What defines rice?

[16wantsI6]

How far can you go with your car before it becomes a fast and furious prop?
because after my time on the web site ive found that almost every exterior mod has been branded "rice" from many users, wheels to big rice, to low rice, spoiler a little to large rice, mild body kit rice, any thing on the bonnet other than vents or the shaker rice, ok im all for bagging the wannabees with 5 inch muffler tips on their 1 inch exhausts and plastic-neon everything, but just want to know how much u can do to your car before it becomes a dreaded "ricer".... :

[Duffman]

Simliar threads been done before. Everyone has a different opinion.

[FRDGAL]

Bah! I do what I want to my car and if someone doesn't like it that's their problem..

[big_pete]

To me a Ricer has nothing to do with the mods, its about the DRIVER.
they generally think they are hot , when clearly they are not. they tend to only like cars because its 'cool' and they really dont have any love for cars

im also sick of people branding everything rice, their is some Really good Jap cars that will immediately get poo poo'd by people just because it has a wing and some stickers on it. they dont even look at the rest of the car.

[Bucknaked]

My car gets called Ricer by the guys at work. 4 of them drive rex's, 1 an STI and another with a mild 200sx. I don't mind. Doesn't bother me at all.

[niko]

anything of oriental origin

[16wantsI6]

oh and ive also heard that debadging your car is rice??? wtf?!
whats so bad about debadging, it makes the car look alot cleaner if you ask me

[MethodX]

Yes anything of Japanese origin.

They are the real enemy NOT Holden/GM.

[T_Terror]

Rice is old hat now.

Its commonly accepted that whatever YOU like is what should go on YOUR car.

Get with the times!


hehe, jokes.

[MITCHAY]

Anything thats all show and no go. There are plenty of Jap cars that would rape V8s anyday on the straight, on a track basically everywhere.

Blinged up Lancers, Mirages and generally everythn thats exterior with no engine work.

You can buy a second hand import and put less money into it than buying a new V8 and doing that up. Also pointless mods like massive cannons on a barina and excels.

Yeah get an exhaust because you like the sound but it isnt goin to do much. People that have shoppn lists on their cars. If your gonna have stickers make sure you got the parts in the car.

People can do what they like and if they like it its all that matters but they will get laughed at. Anyone who buys a car to be cool anyways is pretty stupid.

[Steffo]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

You can buy a second hand import and put less money into it than buying a new V8 and doing that up. Also pointless mods like massive cannons on a barina and excels.

I'm unable to understand the point of what you said. "Buy a second hand import, and put less money into it then buying a new V8..."

Obviously a second hand vehicle is going to cost less then a brand new one..........

As for 'rice'... its quite simple: form without function

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Steffo

I'm unable to understand the point of what you said. "Buy a second hand import, and put less money into it then buying a new V8..."

Obviously a second hand vehicle is going to cost less then a brand new one..........

As for 'rice'... its quite simple: form without function

Sorry meant to say was you can put less money into mods for high gain. With V8s you always have the issue of weight and they arent cheap to do up. I see it everyday.

An example of this is a Pulsar SSS with a GTiR engine in it. This thing is damn quick and probably cost all up of $30000 including getting the car. Bang for buck you bet.

Never seen it get beaten yet. Notice i said i havent seen it get beaten yet but not unbeatable (just to cover my **** lol). I bet a lot of people with sedans would laugh but quickly see their smile disappear after they get owned. Ultimate sleeper. I love it.

Rice equals all show no go not jap import.

[ssj_jaypee]

Would you consider a Mustang Pony sticker on a rear windshield to be rice?
Cause thats what I got! :

[WASP]

Originally Posted by Steffo

As for 'rice'... its quite simple: form without function

I'll go with this statement.

My RZTT has been referred to as rice before which I take as a stupid and naive comment by someone who obviously is not a car enthusiast, just thinks they are among other things.

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by CDAA

I'll go with this statement.

My RZTT has been referred to as rice before which I take as a stupid and naive comment by someone who obviously is not a car enthusiast, just thinks they are among other things.

Guarenteed the Supra would rape the majority of commodores and falcons anyday aswell.

[PULLY6]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Anything thats all show and no go.
Blinged up Lancers, Mirages and generally everythn thats exterior with no engine work.

Anything designed to be an economical shopping trolley that some sad individual puts a 4" cannon with NO OTHER ENGINE MODS onto.

Now CDAA's Supra - wow. Cars like that deserve to have large exhausts/other exterior mods because they have the power to go with it!

[SpoolMan]

5 stickers on one panel...

[16wantsI6]

lol
HKS
BILSTEIN
NOS
///ALPINE
STREETGLOW

[Shonky]

Any car owned by someone who jumps at the chance to tell you that it has an intercooler, but when asked what an intercooler does they get a blank expression and change the subject.

[16wantsI6]

lol what a crack up, ooh its got da turbos and full shick nosses,
"how fast does it run down the quarter?"
"wat u on about... eat mi zubb u tripper, hey habib get the cousins, fight!!!"

[Mike Gayner]

I personally think it has nothing to do with performance. I know some people consider rice to be jap cars that look fast but are in fact N/A base model peices of crap. Personally if I saw a Skyline that could run 12s but had massive wheels, shopping lists, 6" fart cannon and bits of clip-on plastic all over it I still consider it rice.

[Yaw]

Your ALL wrong.

The question asked was "what defines rice?"

Here is the answer;

A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.
The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world


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[mattlea1]

Originally Posted by Yaw

Your ALL wrong.

The question asked was "what defines rice?"

Here is the answer;

A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.
The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world


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That is a classic

[Feathers]

Originally Posted by Yaw

Your ALL wrong.

The question asked was "what defines rice?"

Here is the answer;

A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.
The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world


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I was waiting for someone to do that.. :nutsycuck

[Velociraptor]

Originally Posted by Yaw

Your ALL wrong.

The question asked was "what defines rice?"

Here is the answer;

A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.
The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world


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Beat me to the jump.

[nugget666]

1. RICERS
Any teenager or young adult who takes a japaneese import car, ususally a Honda, and adds relitivly cheap aftermarket parts that have no effect on engine performance. Such parts are aftermarket exhaust, intakes, wings, lights, and stickers. Most commonly added are NOS and VTEC Sitckers. When the hood is lifted however the engine isn't a VTEC and there is no Nitrous Oxide system Installed.

When challenged to a race ricers will almost always and laugh and drive away with there exhaust making you deaf for a tempary amount of time. On occasion a ricer will make the mistake of pulling up with the Rap blaring and ask a guy in a small low powered car to "rice" becasue they can't say race. The person will almost always decline the "rice" but if they accecpt they will win because the ricer drives his car in first gear only becasue it is louder than the higher gears.

2. rice
An automobile that has been equipped with gawdy, unnesecary accessories, such as 3' high spoilers, loud and/or repulsive paint job and body work. Owners of such automobiles feel that these accessories make their car the best in the world, when in fact it is not.
That Prelude over there is nice, but this here Civic ain't nothin but a ric mobile


1. commodore
A large, prehistoric family sedan, sold in Australia by Holden motor company.

As technologically advanced as fossilized wood, they are a very user friendly car for the simple minded, thus, common in Australia. Equipped with a slow, noisy, automatic transmission and either a "rattletec" 3.8L v6 designed in 1988 or an even older 5L pushrod v8, the pitiful power per litre figure is reflected by its inherant lack of fuel economy or reliability.

Although it handles like a bag of mollasses, this barge is worshipped by bogans for is ability to allow even physically and/or mentally disabled drivers to do burnouts. Usually performance mods consist of 17 inch chromies, altezza taillights and 2 subwoofers. The younger owners usually purchase the cars due to a lack of intelligence, funds or pride. Thus, the car earned the nickname "conformadore".

Holdens "performance" line, "HSV", fail to realise that slapping a bodykit on a family commuter does not make it a sportscar.

Claimed to be an iconic Australian car, engines and drivetrains are sourced from american company GM.
WOW! a one handed burnout? must be a commodore.

That convoy of commodores is driven by 18yo virgins.

The commodore understeered into a tree at 20km/h, lucky it wasnt a good car.

Commodores suck.

[smoo]

Originally Posted by nugget666

1. commodore
A large, prehistoric family sedan, sold in Australia by Holden motor company.

As technologically advanced as fossilized wood, they are a very user friendly car for the simple minded, thus, common in Australia. Equipped with a slow, noisy, automatic transmission and either a "rattletec" 3.8L v6 designed in 1988 or an even older 5L pushrod v8, the pitiful power per litre figure is reflected by its inherant lack of fuel economy or reliability.

Although it handles like a bag of mollasses, this barge is worshipped by bogans for is ability to allow even physically and/or mentally disabled drivers to do burnouts. Usually performance mods consist of 17 inch chromies, altezza taillights and 2 subwoofers. The younger owners usually purchase the cars due to a lack of intelligence, funds or pride. Thus, the car earned the nickname "conformadore".

Holdens "performance" line, "HSV", fail to realise that slapping a bodykit on a family commuter does not make it a sportscar.

Claimed to be an iconic Australian car, engines and drivetrains are sourced from american company GM.
WOW! a one handed burnout? must be a commodore.

That convoy of commodores is driven by 18yo virgins.

The commodore understeered into a tree at 20km/h, lucky it wasnt a good car.

Commodores suck.

Whether that was taking the **** out of ricers or commodore, I don't know, but I find it quite ironic that power per liter should be mentioned when that is the only thing which favours ricers. Read the Honda boards and see how "great" it is from their mad vteks 4:

[santoitaliano]

hmm not a person.. or even where a car comes from..

it is making a car look like it deserves a big "made in china" sticker on it..

a term too overused.. it is when something looks so poxy, cheap, etc..

I hate how much the term "Ricer" or "Rice" gets thrown around these days. If something doesn't fit to a person's individual taste it's suddenly labelledas rice. Each to their own. Some people PREFER looks over function. It may well be ugly, a waste of money, and make you crack up laughing.. but they obviously wanted to do it. There's no doubt people out there thinking that getting an old ford and pouring heaps of money into it to restore it is a waste of money as well. In the end we're all into modifying cars, what style of modification is done shouldn't matter.

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[bazzalong]

what is rice? now thats a good question! id have to say that it would be a car that is done up to look like something its not, fair enough youve got a wishlist, but make sure you got the parts from those manufacturers, or your a try-hard.

ive run with guys that had fours that would blow the doors off a BA GT-P, and have, but the difference is that they know cars, but what makes a "ricer" is having no idea about thier car, or any one else's, and what makes a car "rice" is the fact that they are being driven by such people