Lowbrow Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Here are the mods on my WRX.Engine/Performance:Cobb Accessport (Engine Management)Helix Flex UppipeTXS Stealthback Exhaust w/ high flow catGrounding ModRestictor ModAir Box ModAPS Intercooler Y-hoseElectronics:Blitz Turbo Timer - FATTSylvania SilverStar HeadlampsExterior:Clear Side MarkerMesh Fog Light CoversVinyl Headlight LidsBugeye Headlight Clear ModSuspension/Brakes:Whiteline Strut Tower Bars (Front and Back)Cobb 25mm Adj. Rear Sway BarCobb Front Sway BarPerrin Solid Rear EndlinksAxis Brake PadsGoodyear Stainless Steel BrakelinesWheels:17"x 7.5 Rota Torques (Bronze)Kuhmo MX 225/45 TiresMy short term plans are for a short throw shifter, Prodrive springs, and some more exterior detailing (painting and removing roof rack mainly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Matt Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 How much was your HID conversion? I've been looking to convert mine to HID, right now I only have silverstars, but when I checked it was in the price zone of about $500.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I can get you a plug & play HID kit for around $350. PM me if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 If that isn't riced out, I don't know what is.....Engine:AEM Cold Air Intake Type R intake manifoldDC Sports 4-1 headerDC Sports cat-back exhaust AEM adjustable cam gearsAEM underdrive pulley kit ACT heavy duty clutchNGK Iridium spark plugs MSD spark plug wires Suspension:Eibach Sportline lowering springsKoni "Yellow" Sport shocksIngalls Engineering front & rear alignment kitDC Sports rear strut tower braceExterior:VIS Racing carbon fiber hood 15x7 forged Motegi wheels205/50-15 Kumho Ecsta tires 8000K HID headlightsInterior:B&M short throw shifter B&M Type R style aluminum shift knobProthane eurethane shifter bushingsKenwood eXcelon CD/MP3/WMA playerPolk Audio db series 6 1/2 components Polk Audio db series 3 way 6x9's MTX 10" subs MTX amp Coming soon:Port & polished cylinder headCrane stage 3 cams Ferrea valvetrain Forged pistons & rods MSD ignitionSparco Racing seatsSway Bars<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Please don't blind everybody else on the road with a half assed HID hackjob. If you're going to do it, then do it right, get projector beam assemblies that were designed to be used with an HID capsule and modify them to go into your headlight housings, then properly level them. You'll get better lighting out of that setup, in addition to not blinding everybody else.How much was your HID conversion? I've been looking to convert mine to HID, right now I only have silverstars, but when I checked it was in the price zone of about $500.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 If that isn't riced out, I don't know what is.....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>:singing: "..jealousy.. sweet jealousy.."You mean to tell me that on both your Rotaries, you left them stock? hmmmm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Please don't blind everybody else on the road with a half assed HID hackjob. If you're going to do it, then do it right, get projector beam assemblies that were designed to be used with an HID capsule and modify them to go into your headlight housings, then properly level them. You'll get better lighting out of that setup, in addition to not blinding everybody else.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah I was planning on getting a retrofit projector installed, because I know how it can be to have a bright blue light shine right into your eye when you're driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 :singing: "..jealousy.. sweet jealousy.."You mean to tell me that on both your Rotaries, you left them stock? hmmmm?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>All the mods to my RX-7s are/were for purposes of performance....not appearance. The only mods that altered appearance was the addition of a boost gauge in each car so that I could monitor what the turbo(s) are doing. Besides....RX-7s are actually sports cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 My definition of rice is: Altezza tail lights, undercarriage neon, wiper LEDs, grapefruit cannon, monster wing and oversized gauges.Vinyl can look good but often puts cars in the rice category as well.I appreciate the honda listed above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I always understood 'riced out' to mean the technical or performance mods that turned the little rice burners into rockets...similar to the rods you occasionally see racing in SoCal on TV. The appearance mods were often described as 'pimped out'Perhaps everyone has his/her own definition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I always understood 'riced out' to mean the technical or performance mods that turned the little rice burners into rockets...similar to the rods you occasionally see racing in SoCal on TV. The appearance mods were often described as 'pimped out'Perhaps everyone has his/her own definition.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Check out http://www.ricecop.com/Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I appreciate the honda listed above.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Word.. You know.. 5 to 1 says you people don't even know how the term "ricer" came around.:sitting back watching as google blows up with searches for: "ricer", "rice-rocket", "origins of ricers", etc.. Hah!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Matt Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Please don't blind everybody else on the road with a half assed HID hackjob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Matt Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 All the mods to my RX-7s are/were for purposes of performance....not appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Uhhhh...no...I'm well aware of the fact that HIDs can be used in parabolic/free form (reflector) setups. Problem is, the reflectant surface is designed for the light to come from a specific location. When you pair an HID capsule with a reflector designed for a halogen filament, the beam pattern is all screwed up because the light source has gone from a bar shape to a sphere shape, and has probably moved closer to or further away from the reflective surface. Retrofitting projector beams designed for HID capsules into parabolic/free form setups corrects the geometry issue, since the lens and reflectors were built with an HID capsule in mind.but rather strangers I don't even know complimenting me on how they look & asking me where I got them<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Strangers, who clearly don't know what a proper beam pattern looks like.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Name one mod on my Civic that isn't "performance related" besides the upgraded audio system...<{POST_SNAPBACK}>None of it is....its an economy car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I stand corrected.http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ricer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 urbandictionary is the last place I would go for an accurate description of anything "urban". However, since you're there.. Look up the word "skeet" from the Little Jon rap song called "Get Low" thats always on the radio. jm1fd.. So if Matt changed his bulbs, would he be cool then? I mean, coming from the streets of Nacogdoches and all, you have to be a street racing authority.. Matt.. you're ride's okay. I'm sure you already knew that though. People, here's proof he's not driving a ricer: 1. no retarded body kit that looks like a training diaper. 2. no wing that looks like something from a WW1 crop duster. 3. no obnoxious stickers on your doors. 4. no gay ass fire extinguisher mounted on the A post. 5. no part of the car painted only in primer. 6. no cheap ass altezza tail lights. 7. no stupid, fuzzy, shamelessly advertised seatbelt should pad. 8. no silly ass 5 point seat belt. 9. no neons. 10 no triple gauge cluster on the A post that measures how stupid your car looks. I could be wrong, but the last time I checked - that crap on your car, makes it a ricer. Add after-market performance parts to your car, in an effort for it to "go fast - more quickly" is not a ricer. But hey, what do I know, we're arguing over the criteria of a "ricer" in a damn Architecture forum. Go figure.. "..Oh, how many HP will a Type R sticker add to my Lancer?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Matt Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 None of it is....its an economy car.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Your RX-7 runs low 14's stock at best if its turbo & stick, with you driving probably not even that good. If you want to see an economy car, I'll be more than happy to run you at HMP any Friday night...PM me for a date with your little rotary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Matt Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 "..Oh, how many HP will a Type R sticker add to my Lancer?"Â <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I used to have a REAL 97 Acura Integra Type R, but it got stolen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 I used to have a REAL 97 Acura Integra Type R, but it got stolen. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bummer.. What color? Any mods? I've got a 00' LS that's been broken into twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Your RX-7 runs low 14's stock at best if its turbo & stick, with you driving probably not even that good. If you want to see an economy car, I'll be more than happy to run you at HMP any Friday night...PM me for a date with your little rotary. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> "..Race him for slips yo!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Matt Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Bummer.. What color? Any mods? I've got a 00' LS that's been broken into twice <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It looked just like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Your RX-7 runs low 14's stock at best if its turbo & stick, with you driving probably not even that good. If you want to see an economy car, I'll be more than happy to run you at HMP any Friday night...PM me for a date with your little rotary.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>My research indicates that a Stock Civic Si runs high 15s....supercharged they do mid/high 14s...so I suspect your car is mid/low 15s. My RX-7 isn't stock....I don't think it'd be much of a race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Â "..Race him for slips yo!"Â <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not a crossdresser, thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 You know.. on a serious note, there used to be big street races around here, either I'm getting old and out of the loop, or HPD has finally got a handle on things. I've been to a couple here though, that looked like something straight out of a movie. Well, everything minus a token rapper like Ludacris or JaRule.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Talbot Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Very nice midtowncoog, I like those as well a lot, and the 300C's. They look like squished SUV's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 How do you like the Magnum, Coog? Dodge is coming out with the Charger, which is basically the sedan version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Yeah, I think BMW has always had quality issues too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 My ride. OK, so I don't ride it anymore. But I used to. It was as solid as a Rock, and eventually sank like one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Fat ride H2B!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 OK, so I don't ride it anymore. But I used to. It was as solid as a Rock, and eventually sank like one! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I use to drive one of those not to long ago. Actually had 3 of them. Great gas milage as well. Now this is what I drive. LOL Actually it is a 1998 white Dodge Neon and my lady has a 1996 Blue Toyota Corolla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Great gas milage as well.But, what sort of grass mileage did it get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 ..Last car was a 323 Sport Wagon, and I have no regrets looking back.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>"Sport Wagon" - there's an oxymoron.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 But, what sort of grass mileage did it get?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I thought them things was nook-u-lur....don't burn no gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 :singing: "..jealousy.. sweet jealousy.."You mean to tell me that on both your Rotaries, you left them stock? hmmmm?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I had no idea you were a ricer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 I had no idea you were a ricer.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>What brought you to that assumption? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 "Sport Wagon" - there's an oxymoron.. If you only could catch me, you might understand. That little car could fly... I would still have it, but I hit a deer on Beltway 8, and that was all she wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 I thought them things was nook-u-lur....don't burn no gas. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They are for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Too bad Coog, that was a nice car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Thanks. Yes, I am going to have to buy the wife a 525 Wagon someday to make up for it.Dang deers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 "Sport Wagon"Â - there's an oxymoron.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey! I resemble that remark, and my A4 Avant does too! Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Yeah, I'd have to consider my WRX a sport wagon. I just don't care for sedans much. I like to have the handling and speed as well as room for all your stuff.. I mean my stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Wagons are back, baby!The anti-SUV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapata Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Hello there..!!! I'm new to the board and this is my first post, This place looks awesome...!!!! I love the section with all the Houston pictures...!!! Keep doing a great job...!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 My repertoire:1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT, black2002 Pontiac Trans Am Ram-Air WS6, black2005 Ford F150 LTX Triton, black1985 Ibanez Destroyer X-Series, black2000 Steinway Model B, blackThese are my rides, and they are undisputed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 Hello there..!!! I'm new to the board and this is my first post, This place looks awesome...!!!! I love the section with all the Houston pictures...!!! Keep doing a great job...!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Im not too much in to bikes but that looks cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 it looks nice - it does looked kind of like a squished SUV - how is the interior? (lots of space i imagine) i would hope the squished look wouldn't give way to only "coffin-sized" items in the back...lol btw - that is texas co. building and stowers in the background, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 My ride and my station: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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