Rice or Nice?

[1rstbmw!]

At least your ti isn't fried rice. Like mine.I say no to the rice though I like your ti.

[Stoph]

I say it's not rice, but it's not my style either.

The rear lights, lack of BMW logos, rims, I am not feeling love for.

[fourbysix]

I say no rice, boser hood is awesome, love the smoked tails, bodykit is awesome (minus the rear racemesh) wheels are hugely wide( i love it) and i love the paint, thats an awesome build in my mind man. good to see some other north-westerns doing up bimmers. I'm from Vancouver, in Canada.

[Den]

I cast my vote for 'nice'. . .
but I think that if you want to place your car unquestionably in the 'Euro' category, you should rock some old-school BBS basketweaves.

Wheels would make all the difference.
This is a personal preference, but IMO, the wheel lip should not be wider than the tire sidewall. Doesn't matter to me if this is en vogue in Europe or not. Doesn't look right.

[Mallard]

thats EURO all day long

wheels, decked

rice would have neons and a wing, some stickers and nitrous...

[BobbyDigital]

I cant vote either, its like nice in the front, rice in the back.

I'm not a fan of the chrome headlights, the fart can, the taillights, or the wheels.

I can tell that you love your car, and its no where near as bad as these civics that are around here, but I would probably shake my head at you if I passed you on the road.

And I have never understood shaving the emblems, its like you're embarrassed to drive it.

[DustenT]

Great thread guys.

[Tyler]

I'm not voting either, it's 50/50 to me. I mean some people will think it's nice and other will say rice.

[tastade]

The only thing that bugs me is the tires appear to be too narrow for the wheels, and the offset of the wheels makes them look like they stick outside the fenders.

[Viper3812]

Overall I like it, wheels are my favorite followed by M5 mirrors. I say ehhh to exhaust, but you said it has been taken care of with a Supersprint so good job on that.

[marko]

+1 on that! nothing better than some old school BBS mesh wheels for that undeniable EURO look...

Originally Posted by Den

but I think that if you want to place your car unquestionably in the 'Euro' category, you should rock some old-school BBS basketweaves.

[REDIS]

hood is tight. but otherwise kinda ricy.

[1996 328ti]

It's ricey to me.
Fog lights, big tip exhaust through rear bumper, smoked lenses.
But hey, it's your car. If you like it, that's all that matters.
It doesn't bother me.

My car has a cheesy 3" exhaust.

[mohaughn]

I have to go with the other people on having issues with the wheels. Don't like the way they stick out so far, and definitely don't like the way that you are running tires that are not wide enough for those wheels. It reminds me of the old low riders you see with gold spoke rims and tiny wheels that are sticking way out from the car...

But it is your car, if you like it, why worry what we think? Having seen a lot of "euro" looking cars and knowing some people that are car buffs that grew up in Europe I would have to say that to a lot of European car guys the "Euro" look is just the fast and furious look with an across the pond spin put on it. I'm sure you'll find a ton of people in Europe that hate the Euro look as much as people here in the US hate the ricer look...

And to people that keep saying Nitrous is ricer... You should go to the drag strip with my neighbor... He has an impala with enough nitrous running into the engine to put this entire board down for a good nights sleep. Definitely not ricey just to have nitrous. Now having NOS stickers and really having a bazooka bass tube that looks like a nitrous tank is ricey. Nitrous has been used in cars that will smoke most Ti's for years, and those cars are certainly not rice.


Is that bowling ball paint? If so, that is straight low rider... heheh

[oakley]

exhaust is a big bake bean can no no!! But as its been replaced then no issues..i like it..rear lights are rice but apart from that a clean looking motor