Awful looking Top Secret Roadster
06-27-2006, 05:59 PM
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Alright, somebody let me know the point of a widebody besides looks? From my understanding if you dropping alot of torque and need some extra beefy tires/wheels in the rear a widebody might be beneficial. What are other benefits or reasons for getting one? im blanking
06-27-2006, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by drivenCSZ
Alright, somebody let me know the point of a widebody besides looks? From my understanding if you dropping alot of torque and need some extra beefy tires/wheels in the rear a widebody might be beneficial. What are other benefits or reasons for getting one? im blanking
06-27-2006, 06:31 PM
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exactly what i thought, he claims that the handling is so much better with the widebody, i was like WTF, are you kidding? he has no mods, and those konigs are defintly not 11 or 12 inches in the rear
06-27-2006, 06:38 PM
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haha I just sent this:
you know all the Z owners are making fun of this car in the forums right? Spend 10K on bodykit and installation, but nothing in the engine bay to back it up, and with your skinnyass tires, it doesn't provide any better handling abilities... If you wanna do it, do it right, but what's the point in that red thing? You'd be lucky to get $25,000 out of it.
see if he replies...lol...
you know all the Z owners are making fun of this car in the forums right? Spend 10K on bodykit and installation, but nothing in the engine bay to back it up, and with your skinnyass tires, it doesn't provide any better handling abilities... If you wanna do it, do it right, but what's the point in that red thing? You'd be lucky to get $25,000 out of it.
see if he replies...lol...
06-27-2006, 06:48 PM
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Man that car looks terrible. I really don't get it, either. The Top Secret stuff just doesn't make sense with the rest of his mods. He's got some elite JDM widebody kit with a bull**** hood and wing and some K-Mart Wheels. Weird. I think the paint looks kinda dull, too.
06-27-2006, 07:07 PM
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ok here is what gets me... most people i have encountered HATE the vielside V3 Kit... but this is NOT TOO FAR from it... but because it is "Top Secret" is is not rice, ricey, or riced out?
i would stick to calling a car any of the above mentioned "rice" terms if any portion of the mod is found to be distasteful, unpleasant, or an eyesore...
it should not be restricted to certian brands or makers. ex. this kit is too ricey, but his one looks ok but is not my cup of tea because it is an "elite JDM Manufacturer"
I'm not attacking anybody and sorry Smokes for using a part of your post, but you chose the most powerful words to describe Top Secret in this thread...
BTW: i think the kit is terrible looking too... even if it was on a coupe... looks like one more mutilated Z
i would stick to calling a car any of the above mentioned "rice" terms if any portion of the mod is found to be distasteful, unpleasant, or an eyesore...
it should not be restricted to certian brands or makers. ex. this kit is too ricey, but his one looks ok but is not my cup of tea because it is an "elite JDM Manufacturer"
I'm not attacking anybody and sorry Smokes for using a part of your post, but you chose the most powerful words to describe Top Secret in this thread...
BTW: i think the kit is terrible looking too... even if it was on a coupe... looks like one more mutilated Z
06-27-2006, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by LegionnaireZ
ok here is what gets me... most people i have encountered HATE the vielside V3 Kit... but this is NOT TOO FAR from it... but because it is "Top Secret" is is not rice, ricey, or riced out?
i would stick to calling a car any of the above mentioned "rice" terms if any portion of the mod is found to be distasteful, unpleasant, or an eyesore...
it should not be restricted to certian brands or makers. ex. this kit is too ricey, but his one looks ok but is not my cup of tea because it is an "elite JDM Manufacturer"
I'm not attacking anybody and sorry Smokes for using a part of your post, but you chose the most powerful words to describe Top Secret in this thread...
BTW: i think the kit is terrible looking too... even if it was on a coupe... looks like one more mutilated Z
i would stick to calling a car any of the above mentioned "rice" terms if any portion of the mod is found to be distasteful, unpleasant, or an eyesore...
it should not be restricted to certian brands or makers. ex. this kit is too ricey, but his one looks ok but is not my cup of tea because it is an "elite JDM Manufacturer"
I'm not attacking anybody and sorry Smokes for using a part of your post, but you chose the most powerful words to describe Top Secret in this thread...
BTW: i think the kit is terrible looking too... even if it was on a coupe... looks like one more mutilated Z
06-27-2006, 07:35 PM
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The rear looks horrible. The only part of the car I like is the area by the front of the doors. Poor choice of wheels, offsets, and size. The front looks like a snoot or something. The owner seems like a jerk to boot. Good luck unloading that horrible lookin' Z.
06-27-2006, 07:42 PM
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ahh... cool then... i was almost expecting to get some friction for my post... but i forgot that this isn't zcar.com
lol... i see what you are saying about top secret though... sounds like i'm sticking to the USDM kits if that's the case...
lol... i see what you are saying about top secret though... sounds like i'm sticking to the USDM kits if that's the case...
06-28-2006, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by LegionnaireZ
ok here is what gets me... most people i have encountered HATE the vielside V3 Kit... but this is NOT TOO FAR from it... but because it is "Top Secret" is is not rice, ricey, or riced out?
Top Secret actually builds four-figured horsepowered cars tweaked with the kits they produce. Professional race cars use them, OPTION uses their kit on two of their 350z's for the State Classic top speed runs in Nevada. They built a G35 that can run in excess of 200mph...and we can't say aerodynamics has nothing to do with it.
I'm not saying this kit belongs on ANY of our street cars, since it's only purpose would be aesthetic, and subject to criticism.
I'm just letting you know why people are a little more reserved when it comes to calling Top Secret "rice".
06-28-2006, 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 35oZephyR
Because Veilside is mostly a show and style body-kit maker. "how it looks" is subjected to our opinions.
Top Secret actually builds four-figured horsepowered cars tweaked with the kits they produce. Professional race cars use them, OPTION uses their kit on two of their 350z's for the State Classic top speed runs in Nevada. They built a G35 that can run in excess of 200mph...and we can't say aerodynamics has nothing to do with it.
I'm not saying this kit belongs on ANY of our street cars, since it's only purpose would be aesthetic, and subject to criticism.
I'm just letting you know why people are a little more reserved when it comes to calling Top Secret "rice".
Top Secret actually builds four-figured horsepowered cars tweaked with the kits they produce. Professional race cars use them, OPTION uses their kit on two of their 350z's for the State Classic top speed runs in Nevada. They built a G35 that can run in excess of 200mph...and we can't say aerodynamics has nothing to do with it.
I'm not saying this kit belongs on ANY of our street cars, since it's only purpose would be aesthetic, and subject to criticism.
I'm just letting you know why people are a little more reserved when it comes to calling Top Secret "rice".
06-28-2006, 04:19 AM
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I am not feeling this kit at all, maybe if the car was a different color? That kit on a red roadster is just not appealing to me. Bad choice of rims as well, they look tiny and sunken in compared to the rest of the car 
These problems can easily be fixed but for his asking price I would expect the whole package.
These problems can easily be fixed but for his asking price I would expect the whole package.