OmegaDynamics

I could see how a WW2 vet, or son/daughter/family would be offended. To some of that era the rising sun and swastika go hand in hand. If you wouldn't roll around with a swastika on your hood than a rising sun probably isnt a good choice.

geneeunit

all i could think of when you said you wanted to paint a flag on your car was..

Alpha.kx

Here's the deal. It's on thing to throw this rising sun on your car. It could be construed as disrespectful when you drive it only the United States military base you work on.

Or.. it has been 65 years or so since WW2.. maybe I'm wrong.

DynastyRacer22

i say do it and f*ck it

Rotten Egg

its just the ensign for japan's ships lol...i dont see why people are freakin about the Kyokujitsu-ki, when i was stationed in japan i actually traded a japanese sailor for an american flag from my ship...**** is huge it could prolly be a car cover...

bLu92bUbbLe

its ur car...y u worried bout wat other ppl think...f*ck them...

alltech.magoo

I say if you like it, rock it.. after all it is your car mod it to your taste not anyone elses. Build it for you. Just my 0.02 cents.

honda_fan06

^^^^^x a billion......

DOHCVTEC4life

how funny i work on the weapons station in goose creek do what you want

(EF)Edgar

Man do whatever you want. This thread is kinda dumb,nevermind what "WE" think it's what YOU think...

JackSparrow

What does "JDM" mean?

I never knew that pattern was from the Japanese military, or that it even was a flag, but maybe that's because I'm under 30.

My opinion, if I saw a car painted like that, I'd be thinking there's a strong likelyhood that you were Japanese, and just "reppin" Japanese style/culture, rather than their military. So it might be a little surprising to see a white guy (or other non-Japanese or Asian) getting out, but no big deal.

It seems to be pretty popular to put stickers of Chinese or Japanese characters on people's cars, especially seat covers with those letters. I'm sure many people buy them without even knowing what those characters even mean. This doesn't offend me either, but the way I see it is they could be buying something that says something weird like "tinkerbell", "teachers pet" or "I hate my car" and they wouldn't even know it.

prelude1897

I painted my valve cover as the rising sun, but personally, I wouldn't want to paint it on my car. It's really up to you on what you want to do since it's your car. Besides, you could always just sand it back down or just repaint it something else later

743 Stunna

i wouldnt do it, but considering the 2 jets that flew over the 24 hours of daytona yesterday both had rising suns painted on there tails i dont think any has the right to say anything about it

JackSparrow

When I was a kid, I believed I saw hats with two "tails" in the back (80's)
where the whole hat (or tails) had the Rising Sun pattern covering it.

If it is offensive now,
it must have been really offensive 20-25 years ago when this seemed to be a "style."

Does anyone remember those hats?

ShinHed

I'm under 30 and know my history. It's called school.

megaman_x

if ****en rednecks have the confederate flags posted all over the place and douche bags are selling them like hot cakes i see no ****en reason any one should say ****...mexicans are slapping the mexico flags all over their rides when they live and work here in the united states....yeah it's offensive...**** not...who give a ****...appearentlt nobody else does...DO I SAY GO FOR IT

ShinHed

Your argument is weak, like a small child and the addition of expletives makes your argument weaker. A redneck reppin' a confederate flag, or a black guy reppin' Jamaica, or Mexican's reppin' Mexico is not the same as some fool reppin' some symbol of of their foes (or former foes).

da.nizzle

Super gay.

eklum

vote one for the fact it just looks cool it is what it is why cant it represent the rising sun giving thanks to the sun that rises in the east every day. people needa chill out and do what they wanna do **** the haters and do what u like its your possesion regardless of race or historical backround
heres my example imagine a straight up square *** person rocking a red or blue bandana u think any legit gang member is going to **** him up because of the color .. no because they know they dont bang might not be a good example but it gets the point across dont be foolish

ek_bape

no, it's not

choi0706

+1

xander1100

<< ex military. if anything joes would find it funny, hell if one of our friends cars was dirty we'd draw **** and ***** all over it. it takes alot to acually offend someone in the military, atleast in the regular army (weekend 'warriors' seem to get offended easily, i think they actually listen to their EO classes intead of using them to list off words and actions they cant use). anyway do it, if some little paper pushing POG gets offended tell him to go f*ck himself

97ej6dx

I think if some one were from japan and posted it on there car that would be different but Making a rising sun with the letters JDM in black are super ricer. IMO the car should be one color. Personally i dont like two toned paint because i think true JDM honda style uses factory paint or factory like paint, and another thing.. ive seen this before and i think its disgusting.. 22s on a civic. Whoever does that should be slapped. its just like the same people who put lift kits on there car to get ugly giant chrom wheels on there car. Uber ghetto

ej1 rep

Why is this even a thread? who cares. Obviously the OP is trying to get a rise out of people.

handicrx

they can make thoes cuz Christian Hosoi (his shoes) is ASIAN!