The Tuner Culture

[Cano]

Originally posted by BlazinXtreme
Cano your an idiot. So you think a 1964 Impala SS running a juice set up with some little wires is rice? No thats a lowrider and so are most mini-truckers.

Ricers think there fast and stuff, but mini truckers don't usally care about speed, there more about lowriding like I said. Plus mini truckers have been around a whole helluva lot longer.

Am I a mini-trucker? Yes I am. I don't have graphics or bags. Yes I have a nice system, but systems ain't rice. Systems are just nice, any car can have them.

Baggin a truck is no simple task either, and 90% of mini-truckers do all the work themselves. Grant it, it might be done half assed, but at least we do it instead of paying a bunch of money to the install guys.

There is no way in hell a mini trucker it a ricer.

in that case you are an idiot too. why? I dont know, the same reason as why I am, too. watch out your mouth, dude.

now, for the stuff: I never mentioned the lowrider culture. we are talking about S10s and rice cars. lowriders can hop their way to hell. (well, just the bling. leave the bodys here so they can be turned into decent cars)

now, I NVER mentioned anything about speed. I said the appearance of the ricers was OBVIOUSLY inspired by minitrucks. and, you are just probing my point by saying that minitruckers have been here far more time than ricers. of course, I KNOW that. I am saying that ricers got their ideas FROM those long-standing mini truckers. at least some of them. low stance, neons, wheels (some of them), graphics, sound systems... rice wasnt always a bodykit, wing, fart can, and stuff. the movement started out by transfering the looks of these trucks into the cars. then in came the race car emulators, and then it was a mix of both. a car with an agressive bodykit to make it look like a "race car ( ) and puke-graphics like minitrucks, along with their air ride suspensions, and a "sport" fart can. minitruckin influence can be seen readily in the ricer crowd.
and what if a body drop takes more effort in a truck? it doesnt matter.

Cano

 

[JohnBM01]

Sorry Cano, I knew the "our" in Spanish is "nosotros," but I haven't taken Spanish in... 2.5 or 3 years. Anyhow, it interests me in finding out how they obtain car parts to make certain modifications. I know some stores online and catalogs sell car body parts for people looking to fine tune their car. But some people like to get Toyota Supra back lights, of course the Altezza back lights, or maybe the headlights of an R34 Skyline. Then, they must spend lots of time in the shop or in the garage welding them together to make a hot tuner mod. The Honda Civic is apparentely the most popular tuner car choice possibly because it's easier to work on. An analogy I make about them is that Honda Civics are as popular on the street as Porsches are in endurance racing.

I don't have pictures, but then TNN (now Spike TV) show "Super 2NR TV" had a Corvette that was modded. It was a silver car at... I want to say a tuner show in Florida.

However, the ones who could afford more expensive cars (Honda S2000, Honda/Acura NSX, Toyota Supra, oh what the hell- Ferrari 360 Modena) obviously have to be REAL careful not to screw things up because they can look the part of race cars, but you wouldn't want to chameleon anything more expensive than your average economy car. These people have dedication not only in automobiles, but also art. Sure, the car may not to supercar numbers and stats, but at least a tuner can mod his/her car to be unique and personal. No matter what automobile the person has, if that person has the dedication to make their copy of a certain car his/her car PERIOD, then the tuner will put no less than 100% to make it wild.

An example of wild, "Corbin's Ride On" had a cruiser that had no rims on the rear tire. I'm talking about motorcycles to prove my point here. Anyhow, a person can do almost anything to their car. A person that has a lot of character and skill will be able to mess up their car anyway that person wants.

 

[Joey D]

Your not a mini-trucker so you just wouldn't understand. Since I won't be able to talk sense into you I'll just quit.

Just one more thing though, you guys get on my case for knocking sport compacts, but you guys knock on mini-truckers.