The evolution of the import scene Options

[azian_advanced]

Way back in the the year 2000, extreme bodykits, large chrome rims, full body decals, loud exhausts, and wild color paint jobs were the hottest things then. I remember my buddies and I would just talk about imports every day and spend most of our free time in our computer classes just looking up sites with pictures of cars. We'd talk about drag racing even when none of us knew jack about cars and were still learning how to drive! Back then, the word 'souped-up' was frequently used referring to an extremely done up ride. It was in this time when F&F came out in the theatres and really brought the scene to another level.

well.. that was me when I was 15.

several years later, extreme looking bodykits and euro lights were frowned upon. not sure how it all started but it just did, and those cars were labelled as 'rice'. at the same time, a whole new era emerged and the new taste in modification was 'jdm'. if you bought a part and was not made in Japan, it's not 'jdm'. simple as that. this change in trend happened so fast that everyone just hopped the bandwagon and accepted it.

so this is where we are now in the import scene. but how are things gonna look like in the next 10 or 20 years? what's the import scene going to become? many concept cars are being designed to run on a hybrid or fully electric motor... or even run on bio fuels which has already begun in a few countries. how long will the tuner scene last? what's the future gonna look like? maybe 15 years from now people will be doing battery swaps instead of motor swaps. or maybe the future generation will look at us the same way we look at the older generation today who are into classics and hot rods.



edit: this belongs in offtopic

This post has been edited by azian_advanced: May 21, 2010 - 2:30 AM

[blu94gt]

I think as far as tuning goes the whole JDM thing is starting to pass. Here are the 2 trends I've been seeing pop around town and on various sites:

Hellaflush, not my favorite since a lot of effort seems to be put in and the handling properties usually get ruined


And the second, the tossed together, zombie, ratted out, whatever you want to call it style. I actually really like some of the cars done this way, they aren't $100k show cars that only start up and run long enough to pull onto a trailer. The idea is function over form, so while the car isn't pretty to look at it's in great mechanical shape and/or heavily modified. Some cars like this could be categorized as sleepers I guess.