JDM, Rice or what? Whats your style?

Question

Ok whats your style as far as Hondas/Acuras? I have an Integra right now and fortunately the guy that owned it before I did had similar style to me. I'm all for the JDM look, taking an older car and getting it looking like it just came out of a japanese showroom in the 90's. I can't stand the Rice look, I mean on a civic, ok fine, I don't like it but fine. Then when someone takes a CB7 accord, or a sedan or something that you could turn into a beautiful sleeper, and puts a HUGE ugly body, Huge spoiler, Spinner rims, and just overkills every aspect of a car that was designed great the way it was, it makes me so mad. Whats your ideas out there? I want some feedback on your styles and what you are going for in your project. A clean fresh painted tuner, with a few mugen or other JDM parts and a ton of work under the hood is my dream car. Transforming the body into something unrecognizable from the original design just doesn't appeal to me much

Answer 1

i dont know where youre from  but here in so cal  jdm  has been the hot thing for the past few years.. there are even straight jdm car shows here now..  the only people that rice out hondas are mexicans..  actually what ive been starting to see again  is old school body kits  the last meet i went to a few guys came in with integras and crx's with wing west kits and the original clear taillights..

i myself have always owned dsm's so i was never into body kits i always kept my cars looking fairly stock  except for the wheels  

Answer 2

I have a 98 Honda Prelude, going for mostly the JDM look, but adding some other stuff (no ricey c**p) mainly JDM/OEM stuff.

Including:

JDM power folding mirrors

JDM Foglights

JDM Leather seats (front & rear)

JDM h22a engine & trans

JDM window visors

JDM front license plate brackets (tilted one)

USDM Lip Kit

USDM Rear trunk-lid spoiler

I'm gonna do a 1.5" drop all the way around, and put on some 17" Rota Boost's (Advan RG2 replicas). Planning on finishing it all within a year and a half.....and then i'm gonna keep it that way!!! Going JDM on a car like a 5th gen prelude (VERY limited JDM parts market) is NOT cheap at all. The whole thing is expected to cost over $6k easily just in parts, but i think it will be well worth it in the end, I'm never going to sell this car anyway. After i'm all done with the exterior i'll respray with my original factory color (White diamond pearl) and i'm set to roll!

As far as under the hood goes, i think the JDM H22A will be really nice, i don't plan on going turbo, but maybe i'll do some bolt ons like cold air intake, SMSP headers, Custom cat-back exhaust and some other small upgrades. I'm not looking to put a lot into the engine, the JDM engine is good enough for me out of the factory!