Modded Japanese cars (and some American cars) are a cultural phenomenon on the West Coast. I saw some of it on the East Coast, but nothing like SoCal. I don't know enough about the genre to recognize which styles appeal to which groups, or even if such broad judgments can be made, but I will second what Mike said about decals- they are cheap outs for wannabes.
I was buying some stuff at Pep Boys down the road a few years ago, and this young guy behind the counter showed me his car sitting out in the parking lot. It was some small car, totally modded and souped up beyond belief. His female colleague was making fun of him because he was working to save up $5,000 for a new paint job, and the car already had a nice paint job, he just wanted to take it to the next level. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > :) nice one. > yeah, i know, must just be the cultural thing, because by and large you > will > not see that stuff > on a car driven by a gringo... > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't know how general this is but at least on the west coast there > > is a big feeling of pride in the Latino community to have a self > > modified car/bike/whatever. Lowriders, custom paint jobs, rebuilt > > classic muscle cars, etc. I've even seen the most insane bicycles you > > can imagine, all custom built. > > > > I think those decals are for the wannabees. If you check out the cars > > going by, pay attention to the paint job and you'll see which have > > decals and which are done by hand (I almost said "which are hand > > jobs", but...) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296792 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
