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Originally Posted by firstshadow
lol they think its going to piss people off? i think its more likely to make people laugh. i mean why would you want to make your car extreme in the ugliest way? xD if i were aiming for extreme body kits i would probably give the fit a bmw front bumper and a g35 rear bumper lolol
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Well, I'm sure some people do laugh, but generally, when you got 1 or more cars kitted up in this kind of body kit sitting out front of your apartment at 2-3am with no muffler, or at least a very loud muffler, revving their engines to the limiters non-stop trying to wake up the whole building, then you get pissed off. They also will just drive around the neighborhood really slow revving the engine just to piss people off too. Of course, not everyone who has one of those body kits is into that kind of activity, but a lot of the styling comes from the gangs that do. VIP comes from it as well, although it's come into its own as a styling trend in general so now you see people doing exactly what you mention -- putting Euro luxury influence into an everyday domestic (JDM) ride. Realistically, it's a lot more elaborate overall because everybody influences everybody, but that's the basics of where it at least comes from. Another thing to keep in mind is that Japan has a national auto inspection that's fairly strict, so running body kits and springs, etc. that break those regulations is fun for many people (gangs)-- you take them off at inspection, then put em' back on afterwards, and it pisses the cops off because they usually can't do much to stop you. Wikipedia has an entry on Bosozoku if you get some free time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosozoku