This outta be good... WHAT DEFINES A RICER?!?!?!?!?!

[lithium14]

So you read it all the time... "that's so rice" or "Stay away from the rice" etc etc... Since I am currently undergoing a resto/rebuild I am curious as to how the community defines "RICE". Is it an overindulgence in cosmetic mods? Flamboyant light kits? How do YOU define "rice"??

haha I expect this will be a fiery thread :evil2:

 

[hvyman]

Shit quality with Retarded choices. How you present yourself and your car. Possibly a honda owner that is trying to step up. Has something to prove and thinks no one can beat them.

 

[modmonster2008]

Anything that has a metal "racing wing" spoiler with chrome tail lights, fartcan muffler, racing decals and larger diameter rear wheels on a FWD i consider a ricer

 

[lithium14]

lmao!!! the giant "Wing" that is higher than the rest of the car?? hahaha... i have to admit i despise 4 beaters...

 

[zby67]

my definition of a ricer is someone who at a auto meet does something stupid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYzQ9TGUebM&feature=player_embedded
i dont care what they do to there ride. to each his own.

 

[PureDrifter]

lmao!!! the giant "Wing" that is higher than the rest of the car?? hahaha... i have to admit i despise 4 beaters...

actually to be effective on many sedan cars (ie-evo, sti) the wing is supposed to be near/higher than the roof line for maximum effect....

but i think i've got your point

personally i think rice is a combination of BOTH poor taste and shit quality, with a little sheer idiocy.

 

[IJ.]

Originally anyone that drove/rode Japanese vehicles, now it's used to target anyone "different" to the mainstream import modder :nono:

People need to grow the fuck up and stop the labelling shit and maybe accept that cars/bikes are and can be different things to different people..

I may not agree with a LOT of things/fads/trends I see but I can admire the work/effort someone has put into a project even if it's not something I'd do.

Only time I'll bag on something is if it's halfarsed and poorly thought out and executed.
(sadly quite common in the Mk3 world)

 

[lithium14]

my definition of a ricer is someone who at a auto meet does something stupid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYzQ9TGUebM&feature=player_embedded
i dont care what they do to there ride. to each his own.

cool link! LoL I agree with this guy... sucks when the cops have to stop anything, not just car meets, cuz that always means it's outta hand

 

[lithium14]

My little cuz has a friend who recently built a s2k... spent 30k and the engine is still stock... has these bolt on body kits, neon streetglow, vinyl "cf" taped to the car, some loudass fartcan... and a remote starter... i think that pretty much defines rice... LOL

 

[bioskyline]

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.

 

[lithium14]

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.

this made me roflmao very nice wording... very nice indeed

 

[Backlash2032]

A person who "modifies" their car with "custom" body kits, large exhaust, chrome everywhere, spinner hubcaps, walmart/ebay parts, leds, etc.

or someone who doesnt have enough money to buy everything, so they just buy half and still put it on their car. Ive seen a orange honda civic with stock headlights on one side, then aftermarket halos on the other side.

 

[Poodles]

Extremely loud fartcan on a stock car is my biggest "ricer" issue. Second to that is 500lbs of stereo equipment that I can hear in MY car/house.

Body mods are hit or miss, but I've seen some really well done cars that some people would consider "rice." The main thing is the way the person driving the car acts IMHO. Do they love the car culture and are cool about all sorts of cars? Or are they the idiot douchbags that hate on everything, make up excuses for losing, and drive like complete asshats (usually easy to spot these guys as they have the straight billed baseball caps on sideways).

 

[gottadiesel]

Originally anyone that drove/rode Japanese vehicles, now it's used to target anyone "different" to the mainstream import modder :nono:

People need to grow the fuck up and stop the labelling shit and maybe accept that cars/bikes are and can be different things to different people..

I may not agree with a LOT of things/fads/trends I see but I can admire the work/effort someone has put into a project even if it's not something I'd do.

Only time I'll bag on something is if it's halfarsed and poorly thought out and executed.
(sadly quite common in the Mk3 world)

Ditto - this is true in more than just modes of transportation... fits with many other things in life too...

 

[GrimJack]

Someone who doesn't have the slightest idea how to make their car fast, trying to make it appear fast, and doing a poor job of it.

 

[Skeezix]

Huge fartcan(or worse fartcan with a silencer in it), huge ridiculous wing, underglow, painting every single piece of removable interior trim, taking the back seat out but still using it to haul passengers, ridiculous body kits on slow family sedans, gauges galore on a stock motor, just a straight vacuum gauge, tachometer that's bigger than your head, and trying to make their Honda civic look like it's from Fast and Furious. And I also agree it is mainly the manner in which these tool bags drive their cars contributes a lot to the ricerness, and they generally don't have knowledge in cars.

 

[Nick M]

Is it an overindulgence in cosmetic mods?

Yes. And it didn't start with Honda's, or even Japanese cars.

 

[bioskyline]

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

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.

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.

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

not a ricer: tasteful/light body modifications which maintain the car's "sleeper" look, more money invested into the engine rather than aesthetics

 

[Backlash2032]

I actually saw a honda civic with a large fart can, like 14 inch wheels, and then the best part. a v8 badge on the back.:gotrice: :rofl:

 

[sweaver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT7nM4ddoCM&NR=1