My car is now 10% harder to damage...

[JC]

[Nick Koan]

wow

you getting replacement vents and scoop? or leaving it as is?

[Kostamojen]

"Panda"

[JC]

I like the white vents and scoop. I'll get 22B style vents at some point though.

[STIwish]

Okay, yeah, that is HELLA sick.

[nandanrp]

It looks better than I thought it would, partly because of your gunmetal wheels. You're quite the riceboy

You should smoke your headlights.

[tysonK]

fkcn A!

[sperry]

For the love of god... paint it white or get C/F vents/scoop!!!!

[AtomicLabMonkey]

Originally Posted by sperry

For the love of god... paint it white or get C/F vents/scoop!!!!

It doesn't look that bad.

[tysonK]

Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

It doesn't look that bad.

agree

[sperry]

Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

It doesn't look that bad.

"If you can't afford to paint your body kit, you can't afford your body kit."

The white vents look like either JC can't afford to paint his hood or can't afford to buy the whole hood. Disagree w/ me all you want, but I think the hood looks like ass that way. I'm all about the huge weight savings of the C/F, but not when it makes you look like a 1/2 ass ricer.

[JC]

Well if you think it looks that terrible, you are gonna know how I felt seeing your car with those nasty little fogs all the time. I like the white vent and scoops (I could have gotten CF ones if I wanted). I will add 22B vents at some point though. Oh and we all know I'm 100% ass, ricer or not.

[AtomicLabMonkey]

I dunno, I think the contrast looks kinda cool. I actually don't mind unpainted gloss-finish C/F, as long as it's done tastefully (and somewhat sparingly).

[STIwish]

Personally, i love the contrast with the vents... it looks kick ass imo.

[Kostamojen]

Originally Posted by STIwish

Personally, i love the contrast with the vents... it looks kick ass imo.

Same here. Looks classy to me, carries the white/black theme across the car nicely, and breaks up the all-black hood. I think JC likes it too, which is why he seems hesitant to paint the hood

Oh and Scott, your car is the closest to rice out of anyone here

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by Kostamojen

Oh and Scott, your car is the closest to rice out of anyone here

Not even close dude. Aside from his wing, there's no rice to be found on his car, but a hell of a lot of function. 332 Stoptechs, a DCCD 6MT, full coilovers, and function-over-form wheels and tires put his car a hell of a lot farther from rice than the rest of us.

[JC]

We multiply...

[sperry]

Originally Posted by Kostamojen

Same here. Looks classy to me, carries the white/black theme across the car nicely, and breaks up the all-black hood. I think JC likes it too, which is why he seems hesitant to paint the hood

Oh and Scott, your car is the closest to rice out of anyone here

"Classy" eh? That's why you see unfinished body panels on cars like these too eh:









Like I said, I've got no problem w/ C/F hoods, since they're *way* lighter than the stock steel hood, and esp since that's weight up front where Imprezas already have too much. But if you're gonna leave it unpainted, don't pretend you're not going after the "ricer look"... very few cars can pull off the raw C/F hood look... maybe a race car that's already totally minimal.... but even then that's pushing it, as I can't remember seeing too many race cars w/ C/F hoods. On a street car, I think you should paint your body panels, or get used to people like me talking shit.

As far as my rice-mobile... I think my wing might count as "rice", even if though it's wind tunnel tested to reduce lift. Perhaps you're talking about the stickers that *used* to be on my car... 'course those stickers got me a free EcuTek reflash, 5 hours of dyno time, and eventually led to a StopTech sponsorship. What else is ricey? My Enkei rims maybe? Sure Enkei's are popular w/ the "ricer" crowd since they're cheap, but 17x8", 15.6lbs, and they fit over my StopTechs... they seem like pretty good wheels, and I think the McClaren F1 and Mitsubishi WRC teams agree w/ me. Did I miss anything?

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by sperry

Did I miss anything?

Well, you did forget your high poseur-value "group B" decal.

[sperry]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

Well, you did forget your high poseur-value "group B" decal.

That's a badge of honor buddy! How many people can get their warrenty denied over a sticker!

[Kostamojen]

Originally Posted by sperry

As far as my rice-mobile... I think my wing might count as "rice", even if though it's wind tunnel tested to reduce lift. Perhaps you're talking about the stickers that *used* to be on my car...

Ya, stickers + wing. Thats 2x as ricey as JC, since he just has a CF hood Without the stickers, that makes you just as ricey as JC

[Kostamojen]

I just had an idea, lets make a "Rice-o-meter" and assign point values to everything thats ricey and make a point-based scale to determine how ricey ricers really are.

(Did I break a record for using "rice" in one sentance?)

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by Kostamojen

Ya, stickers + wing. Thats 2x as ricey as JC, since he just has a CF hood Without the stickers, that makes you just as ricey as JC

Dude... Scott got paid to keep those stickers on his car. It's called sponsorship. That's as far from rice as it gets.

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by Kostamojen

(Did I break a record for using "rice" in one sentance?)

No.

[khail19]

Scott, why isn't your wing painted? Sounds just as ricey to me as an unpainted hood. Actually, painting the hood would be more rice than leaving it, since JC would be spending money on something that has no performance value (paint). Which is pretty much the definition of rice, as I understand it.