NA's with T2 hoods
Originally posted by jeff_oner
[B]i think "most" of you on this forum are too paranoid about rice. if someone wants to make their car look good (to themselves) who cares. it seems like if someone wants to do a mod to their car to make it look good they are instantly flamed.
[B]i think "most" of you on this forum are too paranoid about rice. if someone wants to make their car look good (to themselves) who cares. it seems like if someone wants to do a mod to their car to make it look good they are instantly flamed.
'89+ tailights and front clip just freshin the 86-88 models a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. '
You'd do that because you like the way the 89+ taillights. Many people like the way the Turbo II hoodscoop looks (personally on most FCs I don't like the plain NA hoods). What the hell is wrong with that?
I seriously doubt any of the NA guys would put a TII hood on their NA FC b/c they wanted the car to look like a TII. the thought that they'd do it b/c they were jealous is very... stupid?
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Yo,
Sorry fellas, but I still say it's Rice. You're pretending to be something you're not.
Have you noticed how everyone is calling a TII hood, well...a TII hood? They're not calling it a turbo hood, or a vented hood, it's a TII hood. It came on one model of FC, suprisingly called the Turbo II, or TII for short.
So you have a distinctive styling element in the offset hoodscoop, on the highest performance model of the FC. When you stick that styling element on a lower performance model, you get Rice. Yep, trying to pretend to be something you're not, especially when it comes to making your car look like another, more expensive, faster car.
Like the Supra big wing and big tip? Stick it on your Accord.
Like the Z3 fender gills? Stick it on your Civic.
Like the Altezza tailights? Stick it on your Prelude.
Like the TII hood? Stick it on your NA.
KS
1989 GTUs "Be proud of your car, don't bite other's style."
Sorry fellas, but I still say it's Rice. You're pretending to be something you're not.
Have you noticed how everyone is calling a TII hood, well...a TII hood? They're not calling it a turbo hood, or a vented hood, it's a TII hood. It came on one model of FC, suprisingly called the Turbo II, or TII for short.
So you have a distinctive styling element in the offset hoodscoop, on the highest performance model of the FC. When you stick that styling element on a lower performance model, you get Rice. Yep, trying to pretend to be something you're not, especially when it comes to making your car look like another, more expensive, faster car.
Like the Supra big wing and big tip? Stick it on your Accord.
Like the Z3 fender gills? Stick it on your Civic.
Like the Altezza tailights? Stick it on your Prelude.
Like the TII hood? Stick it on your NA.
KS
1989 GTUs "Be proud of your car, don't bite other's style."
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Originally posted by RX-7 Turbo II
for some reason i like the look of my t2 hood on my t2....looks dope
for some reason i like the look of my t2 hood on my t2....looks dope
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I'm putting a T2 hood on my NA. But I'll have a turbo engine underneath it, does that count? I'll probably take it off once i can afford a fmic, but until then, t2 hood for me!
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I just figured I would get more oposing opinions from teenagers. NO OFFENSE or anything. Im just passed teens and used to be into the high school rivalry attitude... Now I worry about myself since im on my own. I am secure enough to know were I stand in this world not to care what others think.. Well most stuff anyway.
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what the hell is wrong with putting a T2 hood on a NA FC??
i like the T2 hood and the scoop thing a lot,
and even if a NA FC with T2 hood lost to ricers,
what does that have to do with my FC??
even all ppl in the world think that T2 has a bad name, that's not gonna change the fact that we all FC owners love our cars
i like the T2 hood and the scoop thing a lot,
and even if a NA FC with T2 hood lost to ricers,
what does that have to do with my FC??
even all ppl in the world think that T2 has a bad name, that's not gonna change the fact that we all FC owners love our cars
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This forum is really getting to be bad...you can do anything to your car anymore without getting flamed...we are switching a damn hood...because it looks more aggressive...and its lighter....we are not slapping on tII stickers and fake blow off valves...my car is n/a i know this...and anyone who knows about rx-7 will know this...and i am pretty sure when i am done with my car i will give a tII some good comp...not saying i will beat it but i will definetly give it a good run for its money...
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Originally posted by RarestRX
Yo,
*puts on flamesuit*
I call "Rice!" on an NA with a TII hood.
Don't got a turbo? Don't pretend you do.
KS
1989 GTUs "So there."
Yo,
*puts on flamesuit*
I call "Rice!" on an NA with a TII hood.
Don't got a turbo? Don't pretend you do.
KS
1989 GTUs "So there."
This forum is full or a bunch of Purests, ive said it before.
So you have a distinctive styling element in the offset hoodscoop, on the highest performance model of the FC. When you stick that styling element on a lower performance model, you get Rice. Yep, trying to pretend to be something you're not, especially when it comes to making your car look like another, more expensive, faster car.
Like the Supra big wing and big tip? Stick it on your Accord.
Like the Z3 fender gills? Stick it on your Civic.
Like the Altezza tailights? Stick it on your Prelude.
Like the TII hood? Stick it on your NA.
Like the Supra big wing and big tip? Stick it on your Accord.
Like the Z3 fender gills? Stick it on your Civic.
Like the Altezza tailights? Stick it on your Prelude.
Like the TII hood? Stick it on your NA.
This doesn't upset me, I'm sharing an observation. You can do whatever you want to your car, who am i to judge what you do? I'm just saying that I would never rice my car like that.
89+ tailights and front clip just freshin the 86-88 models a little, and there is nothing wrong with that.
The T2 was availible in series 4, so the argument about looks only stands if you are trying to make your car LOOK like a T2.
89+ tailights and front clip just freshin the 86-88 models a little, and there is nothing wrong with that.
The T2 was availible in series 4, so the argument about looks only stands if you are trying to make your car LOOK like a T2.
Something needs to be done about this "rice" stuff. This forum has become really stupid. Sorry guys but r x 7 f o r u m s . c o m is looking better now, no stupid "rice" stuff.
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Eh, all personal choice I guess.
But there is one thing that does **** me off. I have the only S5 TII in my area (a few S4s, there might be S5's, but I haven't seen one in around a year). That one is mine.
Now there's a guy with a black S5 GXL. Primered TII hood. I don't mind it, the only problem I have is that there's a guy going around that people might mistake for me. Sooo, for me, it's a good thing. If his car isn't up to par, he might go losing races. What will happen when they see me and think it's him?
But there is one thing that does **** me off. I have the only S5 TII in my area (a few S4s, there might be S5's, but I haven't seen one in around a year). That one is mine.
Now there's a guy with a black S5 GXL. Primered TII hood. I don't mind it, the only problem I have is that there's a guy going around that people might mistake for me. Sooo, for me, it's a good thing. If his car isn't up to par, he might go losing races. What will happen when they see me and think it's him?
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Originally posted by Josepi
Eh, all personal choice I guess.
But there is one thing that does **** me off. I have the only S5 TII in my area (a few S4s, there might be S5's, but I haven't seen one in around a year). That one is mine.
Now there's a guy with a black S5 GXL. Primered TII hood. I don't mind it, the only problem I have is that there's a guy going around that people might mistake for me. Sooo, for me, it's a good thing. If his car isn't up to par, he might go losing races. What will happen when they see me and think it's him?
Eh, all personal choice I guess.
But there is one thing that does **** me off. I have the only S5 TII in my area (a few S4s, there might be S5's, but I haven't seen one in around a year). That one is mine.
Now there's a guy with a black S5 GXL. Primered TII hood. I don't mind it, the only problem I have is that there's a guy going around that people might mistake for me. Sooo, for me, it's a good thing. If his car isn't up to par, he might go losing races. What will happen when they see me and think it's him?
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I got the T2 hood because it was free, and I was hoping to make some sort of air intake out of it. My car was slow, but I only had the hood on for a few months before my rebuild.
Now my car is faster than stock T2's, so if me==rice then stock T2's are rice.
Now my car is faster than stock T2's, so if me==rice then stock T2's are rice.
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Originally posted by AcmeSkater
look at the sticker on the side?? and say 'oh look at that a Turbo II, i just raced a GXL that looked like that only it had a FLAT primer black hood' There is a difference between paint and primer, one is flat and the other has a glossy clearcoat.
look at the sticker on the side?? and say 'oh look at that a Turbo II, i just raced a GXL that looked like that only it had a FLAT primer black hood' There is a difference between paint and primer, one is flat and the other has a glossy clearcoat.
But once he gets it painted, it's going to look 90% like mine, I just don't want to do the route of doing stuff to the exterior of my car so it will be different. I guess i'm just protective
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Originally posted by AcmeSkater
can you say HIPOCRIT(sp)??? you contradict yourself.... read your post first. I don't want my car to LOOK like a TII I just want the functionallity.
can you say HIPOCRIT(sp)??? you contradict yourself.... read your post first. I don't want my car to LOOK like a TII I just want the functionallity.
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I say-
ANYONE that flames an NAFC driver for putting a TII hood on it claiming that he is "trying to make the car something it's not" is a hypocrite themselves. If you leave your car totally stock, then your opinion is valid, but anyone who mods their car to any extent can't say that a hood swap is "trying to be something it's not," because the car was made the way it was STOCK. It wasn't even intended to have ANY aftermarket parts. If I am wrong in using a TII hood, then you are wrong for putting a lightened flywheel, different wheels, etc. on your car, because the car wasn't created with intentions to swap out different parts! People will always have their opinions. I just don't let them bother me. According to society, money is the most important thing in the world. When you convince me to believe that, then I'll beleive your OPINION about the TII hood. . .
Peace, Derek
ANYONE that flames an NAFC driver for putting a TII hood on it claiming that he is "trying to make the car something it's not" is a hypocrite themselves. If you leave your car totally stock, then your opinion is valid, but anyone who mods their car to any extent can't say that a hood swap is "trying to be something it's not," because the car was made the way it was STOCK. It wasn't even intended to have ANY aftermarket parts. If I am wrong in using a TII hood, then you are wrong for putting a lightened flywheel, different wheels, etc. on your car, because the car wasn't created with intentions to swap out different parts! People will always have their opinions. I just don't let them bother me. According to society, money is the most important thing in the world. When you convince me to believe that, then I'll beleive your OPINION about the TII hood. . .
Peace, Derek