If you're calling me too old to understand, that's ridiculous. I felt the same way when I was 16. And I'm not as old as you might think.

 

I think every 'riced out' 944 i've ever seen save one has been in a sale ad on ebay.

 

Aside from the 944 NA I've seen around here with a turbo badge, I'd have to agree.

 

Well, that's why I have the turbo, duh. The guys that rice out their cars can't possibly have the know-how to keep a 951 running.

And then we go fast, and make them look silly.

 

It is my Porsche. It shall not want.

 

nope. That way you can put them on the Boxster when you drive that.

Make sure you add 3-4 " on the ride height on BOTH p-cars to get them to fit..


Ok. Here goes. Move ahead a couple years..

#1. Let the 944's be riced and blowed up.( More interior/ body parts for us. Extra hoods and sunroof's for Rock))
#2. Use oversized wheels and kill the suspension (good engine drive train parts left)
#3, Add body kits (well, we all cry silently in the dark..)

we'll gladly scoop up the good or rebuildable parts left.

 

it was only a matter of time...see i think people see things sometimes and they try to simulate them on their car, but most times there is something lost in the translation. You pick the original and the ricer.

 

OMG!! Thanks Danny!
I havent seen the "Tiger Lady" or the "Cinci Pimp'd" 944 in quite a while!

 

That blue turbo with break coolers is SOOOOOOOOO tight!!!!! And the mirrors it has!!!! I love that photo!

 

Some car things that I hate.
1) fake hood duct (sticker) on Mustang GTs and SRT-4s, stock
2) bright red painted "performance" drum brakes
3) fake blowoff valve noise simulator (even most ricers won't go there)
4) the word "Turbo" on the back of any NA car

Just appalling!

 

HAHAHA i saw red drums like two weeks ago!!!!! I just shake my head.

 

i had red drum brakes on my first mustang, actually the entire rear end was red, as was the motor, and front brakes. But it was a "race car".

 

So if a Honda guy puts on purposeful stuff like bigger brakes, thicker anti-roll bars, stiffer shocks, high rate springs and significant hp upgrades without adding all the cosmetic crap I wonder if his friends ask, "Dude, why did you kraut up your ride?"

 

The culture definitely changed over the years. However, some people have always wanted appearance over substance no matter what era. What I find is the poorer one is, the more they want to show off (in the 70s was the pimping caddies) or people with newly acquired wealth (win the lottery or signed a basketball contract) tend to want to show off more than people who come from money. Also, people who didn't make their own money tend to be that way too (spoiled rich kid). I know a lot of multi millionaires and most of them you can never tell from what they use or what they drive. One of my best friends from high school had 7 jumbo account maxed out in his name when he was 17 years old ($700,000) and he drove a 1981 datsun 210 back in 1984. His mother could have bought Ferrari (the whole company) at that time and didn't even own a car even though she was worth more than 100 million dollars. Another guy I went to high school with drove a Oldsmobile cutlass and his family was also in the 100+ million net worth back in the mid 80s. Definitely no bling. I just talked to him recently and he was looking at buying a used 2003 911 even though his properties appreciated more than $10 million just in the last year alone. You will never find those guys with any kind of Bling or trying to show off their wealth. In fact, what I noticed during my financial planning days is that these people DON'T want attention.

Ultimately, I believe most of the "bling" and "rice" is really about socioeconomic factors of the person. It is all about appearance over substance and its probably why much of the "ricing" or "blinging" comes from the less affluent minority ethnicities. The bling movement came out of the ghettos of L. A. much like the rice movement came out of the young Asian community in California back in the 80s. As long as people want attention, they will get it how they can so though the "bling" and "rice" may evolve in the future, it will always exist in one form or another.

 

I think the body kits for ricers are proof that the owers think they are wimpy cars. Seriously you pull a 951 out on the streets and people know what is going down. There is nothing about a 951 that looks slow or wimpy.
You pull a Honda civic out on the street minus a body kit up grade and you think.....? Well, no reason to start bashing the fuel conservation crowed.