I had them.. hated them.. swapped them for Red/Clears.. Altezzas are gross!!!

 

didnt you see them at that mini meet in douglaston? i had them on at the time.. theyre regular altezzas with black vinyl over them.. i wish i had a dollar for every time ive said that

 

NOPI is the largest import show in America by far. It is also one of the crappiest. There is no qualifying to get in like there is with HIN, and it's cheaper to enter the show than it is to watch. The judging is done by a bunch of hillbillies who have no idea what they're doing. Big chrome rims? Come get your trophy. "Fast and the furious" big metal wing? Come on up too. Don't worry about those runs in your paint, or the overspray. You get a trophy too because your car is orange. Winning NOPI isn't exactly proof that something looks good. A lot of nice cars didn't win, while a lot of really sh!tty cars did.

And the categories do go overboard. There was no reason to split up Nissan Maximas, there weren't enough there to justify it. When you have a class with 4 people, and 3 trophies, it's not really winning.

 

wow maybe i should enter nopi if the chance is that good

 

5000 cars, 1000 trophies. But most of the cars are clumped into the Honda/Acura classes. Those are the hard classes to win. Smaller classes like ours, it only takes 3 people to start a class. There's no reason for all these classes, it's just so people can take home more trophies and want to come back next year. I know the Meyers (owners of NOPI) and if you knew how much money they make in that one weekend, you'd see why they try to get as many cars in there as possible.

 

now if they only moved it closer to me, it would be nice to take home a trophy to my friends for bragging rights

 

What do u guys think of Black Chrome Altezzas on a 99 red SE-L?? or reg. chrome maybe?

 

Just say NO to rice!!! Leave altezzas to the cars they were named after. Besides it would look better if you replaced the orange with clear, its not as tacky. But it is your car man, to each his own.