Wasn't referring to anyone in particular, just pointing out a trend

 

Thats not rice, it's pretty nice if you ask me. Rice in my opinion, are lames who can't afford to mod their car with any class, so they do a half ___ job. A spoiler isn't by nature "rice" , nor is a sticker, not is a specialty door hinge (lambo). It is the way said items are implemented - that is to say, with class, or without class - which makes them rice. On that stock black cherry pearl tC, I don't think it looks good...the car needs wheels at least, before it is clean enough to have a mod like lambo doors. However, on that second black cherry pearl tC, it looks beautiful. The wheels accent the car superbly, and the lambo doors are a nice addition. Personally I think if someone wants to mod their car with more attention to looks than performance, then that is their preferance. It does not make their mods rice, as long as the car looks good, and doesn't give off some sort of illusion of having many performance mods when it doesn't. Rice is a fake turbo, or a fake "NOS" bottle, not 2000 dollar lambo doors.

 

Well, you're saying that if someone wants to focus on looks rather than performance then let them. So why are fake turbos and empty NOS bottles rice, then? A person just wants to focus on looks, so they just get a fake BOV, or a fake NOS kit, what's so ricey about it? They just want the look. You can say Lambo doors are not a performance mod, but where do you draw the line? Pretending like you have a powerful engine with a fake BOV, or pretending you have an exotic with vertically opening doors? Is it really that different?

I feel the same way about the Lambo doors. Sure, if you like them and want to do it, power to you, but in my opinion, and even according to what you said, Woodyear, lack of class makes it rice. I think putting doors found on a $200k exotic on a $17k Toyota is lack of class. The feature itself is cool, but it just does not belong on a car of this class. tCs are great cars. but you would be naive to think they are even remotely resembling Lamborghinis in any way, shape, or form.

Look at these:

http://www.memphismotorwerks.com/199...0VT%20side.jpg

http://speedycars.chinacars.com/wall...%20-%20007.jpg

http://jamesh91.tripod.com/bugatti-eb110-pic_7.jpg

Now look at this:

http://ibodykitz.com/Vertical%20Door...05-06_tc-2.jpg

Now honesty, nothing seems off? Nothing seems ricey?

 

p.s. i drove a diablo vt a couple weeks ago and um i must say the doors are awesome, and look sweet up, but biggest PITA to get into, espceially since im 6'2. But the thing sits so low too and its a small comaprtment. The doors were awesome, but extremely hard to ge tinto u have to slide in or go head first or soemthing weird like that.

 

oh snap, 50 cent got himself a tC too?! lol

 

Ahhh, lambo doors are yesterday's news. You want really cool doors, check out the koenigsegg CCR (which just beat the fastest PRODUCTION car top speed made by McLaren F1)

 

No, but you would be dead from any kind of side impact unless you have a full roll cage :D



Where the hell did you hear that?! I swer I had my white russian go through my nose after reading that


Since when is rice has anything to do with $? Here is a little example for you:



Dude, most of those mods are still cool if you do them right. I'd give props to any car that is done with class, taste, style, and most importantly, done right. It does not matter if it is a Civic or a Benz; if all the mods flow well together, how can anyone hate?

 

damn, you own a Chrysler 300! I want one bad! HEMI touring edition!

 

Totally agree with you. You don't have to have Civics to be considered riceys (or fries or bratwurst). Example:



And just for fun:
http://www.m90.org/show_image.php?image_id=3203&medium

 

^^^ why people, why? That wing must put down 5 times the amount of downforce than a standard wing. Oh and don't hit any bumps 'cause the rear tires will either pop or rip the hell outta the rear quarter panel.

 

I wasn't going to say anything, but the dark side took over. "Its not "rice" tard", is harsh and not very convincing from someone who'll do this:





Sorry, but I couldn't help myself.

 

nothing wrong with LEDs in headlights, underglow, and blue brake calipers. I like all three of those mods and they lookd damn good! I plan on painting my calipers blue and blue underglow with blue inside the car

 

Does that TC have LED windshield washer nozles too?

 

yea that is definetly not rice just tuner modding but what ever you think its all opinionated.

 

Like I said, That mercedes and that beamer ARE what I would consider rice, because they obviously haven't been done with any class. Proper moding requires a mixture of class, expense, serious thought, and a lot of time and energy. It can't be something expensive which is done haphazardly and slapped on. Nor can it be an ugly body kit or wing, done with care and precision. Moreover, you'll note that I said that modding for appearance only, would require that one does NOT give off the illusion of performance mods which are in fact not present. That would mean, fake nos, fake turbos, etc are not mods done for "looks" but are in fact mods done to give off an impression of performance which isn't there. That is rice. Rice can be expensive , or it can be cheap. But I do not see how 2000 dollar vertical doors, on a very clean car, done properly and functioning as they're supposed to could be considered rice. It could possibly be considered as being in bad taste, relative to your own personal taste, but nothing more. In my opinion, on the stock BCP tC, it would be in bad taste, yet not quite rice. On the second BCP tC that we see, with the ground effects, and wheels I think the mod is complimentary and very fitting. Clean mod if you ask me.

 

actually. a rep from saleen at the detroit auto show who worked on the s7 told me that. thats y the s7's doors open like they do, the same as a Mclaren F1. it doesn't relly make too much sense to me but i doubt a saleen rep would be talking out of his ___.

 

um the doors are closed, not open during driving, so therefore it makes no difference ot the aerodynamics of the car.....they could open either way

 

which is why the Lambo gallardo, Porsche Carrera GT, all Aston Martins, and the Bugatti Veyron have conventional swinging doors.

Lambo doors (which is not really accurate. because of variations between each cars) is all about style and the "oooh" effect =)

 

That's a Lexus GS, by the way, not a benz

 

i like the look of lambos, but i think they pretty much died down in the 90's, and they are not rice