The thing I hate about this car is that compared to most of the crap I see on the roads, this actually looks nice! That's right. This guy has a sense of style! I'm scared! Hold me!
Okay. We've got your basic rice traits here: lowered stance, alloy wheels, and the most visible aspect- the Mortal Kombat GT-Type-R body kit full of superfluous ridges and scoops.
Things that make this car "different": the absence of a visibility-reducing windshield banner (either blank or with some sort of model designation or "message" on them) and the gold badges. Usually the kind you see on these (riced) cars are the "Type-R-style" badges, which belong on Type-R's only. And the only Type-R sold in the United States is an Integra. So, if you see anything else with a "Type R" badge on it, the R stands for "rice". I give this guy credit for not having them.
Ahhh....more typical rice accessories: clear taillights (that turn pink when you hit the brakes, very masculine indeed) and the visibility-bisecting adjustable (at least it looks adjustable) rear wing. Note: this person actually kept the top adjustable (could be) part of this wing! Many people with these remove the only functional section of the rear wing for the "Batmobile" look. And if that wing doesn't completely kill your rearward visibilty (which it might not in Batmobile-mode), the giant "H" sticker (also gold) in the rear window oughta take care of that. Also there but not visible: the obligatory fart tip muffler. If you've never heard a fart tip muffler, be glad. It basically makes a car sound kind of like a sport bike, but waaaay more like a weed-whacker.
I don't. But I'm pretty sure that it's just a plain ol' Civic EX underneath the body kit and (probably) painted interior panels. If there are any "mods", I'm almost certain it's a cold-air (read: hot air due to improper installation and location) intake with cone filter and that fart tip. I doubt that the owner even spent the money on a pre-fab cat-back exhaust, because you can't see the muffler very well (or if at all) in that picture. And you would have seen it if it had been, since what's a cat-back without a chrome muffler?
Also, this car's from out-of-state. In fact, waaaay out of state, as in the opposite end of the country. As in Florida. And most heavily modified cars (which Civic's have to be to be super-fast) aren't driven on trips that are thousands of miles. Okay. So maybe he only goes for a few hundred miles at a time, since he could be doing that Riced Civic Shopping Mall Parking Lot Tour of America I've heard so much about.
Mind you, people do this kind of stuff to their cars to be "different", but the sad truth is that so many people are doing the exact same thing, they are really just becoming part of a different crowd. However, in this state, he has achieved the "different" status by ricing his car, yet not over-cheesing it like most people around here do. So to you, sir, you are different, in my eyes. You got what you wanted, now leave me alone!
