- Subaru Wrx Project - "Crits plz"

[-Dash-]

welp, my car has been shipped and is on its way.
some of you may remember that mine came with a carbon fiber hood, and i was really iffy about it, because it was a stock 2002 WRX and the only thing changed on the car were some wheels, and a carbon fiber hood.
and i didnt really like the carbon fiber hood cause it was too ricey, so i figured, since i cant beat the hood, i might as well work with it, and the wise say, you can turn any dissadvantage into your advantage, and ive done just so.

i used photoshop (im kinda well experienced with this tool)

to manipulate some pictures of the subaru wrx (yes i know the bottom one is an sti but same difference.)

so i gave the picture the wheels and carbon fiber hood that my car has allready, and added from there on.

now my goal was to add things that were an in-expense, and possible, nothing here was imaginary, they are all parts that ive seen, and can be purchased, and are compatible with the wrx "02.
so here is my final outcome.

i hope to do this to my wrx when it comes in, first thing will be the wing, that being the most expensive piece, after that its downhill.
im not too big on body kits, or anything too fancy, so i feel this is pretty unique, and laid back, not too in-your-face gimmie a ticket, key my car kinda look.





i just wanted a few crits to see what you thought, or if you have any ideas you like to add.

Dash is my name by the way, it doesnt stand for speed or anything slick like that, just a name incase some of you were wondering.

[kichigaijap]

It looks ok but I thought you said the carbon fiber looks too ricey??? Now it looks ricey beyond rice... Too much carbon fiber... Atleast paint the side skirts and front lip and wing if nothing else... I mean i know what you are trying to do with the black and blue scheme but its just not working... If it was a MBP or a dark blue then it would look alright but with the RBP its just not working because the blue is too light... just my 2 cents

[ragnarok720]

I actually kind of like it. I'd paint the carbon fiber though, like the scoop, the wing and side skirts. would look awesome then. Otherwise, good looking car.

[SabreKhan]

Yeah, I'd paint the skirts and the scoop and leave the trunk stuff blue. The CF hood looks rice, but it looks functionally rice rather than just flashy for no reason, so it passes inspection.

[Jay!]

I'm not to keen on the smoked taillights, nor the painted door handles. I'd like to see it with mudflaps on all four wheels, not just the front right.


Everything else:

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[ragnarok720]

lmao why does everyone insist that parts they dont like are rice? Its getting old. How about the door number on your car is rice? Wouldnt like that if people said that would you? i would think not.

[SabreKhan]

Well, IMO "rice" = "flashy and over the top, with a particularly Japanese flair." So, since my numbers are just for race day (hooray for magnets) they don't count. If I had them on all the time, that would indeed be "rice" (especially since they're metallic grey/silver and vinyl). The CF look is rice because people put the stupid CF pattern on stuff without actually making things out of carbon fiber. If it's actually made of lightweight carbon fiber, then the flashiness is offset by the functionality (and the expensiveness), and thus the coolness factor is retained.
I don't like spinners, but they're not rice b/c they don't smack of Initial D or Fast and the Furious. I also don't like mudflaps, but again, not rice. BOVs, rice. Non-functional wings, rice. Most modern non-standard paint jobs, rice (though some of them are pretty cool looking). Big wheels with superlow-profile tires, rice or rice-inspired ghetto-fab. Exhausts that sound like a swarm of angry bumblebees and look like coffee cans mounted to the bumper, straight up Uncle Ben's.

[-Dash-]

whoa, lol, hold the phone.

im not into rice even in the slightest, i just figured id work with the CF hood instead of swapping it out.

my car came in finally, its an unbelieveable dream machine.
and the CF hood looks beautiful on it.!!!!

its been modded slightly, its loud......like really loud, but a nice deep kinda loud which is a little much but i aint complaining.

i personally really like the carbon fiber look. if its done right.
too much is wasteful, and just the right amount is sweet.

i used the CF trunk to counter balance the blue, instead of just paining it black or something.

i dont plan to buy a CF trunk until i really feel like putting money into the looks of the car.
for now im just leaving it as is, and will use my money to fix up the little things.

ill post pics of my car soon, man i love this car.

its a little tricky to get out of first gear without jittering the car, but ill get used to it.

[SabreKhan]

Patience, Dash-san. The transmission is a little slow; you'll get used to it (and then you'll be amazed at how fast everybody else's car shifts... and they'll be amazed at how smoothly you can shift their car). Post the pics in the "Post pics of your car" thread... we need more.

[ragnarok720]

How exactly is a bov rice? CF is rice because? Your ideas of rice are skewed. I suppose next you'll say anyone that puts new rims on their car is now rice? If someone puts JDM lights on their car its rice also? How about larger hood scoops, or someone who adds nitrous, or someone does one of a million things to their car? I suppose its all rice then. i laugh at you.....

[Diesel2NR]

I wouldn't use a painted STi style wing on a CF hood...it wouldn't look right imo. the car looks ok, but I'd paint the sideskirts and lip. The hood and trunk I like though.

[shi shi bog]

dont paint over the hood if the boot is carbon fibre then spray that and take off your wing

Y DOES EVERYONE THERE THINK CARBONFIBRE AND BOV's ARE RICE DOWN IN AUSTRALIA WE LIKE CF HOODS AND BOV's

[ragnarok720]

Cause people are n00bs

[SabreKhan]

No, no, no. Carbon-fiber *pattern* with no actual CF is rice. Carbon-fiber for real is badass.

[Medicine]

this entire site is rice.