Ok, guys on't be to harsh on me, but let the rippingbegin =)

[stillbreathin]

Why is everyone against ricers? Ok how I look at it is, no matter what you do, you have a ricer, sorry it's true. We do not have a chick mustang, challenger, camero or ect. We have a Jap. aka import (kinda) aka ricer, once you start tuning it. Where was I, when did owning a ricer turn into a bad thing? I'm not a big fan of the throw back muscles, and I like Jap cars much better than american. So once again, why not love what you have and "Fast and Furious" your car? Sorry guys, gogo ricers/tuners and f*** a muscle, unless it came from the 70s or below.

Ok, now let the ripping on me begin. I think Bigrig said it best "Just take the loss on this one, there are strength in numbers and you have none here." lol

[insaneturbo13]

this is why we have this thread

rice-fail-win-you-decide-t432310.html

this in itself is a lean towards our forum being biased towards riced cars, but some are overdone, or done in ways multitudes of people wont like it, thats when they get made fun of, its true all our cars will be ricers, but there are certain types, just like american muscles, some are resto-mods, and lots of people hate that, others are restorations, most people have more respect for that as far as older cars go,

just depends on preference, you can make a play with words all you want, but in the end, we all have ricers.

[big_rig]

YEAH! people quote me, im awesome haha. but i dont think that every import classifies as a ricer. when you i a new TL or G37, the last thing in my mind is rice. when i think of rice, i think sub-compact with 10'' rims and an ultra fart can on the back. there is a difference between refined elegance and a rice burner, IMO. would you call a euro import a ricer? not usually. there are a few euro cars that are riced out, but they are few and far between, just like our cars. there is an option to rice out pretty much any car. look at some of the cavilers you see running around with crazy body kits and fart cans. so in closing, i would say that the rice lyes in the drivers preference and not the car, itself.

[hexapod]

A "ricer" is not an Asian car -.- a "ricer" is a car that's extremely overdone and exaggerated. Like when people think more is better or bigger is better or brighter is better. In some cases, yeah more, bigger, or brighter can make a car better. But Idk if you've seen some of the extreme cars that have been called "ricer" on here, but they're pretty extreme and does not enhance the car cosmetically or performance-wise. From my understanding, people who love cars and are willing to pay money to mod their car are going to want to enhance and not inhibit their ride. It's not a bad thing to try and make something unique, but you don't have to make it obnoxious. Any car can be a "ricer" if it's overdone. Just because it's using the word "rice" in it does not limit it's use to Asian import cars.

I don't think we're being biased towards riced cars. I, personally, think it's offensive and the riced cars are mocking the sincere people that are trying to mod their cars. They make it look and sound obnoxious. Sure, I like to hear the soft smooth growl of a nice exhaust, but when it's roaring like a harley it's WAY too much. Who wants to be deafened by that? Cuz i know I don't. And as for the extravagant body kits, color, and designs, they just SCREAM attention and it's just obnoxious. It's not sincere in anyway. It's like they want to be praised for what they've done to their car when if fact, all they've really done is ruin a nice car. Go through the thread that insaneturbo posted and tell me whether or not you think those cars woulda been better if they were left alone.

And as for your word usage, you should either punctuate correctly or not use the abbreviation at all because "Jap" is an offensive and derogatory name towards the Japanese. If you wanna shorten it use "Jap." or "Japn".

[Blackmobile]

i think that in a nutshell, a ricer is a car that's got a bunch of extravagant cosmetic mods that scream "MOAR POWER" but in reality, there's been little or zero performance enhancements done. if you put two of the same car side by side, both with the same cosmetic mods like stickers, lambo doors, body kit etc.. and one has a bunch of performance mods and the other has none, you would probably get people calling one rice and not the other. you don't see anyone calling dangeris's car rice even though his is really done up, cause he's got the performance parts to back it up.

[stillbreathin]

to bigrig, no offense dude, but if you clearly read what I wrote, since you are commenting on it. You will clearly see my first JAP. is with a period, the second isn't, which you are correct on, but typos do happen. Now, with that being said, if you honestly read JAP and get offended then that is your problem. I don't think, one person but you took it in a offensive way reading it. If you read the word JAP in the context it was used and get offened by it, then you have some real personal demons you need to work out within yourself. Now, if the word was used in the context to down one, then yes I would agree.

-now back to the topic- I don't know, I always pictured in my mind, a ricer was a cheaper car, not meaning our cars are cheap. But, a car that is I don't know lower than 35k,normally a Jap. car., and it has had alot of work done it to keep up with more exspensive cars (like tuning it). At least that is what I've always thought ricer ment. Kinda like a pocket rocket, is a Jap. bike, that has been modded to be very fast.

[hexapod]

Umm I actually wrote that. And I didn't mean to offend I jus meant it as like u should be more careful because someone else might. And it's true..Japanese people would take it offensively jus like any other derogatory word out there. You don't have to be so defensive cuz I wasn't trying to attack u.

[turbocoupe]

Ricer is just a new term for something that is as old as cars themselves. Ever since people first started modifying/customizing cars there have been ricers. In the eighties we called them posers. A jacked up Nova with cheap chrome wheels and cherry bomb mufflers, with plenty of decals for speed equipment that the car did not have. Open the hood and under the pitted chrome air cleaner was a 307 two barrel.
There has always been people that wanted to look fast, but settled for just looks.
That is what defines a ricer from any era. There primary goal is to look cool. Modifying the car to perform better is really secondary. What they don’t understand is some of the people looking at them are laughing, or just shaking their heads. What they do to make their car look cool, just makes them look like a fool.

[stillbreathin]

my bad to bigrig, i can type I just can't read >_<, to lilliku not being defensive, just stating how I feel on the matter that you adressed to me. You shouldn't take it as if I was firing at you, so say. Also, message me if you want to talk more about this, this is so far off topic from the orginal post, that it would prob. look better if we talked in pvt, if it is really that serious. Which I doubt it is.

[hexapod]

It's really not that serious. I didn't mean to bring it off topic. It just cuz I know people that wouldn't be like to called those names so i'm just used to telling people to be careful with what they say. cuz I know there's people that get offended..not me personally though. But was mean to be a side comment and not to redirect the convo/thread. That's my bad

[sammyboy]

When you have like 92' Civic or Accord that has a two foot spoiler thats not painted.

[HuyyNguyen]

pretty much shows you...a ricer is anything..i know some strict muscle heads that claims all imports are ricers.. some people say all 4 bangers and 6 cylinders who mod their performance as best as they can are called ricers from v8 heads..everyone defines their own opinion of "rice" in different ways. There was a group of my old friends who labeled my car as rice just because i tinted my taillights =P. so i think the ONLY way to never be called a ricer is to stay bone stocked or go big on luxury cars..but even so, people will hate thinking you are being too flashy showing off lol.

you don't see anyone calling dangeris's car rice even though his is really done up, cause he's got the performance parts to back it up.

I've seen people comment dangeris's car as a ricer in some posts..there were a few that came from other A/C members but the majority came from other car owners. They dont GAF how great the performance is, looks are looks

[god]

pretty much shows you...a ricer is anything..i know some strict muscle heads that claims all imports are ricers.. some people say all 4 bangers and 6 cylinders who mod their performance as best as they can are called ricers from v8 heads..everyone defines their own opinion of "rice" in different ways. There was a group of my old friends who labeled my car as rice just because i tinted my taillights =P. so i think the ONLY way to never be called a ricer is to stay bone stocked or go big on luxury cars..but even so, people will hate thinking you are being too flashy showing off lol.

you don't see anyone calling dangeris's car rice even though his is really done up, cause he's got the performance parts to back it up.

I've seen people comment dangeris's car as a ricer in some posts..there were a few that came from other A/C members but the majority came from other car owners. They dont GAF how great the performance is, looks are looks

i agree but everyones talkn about dangeris's car and i have to admit when people really think of ricer they look at a car that looks like his on the outside not one that has a bunch of performance mods.

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

i think that in a nutshell, a ricer is a car that's got a bunch of extravagant cosmetic mods that scream "MOAR POWER" but in reality, there's been little or zero performance enhancements done. if you put two of the same car side by side, both with the same cosmetic mods like stickers, lambo doors, body kit etc.. and one has a bunch of performance mods and the other has none, you would probably get people calling one rice and not the other. you don't see anyone calling dangeris's car rice even though his is really done up, cause he's got the performance parts to back it up.

so i guess im rice hugh lmao its called tastefully done bro

You can mod the car all you want and not do any performance but if its done well than w/e

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

Ricer is just a new term for something that is as old as cars themselves. Ever since people first started modifying/customizing cars there have been ricers. In the eighties we called them posers. A jacked up Nova with cheap chrome wheels and cherry bomb mufflers, with plenty of decals for speed equipment that the car did not have. Open the hood and under the pitted chrome air cleaner was a 307 two barrel.
There has always been people that wanted to look fast, but settled for just looks.
That is what defines a ricer from any era. There primary goal is to look cool. Modifying the car to perform better is really secondary. What they don’t understand is some of the people looking at them are laughing, or just shaking their heads. What they do to make their car look cool, just makes them look like a fool.

totally an ignorant comment bro this is in no way what a ricer is

Jesus it is a car that makes his car look like s*** by OVER MODDING on visuals and FAKING performance not just not having performance mods.

Some people LIKE to make there cars look cool because they just think it looks good it doesnt mean there trying to look fast. I have only an intake and exhaust for the TONE thats it. If i do mods to make it look NICER it doesnt mean im being a ricer. Its like my underglow go ahead say its rice but people f*** love it. END OF STORY lol

[insaneturbo13]

Its like my underglow go ahead say its rice but people f*** love it. END OF STORY lol

ha! ive got underglow now too phenom! im gonna catch up to you one way or the other!!

[BadaBing7189]

Ricer is just a new term for something that is as old as cars themselves. Ever since people first started modifying/customizing cars there have been ricers. In the eighties we called them posers. A jacked up Nova with cheap chrome wheels and cherry bomb mufflers, with plenty of decals for speed equipment that the car did not have. Open the hood and under the pitted chrome air cleaner was a 307 two barrel.
There has always been people that wanted to look fast, but settled for just looks.
That is what defines a ricer from any era. There primary goal is to look cool. Modifying the car to perform better is really secondary. What they don’t understand is some of the people looking at them are laughing, or just shaking their heads. What they do to make their car look cool, just makes them look like a fool.

totally an ignorant comment bro this is in no way what a ricer is

Jesus it is a car that makes his car look like s*** by OVER MODDING on visuals and FAKING performance not just not having performance mods.

Some people LIKE to make there cars look cool because they just think it looks good it doesnt mean there trying to look fast. I have only an intake and exhaust for the TONE thats it. If i do mods to make it look NICER it doesnt mean im being a ricer. Its like my underglow go ahead say its rice but people f*** love it. END OF STORY lol

werd my car looks mad rice but what ever i f*** love the way my b**** is lookin and thats all that matters to me blue underglows over here also but gotta change them to red decided to change color theme last second after buying and installing the blue ones.....

[CoupeVQ35CVT]

Hmm. Rice. It's a relative term. It can be import or domestic, to me, and most on here, it doesn't mean only Asian. What is a blazing '92 Fox body 215 hp 5.0 V8 Mustang with loud droning Flowmaster exhaust? To me that more RICE/FAIL than anything Japan puts out.

Example. Phenom (no offense or attack here, just pure thoughts) feels his car doesn't qualify as rice as per his post above, to me, it's borderline (only because of the big 19-20" wheels, slotted hood, and a 175hp 2.5 engine but still looks decent, as he said. However all that doesn't help the car go any faster, if anything, slows it down some (the wheels mostly I think). To me that's counter-intuitive but as PheNom said it's what he wants, a good looking car, and doesn't care as much about the performance.

Dangeris' car is a little over the top to me, that weird slotted hood is just too much on any car really, and the lambo doors, well I'm on the fence on that one, but they don't look bad. The rest of the car looks good, and it's a 3.5, and has some grunt behind all that appearance. But I can see why it can be called Rice by other folks.

I think headlight stickers ("overlays") look kinda... well borderline funny (not really rice) because they stick out like a sore thumb as a sticker and not a clean factory finish/appearance, and grab my attention in the wrong way, often (some look good).

Wings look rice or good, depending on style/size and car (hence my term "Jetwing Jimmy"). FART cans that sound obnoxious and disgusting (typical Honda ricer) are rice.

20" wheels on any Cavalier or 2001 Malibu are.. FAIL or rice. 6" offset wheels sticking out from the fender on super tiny tires with big wings, are Rice.

Extreme body kits flailing in the wind and creating more drag than Jamie Hyneman's mustache, are nothing but Rice.

Weird, hysterical stickers and vinyl DBZ characters throwing peace signs on Sentra 1.8S are ...Rice.

Basically anything LOUD both visually and acoustically and no real power behind it is rice. Asian or Muscle(head).

[toxik]

Being called Ricey is such a loose term at this point. There's no direct definition for it, people just think they know what ricey means. It can't be huge Spoilers on a FWD car, because going by that logic means anything that goes against plausible performance is ricey. Big wheels are then ricey too... because they only deduct your performance. So huge spoiler is ricey because it also looks bad, but big wheels that are poking and stretching tires are not rice, because they look good...

To me ricey just became a term for an ugly car. It can be any car, and even mods that may seem hot or sick to you may look ricey to someone else. Not everyone understands Phenom's sticker mods, or his neo-chrome wheels, same can be said for anyone else's car... darryl has lambo doors, yeah but that gives him points at car shows, and that's what his car is made for, not to go to work every day.

I'm still a firm believer in doing whatever the hell you want. It's your car, you paid a TON of money for this object. Do what you want, unless you're building a show car, you are not doing it for someone else. Mod it in any way shape or form that you want. If it bothers you that people don't like what you do to your car, don't mod in the first place... there will always be haters.

[Blackmobile]

so i guess im rice hugh lmao its called tastefully done bro

You can mod the car all you want and not do any performance but if its done well than w/e

for sure taste is part of it, and everyone has different tastes and opinions. in my opinion, your car is borderline getting to rice. where it isn't rice, is the splitter and rims/tires, those are for performance (and cosmetic at the same time). but for the c/f hood, which is in fact heavier than stock, and the stickers on the splitter and all of the lights and strobes, it leans towards the rice side of things.

you don't see anyone calling dangeris's car rice even though his is really done up, cause he's got the performance parts to back it up.

I've seen people comment dangeris's car as a ricer in some posts..there were a few that came from other A/C members but the majority came from other car owners. They dont GAF how great the performance is, looks are looks

lemme rephrase that, "you don't see many people" i'm sure there's still people calling his ride rice, but with the performance mods he's done you'd be less likely to call it rice. if you saw dangeris's car without any performance mods, i bet most would call his ride rice.

back to the main point, "Why is everyone against ricers?" i think it's because most people see a ricer as someone who has "all show, no go" and gloat about how sweet their ride is even though it's pretty much stock. tuning your import japanese car does not make it rice.

[Ranga14]

I find this convo rather amusing consider this dude at my work, the CTO of the company who drives a Yellow 03 March1 Mustang was talking about Ricer Fly Bys and generalizing all imports as ricers, lol. He even asked everyone one day, "Who's Nissan is that out there?"... I was like, "it's mine", he was like, "wtf is nismo?"... I lol'd at that.

[hexapod]

LOL @ generalizers and discriminators.Tell that guy at your work and open his eyes and stop being like a "ricer" LOL

Lemme know if you guys don't get the joke -.-

[nig1]

right now, the words "rice" and "clean" have been deluded to include all cars..

[Kango]

R.I.C.E.

Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement...

could apply to all cars and not just Japanese cars. But yeah... I hate to see people getting bashed just because they wanted to express them selves in their own ways on this great online community. I would'nt go up to someone and start sh*t just b/c he is dressed differently from "normal" people.

Sorry for bad english. It's my second language.

[Blackmobile]

i hope you know that rice doesn't actually stand for race inspired cosmetic enhancement...

[fiveliterbeater]

When you have like 92' Civic or Accord that has a two foot spoiler thats not painted.

...you know, when i got my EVO, i was thinking the same thing. i love my car, but i figured when people see my car, they are just gonna shake their heads and go "there goes another ricer thinking he's all fast with his 2 foot wing in the back...."

[fiveliterbeater]

R.I.C.E.

Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement...

uhhhh..... i hope you realize that's not what a "ricer" means....

im quoting words from someone else that put it well in layman's terms from another website:

"....The reference is to owners of cars — usually, but not always small Japanese cars, predominently Honduhs — who make rather ridiculous modifications to their cars which are intended to make them appear “fast”, but which, in reality, just look dumb. Some examples of such modifications include large spoilers or “wings”, oversized exhaust tips, decals proclaiming features that the car doesn't really have, and so on.
(No offence intended) but they're just asians with too much money and no responsibility”, it needs to be clarified that the “rice” in “rice boy” is not a reference to the ethnicity of the person being thus described, but to the national origin of the cars involved. Though cars of any national origin can be “riced”, the term refers to the stereotype of small Japanese cars — especially Honduhs — that have been so treated"

[lavon_andy]

like everyone else said, you got the Ricer definition wrong

[CoupeVQ35CVT]

R.I.C.E.

Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement...

uhhhh..... i hope you realize that's not what a "ricer" means....

You're right, that's not what Ricer means, because she was saying what R.I.C.E. or rice means. That is what I have also heard a lot, Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement(s). And a Ricer being someone who does the Ricing. Haha. Your definition is also correct, in that I remember in the late '90s when I first started to notice a pattern and realized the fart cans and Honda Civics running around trying to sound fast.