound system and DVD. It may be considered rice but once everything arrives and we finish getting stuff oredered I promiss not to dissapoint even if its a litttle rice it won't be tacky (I hope). Hopefully everything is ordered and painted by the time my car arrives. only problem I'v run into is there is now no longer anyone in my area who installs turbo's. the shop i'm sponsored by doesn't know anything about the Z so they don't wanna attempt to install it so we gotta find someone reputible around to do it later down the road.

 

long nose kits are so nice
i think rice are just bad cars with bad parts
good cars with nice parts cant be rice

 

According to this thread, yes. Everything you do to your car is rice. You put a body kit, no matter what kind, some's gonna hate it, some will love it. Some of those that hate it will call it rice. You put rims, and it's still considered rice because it actually decreases certain aspects of your car's performance. If you have a turbo, you won't be rice. However, if you slap on a body kit, again, some will say it doesn't fit the aerodynamics and it's rice. You add a spoiler, and unless u are doing nascar, no matter what they say, it's not shaving that much time off your clock, so you are rice.

If you buy a Enzo, you put a body kit on from a very well designed aero company, I'm pretty sure most will say, "yeah cool, that is beautiful!" You know what. That should be considered rice unless that Enzo has greatly modified it's stock engine as well.

As for people not looking like show cars, why not? They are show cars because, well, their car look hotter than yours. Why can't street cars try to make their car like show car. Maybe you should stop washing your car forever because everytime you wash it, it's rice. It doesn't increase much drag coefficient and you are making it too shiny and show car like.

To me, as long as I like the way it looks, I really could care less what other people thinks. Whatever u do, people are going to think it's rice. To be honest, if you go by all these people's rice definitions, even exhaust and CAI is rice. Hell, a few ponies shouldn't be considered performance.

I say do whatever you like. It's your car. You should love what you see in the morning and what you hear in the car as you step on the throttle. Rice is such a vague term term that has no set definition. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

+1 with a cape

 

show cars can't be rice, 'cause the purpose of the car is to look awesome...i can't wait to see your ride when it's done

 

That is sweet, i dont care if people dislike it but thats an awesome kit.

 

I TOTALLY AGREE
VEILSIDE IS THE ABSOLUTE SHIZZLE TEH JIZZLE MAN...

 

i think people don't like it just because everyone has it...if it was rarer, i think more people would like it...i was thinking of getting it until i saw every custom 350Z on cardomain with that kit...what is "teh" btw?

 

OK boys and girls, what have we learned here today? As long as you have the performance mods UNDER the hood, you are then allowed to do all kinds of visual mods to "anounce" to the world that you have a serious performance beast.

What should be avoided is to have all kinds of visual mods trying to pass off as somebody who has perfomance mods under the hood.

Other possible similar comparisons:
1. People who only have $30.00 in their money clip, but chose to put the $20 bill facing outwards with all the other $1 bills inside in order to give the impression that they are filthy rich.
2.Women who use all kinds of figure enhancing under garments (pushup bra, etc). When you get that home and you eagerly peel it all off, you sadly realize that you where the victim of a sick sick joke.
3.Teenagers driving around in their parents car showing it off as if it where theirs.
4.People who go to the gym in the most expensive matching "under armour" tight spandex and can't lift the tinny 5lbs shinny weights that nobody else uses.

So please, let's all "keep it real". Be true to yourself, you are what you are. If you don't like it...go out and do something to fix it!

This public service anouncement has been brought to you by:

-LamaZ

 

how old you are u? i would guess 23 and under. seriously, when your taste matures a bit you'll think that body kit looks hideous. I would have loved that kit when I was 21 but now I'm 29. I couldnt look people straight in the eye after driving a Z if it had that kit on it.

 

Okay, in this series of pics, 1, 3, 5 are just plain tasteless. 2, 4 are DEFINITELY big heaping bowls of the white stuff.

Hey.....let's keep this thread going with pics of "Rice on a Z"

 

I liked the veilside when I first saw it but unlike things that grow on you thats one that fades on you fast.

 

I could easily argue that a 1000hp z is still rice with a functionless body kit. Functionless mods that are meant make something appear to do something it does not=RICE

I do see your point in regards to the example I gave. A real "body kit" is meant to give some degree of aerodynamic advantage at speed. If it does not, it is rice. Of course, some would argue that certain enhancements improve the lines/looks of a vehicle, but it's kinda like a woman wearing make-up: the right amount tastefully applied can look good. Too much, cheaply applied makes one look like trash.

I have a Veilside V1 lip on my car. It is there purely for the fact that I like the way it makes the front end look. Does it really create downforce at speed? I don't know. Is it rice? I don't know that either, but I'm willing to bet that most would not consider it to be rice. Why?.....because it's a subtle enhancement. Still, I could see a very solid argument that it is rice. Hmmmm....interesting.

 

See anything out of place in this picture?

....I didn't either

 

its seems that enthuz shut his mouth all of the sudden........................

Veilside for Life!

 

My tongue is sore, but not bleeding!

I'll just say this forum is written in English. I wish everyone spoke/wrote that language to the best of their abilities. Sadly, there are some that chose to communicate using confusing slang.......Is this what cell phone keyboarding has done to communication?

If I'm going to be banned for trying to improve our communication, so be it.


Peace