Who mods a Hyundai ~ - Toyota Yaris Forums

jaspie · 06-22-2007, 01:32 AM

Seriously.....who goes and mods a Hyundai.....Xcel and Ascent ~

I saw the first fully done up Hyundai Xcel the other day ~

The moment my bro and I saw it ~ We burst out laughing ~ Literally ~

and it had that sticker with japanese which reads....."For drifting purposes" ~

Shame ~ Shame ~

On another topic.....I would love to see that fully done up Yaris around my area ~ I have only seen it twice and would love to see it again and close up too ~

Jaspie ~

eTiMaGo · 06-22-2007, 01:58 AM

hmmm my friend had an old ugly brown Hyundai sonata... with a 4G63 engine swap (i.e mitsubishi lancer evolution engine). absolute sleeper on the outside, even had original rims

hasher22 · 06-22-2007, 02:40 AM

hyundai coupes look good customized i must say...

the tiburon would look good..other than those cars....BIG NO NO

redduck · 06-22-2007, 08:34 AM

they could say to you.... who mods a Yaris ? Well you do, b.c. you like the car. I can remember when a bunch of people where getting laughed at for modding saturns. They were making there own turbo kits and such. They became somewhat of a joke until someone actually looked into a Saturn and found that it was a good platform because of its Light weight, I think it was the sc1's that where being modded. If there is a car out there its been modded. Don't laugh at them. Its their thing, their hobby.

eTiMaGo · 06-22-2007, 08:47 AM

heh that's true, if I got a dollar for every time someone asks me why I didn't get a proper sports car to modify... It's all a matter of perspective

But, plastering a Korean car with stickers in Japanese, that's beyond lame

jaspie · 06-22-2007, 09:39 AM

I know what you're getting at ~

But here in Australia.....Hyundai's have caused the majority of deaths because they have thin metal and they just have bad reputation ~

Yet people still buy them because they are cheap.....especially young people ~

It's just the bad reputation they have here in Australia.....that's why ~

Jaspie ~

YarisTom73 · 06-22-2007, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaspie

I know what you're getting at ~

But here in Australia.....Hyundai's have caused the majority of deaths because they have thin metal and they just have bad reputation ~

Yet people still buy them because they are cheap.....especially young people ~

It's just the bad reputation they have here in Australia.....that's why ~

Jaspie ~

How long have the Yarii been available in Australia? I think I read somewhere that they've been out in certain countries for several years.

jaspie · 06-22-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by YarisTom73

How long have the Yarii been available in Australia? I think I read somewhere that they've been out in certain countries for several years.

The Echo (first generation of the Yaris) has been out since 1999 ~

The Yaris was released in 2004.....or was it 2005 ~ Hmmm.....anyways ~

Jaspie ~

stuffy · 06-28-2007, 02:04 PM

they yaris was released in late 05 in australia.

redyaris · 06-28-2007, 02:16 PM

Looks good to me. If you squint hard enough it resembles the profile of the Maserati Gransport.

Nutzoids · 06-28-2007, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redyaris

Looks good to me. If you squint hard enough it resembles the profile of the Maserati Quattroporte.

Maserati Quattroporte

Quick Italian Lesson for you

Quattro = 4
Porte = Doors

Yet the picture shown only had 2 doors... Did you mean Dueporte?

Otherwise known as the GranTurismo

stuffy · 06-28-2007, 02:48 PM

the thing about hyundai is that they have never been very original when it comes to car design,
some might call them "copy-cats".

kurokoma-kun · 06-28-2007, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuffy

the thing about hyundai is that they have never been very original when it comes to car design,
some might call them "copy-cats".

True, reviewers often compared the 2003 Tiburon (the model I had) to a Ferrari 456GT. My thought was "I can have a car that looks kinda like a Ferrari for 15K? Great!" Did it DRIVE like a Ferrari? Sadly, no.

But the Accent--that is Hyundai's WRC car, isn't it? All I know is there were lots of aftermarket parts for the Accent, next to none for Tib.

V8TITAN · 06-28-2007, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuffy

the thing about hyundai is that they have never been very original when it comes to car design,
some might call them "copy-cats".

exactly, they stole the frigin headlights from mercedes when they came out with the adds for its not cheap its luxury or w/e. now theyre are copying land rover.... its retarded....

redyaris · 06-29-2007, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutzoids

Maserati Quattroporte

Quick Italian Lesson for you

Quattro = 4
Porte = Doors

Yet the picture shown only had 2 doors... Did you mean Dueporte?

Otherwise known as the GranTurismo

Edited my post to identify the proper car in the pic: GranSport!

eijikikimaru · 06-29-2007, 02:57 PM

Hyundai just doing what they think the consumers want. They're just reaching out to others who want something exactly/similar to something, i.e. landrovers, since they can't actually afford that something.

If consumers want imitations then they'll buy it. Some are penny pinchers and some just want a cheap daily driver. Others buy them as first cars to experiment with, so later when they purchase a better car they'll have at least an idea of too much is. Some consumers are not as fortunate to have funding and to them... a car is just a car.

As for those who fix up their korean made car is just a personal preference.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

heh that's true, if I got a dollar for every time someone asks me why I didn't get a proper sports car to modify... It's all a matter of perspective

X2

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

But, plastering a Korean car with stickers in Japanese, that's beyond lame

Maybe they couldn't find Korean stickers or... (for those ignorant ones) since we all look alike we all speak the same language

eTiMaGo · 06-30-2007, 03:10 AM

urgh yeah another pet peeve of mine, how it's so easy to generalize "Asians"... big difference between Japanese people, Vietnamese, Thai, or Indonesian, for example, although they are all technically Asian.

Though I guess it works both ways, over here I am a "farang", which is basically a general term for any white-skinned person, no matter where they're from...

Kaotic Lazagna · 06-30-2007, 05:43 AM

i thought Japanese people were Pacific Islanders, like Filipino's.

lol...eh, i consider myself Asian even though i'm technically Pacific Islander.

06-22-2007, 01:32 AM	#1
jaspie Lil White her name is ~ Drives: White YRX 5DR Hatchback 2006 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gold Coast/Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 268	Who mods a Hyundai ~ Seriously.....who goes and mods a Hyundai.....Xcel and Ascent ~ I saw the first fully done up Hyundai Xcel the other day ~ The moment my bro and I saw it ~ We burst out laughing ~ Literally ~ and it had that sticker with japanese which reads....."For drifting purposes" ~ Shame ~ Shame ~ On another topic.....I would love to see that fully done up Yaris around my area ~ I have only seen it twice and would love to see it again and close up too ~ Jaspie ~

06-22-2007, 01:58 AM	#2
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	hmmm my friend had an old ugly brown Hyundai sonata... with a 4G63 engine swap (i.e mitsubishi lancer evolution engine). absolute sleeper on the outside, even had original rims __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

06-22-2007, 02:40 AM	#3
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	hyundai coupes look good customized i must say... the tiburon would look good..other than those cars....BIG NO NO __________________

06-22-2007, 08:47 AM	#5
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	heh that's true, if I got a dollar for every time someone asks me why I didn't get a proper sports car to modify... It's all a matter of perspective But, plastering a Korean car with stickers in Japanese, that's beyond lame __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

06-28-2007, 02:16 PM	#10
redyaris Shiny Chromey Coolness View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Toyota Yaris Liftback Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 982	Looks good to me. If you squint hard enough it resembles the profile of the Maserati Gransport. __________________ Bringin the Bling to Yarisworld Last edited by redyaris; 06-29-2007 at 02:35 PM.

06-22-2007, 08:34 AM	#4
redduck Drives: Yaris Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 136	they could say to you.... who mods a Yaris ? Well you do, b.c. you like the car. I can remember when a bunch of people where getting laughed at for modding saturns. They were making there own turbo kits and such. They became somewhat of a joke until someone actually looked into a Saturn and found that it was a good platform because of its Light weight, I think it was the sc1's that where being modded. If there is a car out there its been modded. Don't laugh at them. Its their thing, their hobby.

06-22-2007, 09:39 AM	#6
jaspie Lil White her name is ~ Drives: White YRX 5DR Hatchback 2006 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gold Coast/Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 268	I know what you're getting at ~ But here in Australia.....Hyundai's have caused the majority of deaths because they have thin metal and they just have bad reputation ~ Yet people still buy them because they are cheap.....especially young people ~ It's just the bad reputation they have here in Australia.....that's why ~ Jaspie ~

06-28-2007, 02:04 PM	#9
stuffy Drives: 06 yaris 5-dr le man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 699	they yaris was released in late 05 in australia.

06-28-2007, 02:48 PM	#12
stuffy Drives: 06 yaris 5-dr le man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 699	the thing about hyundai is that they have never been very original when it comes to car design, some might call them "copy-cats".

06-30-2007, 03:10 AM	#17
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	urgh yeah another pet peeve of mine, how it's so easy to generalize "Asians"... big difference between Japanese people, Vietnamese, Thai, or Indonesian, for example, although they are all technically Asian. Though I guess it works both ways, over here I am a "farang", which is basically a general term for any white-skinned person, no matter where they're from... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

06-30-2007, 05:43 AM	#18
Kaotic Lazagna View User's Garage Drives: '14 GT86, '08 Vitz Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 9,873	i thought Japanese people were Pacific Islanders, like Filipino's. lol...eh, i consider myself Asian even though i'm technically Pacific Islander.

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