I’m sure we’ve all experienced this at one level or another - an epic car build that falls just short of flawlessness due to one or two questionable mod choices. Sometimes level heads will recognize “that’s an amazing car build except X.” Occasionally, for J-spec cars, people will say that different styles are popular in Japan than here, and if it weren’t for Japanese builds pushing the limits of styling certain things would not be as popular over here.
Here we have an awesome widebody bugeye monster. However, the owner clearly has a predilection for ventilation (it’s common in Japan to vent all the things with hood vents, naca and brake ducts, and rear bumper ‘speed holes’ and create all the downforce with canards, splitters, diffusers and big wang), and a strong liking of lighting. Also the black/white “Panda” color scheme was carried over to a two-tone scheme on the wheels. Some of this would be seen as a bit of overkill in the U.S. - particularly the altezza style rear trunk lights which was popular with the Honda crowd during the “Sport Compact” age in the late 90’s.
I did a quick photoshop - on an app on my phone so don’t mind the rough edges - to show how just a few changes would make this car a 10/10 in the U.S. I’m sure it’s a 10/10 by Japanese standards already !
