
I just wanted to refresh some of y'all to the things that inspired me, (and still do!) in the Honda scene back in the day. I see the trends in 2009 nowadays which remind me alot of our scene in the year 2000, when rice was on it's way out, but Jdm was not quite here yet. Yes, like the brown still on your toilet paper no matter how many times you wipe, rice in this scene is here to stay. For example, back in 2000, it was all about the new, "clean" body kit, like Wings West and C-Westin, these were a refreshing change from the radical Black Widow and Street Fyghter kits that plagued our scene throughout the 90's, yet it was not until the new era in Honda building that we would finally know what "clean" really meant.


And then came that clean era, in 2001 thanks in part to mags like Super Street and T'MR. More and more builds set the bar for simplicity, naturally aspirated performance, and these small 15" rare Jdm wheels which would have gotten you clowned on a few years earlier.
Below: No, they aren't the Backstreet Boys.. But as trendy as a boy band in 1999, can you spot these cookie cutter trends?? Slanted stickers on windshield, mad-tyte jdm relocated plates, red Rota wheels, a Wakaba sticker, fake plastic lips- (certainly not the good kind you eat on Halloween) and the dreaded "Jdm pose".. Hey I thought Eddie Hahm killed that in '02?

But, maybe, just maybe, perhaps a new dawn will emerge for 2010, as we approach the next decade, much like the awakening occured in 1999 as we headed into the year 2000.. Could it be the next frontier? We can only hope. -SK
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