Saw Several Ricers... but hey, it´s their cars.

My exhaust, rims and "Speed Makes Me Horny" stickers on the skirts give my scort a slight "Riced" appearence.

Hmm...I guess you are what you EAT, right?

Any time you take your car beyond stock, there´s always a risk that you´ll make it worse not better. I mean visually and/or functionally. As far as looks go, beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder, and is so subjective. Some people have a flair for it, and can make almost any car look good, and others are pretty clueless and ruin a perfectly good car with junk.
In Fort Worth TX i´ve seen lotsa cars with these tiny chrome spoke wheels with ridiculous offset. I mean the whole tire/wheel is outside the fender well. They do this to everything from Sentras to Regals. Can´t imagine what it does to the car´s handling!
Another one I hate is people who take that chrome trim stuff and encircle the doors, hood trunk, etc. with it. It totally ruins the lines of the car. I guess there´s no accounting for taste!

It´s great on this site to see the different ways you can mod a scort! Most I really like, but I think I learn something from all of em.
btw Blade those wheels add so much to your car!

Theres this poster at work. Its a red Corvette Z06.

For about a week after one of the guys put it up in the break room I kept looking at it going, "Now that´s a beautiful car." Then about the end of that first week I realized the wheels one it looked EXACTLY the same as the ones on the scort

This thread is near and dear, cuz I grabbed my scort with no prior love for the car...it was cheap, local and I thought- ´What a great chance to spoof the ´rice-rocket´ craze by building a US cheapy-mobile into a Ricer-mobile Wanna-Be. And as I drew up the plans, I was told by pals that the scheme might backfire, and rice fans might actually LIKE the car when it´s done. OOPS!

Well, it´s worse than that. *I* not only have started to really dig my scort, but I find that with the right choices of add-ons, the final look is growing on me. Who knew that it didn´t HAVE to look tacky and silly!??

Oh well, I guess some are gonna hate it anyway... but the stuff comes off just like it goes on, and it´s next owner can do what HE wants to it. Right now, it´s mine, and it´s gonna get the full-on ´Uncle Ben´s´ treatment.

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John Rosa

and the Slammin´ Escort-SVT project...

See more at www.javelinamx.com/svt



[ Edited by JWR-NoRice On Date 12-05-2002 ]

Nice change in wheels John.

Yeah, when I bought my car I had 3 days to find a car because I came home from college and had a gf showing up to spend the holidays with me.

My old cars had been trucks or SUV´s but I knew I kinda wanted a compact. I really wanted a 95 civic si but with prices being like 8-10k for one with 130k on it, I wasn´t too happy.

When I finally thought about what I wanted I broke it down to 2dr, HB, 5speed, clean interior, no major damage, and a DOHC motor. After looking for awhile my mom told me she had a friend at a dealership and they were holding two cars for me to look at. Both were Escorts. I was like Mom I dont think so, I really dont want a 4dr sedan or a station wagon (she thought they were).

When I got there with my dad, both were 93 EGT´s. One had 44k miles the other at 54k miles. Same EVERYTHING. Difference was $100. Well I got the hookup at the dealership. I bought my EGT with 44k on it for pennies under 4k.

I wasn´t until about a year after I owned it that I hungered for "rice." I wanted to be different, but not like an iMac. I dont do fruity (other then my G3 Powerbook, Wallstreet Edt.). I soon started learning about just how Mazda had played their part in the EGT and how great the engineering of the vehicle was. .... Then I became obessed with forced induction. I´m telling you drive a 400HP Mitsu Eclipse GST once, or a 3000GT VR4 and sex just isn´t as important anymore. Well I guess the rest is history.

Just my story.

Well my scort certainly isn´t ricey at all, but I do know that I get speed wobbles when I´m going over 90mph. Although I think that has to do with my tires. My rear left wobbles like crazy. I want to replace it but I don´t have the money quite yet, so I´ve just been cornering on them like mad and wearing them out so I will force myself to replace them. I really hope I don´t mess anything up in the wheels...
Anyway, when I go over 90mph or so I get mega speed wobbles and the whole escort feels kinda unstable. Kinda sucks, but I´m wondering what I can do to fix this. Will tires make a difference, or is this just what happens with the escort at those kinda speeds?

And we´ve got a few very ricey civics here. I actually saw a focus yesterday... some chick was driving it and it was SWEET looking. Carbon fiber hood, new wheels, exhaust, tinted windows, black paintjob with chrome and white highlights, decals... sounded mean. I told my friend in the passengers seat to steer while I turned my head and took a good look

when you say it wobbles....does it not look like its completely round, or does it bounce a little. More then likely its a balance issue. Balancing is cheap like 9 bucks. If the wheel isn´t spinning right then it could be a bent wheel. On a far guess, loose or worn suspension components.

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Jason Blade, 93 EGT Turbo

[ Edited by TheBlade On Date 12-05-2002 ]

Yeah. I work drive through at Taco Bell here in town sometimes and joke the people who come through. I´ll look at ther under construction rice-mobiles and I´ll stare at the back end with a smile on my face and say "Be careful you don´t fly away with that wing back there." Sometimes I get laughs, sometimes not. But I dont mean it to be mean. I just bought these atrocious lights for my best friends accord. *Barf* and so not worth the cost of them. But whatever