Q: Why do you modify the looks of your car?
A: Because it looks cool.
Q:How do you know it looks cool?
A:I like the looks of it, and may be so do some others.
Q:So you modified your car for people to look at it, hence bring attention to your car?
A:Yes, but not cops attention...
Its that simple. Some body kits look good on cars, others could go without. I would really like someone to do a weight comparison as well as an aero test in a windtunnel with a body kit to support this. Body kits really have little to no purpose other than the fact to modify the appearance to a car. I'm not saying thats a bad thing. However, there is a 'lifestyle' that goes along with 'riced out' cars or any heavily modified cars. You don't buy a Dodge Viper because of the trunk space and its versatility. You buy it because it goes fast and is a slightly rare car.As such when you see a dodge viper going down the street, it catches your attention. (Added to the fact its a car you don't see the other day). But you look at that car and realize "Wow, if he wanted to, he could obliterate the speedlimit" When you 'rice' a care, you're going for this 'niche'. Yes, theres a stereotype on racers, plain fact. But when you do these modifications to your car, realize, this WILL happen. I'm not disagreeing with the fact that there is profiling, I'm just tired of hearing, "I did all this to my car, now I'm getting all this unwanted attention", you did it for attention. You've succeeded, now you don't want it? I would say that if you didn't do anything stupid while driving your car, a cop will more than likely not write you a ticket. A cop always looks for someone doing something stupid either by setting up a speed trap or visualy observation. Riced out cars are a symbol of the 'street racing' lifestyle.