Quoting Gimpin:
Take a look at this thread
click ... they are dsm's not gvr4s but you get the idea. And seriously five star get off the soap box ... if these cars are such a piece of history than why are they only be sold for similar values as a similar condition DSM or honda. And not every honda owner is a Ricer
Because a bunch of cheap bastards own them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Also, not on any soapbox here. I dont understand how so many can get away with expessing their feelings on tons of subjects that they feel strongly about, but I am not the type to express my self usually, but I get called a preacher.
Granted, I could have gone about it at a little bit of a lower key, but it got the best of me.
My point was aimed at the hackers, not the modders. If you plan on welding all the holes up so it looks like a smooth finish and take away the stock-ness of it, then this is what "I" consider bad. Now, if it is just to be a simple tuck to get the exccess out of sight, then this would be a cleaner look...To me anyway. (like the DSM's in the link)
And as stated since the dawn of time, Oppinions... Everybody's got one, and this is just mine.
And finally, As for the entire ricer aspect as I see it, I dont assume that all Honda owners are ricers, I my self have 2 at the moment, and have had a couple others. Now, the entire aspect of what some one considers to be rice could be debated for years, but I feel that everyone is a product of the environment that they put them selves into. If a person own's a honda, that person is more likely to go out and get the body kit and all the other accessories that are concidered rice because there is so much more of a support out there for it.
Go to any honda forum and see if there is a single one that has around 95% of the people on it in stock exterior form. The reason that you will have a hard time trying to find one, is because there are, as mentioned above, so many sources for after market out there for them that it is easy and cheap to get the products.
Now, Look at the GVR4. How many sites are out here that are dedicated to the 6th gen platforum (in the US)? How many cars on this site have body kits? How many are pimped out with 90* and 180* lambo doors or suiciders out there. How many are on airbags with frame grinders or curb feelers?
I feel that this is all because of 3 reasons.
1) The people that own the majority of them
2) The suport for after market parts (exterior mainly)
3) The limited #'s of the vehicles
Again these are just my feelings on the matter. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif