Red emblems and Honda hypocrisy
#41
04-07-2008 | 06:23 PM
Like i said earlier that doing anything to a car is modding it...i didnt say "ricer."
I dont really agree with the TERM "ricer" when refering to a japanese Fixed up car when many other ethnicities mod/fix-up their cars also. Asians are not the only ones fixing up Japanese vehicles. So i guess if i see a mexican fix their car up then ill call it a "Super Burrito" or a black guy with a fixed up car a "Fried Chicken."
I dont really agree with the TERM "ricer" when refering to a japanese Fixed up car when many other ethnicities mod/fix-up their cars also. Asians are not the only ones fixing up Japanese vehicles. So i guess if i see a mexican fix their car up then ill call it a "Super Burrito" or a black guy with a fixed up car a "Fried Chicken."
and you assume that i think thats the definition of a ricer because.....?
the term was coined because unfortunately asian cars where the first ones to get the bulk of ricey additions. just because someone soups up an asian vehcile DOES NOT make it rice. I agree to that. The term is no longer indicative of an asian vehicle, but more of a phrase to acknowledge when a car has been 'accessorized' in a fashion that screams go but is really all show, or has just been very untasteful. this is old news.
some people have taken it a step further and differentiated it, i.e. calling 'riced' out neons 'wheat burners' and such. even looking up the term on wikipedia or urban dictionary, you will find that few find it to be describing a car that is asian. its just that it happens to a lot of asian cars.
and again, i'll emphasize that not everyone shares your opinion with calling visual enhancements 'mods'. i know i don't.
#43
04-07-2008 | 06:34 PM
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I didnt assume or thought what your definition of a "ricer" is. I was trying to say that I didnt say "ricer" when I mentioned about people Modding their cars. I also understand what you are saying about other definitions of the word "ricer, riced, or wheat burner...ect." I know that not everyone shares my opinions, but i just think that even adding visual enhancements are modifications because you are changing the original design of the car.
#44
04-07-2008 | 06:42 PM
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by the way i do agree with ur point dat any changes made from the original design of the car whether it aesthetics or watever is modding it from he original
#51
04-07-2008 | 07:19 PM
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If someone wants to spend 40 bux on a badge to put on their car then let them. There's no fit type-r but there are red badges for it that come from Honda, so what does it matter. It's probably this stuff that keeps alot of shops afloat.
At least its cheaper than spending 300 bucks to put a CF spoiler on their car that doesn't do shit for performance.
At least its cheaper than spending 300 bucks to put a CF spoiler on their car that doesn't do shit for performance.
#52
04-07-2008 | 08:24 PM
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I disagree with the use of the Type R badge, but I of course also have a Type R as well. I went with the red H badges because I also went with the JDM red dot Fit emblem, and the flow well together. I think if your car has a theme to it you can pull it off, but only if you do it tastefully
#53
04-07-2008 | 09:40 PM
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to each thier own i say, even though, yes, some things such as APC and pep boys wings and the such are stupid to me, to tohers, they might not be. personally, as far as the original question asked was, i plan on putting the red type R H badges on my car, but that is because my fit is milano red, and i just feel the red emblem looks hot on the MR fits. it has nothing to do with me wanting a type R fit or doing it because everyone else is, it's just because i like it. i understand everyones beef with saying it's only for Type R's. but like i said, mine is soley due to the fact that my fit is red, and the badges are red. now, when someone goes out and puts the actual "Type R" badging on thier car when it's not, then that is kinda stupid looking to me. but as far as the red H's go, it's just an H, which happens to match my fit.lol
#54
04-07-2008 | 09:52 PM
A friend of mine turbo'd his 420A RS eclipse and tacked on the -T to his RS, making it an RS-T. I think it's clever.
(GS-T was the turbo badging, GS was the more aesthetic version, RS was the base, no such thing as an RS-T)
(GS-T was the turbo badging, GS was the more aesthetic version, RS was the base, no such thing as an RS-T)
#57
04-08-2008 | 12:35 AM
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It's odd, specifically on this forum where no red badges even exist for the Fit. Could it be the Fit is the exception to the general "pro-rice" idea (I hate that term by the way)? I'm just speaking aloud, but now that I'm thinking about it, the Fit isn't like, say FG1/FG2 Civic Coupes. There are no coupes in Japan, so the whole "Type-R" conversion is moot because an FG-based Type-R coupe doesn't exist. That to me is fakin' the funk, so to speak. There IS a Civic Type-R available in Japan. There IS a DC2/DC5-R available in Japan. There IS an NSX Type-R available in Japan. But there's no Civic coupe at all.
Where the Fit differs is because Honda doesn't make a performance version of the Fit. Yet. Other than pretty decent handling for its class, the Fit doesn't even make an attempt at having sporty pretentions. BUT the badges from genuine Type-Rs just so HAPPEN to fit. It could be argued that the Fit is indeed the exception to whatever rule some of the people in the Honda community have because unlike other cars, it's an excercise in style over the whole "wannabe" thing.
Or maybe I'm way off base here. Either way, I would've thought someone here would've brought this up, but any thoughts? I dunno if what I'm saying makes any sense. Maybe someone else could explain it a little better???
#58
04-08-2008 | 12:43 AM
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Pretty much what you're trying to say is that the Fit could be an exception because there is no Type-R Fit somewhere else in the world? Whereas if there is a Type-R version of your car, then you would be trying to infringe on that model; but if there is no Type-R model then there is nothing to fake?
#59
04-08-2008 | 12:45 AM
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As someone who's owned a Type-R, I personally hate seeing these emblems on anything other than a Type-R, but I understand there used to be yellow, blue and I believe grey "H" emblems (or is it gray?) and I can see how it's a "style thing". Still, I feel what the emblem represents is being watered down severly. The first Type-R was the NSX and it was the first car to get the red emblem.
#60
04-08-2008 | 12:52 AM
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Pretty much what you're trying to say is that the Fit could be an exception because there is no Type-R Fit somewhere else in the world? Whereas if there is a Type-R version of your car, then you would be trying to infringe on that model; but if there is no Type-R model then there is nothing to fake?
I envy you :rofl: