what trends have you seen?

[xd_kidd]

in our crazy world. we seen good and some bad trends from veriety of cars or style. european, imports, domestic. tell us what you seen. for example. the rusted hood trend

http://i34.tinypic.com/o5z4vr.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/2eziwpc.jpg

[Luc1f3r]

HIDs in reflector housings.

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6532/vioscrap.jpg

Bonsoko (sp) exhaust

http://www.crankshafted.com/upload/files/13/DSC_0106.jpg
(i miss that xB, rip.)

VIP tables
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg268/mattbeeezy/DSC02066.jpg


Roof racks
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/orangesuburban/My%20xD/DSC_3713.jpg

[trdxd]

what you're thinking of is Bosozoku. LOVE EM!

Altezzas that don't belong on their locale vehicle
http://www.coolights.com/assets/images/categoryvehicles/grandam_image2.jpg

Suicide Doors
http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/04/Suicide_Saxo_Snake.jpg

SpinnUHZ!!!!!
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/1737/861/4340430013_large.jpg

Lambo/Scissor Doors
http://forums.trinituner.com/upload/rear%20lambo%20doors.jpg

rofl. I could go on and on and on and on with the ricer trends that inspire such ire in me.....but I'll stop here.

[TheLittleDeviant]

I never understood the rusted look.... maybe cause I battle rust on a daily basis with my 240SX... maybe cause it is stupid, I dont know... my question is this, what are they going to do when the rust creates holes in the hood, and they have to drill off and replace the hinges cause the hood has rusted to it? rust is cancer for cars, why would anyone want to promote cancer in their body?

[xd_kidd]

i think thats alil overthinking outside the box there dude. I doubt theres anyone out there promoting that. though im not 100% sure as to why it became a trend. but im sure they have the original hood in good condition aswell with the rusted hood for cosmetic purposes. if they only have the rusted hood then yea i find it abit retarded. im sure the hinges would have coating to prevent rust and aswell as the inside of the hood.

altezzas are overrated nd ricey. they only good if they came manufactured lol

[Luc1f3r]

all people i know with rusted hoods dont have a second hood, and dont have some special treatment on the hinges or underside...

[TheLittleDeviant]

Trust me, the rot holes in the frame of my 240 make me want to kill people with this look... and if you had this issue you would feel the same way...

[misformartin]

the whole hood ride thing is wierd but cool in its own sense.. its different and unique...i for one prefer to keep rust off my car... : )

[JDMJim]

bike racks and bikes( or other crap) is a huge fad that came outta cali. purposely rusted cars, outragous exhaust. the only couple Scion specific fads are the racks and old BBS rims. some of the haters try to tell me my xB is part of that Japanese fad of VIP tuning. I don't see how anything IN Japan is a fad other than what they are taking form us. like bulding their cars to look like Donks and old hondas with unpainted bumpers and rota's. But american tuning is about status quo. so "altezza's", stickers, unpainted busted bodykits, tack on busted blatty mufflers, blue lights, neons/Led underglow XXR/rota/any knockoff jdm looking wheels with fake centercaps. all status quo.

[xd_kidd]

as far as old school bbs. are comin from the vdubs lol. and I dont mind haters. not trying to be cocky. but people who "hate" on my car. would most likely enjoy owning it if they could

I got another one for you guys

the spoiler "plane mobile" lol

http://i38.tinypic.com/24l7jtu.jpg

[TheLittleDeviant]

^^^^zomgbbq!!!!! Go go gadget airplane carz!!?!!!?!!!

[JDMJim]

I forgot that one. we can thank the fast and the furious for that one.

[Resolve]

The Rusted Hood started out as a VW trend then spread outward. It's a taste thing some like some dont. I don't really like it on all cars but some VWs it looks good. THere is a VW local to me that has the rusted hood and the lips of his wheels are rusted instead of the polished. looks good to me.

[Luc1f3r]

truf, i was gona post about the rust rim guy, that car is hot.


this one was at that KI show last year.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/orangesuburban/DSC_1310.jpg

[Resolve]

Yep that one. I think he has a rusted hood now. that pic it looks painted..

---------- Post added at 04:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:43 PM ----------

Another trend is negative camber.

http://www.t-sele.com/customcar_wish3_big.jpg
http://www.sexy-custom.com/exterior/photo/bb_02.jpg
http://www.sexy-custom.com/exterior/photo/st_06.jpg

[xd_kidd]

I think cars off the first fast in the furious are not ricey even with the spoiler. see them as an original before every "smart" person decided to put it to anything they drive.

but gotta love negative camber!

speaking about wheels. I got another. powdercated stockies/ wheels

http://i37.tinypic.com/2zem9ht.jpg

and the chameleon

http://i37.tinypic.com/se1739.jpg

[JDMJim]

yeah, i can't believe the number of guys with tC's that were painting the stickies andthinkin it's cool. it's still stock! on the other hand, the stripe idea is nice. or how about the whole inside. two tone them. the time attack red stripe is another fad. bled over to the VIP scene, bbuuutttt, red chrome stripe?
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/001/725/895/1725895/p1.jpg

orange?
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/001/714/674/1714674/p8.jpg
^^good taste since it ties in with the pinstripe

painted face again tied into the stripe
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/001/714/765/1714765/p7.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/001/716/552/1716552/p5.jpg

[JDMJim]

radiused fenders?
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/001/550/619/1550619/p2.jpg

LED headlight conversions.( i know the 600h comes with them). but dudes in japan are buyin up these and the Pruis ones like the END is coming. now there would be a sensible conversion. Prius projectors....
http://www.jats-group.com/modules/wordpress/attach/IMG_7316.jpg

exhaust work?
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/001/726/769/1726769/p6.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/001/718/599/1718599/p4.jpg
btw, this looks much better on this car than the ISF

[JDMJim]

here it is, tri-toned rims
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/001/651/571/1651571/p6.jpg

[xDizzle]

i like the rack on the beamer lol

[xd_kidd]

i love the vip but I think they are moving to a tuner kinda them once it starts getting "colorful"

though the tri tone wheel/car looks awesome. what car is that exacly? lol




painted calipers
http://i38.tinypic.com/2u4ot3a.jpg

the front end conversion trend
s13 w/ s15 front end
http://i33.tinypic.com/168h1fa.jpg
teggy w/ type r conversion
http://i36.tinypic.com/29cmcdz.jpg

[TheLittleDeviant]

http://www.t-sele.com/customcar_wish3_big.jpg

Is that a Scion badge on the back of a Toyota minivan!? :laughing1:

just goes to show how the whole JDM/USDM thing works...

[trdxd]

The "tri-color-rim" labeled car is a Cima

[JDMJim]

burgundy car is a Y33 Nissan Cima( pronounced chimaa). green car is about the size of a 1gen Ody. it's a Toyota Wish.

[xd_kidd]

no wonder I didnt know the make and model. doesnt exist here like any other good cars we cant have lol

[trdxd]

actually younger relative models were sold as the Q-series from Infiniti, and continued until 2006- though the engines were changed :shrug:

s'all good; just like all other models, we didnt get the legit ish older gens. :(

[CXTKRS1]

Tinted tails are everywhere down here.

[TheLittleDeviant]

^^^ including on my xD. LOL

and the 240sx hatch with the s15 Sylvia front end... I am secretly in love...

[xd_kidd]

the jdm trend

http://i36.tinypic.com/28hmu01.jpg

whats kinda funny is that we want jdm stuff which sometimes can get pricey. and theres people in japan who dont want that sh*t and want to get usdm parts lol

[trdxd]

theres a USDMxJDM scene in Japan, where they buy all the fake shit thats supposed to be "JDM" but really isnt


like XXR's. lol

[JDMJim]

yea, i don't get that at all. but it's all about theme. they even build their old Civics with unpanted bumpers......bleh. look what we have done.

[trdxd]

seriously. I have no frame of reference here; but I like to think that the guys in Japan who follow the USDMxJDM fad do it for humor, and are simply congregating to share a common joke.

i can only hope...

[JDMJim]

check the civic in the banner

http://www.usdmjam.com/

[trdxd]

lawl god damn. they go all out; that whole banner looks like an American tailgate party...

[xd_kidd]

two tone paint jobs are sometimes cool .. this would be one of them lol

http://i38.tinypic.com/35klibp.jpg

[TheLittleDeviant]

The Teggy and the RX8 look hella clean though... trend or not, I like em...

[JDMJim]

i like the R-Magic RX-8

[xd_kidd]

neon was really up there after the fast and the furious too

cool neon putting to good use

http://i38.tinypic.com/a42bzo.jpg

and yea.. :emotions122:


http://i35.tinypic.com/35jf2j6.jpg

[JDMJim]

neons? try blacklights before neons....that was extra ill when I first saw that.

[xd_kidd]

so instead of neons and leds.. they used blacklights? interesting lol

[JDMJim]

yup, thats ought to show my age a little. everyone had blacklights. cars looked to be hovering down the road. try it out, i'm sure someone has a lot of blacklights left over from halloween

[xDizzle]

the evo piece is another trend