i think the japs got it right...
05-07-2008, 01:04 PM
#11
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RE: i think the japs got it right...
I found the mirrors on that Japanese site. Those mirrors are what Ford should've put on the Mustang instead of the current truck mirrors.
Click on "Japan Package" on the left side of the web page.
http://translate.google.com/translat...mustang.co.jp/
Click on "Japan Package" on the left side of the web page.
http://translate.google.com/translat...mustang.co.jp/
05-07-2008, 01:54 PM
#12
RE: i think the japs got it right...
ORIGINAL: tached_out
most respectable people in japan do not rice out there cars. The drift scene there is huge and its all about JDM and keeping the cars funcational and performance. The whole ricer thing was the US doing from hollywoods prospective on what is cool. I go to japan allot for the military and being a 1/4 japanese 
I have family there and sure there are riced out cars in japan like there are every where but all the true tuners there really clown on that the same way we do as well.
ORIGINAL: So_Cali
The Boss looks pretty nice IMO, Its about time American Muscle hits Japan! Just hope they dont rice it the **** out LMAO
The Boss looks pretty nice IMO, Its about time American Muscle hits Japan! Just hope they dont rice it the **** out LMAO
I have family there and sure there are riced out cars in japan like there are every where but all the true tuners there really clown on that the same way we do as well.
05-07-2008, 02:30 PM
#13
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RE: i think the japs got it right...
In 2006,I spend two weeks inJapan traveling from Iwakuni to Misawaand 2 weeks in Okinawa for business.
The only place I saw riced out cars was Okinawa and thats probably because of all the US militarythere.
The only place I saw riced out cars was Okinawa and thats probably because of all the US militarythere.
ORIGINAL: tached_out
most respectable people in japan do not rice out there cars. The drift scene there is huge and its all about JDM and keeping the cars funcational and performance. The whole ricer thing was the US doing from hollywoods prospective on what is cool. I go to japan allot for the military and being a 1/4 japanese I have family there and sure there are riced out cars in japan like there are every where but all the true tuners there really clown on that the same way we do as well.
ORIGINAL: So_Cali
The Boss looks pretty nice IMO, Its about time American Muscle hits Japan! Just hope they dont rice it the **** out LMAO
The Boss looks pretty nice IMO, Its about time American Muscle hits Japan! Just hope they dont rice it the **** out LMAO
I have family there and sure there are riced out cars in japan like there are every where but all the true tuners there really clown on that the same way we do as well.
05-07-2008, 03:12 PM
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RE: i think the japs got it right...
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05-07-2008, 03:41 PM
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RE: i think the japs got it right...
ORIGINAL: brad281
Who do you think was the one that designed the s197? Wasn't a good ole American Ford guy.
Who do you think was the one that designed the s197? Wasn't a good ole American Ford guy.
Lead engineer Hau Thai-Tang is Vietnamese-American
05-07-2008, 04:53 PM
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RE: i think the japs got it right...
ORIGINAL: 2007CalSpec
I found the mirrors on that Japanese site. Those mirrors are what Ford should've put on the Mustang instead of the current truck mirrors.
Click on "Japan Package" on the left side of the web page.
http://translate.google.com/translat...mustang.co.jp/
I found the mirrors on that Japanese site. Those mirrors are what Ford should've put on the Mustang instead of the current truck mirrors.
Click on "Japan Package" on the left side of the web page.
http://translate.google.com/translat...mustang.co.jp/
05-07-2008, 04:58 PM
#18
RE: i think the japs got it right...
ORIGINAL: WhiteHorse94
He wasn't Japanese either.
Lead engineer Hau Thai-Tang is Vietnamese-American
ORIGINAL: brad281
Who do you think was the one that designed the s197? Wasn't a good ole American Ford guy.
Who do you think was the one that designed the s197? Wasn't a good ole American Ford guy.
Lead engineer Hau Thai-Tang is Vietnamese-American
05-07-2008, 05:22 PM
#19
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RE: i think the japs got it right...
I work for JAL and have been spending at least two weeks a month for the last nine years in Japan. I have seenthree2005+ GT's in Japan since they came out, 1 in Osaka and the other two in Tokyo. Granted, I spend more time in Narita than anywhere else. I was shocked when I saw the one in Osaka. Mustangs (any V8 for that matter) are very rare in Japan. Gas is double the price but if you can afford one over there, you don't care. Seen a bunch of SN95's, mostly V6's though.
05-07-2008, 07:25 PM
#20
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RE: i think the japs got it right...
Dont you guys think u need to cut them a break. Also, isnt the whole rice thing an american thing to do to a honda.
And dont think they cant make a sport car; the new skyline is nasty. they also ruled the 90's w/ their cars.
And dont think they cant make a sport car; the new skyline is nasty. they also ruled the 90's w/ their cars.