FMIC - Grill or no grill?

[seangti]

My Polo looks no different to any other Polo GTI...

Only has Exhaust outlet giving rise to any modification and no lower grill.. To give it a more aggressive look as well as possibly heloping out FMIC

My mistake - had you confused with somebody else. Same applies though - do what makes ya happy.

[Buller_Scott]

lol, i consider that 'VIP' style...... now go look that up! full on VIP styling is some funny sh*t!

like this magna...

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i dont think that's a magna- i think that is a nissan cedric.

there is a different "genre" of cars in japan- many kids mod cruisers (like nissan cedrics, nissan cimas, toyota celsiors, crowns, etc) because of the way rego works there- the older the car, the more you pay to have it road registered.

basically, it means slightly older cars (<10 yrs) can be had for cheap (think lexus ls500's, second hand, less than 7 yrs old, for around $12-$15k).

its not so much rice as flat out flamboyancy.... IMO Japanese cant be accused of rice as their racing, and their scene, is nothing short of legit.

More examples of this flamboyancy/ cruiser modding:

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagam...ts/672c_11.jpg

http://www.g-answer.com/aero/f50cima...cima%20umi.jpg

http://www.7tune.com/wp-content/gall...a_oni_kyan.jpg

http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/attach..._oni_kyan2.jpg

and the grand daddy of them all, the toyota century:

http://media.nextautos.com/wp-conten...-door-open.jpg

[Buller_Scott]

oops, i forgot "art trucks":

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XFHRCsdJiK...ZI/s400/d1.jpg

[mikepologti]

oops, i forgot "art trucks":

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XFHRCsdJiK...ZI/s400/d1.jpg

nothing more shouts "hell yeah im gay!" then that truck.

[Petrina Polo]

i dont think that's a magna- i think that is a nissan cedric.

there is a different "genre" of cars in japan- many kids mod cruisers (like nissan cedrics, nissan cimas, toyota celsiors, crowns, etc) because of the way rego works there- the older the car, the more you pay to have it road registered.

basically, it means slightly older cars (<10 yrs) can be had for cheap (think lexus ls500's, second hand, less than 7 yrs old, for around $12-$15k).

its not so much rice as flat out flamboyancy.... IMO Japanese cant be accused of rice as their racing, and their scene, is nothing short of legit.

More examples of this flamboyancy/ cruiser modding:

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagam...ts/672c_11.jpg

http://www.g-answer.com/aero/f50cima...cima%20umi.jpg

http://www.7tune.com/wp-content/gall...a_oni_kyan.jpg

http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/attach..._oni_kyan2.jpg

and the grand daddy of them all, the toyota century:

http://media.nextautos.com/wp-conten...-door-open.jpg

Definately some rice additions to those cars.. Ill post a pic of mine up to determine if rice or not

[Chipped]

Please do - would love to see how it looks.

[RhysQ]

oops, i forgot "art trucks":

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XFHRCsdJiK...ZI/s400/d1.jpg

those are what i was looking for...! i reckon they are funny as!

[mikepologti]

how the hell are those guys gonna get out of there driveway letalone down the road?,......pointless, unless your going to mount the car permanantly in your driveway.

[Buller_Scott]

those are what i was looking for...! i reckon they are funny as!

they are just.........

i'll say this. the japanese KNOW how to make a fast car look sick (we all know that), and they know how to make cruisers look damn slick too (big ass lexus's and crowns on tasteful wheels, but they also know how to make stuff look utterly crap too....

get a load of these guys, called Bousozoku. Basically, they rip their exhausts off their bikes, and drive all over the city at 10km/h, in both going and oncoming lanes, stopping traffic and waking people up, in groups of up to hundreds:

http://japon.canalblog.com/images/Ca...Bosozoku03.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...seBosozoku.jpg

http://iskari.bitacoras.com/imagenes/bosozoku2.jpg

no one can touch the pricks as they pay the Yakuza to keep em safe.

And more funnycar action:

http://www.lateralgphotography.com/S...u_xB_front.jpg (toyota bb, they're actually really roomy inside)

http://www.tuningfever.fr/pics-med-1...sozoku-van.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u3Fr9eBueM...400/053051.jpg

http://zoomerboys.freeflux.net/files...nspiration.jpg

YAY!

[Buller_Scott]

how the hell are those guys gonna get out of there driveway letalone down the road?,......pointless, unless your going to mount the car permanantly in your driveway.

in japan, driveways arent like in aus where the road slopes slightly upwards onto an incline towards your house. there, road and driveway are most often same incline, with just a slight (3-4cms) step up into the driveway.

either that, or parking is on road. or multi-story parking complexes that use elevators to scoop the cars off ground level into the parking space.