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I get so damn sick of reading Honda Tech, and seeing how everyone has to do the exact same thing to their car, or they are not cool. Here's how it goes...
Somebody gets up the nerve to post up a picture of their car. It's a pretty decent car, but the poor guy doesn't have a ton of money, and besides it's a project, so the car isn't perfect.
If this car has little to no JDM parts on it this is the response he gets:
-you car's ok, not really my style though, put a cf lip, amber corners, and some painted integra wheels and it would be cool
-take off that factory spoiler for a cleaner look, and get rid of those 17" wheels and put on some jdm stuff to make it cool
Or, if his car has tons of JDM stuff he might get a response like this:
-nice car, but you should have gotten XXX product
-you should have gotten xxx rims, they are much more JDM
-your HID's have a poor dispersion pattern

I get sick of reading all that stuff. Just because every car on the road isn't exactly like mine (or what I wish it was like) doesn't mean it's a POS. Cars are a matter of style, and everyone's a little different. You don't have to flame a poor guy not having the same stupid JDM stuff that every other HT'er has. It really makes me think that JDM is the modern rice.
What does everyone else think?

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they should dub that place "honda clone club".I hate that place.

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---- Honda-Tech. The JDM bandwagon. You aren't cool unless your car was completly made in Japan. I'm surprised they don't require you to be Japanese to be a member. ::)
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That is sad that some guy tries to build a car on a budget and then gets flamed by others that have loads of cash. I say ---- that ---- and ---- them ,they aren't driving it. I would paint it flat black and write GOD HATES YOU ALL on the side of it. Fuckers are to caught up in fancy paint and interiors blah blah blah that they forget what it means to make a car yours. The lifestyle has been tainted :'(

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ricer-tech

who gives a ---- about jap cars.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way. Let me put it this way---
My car philosiphy: Evaluate your tastes in cars, your likes and dislikes, then evaluate your means to build a car (how much $ you have, does it have to be a daily driver etc.) and decide what you want out of your car. Then build a car based on that, screw what every one else thinks.
The H-T car philosiphy: Why the hell don't you make as much money as I do? Why don't you like the same things I do? Why don't you spend $25000 on your car although you have other aspects to spend your money on (college, family, home etc.) You should build the same car that I have, because it's the best!

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The thing is Fiero, 90% of the people flaming others don't really have tons of cash or even nicer cars but since they are on the internet they can open up their big mouth, without having to back anything up!

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life has a funny way of getting even with those kinda people.

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everyone remember the honda-tech kills thread... where some guy went to the dyno, and he was talkin about how he saw a TT camaro make 750whp... and then a bunch of douche bags said it was weak cause you had to have 1500whp on a TT v8 to brag about it... lol... then the guy finally at the end that was talkin smack finally said he had a stock civic lol

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JDM parts are not all rice. think of it, an OEM car maker makes an option for your car to make it better or more versitile i would get it. jsut becouse you cant get them or dont whatn them it isnt rice. but i do belive H-T goes off the boat with forceing people to do ----. But for thoes of you that think JDM is rice, step back and take a good look at what tehy are ment to do. My JDM 1pc integra lights light the road FAR better than the USDM ones. They handle an H4 bulb and are easy to maintain. del Sol's have a ton of dealer option that dident come with the sols. 90% of them are functional. are 15's for rims rice? do they need to be 17's? i consider 17' are pushing rice, there not functional, they dont help the car handle better, they have bump stear. its all in the eye of the person having it. Let them spend the money the way tehy want but i do agree in not forcing it on people herance why i dont go "get this JDM or that JDM" .

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i prefer jdm parts on my car. they have a better quality factor over the aftermarket stuff, IMO. I like reading honda-tech if you can sift through all the bs then you can actually read some good tech info. i think the people who are jdm -----s are ricey, theres' no point in all that. I still like it but its still ricey. anyways, that my opinion

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ill keep my stock tailights. i would have to get paid to put altezzas on the rex.

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i don't think that a 17's are rice, 18's are a bit pointless. my teggy can handle a 17, i would like to downgrade to 16's for a little more functionality.

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you know why people talk bad about body kits and neon lights? not because its not jdm, its because its ------- GAY AS ----. I just got home from the street races right now, and there was a fully kitted civic coup with a superdeeduper all airbrushed set of body graphics, it just hapened to sit next to a civic typeR replica with the recaros and the whole 5 lug conversion and ctr wheels to go with it. which one do you think does burnouts in frot of walmart or at the trafic light when they are cruzin. which one makes alll honda owners look bad? you know why people flame about having things that come from the tunning shop? BECAUSE ITS ALLLLLLL ------- GAY!!!!! everyone all over the country has to be forced to look at this crap, and then they have to come home and be indirectly forced to download this crappy ass fiberglass bondo neon light covered 2f2f ----, and you wonder why people flame others about cosmetics. I hope this thread gets locked.

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HT is Gay so are stupid kids that do burnouts in public, bodykits are not gay, they are just not my style.

if rice is caring more about how your car looks then how it performs then why aren't people bashing on the hordes of people buying E46 BMW's and putting $5000 HRE's and $10000 Hamann body kits on them while leaving the motor alone? no one gives a ---- about that, ---- everybody. If someone wants to do ANYTHING to their car, let them (IT'S THEIR ------- CAR).

But the second some ------- idiot does a burnout in the wrong place, or doughnuts in a public parking lot (esp. if it's at the street races) i'll be the first one to throw my half eaten taco at them.

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Here is the thing people most of our cars are Hondas and most of them are worth below 8 grand or so.After you dump 25k into it its still a car worth 8 garnd.Not that Hondas are bad but its not a sports car.They have lots of potential and are economical.Thats why I got mine in 95.I couldnt aford and Integra so I bought what I could aford.A Civic.Most of us are all on a conservative budget.Most of us work for a living,have bills to pay,and have a family to suport.We dont go put ---- on DADDYS CREDIT CARD.So you get what you can afford and customize iy to your style.

I think some JDM stuff is cool and functional.But when you go and spend 45 bucks for a sticker for your engine bay in Japenese that you dont know what it says THATS RICE.

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i prefer a stock car with a clean paintjob, 15 inch rims and a rediculous engine...ala the crx

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Those look verry sexy!Thats far from rice.

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I agree with most of that. Your car should be your own style, not a f_in clone. JDM ---- is cool, but not always practical, esp. for the price. My ride is my style, part JDM, part what I like. I've got a stock front lip, jdm cf is cool but expensive, and I'll break it off on the first driveway or parking block I hit. Just think of how boring it would be if every car was the same. We need variety, so do what you want and ---- what anyone else says.

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yep. which is why i only cruise the FI and drag racing section..

also your not cool unless your running a rams head, sc61, 3" downpipe.

just how it goes but i like reading some of the informative posts that come up..

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Well put. ;)

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Hey everyone on the FI board has a stock 400whp SC61 B18c and B16's that push a little over 300 in stock form. Man, I really need to get some JDM parts for my car so I can hit those #'s :-X

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I like the colour of crx4life's car :-X

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mine.

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"But when you go and spend 45 bucks for a sticker for your engine bay in Japenese that you dont know what it says THATS RICE."

no really its not. but the jdm underhood stickers are only about 5 bucks if you look hard enough. they are not one bit rice at all. its called being a collector. its like calling someone that restores classic cars a redneck. I collect jdm ---- because I appreciate it, and I know its hard to get your hands on. besides whats more valuable, pepboys and local tuner shops, or things that came from the streets of japan.

also, look at the racecars in america, and the racecars in japan. which are cooler? neither one is cooler than the other. its just the fact that everything they have is what we dont get easily. thats why their stuff is much cooler.

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I think I may not have been real clear when I started this post. Onyx, I like JDM parts as much as the next guy, but what I'm saying is how in reading H-T they make it kinda trendy, and not only trendy because I have no prob. being a little trendy, but it's like they think your car is total crap if you don't have JDM stuff. However, I go to HMT, and it's like comin' home. :) With few exceptions, everyone is pretty cool here, and won't flame you for your JDM stuff or lack thereof.
So just to clarify, I don't think JDM=Rice, I just think H-T kinda turns me off of JDM after a while. Maybe I should have never have even said rice! :-\

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I get ya now. that was well said. what you started with... not well said.

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i dont even bother reading there anymore

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I think that people should be able to do what they want to their car because it is theirs. If they want to put huge wheels or gay graphics, let them. i don't have a problem with that, but I do have a problem when they say their car is fast, blah blah blah becasue they have a muffler or stickers or anything like that. If you want to make your car for show, go ahead. I am more for performance over looks. Like some one said I like a nice clean paint job and thats about it. I have only hx wheels on my car since they are lighter and I haven't gotten my suspension yet. after I get my suspension on that is all I am doing. No stickers, wing, body kit, I want speed not looks. But that is just me.

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My next car's gonna be another 1990 corolla, spraypainted flat black to hide the dents and rust, rolling on 13's torn smelly seats in the interior, and a REDICULOUS ------- ENGINE!

I think that no matter how your car looks, if the engine is totally insane, nobody can talk about its looks. Cars are meant to move people and things, and fast cars are meant to move people and things very quickly. That's what's important. ;)

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I dont know man... I have seen some crappy ---- in my time.