DISCUSSION about rice, NO FIGHTS

[GLHWCU]

Okay so just as i start this off, Troll and rest of mods, if this gets out of hand please lock it, jus this is swaying over from another thread and i want some honest opinions due to it seemed like everyone had different ways of thinking about what rice was and all.
So what do you consider rice? Is it the car or the drive? The car is rice or the driver a ricer? Let me explain my opinion and then let loose. JUST DONT BASH AND NO FIGHTING OR THIS WILL GET LOCKED.

Going from a thread which will remain nameless i took a few comments:
"my deffenetion of rice is anything with a 4 cylinder so you got no respect from me on that post"
"Ahh ricers... Watching them trying to defend their "enthusiast" title is a great cure for insomnia. "


Okay so i drive a civic. No i dont have any 5 foot big metal spoiler (even tho i did buy a spoiler off ray at one point), i dont do burnouts (dont think my car can haha) actually i do liek neon lights and all but dont have any on my car, i do have a catbak but it doesnt sound like a fart, and the only real mod i have is a short ram intake.

So does this make me a ricer or my car rice? Many people are going to jump right in and say yes. I completly disagree. I wanna see your opinions. The only way your car can be rice is if you yourself are a ricer and i define that as burnouts, dumb actions in public using car in manors which can harm others and doing things to your car to make them stand out in a fashion which is looked at as having no use performance wize. Take this for example: 05GT on this forum has a cobra with a color changing paint scheme. Thing looks sick, but you throw that on a civic or tegra and it would be considered rice. I mean honestly when people call me rice and when people call other member rice (cough cleaneon) i am sure he feels the same way when i say i actually think its funny cause i know its not true and mainly for the most part i know everyone on here i am cool with. But where do you draw the line? I drive "rice" apparently but i dont want an organization liek TST which is car enthusiasts to be considered in the same genre as "ricers". it pisses me off that because i am an enthusiast that automatically i am a "ricer".

Yeah i am done my rant and i really wanna hear everyone elses views.

p.s. this is in no regards to anyone on this site towards me, just the general publics views towards car enthusists who are not rice.

[ITSTOCK]

Any time there are multiple counts of things that I find distasteful and/or stupid on a car, whether it be performance or looks.

I'll let one, maybe 2 things slide, but 3 stupid things makes it rice.

[CHAOS]

honestly i think the term "rice" is a bit overused.... i generally agree with itstock... usually i dont bust out the term rice until its horrible..

[grimm]

rice= is a slang derogatory stereotype that gets directed towards modified cars.

clean= is a slang complimentary stereotype that gets directed towards modified cars.

It's like racism towards cars...

Personally I generally try not to use the word rice, just like i don't use the word ***** or spic or nip. If I don't like that car I'll say it's ugly.

[GLHWCU]

okay then what do you think is considered rice then?

[Nors]

Rice can be a lot of things. I see it was rigging things to work very ghettoly, gaudy or untasteful exterior mods.

But hey if they want their cars to look like matchbox toys, I'm cool with that, just don't think its something its not.

[GLHWCU]

damn 10 people in here, i knew this would be a conversation starter

[mrchariybrown]

Originally Posted by CHAOS

... usually i dont bust out the term rice until its horrible..

[Buster]

The problem with a question like this is that it is waaay to broad.

Rice is whats distasteful, just like a ricer by most means wouldnt be impressed with a car like mine that looks mostly stock but is considered fairly modded.

Older enthusiasts will all say the same thing, japanese,korean ect econoboxes are rice. No matter what theres no way around it.

Rice also can be American, Cavaliers are the kings of USDM rice lol.

The problem with it all is that in some scale or another, we as a community have become snobs. And any car we see can be deemed what we feel it should be. Does it make it right? Probably not, is it True? in some cases yes.

You also have to understand that there are sooo many different styles to what you can do with a car. If you didnt know what was in a D1 car, theres a good chance you would call it rice.

I know that I throw that word around quite a bit.

[drew]

when i call someone a ricer it's generally aimed at them not just the car

for me, rice would be throwing lots of exterior mods on a stock car, or useless engine mods on a car with not potential

however, even if you have a slow car you can still mod it without tastefully without being a ricer.. in my eyes anyways. personally i don't give a crap if someone calls my car rice or not, sure i've got a carbon fiber hood and spoiler that in reality i bought soley for the look; but i'm find with that, you think it's rice then you can suck my balls

[Bender]

To me rice is a modifcation that does not achieve its purpose -

example spoilers:
Not rice: Functional Spoiler that gives additional downforce
not rice: spoiler that adds to the overall positive look of the car
rice: HUGE wing that results in ZERO downforce and looks ugly

obvi its very subjective... but true rice is usually pretty identifiable by car guys

[dubjinc]

I consider rice any mod to a car that is obviously only there for "bragging" rights, and does not add together to make the bigger picture. for example different color body panels, or spoilers that do not match the car, and are only on there so someone can be like, yo check out my spoiler son, thats what i consider to be rice.

[Buster]

^---- is rice lol

[D Money]

who cares who is rice? It's not your car! People have different tastes on different budgets. If money wasn't an issue, im sure anyone could build a hot car.

Anyways, my car is rice. Say somethin! I could care less what anyone thinks about what I do, so you should feel the same way!

Lets say I just got a wing that's taller than the roof on my car. It's made by Voltex, a racing company out of Suzuka Japan. Many of you who aren't into the scene won't know anything about it, but step up the jdm plate and that's the best wing you can get on your car. It's such a shame that you pay for a logo, because it looks no different than any other wing, and it's $2,000....

I guess I am rice!

[Im2Slow]

RICE IS a serious of ill taste mods that decrease a vehicles performance. for example 5 foot steel wings on a fwd car, over weight , ill fitted bodykits, ghetto rigging of any mod,

placing gtr stickers on mustangs and any other fake badges

one thing i hate is when people gut there cars, take out back seat remove plastic panels for weight reduction but then they put 300 pounds of subs in there. whats the point?

RICER is a guy or girl who has a car and acts in a unsensable manor, for example stock civic on nj turnpike trying to race a orange lambo. driving like mad men in traffic to race a nother pos car, burnouts,

[Buster]

From the urban dictionary:

1. ricer 2063 up, 199 down

(Ricer: from the latin word Ricarius meaning to suck at everything you attempt)

A person who makes unecessary modifications to their most often import car (hence the term "rice") to make it (mostly make it look) faster. The most common modifications are (but not limited to):

- Huge exhaust that serves no purpose but to make the car louder
- Large spoiler on the back that looks like something Boeing made for the 747
- Lots of after-market company stickers they don't have parts from, but must be cool
- Expensive rims that usually cost more than the car itself
- Bodykit to make the car appear lower, usually accented with chicken wire
- Clear tail lights and corner signals
- A "performace intake"- a tube that feeds cold air to their engine usually located in areas of excessive heat (behind or on top of the engine)
- Most of these riced cars (a.k.a. rice rockets or rice burners) are imports; Honda Civics, Accords, Integras, CRXs, RSXs, Del Sols Mitsubishi Eclipses, Lancers, Subaru Imprezas, however there are some domestics such as Chevrolet Caviliers, Dodge Neons, Ford Focus; small, slow, economy cars designed specifically to go slow. Please note that some Supras, Skylines, WRX's and other higher performance imports are designed to go fast, and are therfore not always considered rice. It really depends on the severity of the case.

The "ricer" attempts to make their car "performance" by adding the modifications listed above. These ricers are not confined to any one ethnic group or color, however different ethnic groups are known for certain styles.

Honda Civics with big spoilers and 4" exhaust tips are considered to be ricers.

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2. Ricer 721 up, 193 down

Any oriental import car that has been modified for no real performance gain.

Ricer: An oriental car with no engine mods, a body kit, and possibly stickers. Made to look fast.
Not a ricer: An oriental car with a fully built engine, drive train, and suspension reguardless of appearance

by Cover Yellow Apr 3, 2003 email it
3. ricer 565 up, 106 down

Ricer - Any person who adds tasteless modifications to a perfectly normal automobile.

We're not anti-import...
We're anti-idiot......

www.anti-rice.com

by Veritas May 1, 2004 email it

4. ricer 476 up, 87 down

When a moron (see: retard, dumbass) decides to take a car (foreign or domestic) and tries to make it look fast. The car will not really gain any hp or performance, but it will gain numerous stickers and yellow paint. It can be identified by one of the following:
1. The sound of a loud fart in a coffee can.
2. The yellow blob with a bookshelf on the trunk that is 1/4 mile behind real cars.
3. A Honda that has "performance mods" such as stickers, seat harnesses, and a fire extinguisher in full view (just in case the things catches on fire when it hits 40 mph).
4. A driver who claims his car has 100hp per liter but will not fess up to the fact that his car has a total of 43 ft/lbs of torque.

Ricers are ***s.

by Balls™ Apr 26, 2004 email it
5. ricer 385 up, 61 down

any person who spends more money to make their car look like it goes fast than they spend on actually making it go fast.

Usually people who try to get into the import tuning scene after watching the fast and the furious a few too many times. Not necessarily anyone who goes and buys a bodykit, because a few of those actually do decrease drag, increase cooling, etc., like veilside and stuff, just crappy ripoffs that dont do a damn thing except maybe increase downforce, but if you have a FWD car, a spoiler is just gonna make you go slower. Also, if you have any idea how cars work, you'd realize that there really is no point in making a car look fast if it cant go fast, and if you dont understand how cars work, or dont care, you have no business even pretending to be a part of the tuner scene.

Billy and Bobby both have 6000 to spend on their car. Billy invests it in suspension and engine work, and Bobby buys a "sick" body kit, and some "tight" rims. So, Billy has a fast car that will surprise anyone wanting to race it, and bobby is hitching a ride back home, because his "sick" body kit blocked all air to the engine.
Can you spot the ricer?

by Marc Jul 26, 2004 email it
6. Ricer 281 up, 46 down

Someone regardless of ethnicity with any vehicle regardless of type that put money into the cosmetics of their vehicle instead of performance and treats it as though it will beat anything it up against.

by maximalove1996 Jun 27, 2003 email it
7. Ricer 250 up, 38 down

Any of a number of persons, usually young males, who place numerous cosmetic enhancements to a vehicle in the belief that such enhancements will add performance to their vehicles. These "enhancements" include but are not limited to:

1. Incorrect badging
2. Insanely large exhaust tips (5" in diameter or greater)
3. Spoilers & bodykits; especially those made of cardboard or plastic
4. Offset tape stripes
5. Single wiper conversion
6. Oriental symbols; esp. on American cars
Cars do not neccesarily need to be imports to be considered "rice"- ex. "Cobra" badging and/or body kit on a V6 Mustang.

I've seen myself the following examples:

"RalliArt" badging on a Honda
"Evolution" badging and bodykit attempt on 1989 Mirage
"Neuspeed" badging on 1997 Lumina
"Type-R" badge and 5" exhaust tip on 1980s Civic Wagovan
Double spoiler, 18" rims and Type-R badge on Geo Metro
Type-R badge on Ford Probe

[grimm]

Originally Posted by subwrxkid

who cares who is rice? It's not your car! People have different tastes on different budgets. If money wasn't an issue, im sure anyone could build a hot car.

Anyways, my car is rice. Say somethin! I could care less what anyone thinks about what I do, so you should feel the same way!

Lets say I just got a wing that's taller than the roof on my car. It's made by Voltex, a racing company out of Suzuka Japan. Many of you who aren't into the scene won't know anything about it, but step up the jdm plate and that's the best wing you can get on your car. It's such a shame that you pay for a logo, because it looks no different than any other wing, and it's $2,000....

I guess I am rice!

i have to agree with d... who the **** cares... even more over who the **** cares what "anyone" deems rice to be. it's apparent that it's different for everyone.

I will say this though, a thread like this is a good way to judge the people by their replies... and i have a feeling thre are a lot of shallow people on here.

[D Money]

I didn't get to post in that other thread where you guys ripped apart those kids cars from street outlawz or whatever. Granted, I probably wouldn't have liked those kids anyways, but I would never ever talk down on their cars. It's not that they don't have taste, it's that the budget wasn't there. To build something that people are going to like, is going to take over $30,000 EASY.

Most people don't have that.

[Bender]

I disagree - you can inexpensively mod a car and certainly not rice it out... you can also spend 30gs in mods (hell on a $150k car) and be TOTAL rice

[D Money]

Originally Posted by Bender

I disagree - you can inexpensively mod a car and certainly not rice it out... you can also spend 30gs in mods (hell on a $150k car) and be TOTAL rice

Show me something hot with a low budget.

If you were given a cavlier, or something along the lines, show me what you would do to make it hot.