Whats ur country's "car culture" like?
In Singapore, regulations make it such that ricers thrives.
A rant about my country’s car modification regulations.
Its pretty funny that the authorities seems to promote ricing from the set of regulations.
In Singapore,
Whats legal:
-Bodykits
-Decals/stickers/graphics
-tinting of windows (black at a certain transparency)
-Air filter/Intake
Whats illegal:
-Any exhaust mods that are not approved.
(Exhausts systems need to be approved by the authorities, but its not as simple as buying one off the internet and getting the proper paperwork done. Exhaust systems need to be sent for testing and stuff, which is costly and only makes sense for dealers who imports a large batch to do so. The best part is, even if u get an exact same exhaust thru other sources it will not be legal. Hence we have very limited exhaust choices, and some cars doesnt even have any.)
-Aftermarket HID headlights, ledtaillamps
-Engine swaps (totally illegal, even if u blow an engine, swapping to another is still technically illegal)
-turbocharging/ supercharging (although its stated that approval is required, its actually impossible to be done)
-internal engine mods i.e. bore/stroke to increase capacity (illegal, but difficult to be caught for)
So with the main power mods totally outlawed, most modded vehicles over here would be having huge bodykits, gigantic GT wings, crazy racecar livery, and having next to no power, the makings of a ricer.
Funny how my countries unique car culture would actually be ricing.
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In Brazil, we can do lots of fiddling, but you have to go through much bureaucracy. Turbos need to be on the car documents if not from factory. Basically any changes must count on the car’s documentation as long as they obey regulation for weight, signals etc.
We can get some lovely cars, such as this Chevy Opala ^^
Its a nova
Sorry bro, I live in New Zealand, where nearly everything is legal. Someone even welded a bike to the front half of a mini and got it registered!
Buy a set of Wolf or Advanti wheels, cut the springs and add a giant subwoofer.
1 in 10 does it proper show-car style - glossy paint with no swirls, nice wheel fitment, bodywork, engine swap or rebuild.
In Britain its just chavs in corsas