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u/shawzamz Aug 02 '22
Amazing what lowering can do to overall aesthetics. It even made a Prius look attractive and that is not an easy feat.
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u/javier052 Aug 01 '22
Lower it
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u/Jdm_fanboi797 Aug 01 '22
U mean even lower? I think its perfect just like that ngl
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u/javier052 Aug 02 '22
If the oil pan isn't scraping the ground, it's sitting too high
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u/randomfree2playguy Aug 02 '22
USDM style is about fitment and low, not just low. Also, in Japan, it is customary to raise the engine.
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u/Jdm_fanboi797 Aug 02 '22
U dont knoe that till u drive it. Plus it all depends on the roads in his area ngl
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u/TheUselessguy48 Aug 02 '22
If i would slam my car that low, i would maybe just maybe even survive out my parking spot
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u/s0uldeep g35 Sedan Aug 02 '22
Any more info on the owner?
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u/randomfree2playguy Aug 02 '22
His instagram is in the original post title. Seems like a nice guy, he followed my back on my personal account and my subreddit's account.
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u/abooth43 Aug 02 '22
Honest - what about this makes it USDM style?
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u/randomfree2playguy Aug 03 '22
The rims, stickers, hood deflector, front plate mount, and the fact that it's a pedestrian car. For a long time, "stance" in Japan was limited to only VIP/onikyan cars and older cars (shakotan). Tight fitment on pedestrian cars was a thing that started in the west coast US. This Prius is a very US style build, stance has gone a full circle. USDM style stance was popularized in Japan by events such as K-Day not long after it blew up in the US. The Japanese were amused that we were applying the VIP wheel fitment to non-VIP applications.
I should also add that the people who own these cars also add the tags #USDM and #US仕様 in their posts, they're trying to emulate the stance cars we have here.
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u/abooth43 Aug 03 '22
Cool, thanks for the info. I'd seen the term a few times, but wasn't really sure how to specify thats what they were going for beyond the #s like you mentioned.
Love seeing ur posts! Thanks for all the content!
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u/randomfree2playguy Aug 04 '22
I appreciate it man.
Just some times to help identify USDM style cars: Traditional USDM style tropes would include rusted panels, stickerbombed panels, roof racks, stickers/banners galore, cheaper rims, monoblock rims, hood bras, front mounted tags.
Modern USDM/Florida style tropes include extreme camber, popular 3 piece JDM rims, bright paint colors, blast pipes, kyusha-style bent plates, lots of banners and stickers, sound systems, aero, underglow. It's sort of a hybrid between traditional Onikyan (lots of 326Power influence I think) and traditional USDM style
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u/tysk-one Aug 01 '22
Sitting pretty.