YOUR definition of RICE

Originally posted by Pnoi Q
The only sounds that'll impress me is that of a strong sounding v8 (you gotta admit some of them sound real good), a real BOV, or the sound of nitrous about to spray.

preachin to the choir man i feel the same way. there is a sweet ass mr2 that meets up with a bunch of honduhs at target colma on saturday nights and there are a bunch of muscle cars that meet on friday nights. the mr2's bov sounds great and goddamn hearing those v8's rev up and burn out is so kool.

-GTi-VR6_A3

Actually like a year ago, a bunch of people would meet in front of Fuddruckers at the last saturday of every month... Oh my goodness man! There was this Charger that roared sooo loud every single alarm possible went off! It was deafening! Another time while riding on the expressway I saw a red RX-7 get cut off by another car, downshift and fly! The sound of it's bov was beatiful!

Have you noticed though that ricer's hit on girls years younger than them!? I was on a trip with my youth group and these guys just pull up next to the bus I was riding, trying to get these 15 year old girls' numbers! :bloated:

Originally posted by Pnoi Q
Actually like a year ago, a bunch of people would meet in front of Fuddruckers at the last saturday of every month... Oh my goodness man! There was this Charger that roared sooo loud every single alarm possible went off! It was deafening! Another time while riding on the expressway I saw a red RX-7 get cut off by another car, downshift and fly! The sound of it's bov was beatiful!

Have you noticed though that ricer's hit on girls years younger than them!? I was on a trip with my youth group and these guys just pull up next to the bus I was riding, trying to get these 15 year old girls' numbers! :bloated:

hahah yeah i have noticed it. i guess thats all they think they can get. impress young girls like they go fast and know what they are talking about. haha my GF doesnt even care about cars...

-GTi-VR6_A3

To add to the funnyness the girls just pointed and laughed!!! lol My girlfreind isn't into cars that much either. Heh. Most girls can tell wether or not a person is a ricer.

Originally posted by Pnoi Q
Most girls can tell wether or not a person is a ricer.

i wouldnt say that. alot alot dont know and some even are... (no offense to the girls who do know about cars and arent ricers...)

-GTi-VR6_A3

I guess your right. Alot of the girls at my school are motorheads though... It's cause all of their past boyfreinds were motorheads too.

Originally posted by Pnoi Q
Actually like a year ago, a bunch of people would meet in front of Fuddruckers at the last saturday of every month... Oh my goodness man! There was this Charger that roared sooo loud every single alarm possible went off! It was deafening! Another time while riding on the expressway I saw a red RX-7 get cut off by another car, downshift and fly! The sound of it's bov was beatiful!

Have you noticed though that ricer's hit on girls years younger than them!? I was on a trip with my youth group and these guys just pull up next to the bus I was riding, trying to get these 15 year old girls' numbers! :bloated:

Haha, i bet he reved his high pitched weed wacker engine too didn't he. That is just low, using ur car to get girls cause they usually can't tell a real car from a phony. im suprised they laughed, power to em! :D

Yeah it was a 1991 civic hatch, red ext. w/ nasty purple street glow! Lolololol. The paint was chipping off too. Lol.

Blah, I wont read all 8 pages to see if Im copying someone...

My definition of a ricey car: a vehicle that, through visual or audible methods, gives the impression of being a fast car while not actually being a fast car. This could also be a car that has stickers for parts it doesnt actually have.

Visual or Audible methods of looking fast: bodykit, massive wing, modified hood, fake bodykit, fake bottle of nos, fake racing #s in the window, fake BOV, exhaust tip

Bling mods not to be confused with rice (just for show, doesnt make the car look fast): ultra-low suspension, chrome wheels, hids, leds, neons, paint, graphics, tint.

Originally posted by Pnoi Q
Yeah it was a 1991 civic hatch, red ext. w/ nasty purple street glow! Lolololol. The paint was chipping off too. Lol.
wait a second....THAT WAS ME!!!!:eek:

Naaa, but it is kinda funny seein a car roll up and already knowing what the driver will look like. Small, scummy dressin, bandana wearin, pants saggin, no good burnout with nothin better to do than make hourly runs to K-mart and pep boys just to see if they have anything new in stock. In Grand Rapids I've seen an old style Cougar with a 5 ft wing comin off the back...im not kidding...we measured. And then theres the do it yourself crowd who thinks that using cardboard for the deck of the so called spoiler would look good....I shoulda set it on fire and kicked whoever's car it was in the head for even gettin the idea of it... Oh, and theres also the mixed up crowd who puts import parts on their v-8 stangs....yea I said v-8...not 6. I've seen a few gt's around here with import tips and even wings. :apoke:

haha, do it yourself spoilers, that is the funniest thing ive ever seen. i continue to see them and can't help but to laugh. Seen one on a pink jetta, and a galant, a probe. and those are just one of the worse ones.

another thing are those see-thru hoods. There is this eclipse with a blue one around here. stupid

Originally posted by DOHcNEON
another thing are those see-thru hoods. There is this eclipse with a blue one around here. stupid

Oh, i guess that is supposed to showcase their powerful Mitsubishi 4 cylinder right? That is so ricey they should be illegal.

Originally posted by pontiactrac


Oh, i guess that is supposed to showcase their powerful Mitsubishi 4 cylinder right? That is so ricey they should be illegal.

i DO agree that those are ricey (the hoods). but if that has an after-market turbo the size of ur head...then hell yea that is gonna be an impressive 4 banger...

not flaming...jus saying :D

Agreed. Those things get u p and move when they have the right setup..hell even stock those move...as long as they got a turbo that is....

Originally posted by KrNxRaCer00


i DO agree that those are ricey (the hoods). but if that has an after-market turbo the size of ur head...then hell yea that is gonna be an impressive 4 banger...

not flaming...jus saying :D

Eclipse 4 cylinder engine with turbo isn't that impressive, not that much output. The fact that the car is lightweight makes it quick. And then of course the turbo's added. but the main factor is the low weight. The old eclipse engine on the new eclipses which are heavier wouldn't do much.

Originally posted by pontiactrac


Eclipse 4 cylinder engine with turbo isn't that impressive, not that much output. The fact that the car is lightweight makes it quick. And then of course the turbo's added. but the main factor is the low weight. The old eclipse engine on the new eclipses which are heavier wouldn't do much.

nonono...u missed my point. not the stock turbo...'m sayin if it has an aftermarket turbo the size of ur head or bigger...then its gonna be a mean lookin 4 banger. i agree 100 percent, stock, I4's are not much to look at.

Originally posted by KrNxRaCer00


nonono...u missed my point. not the stock turbo...'m sayin if it has an aftermarket turbo the size of ur head or bigger...then its gonna be a mean lookin 4 banger. i agree 100 percent, stock, I4's are not much to look at.

ok, i got ya. agreed

Originally posted by pontiactrac


ok, i got ya. agreed
I don't I think a hatch with a b-series swap or how bout an h22? I think its very impressive. Now the clear hood thing is kinda gay but other than that I disagree.

my definition of riece is either:

A) Anyone that spends more money on the looks of their car than making it perform better

or

B) Anyone that has a combination of alteezas, rims on the back and not the front, and anyone which those huge ass APC stickers (or any APC stickers for that matter:) )

Originally posted by tynebeach
my definition of riece is either:

A) Anyone that spends more money on the looks of their car than making it perform better

or

B) Anyone that has a combination of alteezas, rims on the back and not the front, and anyone which those huge ass APC stickers (or any APC stickers for that matter:) )
So all those people who have cars that can leave you coughing from exhaust, but choose to make it look good are ricers?

Originally posted by Pnoi Q

So all those people who have cars that can leave you coughing from exhaust, but choose to make it look good are ricers?

not quite sure what you meant about coughing from the exhaust, I think you either meant their cars are hoopdie or they're really fast, but I still stick to my definition.

Originally posted by Pnoi Q

So all those people who have cars that can leave you coughing from exhaust, but choose to make it look good are ricers?

Yea, if you are coughing from exhaust, it's probably burning oil, in that case it would be behind you if you were trying to say it would win races.
When spending all that on looks, they are so broke all they have left to spend is on a fart can.

I thought this thread would have died off by now......

Yea. Rice is obviously a popular thing I guess....

Originally posted by inferno
I thought this thread would have died off by now......

rice is to racers as jews are to nazi's... no offense to anyone i am in no way condoning racism.

-GTi-VR6_A3

This is how i look at it, im not a ricer fan as you prob already figured out, but that doesn't mean that any bodykit is rice at all. I just think there are some ridiculous looking ones that are just too exaggerated with the whole curves and ripple thing they got going on there. Some kits that ive actually liked are such... my fav was a 300zx body kit which created a larger front intake, besides the front, i liked the car stock better. A 3000gt, nice looking with a kit. I reciently saw what i think was an Acura TL with a tricked out kit covering just about anything< never thought id like my mom's car more than mine :D But i do have to admit, all of these did look really nice. Of course these are just the minority though

rice is to racers as jews are to nazi's

Ok i gotta argue with that. Ricers are wannabe racers. Jews are not wannabe nazis....

ooo...score one for fliq. :hehehe:

Originally posted by Fliquer


Ok i gotta argue with that. Ricers are wannabe racers. Jews are not wannabe nazis....

some did sadly... but i meant it in the scapegoat way. very good point though. anyone got a better analogy??

-GTi-VR6_A3

I don't like the term rice seeing as it reffer's to japanese cars, well the original meaning. Around here we call those cars SLEDS b/c everything they add to there car just makes it heavier. These cars tend to do well in downhill races. :hehehe:

Hmm.....howabout this:

Ricers are to Racers as Crossdressing men are to Women.

Originally posted by Fliquer
Hmm.....howabout this:

Ricers are to Racers as Crossdressing men are to Women.

naw kuz alotta chix like cross dressing men and realise they sometimes look better than them. and they dont make fun of em

-GTi-VR6_A3

Rice is the fine art of adding tacky and useless bits to a car that don't help the car's performance. A ricer is truly rice, when there are more rice bits in weight then the car itself.

Maybe a should write a book on the ettiquette of a ricer :D :)

IMO a ricer is anyone who spends all thier money on cosmetic stuff(in good taste or not) for thier car and leaves the engine stock. Also people who cannot afford the real deal and try do make home made parts for thier car like skirts and wings, I saw one guy drilled a whole bunch of holes in his civic's bumper to try and pass it off as an air diffuser for when he is driving at 240 km/h:rolleyes: . I saw another guy take an Acura 1.6 EL and try to turn it into a Lancer EVO V, who was he kidding, it looked really well done too all the proper OEM badges where there. He must have spent around 15,000 for all that, probably hung himself after he found out that he could actually buy a real Lancer EVO if he had saved his cash.

Rice: that stuff asian people eat

No, the stuff that all kinds of people eat.

I like rice. Rice is good to eat... :p

Originally posted by superbluecivicsi
Rice: that stuff asian people eat

yea..since when have u had a tru mexican burrito w/ out rice? all cultures around the world eat rice...it's not jus an asian thing. :D

yeah!, here in Peru almost all dishes are served with rice! I love it :D.... but only as food, for the other use of the word....well....I think everything has been said about them, but if they like to spend their money putting those useless stuff on their cars is their problem, since after all it's their money. :p

o yea huh, my bad if i offended other rice eaters out there. i like white stemed rice, sticky rice, purple sticky rice, some mexican rice (depends on how it's made), black rice, uncle bens, short balled rice, long brown rice (if it's fried), rice with eggs, rice fried with eggs and soy sauce, shit i got to go, i would list more but maybe another time, if i missed some good favorites please repost em.

HAHA!!! superbluecivicsi, your Hmong huh!!! HAHA!!! Sticky rice and Purple Sticky rice is good!!! tru dat!

Originally posted by friday86
HAHA!!! superbluecivicsi, your Hmong huh!!! HAHA!!! Sticky rice and Purple Sticky rice is good!!! tru dat!

:hehehe: other asian country's eat sticky rice too...u can get chinese sticky rice...etc etc...:D

Since when did this place become cookingwithriceforums.com?



:p

You want rice? Come to Dallas. Examples: (I need a camera) Green pinto, flam stickers on frount fender, fake wire wheels, hood scoop made out of Bondo, chrome on everything.
Red saturn, 17' gold wire rims. Cold are intake, t tops.
(My fav)BMW 325I 18'rims, Supercharger sticking out of the hood. Wheely bar locks, Blue green and purple Paint job. Spray paint
air bag hanging out of steering wheel. type R sticker just next to the 325i.
And thats just in my apt complex.
Driveing down the hwy is a laughing riot. I have seen some really nice body kits and some really fast civics, acuras, corvets. (Hell, I saw a Civic beat a dodge viper( I WANT TO KNOW HOW!!))
there are just too many people in this city with bad taste.


Skinnydaddy
98 Civic Hx.
Nothing done
saveing up for
new engine.

haha!! yupyup im hmong luv.

RICE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eat rice, the doctors say its good to eat.

Originally posted by superbluecivicsi
haha!! yupyup im hmong luv.

RICE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eat rice, the doctors say its good to eat.

rice is good...mmmmm...but gotta be prepared rite...wet/too dry rice are both yeuck...

mmmmmm...:D

Damn, this is a long ass thread that just got longer.

i kno...i think its over...i vote to close it...i mean...we're talking about rice the FOOD now..:D

Originally posted by carrrnuttt

The way ricers are using (or I should say ABUSING) their wings nowadays, it's quite possible that they are literally pushing down on the rear of their chassis too much, causing lift on the front end, which will be further augmented by the air going under. If you've seen the vids of the CLK-GTR flying up in the air, you'll see how dangerous that is (getting too much air under the car).

Wasn't that incredible!?!? I saw that last year I think from LeMans. One CLK was going along a straight, minding his business, when all of a sudden the car went vertical 90 degrees and like 40 feet in the air and crashed some 50 feet in a forest. They grounded the other CLK immediately after this (duh? design flaw??).

Getting back to this RICE business, I've often wondered where this term came from. At first the only explanation I could think of (and no disrespect to anyone) is because rice IS a popular diet for asian people(yes and among other peoples as well) and most of these little imports are made by asians? :bloated:

Then again, from where I live we have a Honda plant in Alliston, Ontario and a Toyota plant in Cambridge, Ontario, so unless we're referring to the corporations that make this cars that doesn's make sense.

Rice banger, ricer, etc... I'm sick of hearing those terms as well. Huge aluminum wings on otherwise nicely painted Honda's or Integra's is just plain olde fashioned STUPID AND BUT UGLY! Way to ruin your otherwise beautiful car. Having stickers all over your car, well, unless you do competition racing and are sporting sponsor or supplier stickers thats silly as well. What are you trying to say? LOOK! Look at what I have! My car ins't shit anymore!! Christmas lights on/in/under your car is terrific as well - you can be my 3 year old nephew's hero. Get them to flash so you can play COPS. Mufflers are also something I hate on little import cars because why would you want to amplify the sound of a swarm of bee's or an electric weed wacker? I don't know how much exhaust or mufflers have changed in the last 10 years but one of the best sounding cars I have ever heard in my life(regardless of motor) was my buddy Martin's early 90's MR2(the olde school tiny, square box designed). That thing had a lot of work done to it and it sounded just like a bloody F1 racecar! Some of these exhausts today sound awful (and this ain't V8 biased talking here, my lawnmower sounds meaner!)

Finally, I do like the term Rice Rod and think it is so appropriate because whereas Hot Rod's have BIG, thundering SB or BB V8's, these fast little import cars have the tiniest of little motors in them, and a piece of rice is pretty tiny, eh? Say whatever you will, "My CRX is being fed 20 PSI of boost and can waste your Mustang or Corvette GUY!!!!" - well bravo, you take that little blower or bottle away and you're nothing. My girlfriends brother has a 2001 WRX running over 300 HP thats pretty fast - most days of the week, cause the others his boost release valve is stuck, computer is messed up, etc..... On those days his car is no match for even my old man's GTP. Uh Oh, little motor can't go on without its steroids. Nevermind, you feed a V8 half the PSI you're giving that little fart motor and it will eat you up, like a bowl of raisin bran before bed that comes out as a nice soft shit the next day right after your morning coffee. And by the way, there's your tip to stayin regular and jolly all day! :smoker:

Edit: raisin bran will keep you much more regular than rice :silly2:

Ya, now its time to close this thread.

isnt the gtp supercharged???

-GTi-VR6_A3

yeah it is. It helps his opinion out alot :rolleyes:

well - YES IT IS! (Damn), ok its been a while since I've concerned myself with that class of cars. But you're missing the point. Face it, the Grand Prix is not guttless without the blower - its only good for 40 HP plus the dollars you now have to spend on premium gas. The 3800 V6 is a "decent" motor on its own (I'll be the first to say its not the most efficient for its size), but in this case the blower gives the car a bit more pep - its not make or break.

Edit: Regardless, my point was that on some days buddy's WRX can run with my Z28 really well, and on others my Pop's four door, mid/full sized family sedan can leave him in the dust. EVERYTHING rests on that cars turbo.

umm okay....so what are you trying to prove? Yes the blower helps, but it does on any car. If you had a blower on your car you'd be able to beat more cars. Is that a bad thing?

Some people do all that they can do to make their car fast, wether it be a turbo or nitrous or a combination or just modifying the motor. What's wrong that? Yes some cars are all motor, and yes come cars are mostly turbo and nitrous. I don't see what the problem is here.

Term of 'Ricer' came from this... [ Uh personal observation I could and probably am wrong but just hear me out ]

JDM and Asian Domestic cars have been made, in general, to get excellent gas mileage. [In retrospect to American SUV's with 13 mpg and the like, respectivly] So they gained the term 'Rice Burner' on the place of being made. Asian cultures which rely on Rice as a heavy part of their diet and Rice as a mockery of how much gas it takes to fuel the car. Moreover Revisiting the MPG issue, 'Rice Burner' just goes to show that is another insult which was molded to 'Ricer' from takinga 'Rice burner' and making it more Asian or abstract. Odd how we make JDM and the like seem like the odd species of car-modding. I dunno maybe they should change it to 'Modded' or 'WTFer' cars. Riced I guess is your own opinion. As for mine, anything that doesn't flow right. :) Lawnmower sounding or not, it will still beat most cars on the street. Most.

my first thought is sheezus this is a long thread. and as to my definition of rice, me and my friends have diversified it, but maybe we're a little too late for mainstream.. we call all the retarded looks but no performance stuff and just plain dumb stuff (like all the originally listed: huge wings, excessive lighting, loud mufflers with no other exhaust mods, excessive stickers, big fat chrome rims, etc) "ghetto rice." and just any kind of import with mods is "rice." but like i said...i think were too late. i work at a chinese restaurant, so i think rice and asian pretty much at the same time...hence asian cars being rice. but like i said, thats just me and my friends...:cool:

hey DVS LT1, ur getting off the subject man. The thread is bout definitions of ricers and rice (<- - - - is good to eat). you should bring ur post down to 911gt's thread, he has it goin on and on just like this thread. Ur post would be better argued there. Anyways rice is good to eat, thats y you see asian folks walkin around smoking opium at 98yrs old. When is someone gonna start a rice eating thread? It should start out like - - - > "Has anyone successfully ate a bowl of rice while driving?" if you drive like everyone is racing you, then ur a rice. <- - - - thats another good rice defined.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=101413:)

ok to sum up a ricer in a few short sentences....

A ricer is someone who takes their car, does'nt matter what it is (civic, accord, saturn, or what have you) and they fix it up distastefully, with large logos, on the windsheild, and stickers all over the car, for products and mods that they DON"T HAVE! if you don't believe me go check out www.riceboypage.com there's some nice pictures, and prime examples of ricers, (mismatched exhaust tips, and a dual exhaust for a 4 banger that only needs 1....) I personally like sleepers. which is what I'm doing to my car.. the only visible mods you will see, are the exhaust, and rims... and it will be lowered about 1 inch that's all you will be able to see from the outside... all the other mods will be to the engine, and "power" components, and no I am not going turbo.. nothing better than N/A power. and even though my car is a 2.2 liter vtec it puts some decent power to the ground.

99s have a 2.2L vtec as well? yea, dont i know they can put some power down ;) nothing major, but they work.

Originally posted by superbluecivicsi
hey DVS LT1, ur getting off the subject man. The thread is bout definitions of ricers and rice (<- - - - is good to eat). you should bring ur post down to 911gt's thread, he has it goin on and on just like this thread. Ur post would be better argued there.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=101413:)
how do you figure?

that thread has strayed far from the topic, further from the topic than this thread has.

furthermore it needs to die.