How to build a ricemobile

I see many people are talking about rice cars so i thought we should start a list for other peoples sake of what things make a car ricey

I'll start

1. Stickers
2. Wings that are way higher than the roof of your car
3. Chrome tips on a stock exhaust to make it look like its faster

I'll let u guys add on stuff

Those 3 are very true - however, I can see this list turning into "anything that is not totally sleeper" quickly, as everything is considered rice by someone these days.. it's gone too far, just like feminists and political correctness :D

However, continuing with the list...

Tinted windows
"Grap fruit launcher" exhausts (not just the chrome tips)
Way too many fog lights
Overly-flashy chrome rims (the ones that stand out so much that you hardly even notice the rest of the car as their excessiveness flat out eclipses other aspects of the car's appearance)
Body graphics (as a sub-part of stickers)
"Hyper white or blue" xenon headlights
Lowering*

*In some cases.. lowering does legitimately lower a car's center of gravity and inherently increase its roll stiffness for handling improvements.

Consider this a running list. I'm sure there are more rice traits out there that will be touched upon.

Originally posted by JD@af
"Hyper white or blue" xenon headlights

I disagree. Many companies (MB, BMW) use Xenon as their stock bulbs. NOT RICEY.

And, the guy that gave me a ride in his 550 put Xenons in his 456. Not ricey.

Also,
1 windshield wiper conversion
headlight covers
http://www.riceboypage.com/shame/hall_of_shame_9/cav_1.jpg
Big rims matched with small rotors and drums (hehehe)
fake cross-drilled rotors
"powerd by Acura"
seat belt pads
50 stickers...stock engine
negative camber
rims cost more than the car did.
false badges (Probe Gt-R, civic SiR (in america, that is))
http://www.riceboypage.com/shame/hall_of_shame_10/355-turbo.jpg
This Ferrari does not have a turbo. That badge comes from a Porsche. Idiot.
http://www.riceboypage.com/shame/hall_of_shame_11/storm-type-r.jpg
What about for non-imports? Like, cavaliers and stuff. Shouldn't we call them something different than rice, like "hot dog" or something?

This...
http://www.bryanf.com/cars/images/bigtip1.jpg

that's a nice muffler......

We can call the American rice...hmm.... let me think.....
how about "American rice"?
I think it sounds good enough, or how about Rice-wannabees?

I've seen alot of those pics floating around...i know there's some web page all about rice cars and pics of rice cars...I think it's called http://www.riceboyspage.com
but i'm not too sure...You can do a search on it...its really hilarious

Yep, most of those pics are from http://www.riceboypage.com/
Funny stuff. I like the hate mail section a lot. There's one from this guy with a Diablo that's hilarious.

Holy cow... Enzo, nice find with that Civic picture with that cannon of an exhaust in the back. I can only imagine what that car sounds like.

In defense of my claim of xenon bulbs as ricey, in new cars, that's fine. But I feel that in older cars, that don't have them stock, people install them because they want their cars to look cool to other drivers and get noticed. And this succeeds. This is why I feel that these are characteristics of a ricey car - although that is not to say that any car with xenon bulbs is "ricey."

Agreed, JD

:)

Big ugly body kits, ugly stickers covering parts of the vehicle, and huge scoops for no apparent reason can be found on domestics all over the place, domestic rice is definitely also on the rampage!

Single wiper conversions, when done right (unlike 95% of the ones you see on the street), can be beneficial. They wipe the water off the windsheild in a faster and more efficient manner. I will do the conversion one day, but with the proper Bonrath kit that relocates the wiper to the exact middle and has the proper motor for the job etc

And lowering is a great mod as long as you actually buy aftermarket springs AND shocks

Basically rice usually occurs with kids, who are enthusiastic about car but know dick all about them, decide they gotta have a totally modded car when they have hardly any money to do so. Baaaad combo

JD - I always laugh to myself about that, if I had a 1978 Civic rusted to hell I would definitely NOT throw on some 17s to attract attention to it!

I think a few stickers here and there are ok.

Rice ties in directly with attitude. Some people think that stickers and a chrome tip make them fast...that is rice. Some people think a catback and stickers makes them fast...that is rice. Some people think I/H/E makes them unbeatable...even without stickers that is rice.

Ricey people also dont know shit about cars in general...thus they think the most minor of mods make them fast.

Just because someone makes their car look good(in their opinion) and attracts attention does not make their car rice. Aftermarket Headlight bulbs do not make a car rice. I happen to like the way they look and so do lots of other people...it all has to do with attitude.

I for the most part think that any car carrying an Si or SIR badge with nothing to back it up is rice. I saw a black hatch at the track with SIR badges, big chrome rims.....but the guy had a Jspec b18c under the hood and was running low 14's. That is not rice, unless the guy was an idiot, which he was not.

Here is a pic of that car. Ricey?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1146769&a=9397065&p=41465212

That car is awsome

I like to defend kids you call 'rice boys' These are just kids who like to make their cars look cool......(in their opinion). We may think they are ugly & loud, but they made them the way they wanted. if they want to put a 5 foot wing, go for it, it may be ugly as hell to me, but if they like it, go for it.

My only beef with 'rice boys' is when they start to think their cars are fast. Just because you can break into the 15's, doesnt make your car fast. Just because you put on a loud exhaust, that wont give you 20 HP...or when you try to race every V8 you can find, thats when I like to calll em Rice Boys.....

Yeah i agree but still 15s for a 4 cylinder isn't too bad...but i'm trying to get in the 14s right now with my lude...And yes I don't go around challenging every car i see, in fact i don't challenge cars unless some kid in an EX civic revs at me...Thats when the fun begins...hehe...Anyways i was wondering do yall think Neon lights are ricey??

Justin, I generally consider neon lights to be "ricey," but HXMan brings up a very good point that I seem to have overlooked, that rice does have very much to do with attitude. In the case of "ricey" cars, you can't judge a book by its cover, and you must look into the car and its driver as well to verify if it is ricey or not. And I'd like to apologize for my previous oversight.

Well i was considering putting one neon blue light around the dash of my car...I think it'll make the car stand out a bit...Its just my opinion though...what other color would look good on my car?

Nothing wrong with blue. Unless you want to go for purple? But I'd stick with the blue.

Kewl i just ordered two 10" neon blue lights...Any recommendations as to where to put them and/or how to set them up, like should i set them to go off with the alarm, turn on with headlights, etc.

Peace

Innocent question - why do yaz think tinted windows is ricey?

lataz :)

I have the perfect example of a rice car. My friend from my Car Club has a 2000 Mercury Couger...Car is Silver with Mirror tint, $1,000 worth of blue neon lights all over the car, interior/exterior. Blue night rider light in grill. He painted the headlamps and tailamps silver and the paint is chipping because he didnt prep the lights and he used the wrong paint, and to top it all off....he went out and got over $100 worth of stickers applied to the car....with names of performance companies like hks, momo, nuespeed....etc....and he doesnt have one mod on the car at all....oh except for some cheesy aftermarket no name exhaust system. Then he went out and got a big blue sticker stripe for the indent of the hood. Car is really sad......Ill post a pic when they update the clubs website.

wow sounds pretty cheesy to me.:D

about the HID look alikes(Xenon and Plasma superwhites), i dont see whats rice about them. We know theyre not the real thing, but some of us like that cleaner white look on our cars. I got them cause i wanna make my car look better in every way(this is the only thing ive done to make my sol look better on the outside and prolly the only thing i will do, cept for gettin some 16's and gettin an OEM spoiler for it). My cars not fast, and putting superwhites in doesnt seem to me like im trying to make it look faster, just a nicer, cleaner look. I think i have some class(i hope), and i like to portray that through my car by making it look better according to me. Just my 2 cents!

I always thought a riceboy was someone who wanted to make their car look fast whens its really not.

hey u got knoxie you got any pics of your car ? if you do can u post them ....thanks

dont have any pics right now, but i could get some up after my friend comes back from anaheim which should be next saturday/sunday, hes got a camera.

you want the Lights on or off hehe:D

wow LMAO hehehehe roflmao:p http://www.bryanf.com/cars/images/bigtip1.jpgcool knoxie:) ...i got a ? are u a F/M ....just curious

What are you some kind of idiot? You don't know what ricemobiles are? They are only the cooles cars on the planet! I mean if you were to look up cool in the dictionary you'd probably see a picture of a '98 Civic with Silvia headlights, Skyline taillights, Veilside knock off bodykit, and a huge touring wing bolted to the trunk. Then if you looked at the definition of a ricemobile it would probably say something like this:
A car (normally an fwd import) modified by way of wild paintjobs, oversized rims, and bodykits that do nothing but weigh them down. In addition spoilers and/or touring wings designed to keep high-speed sportscars on the ground are often found bolted to the trunk of these cars despite the fact that in most cases the cars in question can not reach or exceed speeds of 115mph. Other particulars associated with them is the use of overbearing graphics that often advertise products which are not included with the car
In most cases ricemobiles start out from an import base model Honda but this is not alway the rule. Often times you will see a high class import sportscar such as a Supra or 300ZX with all the signs of being a ricemobile. Domestic ricemobiles are also becoming more and more common. Cavaliers, Focuses, Berettas, and even some Mustangs have fallen victim to this rice contagion.
But is rice a bad thing? Well it depends on your point of view. If you are an owner of a ricemobile you may say to yourself, "Hey if that's what they want to label me fine I'm a ricer." But often times owners view this as a negative thing, and they feel insulted when they are called a ricer. Basically it all comes to down to your own point of view.

Am I a ricer? How can I tell? Hey, hey one question at a time buddy! First off it's not that hard to tell if you are a ricer. Here's a test, if you answer yes to any of these questions in all likeliness you are a ricer. Have you ever bought an air freshener for your car that cost 20 dollars or more? Have you ever molded another cars headlights/taillights onto your car? Have you ever bought a bodykit and then drove around with it installed on your car yet unpainted for a week? Have you ever cut your springs to give your car that dropped look because you thought it looked cool? Have you ever lined up next to a tuned Supra, RX7, Mustang, 300ZX, Camaro and honestly thought you can take him in your Civic with an SIR sticker? Have you ever put a sticker on your car even though you had none of the parts from that company on your car? If you answered yes to any of these questions you probably are a ricer.

Now don't go out and shoot yourself there are some things you can do about this. First off give the Skyline his taillights back and give the headlights back to the Silvia. Then take off the Type R stickers and/or emblems you have on your car. After that remove the 10 foot tall touring wing you stole from the Grand Touring Mercedes. Then take off all stickers that do not correspond to parts you have on your car at this time. If you have a fwd car and 19'' rims on it, take them off and put on some 17's. Then remove every other useless thing you have installed in or on your car in a feeble attempt to make it look cool. There you go, now you are not a ricer and doesn't it feel great?

Sure! Making a ricemobile isn't hard. There are two ways to go, poor rice or high class rice. Which path would you like to take Daniel-san? Oh high class rice huh? Ok if you've got the funds just follow theses steps

Rims and suspension:
Ok, the rule is you can never, ever buy rims that fit your car right. They always have to be 2'' larger than what you should be rolling on. And if they don't fit then tuck them and bang out the wheel wells to make them fit. Also you should remember that if they don't cost at least $2000.00 they are not worth buying! Oh and you should try to buy new rims as often as possible so people won't think you are uncool. Also if you don't have the money to afford a full set of rims, it's acceptable to keep your stock one's up front and just buy two aftermarket wheels for the back or vice-versa

Body kits:
Buying a bodykit can be your most important decision on your quest to become a true ricer. You can't just go out and buy the same bodykit that everybody and their mother has. You have to order something new and unknown, usually from Japan. If you don't want to go that route and you can't afford a Bomex or Veilside kit then installing a knock off kit from Erebuni is perfectly acceptable. Just remember to put the Veilside or Bomex badging on afterwards in a feeble attempt to make people think that it's not a knock off and all the gaps in the bodypieces are due to shoddy installation and not shoddy quality of the pieces in question

The wings:
Ok here's the rule of thumb when it comes to wings: The Bigger The Better! Who cares if the wing serves no purpose and in all likeliness is just slowing your car down and bending your trunk, you have to have a huge wing to be noticed! We all know they were designed to create downforce and that most cars that sport them can not get over 115mph but who cares! They look cool right, and chicks dig big wings! Oh and if you want you can be even cooler and install more than one wing and if you have a Civic you can install one on your roof and be really cool!

headlight swap:
I have to swap my headlights? But my headlights work fine? Yes that may be true but you can't become a true ricer if you are rolling around with the headlights that came with your car. And to be really cool you have to mold the headlights of a car that isn't even sold in the states. Silvia headlights are really good and so are Skyline headlights. But hey who cares if you are putting parts from cars that your car will never be as fast or cool looking as.

Taillight swap:
What, I have to change my taillights too!?! Well of course dumbass. You can't be caught rolling around with Silvia headlights and your stock taillights, you'd like like an idiot. To make sure everyone thinks you're cool you have to have some Skyline or Lexus taillights. Supra taillights are good too. Remember though, you have to select a pair of taillights that won't look quite right on your car. If you don't and they blend in perfectly you won't be cool!

Paint job:
Ok this is the easy part. All you gotta do is either pick a gay color like pink, or some faggy pastel. Or you can get a really bright blue, red or orange. Of course you have to make sure the paint guy dumps alot of pearl in the mix or you won't be cool. Another idea is if you have some extra cash you can get one of those Chameleon paint jobs so you can save yourself the trouble of deciding on a color and just get them all

Graphics:
Ok here's where you get your car covered in stickers. You need to have a graphic shop do this for you or your car will end up looking really dumb. You need to make sure they cover the entire car in some wild scheme to go along with your paint job. They also need to put a big Type R sticker on the side of your door to complete the look. Then later on you can put on all the A'PEXi, Greddy, Trust, HKS, 5Zigen, Mugen and Weapon R stickers you bought while they were working on your now very cool looking car.

engine:
Here's the easy part. See your car looks so cool and fast now you don't need to even try to make it fast. All you gotta do is make your engine look cool. First you need to buy a intake system. Then you need to get an exhaust system. If you wanna be cool you need to get one of those newfangled n1 stlye muffler like a 5Zigen fireball so your car sounds like it's letting out a high-pitched fart as it drives by. Then you need to polish everything in site, and I do mean everything. After that all you need is a really bright set of plug wires and you're set

Interior:
You can't go around with your stock upholstrey. You have to go to a shop and have them rip out you're whole interior and re do it with really bright colors and lots and lots of vinyl. Make sure you color match the interior to the outside of your car or you might look stupid. You'll probably want to rip out the back seats and pull out all the carpeting in the trunk to make it look faster too.

Useless Items:
You are not officially a ricemobile owner until you buy some useless items. For example if your car is an auto you have to get a shift guage so when people drive behind you they can see the shift lamp go off and think your car is really fast. Another good idea is to put in a tv screen and a playstation so you can drive and play GT2 at the same time. Oh and don't forget to buy a $50 air freshener that you can get in Japan at yellow hat for ¥300


Oh, so you think you can't afford all that stuff but you still wanna be a ricer? Well don't fret you call always go the poor rice route. It's really simple and cheap to do.

Step 1: Cutting Your Springs:
We all know how expensive aftermarket suspension kits can be but you still want that dropped look right? It's easy, all you gotta do is jack your car up and take of the tires. Then with a saw or cutting torch just take off the first two coils of your stock springs! Voila! You have yourself a dropped car!

Step 2: The Used Exhaust:
Cat back systems can be expensive and universal mufflers with custom piping can be too. But there's a simple solution. Find someone who has the same car as you and has recently bought a new exhaust. You can either ask to buy his old one for real cheap or sneak into his garage and steal it! I mean he doesn't need it anymore right?

Step 3: The Homemade Intake
Why spend 200 bucks on a Weapon R or Cold Air intake system when you can make one yourself. One way is to just take a screwdriver and punch a bunch of holes into your stock airbox. But if you wanna be really cool you can go to Home Depot and buy some PVC piping then go to autozone and buy one of those K&N intakes and then install it in your car. Remember to make sure to use lots of ductape so you don't get any leaks!

Step 4: Sticker Tuning
What is the point in buying stuff when you can just get a sticker and try to trick people into thinking you have that on your car. Don't have turbo kit just get an HKS GT Turbine sticker and put it on. Whatever you want to put on your car to make it better just forget it and get the sticker, it's just as good!

See you don't have to spend thousands to turn your car into a ricemobile, you just have to want it bad enough

This is a great article, whats scary about it is that you can see everything in the article when you drive down the street. And just in case anyone is in question, if you paint your car in a pastel color.....YOU ARE A PUSSY!
nuff said..
Peace.....
:frog:

ok since u love g20s let me ask u this, would u consider this rice?

Hell no that isnt nearly as ricey as the stuff on that site, that is a nice looking car, i dont see any stickers, huge touring fins, or any gay pastel paint job. This car cant even be compared to the shit on teamprototype site.
Peace.....
:devil:

Originally posted by SkylinesKillAll
ok since u love g20s let me ask u this, would u consider this rice?

Show me one part of that car that is flashy. ie. pastel colors, lights that are off of another type of car. Big wings, rims that require flares, color matched interior. (im not talking color matched shift knobs, sterring wheel.) Im talking complete interior. They took some of the pictures down where the entire interior was looked like a bag of flour had exploded. Everything was a powdery white color. Every thing on that Primera was made for that car, even the headlights.

so please xplain to me how putting different headlights on a car make it rice. the pastel colors is jus a choice of thiers. maybe they dont like they everyday black car. y does that make it rice. its jus the same as the audi s4 buyer that choses his car to be yellow. they want it to stand out.

OK, for instance. What is the point of all these gauges. He is using a N/A SOHC motor, what the hell are all those for? It is way to much. Do you consider that pic you posted rice? if so please explain.

http://www.teamprototype.com/kart/gallery/mike/01.jpg

no i dont consider the pic i posted rice jus like i dont think ne of their cars are rice. im jus sayin u were bitchin about different headlights on hondas so id thought id show u a p10 with different lights to see if u thought it was rice.

and who cares about all the gauges. the rpm one is kinda needed to know when to shift and where ur rpms are at.
the others could be like fuel pressure water pressuse or whatever. maybe hes planin on putting a different engine in where hed need them all. they did swaps in some of the cars so his may be next.

Hey im no genious but the inside of that car looks like shit! Thats all i have to say about that.
Peace.....
:devil:

Originally posted by SkylinesKillAll
no i dont consider the pic i posted rice jus like i dont think ne of their cars are rice. im jus sayin u were bitchin about different headlights on hondas so id thought id show u a p10 with different lights to see if u thought it was rice.

and who cares about all the gauges. the rpm one is kinda needed to know when to shift and where ur rpms are at.
the others could be like fuel pressure water pressuse or whatever. maybe hes planin on putting a different engine in where hed need them all. they did swaps in some of the cars so his may be next.



First of all, I wasent bitching. I was expressing my opinions. The dual headlight setup for the Primera, was made for the primera. If that car had Silvia headlights, or Civic headlights put on the car, yes, I would, in my opinion, considor that ricy. As for doing a motor swap, yes they did do a swap. They put in a N/A SOHC Vtec motor. Hmmm. Again, in my opinion, why do you need a 10k tach, when your motor would blow if it went that high? And all the gauges, wow, thats alot of protection, for a little motor, just to prevent anything from going wrong.

Oh No, I think we have a situation. Ricers vs: The Good Guys. (Don't take it personal) BTW, that G20 ain't rice

Originally posted by Porsche

Oh No, I think we have a situation. Ricers vs: The Good Guys. (Don't take it personal) BTW, that G20 ain't rice


Just not to confuse anyone, i never once said I was a Good guy. Just posting my opinion, thats all. If you were to have a brand new Skyline, and slap a NSX tailights on the back, and mold Silvia headlights on. I would call that rice. Because, it is my opinion.

Yeah, that G20 sure ain't rice. That whatever with all the gauges is. If the G20 had all those gauges, it would be too. If you have an Indy car, all those gauges are just fine. There's also a difference between standing out and being ricey. A Ferrari stands out. It's not ricey. Even a, say, BMW 6-series will stand out with some silver 17" wheels, and a 1 - 1&1/2 decklid spoiler, and look damn good. If you slap some 20's and a foot high wing on the 6er, then it will also stand out, but look horrible. I prefer a car that stands out to someone who knows what it is and respects the car. Not something that attracts the attention of moms in minivans.

What is it with ricers and street racing. Yes, its fun to do every once in a while, but I've seen them rev at mom's in minivans! I think they realize that whatever they drive either sucks, or is not meant to go fast...why else would they feel they need to prove the car's speed?

Heep i couldnt agree more with you, classy looking cars dont need extras they look good to begin with, and i personally dont like tinkering with the outside of a car. If the car company wanted it to look like a street rod they would make it so. Just because you put a three foot high wing on the back and oversized rims on your DEL SOL, doesnt mean itll go any faster, what i cant understand even more are the kids who pull out seats, use light weight body kits, and then put 200 pounds of speakers in the back, thus making it pointless to lighten up the car. Of course in a kids mind they think 200 pounds of speakers, are better than 200 pounds of normal stuff like back seats, passenger seat, and various other things. Ahh who knows what the hell kids are thinking when they tear apart their cars so that they go VROOM VROOM?
Toodles Kiddies...
:devil:

You know, I realized something tonight.. I am a ricer. Why? Because I like this car...
http://www.34ford.com/featured/side1.gif

The taillights aren't original, so it's obviously rice. Then you throw in the color, and how more ricey can you get? Well, you can toss on some chrome and match the interior to the color of the car!
http://www.34ford.com/featured/details.gif

I am a ricer.

Hmmmm, the car itself is not bad. But, here we go again. In my own opinion the car itself is probably a pretty damn good performer. At least he can back up that look with power. But to me, purple and yellow? :eek: hell yeah it stands out, it hurts my eyes. The tailights, well, yep they dont belong, you can barely see them. I give props to the guy who owns it for restoring a classic, but the colors dont agree with me.

Yeah, those colors are ugly.

I never thought about rice that way. The principle behind hot-rods is that you fit whatever you can from whatever car in order to make it go fastest. But the colors and taillights on that car do nothing to make it faster, and therefore they are ricey. That's where the problem lies. IMO, there is nothing wrong with throwing on a cold air intake, even a weedeater exhaust, if it's done for the performance advantages. But to draw attention? The exhaust company didn't say "lets make an exhaust that sounds like a weedeater", they said lets free up some flow. Normally with flow comes an increase in volume. Side effect to performance. But if those mods are done just for sensory attraction reasons, that's where you get ricey. Wings, graphics, etc. provide no real performance advantage on an economy car. So, IMO, you can hot-rod a Civic for performance, great. But rice it for everybodys attention? They need to get a real car.

This definition of rice makes every hot rod, every custom, and basically every car rice. Why? Because paint has mass. thus, losing all your paint would free up some weight.

Painting your car to your preference is...well...your preference. It is your car after all. Rice would be saying "oh, yeah, yellow paint makes it more aerodynamic", or painting a big "Mugen" across the hood of your Geo Storm.

Replacing your tail-lights, or even customizing them isn't rice...it's customization to fit your personal preference. What's rice is saying "My tail-lights add 14 hp". The difference is one makes you happier with your car, and one makes you an idiotic bullshitter.

Now, rice can also be using spray paint to paint your car, or something dumb like that, but customizing your car to your preferences is NOT rice...it may be bad taste with respect to society, but it is definitely not rice.

Now, with that said, I need to say that I have no tolerance for rice, I do not condone ricey behavior in any way, and I don't think ricieness is a good thing. In fact, I think ricers should be dealt with harshly and quickly, perhaps even be exiled and quarantined so the disease won't spread.

hahaha :hehe: I will laugh my ass off when I see someone drive down the road with there paint all sanded off. "It saves weight" lol. Sorry. If there was a nice ass classic, pull up next to me, and it has a yellow, purple, green, orange, mess of colors. Itty bitty lights, wierd ass pinstripes, I would laugh. Im not saying you dont have talent, or creativity. Its just my opinion and it could be catagorized as rice, to me. I respect all your opinions, but I am merely voicing mine. You may not like the "clean" look that I like, or may not even define a "clean" look the same way I do.

Well, I also like the clean look. But, the point is that preferences don't determine rice. Preferences are preferences, rice is rice.

Rice sucks, and thats that!
Toodles....
:eek:

This persons personal preference, is rice. :hehehe:
http://www.riceboypage.com/shame/hall_of_shame_5/pink-neon.jpg

Rice is more of a combination of things than anything, attitude, looks, lack of good engine mods. It's like those Jeff Foxworth redneck jokes, you MIGHT be a ricer if.... Some things you can get away with, like a sticker here or there, or an extra gauge, and sometimes even swapping tail lights, but there is a point were it is too much, and that is rice.

Originally posted by Kris94G20
This persons personal preference, is rice. :hehehe:
http://www.riceboypage.com/shame/hall_of_shame_5/pink-neon.jpg Now that is rice !!! and what enzo said is tru when people think of sticking a TYPE R sticker on their car will add 15 more hp are just stupid . That thing with sticking stickers everywhere on ur car is ricey too ...i mean if you have the products to back it up then your fine but if u just stick a bunch of stickers on their just to do it b/c u think its cool then someone told u wrong . Rice is those bigg ass wings on those itty bitty cars. Just things like that give us real imports a bad rep. But what enzo said is so tru and thats how i feel too about ricers

in my opinion, any car that DOES NOT HAVE CUSTOM ANYTHING FOR IT but is still customized (ie, a 1987 civic with a wing) is rice

a modded 98 civic, no matter what is under the hood, is not rice.

Originally posted by blatch
a modded 98 civic, no matter what is under the hood, is not rice.

LMAO Shiit, I needed a good laugh at the end of a long day. I have seen plenty of extremely ricy civics that are straight up a joke, in my opinion. Oh, and yes, they were at least a 98 and above.

http://www.riceboypage.com/shame/hall_of_shame_5/pink-neon.jpgguys guys guys ....dont make fun of this car ...it belongs to a fellow member on AF ...i wont name any names ........John98R/t....opps did that come out of my mouth :p ............i cant stop making fun of little rice boys like that ;) j/k

Nice try God, but even my taste in cars isnt that shitty. I like the stock look, not the bright orange, my eyes hurt looking at it thing.
Toodles....
:D

Don' t build a ricer. They are stupid. They weren't meant to be extreme, and they are low-torque. I can see where they come from, but please, front-wheel-drive? Fuh-pa. Oh well, at least they look neat.

cool thread . . .

Personally, I never liked the term "rice-boy", or anything else related to import racing/enthusiasm that is called rice. Believe me I understand the idea that everybody is trying to get across.

It's just that the import scene has just picked up literally out of nowhere, and a lot of people have not grown to like it as much as us enthusiasts just yet. I'm 26 years old, and the first time i heard the term "rice-burner", I was in junior-high school, it was used by a motorcyclist that was particular to "Harley's", or other American made bikes. He considered the Japanese made sport bikes as inferior, and used "rice burner" as a derogatroy means to express his bias.

Since then, I never liked to hear someone say that. I mean, it's pretty obvious to me, that "rice" is meant to refer to anything that comes from Japan . . . when the import craze first started to take hold, a LOT of people didn't like it. Most STILL don't like it. Let's face it, the US, although a melting pot of ethnicities . . . is a very cold place to foreigners at times. That idea spreads into every facet of our lifestyles. The racing/customizing arena was literally forced to accept imports as we beat down the 8 second time barrier with cars that have engines HALF the size of the popular domestics, and can still be driven home . . . (how kewl is THAT!) . . . and to think that someone could look at an Asian (and others of course) driving a customized import and get away with calling them a rice boy amazes me . . . but such is life . . .

That briefly explains half of the point I'm attempting to make. That is just an explanation of why I dislike the term "rice" in general. My other beef with the "rice" concept is the confusing characteristics of what is considered to be rice. That's the kicker!!

Basically, for some reason, any customizing of any vehicle can be considered "rice" . . . it just depends on who is doing the labeling . . . no?

The auto customizing market abounds with cars that are almost unidentifiable because of their numerous modifications. This comes about because we all desire to have something slightly different than the next guy . . . no matter what the cost. For some, that means customizing a cookie-cutter common car like an Accord or Civic, for others that means buying something a little less common, like an A4 or a Corrado . . . or whatever! An Integra with Supra tail-lights and an Alfa-Romeo front grill is not something to be mad at . . . it's HOT (and I saw one in New York about a year and a half ago). . . any body who calls that rice is player-hatin' in the most obvious degree . . . These are the cars that win trophies during Hot Import Nights . . . these are some of the most beautiful examples individuality and are to be applauded for entering another arena for imports besides racing . . . a customized car is not necessarily a fast car . . . and anybody that does not see the difference is a fool, and these are usually the people at traffic lights with a pounding stereo and 18 inch rims on a car with a 1.6 litre engine . . . begging for you to race them.

Don't get me wrong, I despise the falsehood that abounds within the community, the fale pretenses that others put up in order to be considered cool. Then again, it's nothing new. Posers will always swarm to the latest fads following the easy path of cheap goods and look-alike styles . . . "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" . . . and as such, I realize that these people are just wanna-bes . . . I call them posers not rice boys . . .

Personally, If I were to use the phrase rice boys . . . I would create a group of people like Adam Saruwatari (sp?), Stephan Papadakis, Jamie Farrer (sp? 10 second SE-R) . . . and call them Rice Boyz . . . the men that are advancing our import hobby and the sport to new levels . . . I would call them the rice boys and make it something positive, these are the men that take imports to the track and laugh through blistering quarter miles with economy cars . . .

I'm done

Steve B :sun:
'93 Silver G20
with [INSTALLED] "Power-stop" cross-drilled front rotors, "Axxis Metalmaster" pads, "K&N" drop in flitercharger, "Pacesetter" adjustable short throw shifter, DIY single wiper conversion, blue side marker lights, Xenon gas headlights, 16" ADR Racing Phase II rims (silver with clearcoat).

[UNINSTALLED] KYB AGX adjustable dampers, Ground Control adjustable coil-overs, Pioneer DEHP9200 head unit, Pioneer cd changer, Crimestopper CS2005 alarm . . .

3 grahphics: A huge rastafarian on my back window, just a head with dreads (I drew it for my family, we stick one on every bike and every car in the family; a windshield banner: "infiniti"; and a small decal in the rear most window on the passenger side: "SR20DE.net"


. . . call me what you will . . . but don't call me a "rice-boy"

hehe, ok new term then. Rice Boy, Ricer, Rice= Peice of shit, worhtless, laughing stock of the road, a joke, waste of money, waste of a good car, hideous, heinous, wrong, fucked up, shameful, stupid. Of course, all of these are my own opinion :)

You all see that probe I put up on the car critic section, the one with the big Type R one it. That is ________ (fill in the blank with a selected phrase from above.)

you missed my point.

wow, this is an old post, where did you find it???:confused: