Rice Burners?

What is everyone's problem with honda civics that are suped up? Im just curious it may be off topic but i dont care! I just want to know why everyone thinks its bad to build a honda civic with a big wing and some big rims and stuff?
ANd WHAT DOES "Rice" mean to you?

idk why people complain about rice burners...idk but maybe its just like a problem that they have with cars they couldn't afford or something i have no clue.....

and rice is.....a food that my dad eats because he has this disease where he is allergic to wheat.

-RaceMySS

Hey, people love to hate, look at how many hate American cars here, its human nature. Don't take it so personally, if you like Civics build one, don't pay attention to what other think.:) Theres no such thing as rice, in my book.

when a person is a rice hater its not usualy because they hate the car but whats been done to the car. ususal a "riced" car is a car that has fancy grafix a huge body kit, huge exast and a huge wing on a FWD car. and no mods to the engin so it looks fast but istn. if it was a real performanced enhasned car we wouldnt care. but alot of people done like the body kits . its a mix .. but each to their own. personaly im not afan of civics that have all this stuff and no engin.. but if they got some racing engine that car.. then its cool .. thers my rant :alien2:

These biases are making me sick... just because you like the car, it can't possibly be a ricer, can it? Half of you guys are saying ricers must be Japanese and the other half that all Japanese cars are ricers.

So the Turbo badge from a 911 Turbo slapped onto a stock 355 can't be considered rice because the car is cool? Sorry, but that's rice.

A stock Viper plastered with stickers for parts and sponsorships it doesn't have can't be considered rice because it's a fast, cool car? Well, I think it can be.

Yes, rice started out on Japanese car, but it's grown to include everything. No, there is not exact definition of a ricer, but there is still a few general definitions that aren't just a bunch of biased crap that makes us all even more stupid for reading:

A poser(pretty much covers it all)

ANY car with stickers or badges for parts, trim levels, or sponsors that it doesn't have

ANY car that puts an exhaust tip and muffler only for the purpose of looking fast

ANY car that has mostly visual mods to create the image that he is fast while at the same time trying to pass it off as fast(does not include show cars unless the owner tries to tell you it's fast)

There's a few more, but I don't feel like it right now...

To me, Ricer is a cruel rascist term for someone who is not as fortunate as others to have a lot of money or rich parents, therefor they rely on the "Cheaper" more affordable aftermarket parts that dont look appealing as others. Such as cheap small wheels, or Altezzas, or cheap exhausts that are huge, and big plastic wings, etc. etc. I do though, Contradict Ricers, just because their cars are rediculous looking.

As for Rice Cars such as civics, I dont think the car is what determines it to be rice or nice, its all in the parts. Id take a JDM civic or integra.

Originally posted by kaoru-tochiro
Hey, people love to hate, look at how many hate American cars here, its human nature. Don't take it so personally, if you like Civics build one, don't pay attention to what other think.:) Theres no such thing as rice, in my book. That is one of the wisest things I've read since becoming a member of AF! It's that type of supportive thinking that has kept me coming back! :cool: I couldn't care less if somebody doesn't like something I build because they can always build their own interpretation and that's where part of the creativity comes into play!;) Build what you like, it's only plastic!:cool:

Almost all the integras and civics made here are rice, imo.
:apuke:

Originally posted by TheSyndicate
Almost all the integras and civics made here are rice, imo.
:apuke: Your opinion fails to answer any of the questions posed.

What makes them "rice"?
Why don't you like "rice"-y model cars?

Originally posted by k_dog
These biases are making me sick... just because you like the car, it can't possibly be a ricer, can it? Half of you guys are saying ricers must be Japanese and the other half that all Japanese cars are ricers.

So the Turbo badge from a 911 Turbo slapped onto a stock 355 can't be considered rice because the car is cool? Sorry, but that's rice.

A stock Viper plastered with stickers for parts and sponsorships it doesn't have can't be considered rice because it's a fast, cool car? Well, I think it can be.

Yes, rice started out on Japanese car, but it's grown to include everything. No, there is not exact definition of a ricer, but there is still a few general definitions that aren't just a bunch of biased crap that makes us all even more stupid for reading:

A poser(pretty much covers it all)

ANY car with stickers or badges for parts, trim levels, or sponsors that it doesn't have

ANY car that puts an exhaust tip and muffler only for the purpose of looking fast

ANY car that has mostly visual mods to create the image that he is fast while at the same time trying to pass it off as fast(does not include show cars unless the owner tries to tell you it's fast)

There's a few more, but I don't feel like it right now...


Ive seen a Porsche Boxster Turbo and a BMW "M5 Turbo" I went up to the owner of the BMW(this was in a parking lot meet) and laughed in his face.

Among other "rice" ive seen is a VW Jetta TDI badged as a VR6....

Originally posted by Dorikin



Ive seen a Porsche Boxster Turbo and a BMW "M5 Turbo" I went up to the owner of the BMW(this was in a parking lot meet) and laughed in his face.

Among other "rice" ive seen is a VW Jetta TDI badged as a VR6....

you forgot about those S15 lights heheheh

not to mention Fast and the Furious is the Biggest Promoter of RICE~:devil:

Originally posted by Colov99
when a person is a rice hater its not usualy because they hate the car but whats been done to the car. ususal a "riced" car is a car that has fancy grafix a huge body kit, huge exast and a huge wing on a FWD car. and no mods to the engin so it looks fast but istn. if it was a real performanced enhasned car we wouldnt care. but alot of people done like the body kits . its a mix .. but each to their own. personaly im not afan of civics that have all this stuff and no engin.. but if they got some racing engine that car.. then its cool .. thers my rant :alien2:
I couldn't find my own words to describe why I'm not a ricer fan, but you said it. I have no problem with Honda's and at times find some of them nice. But the big spoilers are just tacky and even if the car is fast, does nothing but slow it down. They also have the most annoying sound an engine can make.

i understand whta you mean! But puting down the less fortunate is something that should never be done and i believe that this site is like the coolest but everyone comes here mainly to flame people about whats rice and whats not. I personally love honda civics and Acura's !

if you like what you like, than like it and don't worry about what other people like....you have your own opinion about things...thats something you have to deal with....if everyone like the same thing life would be very boring....do what you like and what you want...don't be a follower be a leader...people opinion are helpful sometimes though....:D :rolleyes: :mad:


-RaceMySS_454

As you have seen, Rice is a matter of taste basically. But it starts off with stuff done to a car that should never be done, much like badges on the wrong car. I have seen a Chrysler Sebring with Tryp R badges and stickers all over it. Also stickers that are on a car, and yet there is nothing on the car about that sticker, like having an HKS Sticker on a car, and it has nothing HKS. But to some people get carried away with it, saying giant spoilers, graphics, etc are all rice. Pretty much anything show is rice. I have no problme with show cars, the owners spend just as much money as people that mod their car for performance does. They spend just as much time and money in it.
Now my real view on rice-just something on a car that doesn't make sense at all, like the badges and stickers.

Well, the only thing i dont like about rice burners is that the people who own them slap on all these stickers and huge spoilers and think that adds HPs to their car. When I used to live near the city I would see a ton of civics with ridiculous spoilers and ugly body kits. They would constantly be reving their engines at stop lights with the cars next to them.

My car doesn't have a huge spoiler and is a lot faster than a civic, specially ones "tuned" with stickers. If a Camerro has such a small spoiler why would a civic ever need one ?

I have a friend who at that time bought a new Civic SI, he was all into the import mods but he wouldn't touch his car. I asked him why he wouldn't and he replied he didn't want his car to look stupid like the other rice burners he'd seen.

Camber : all those mods they add aren't cheap. So i don't use the word as a racist term to degrate people who buy civics and then soup them up.

Some of the tuners look pretty good, and then there are the horrible ones.

To sum it up : Stickers dont add HP. If it doesn't need a spoiler, then dont add a huge one to counteract the lack of speed. IF they look good, then who cares

Thanks

Also, with the Stickers and spoiler to add hp, I think that is just way over the line, I don't think people really think that adding a sticker or a spoiler adds hp, i think they do it because they think its "cool" at the time. I must admit, some of the things i did to my civic a long time ago, was rice, like my glasspack exhaust, i hated that.

The definition of a ricer is, is a person who is fortunite enough to spend thier money on ALTEZZA rear lights, and HUGE spoilers, other than putting it into an engine. You can define a ricer, if someone woujld rather spend 200 $ on ALTEZZAS over buying catback piping, or New intake manifold.

IT has nothing to do with Japanese people, its just because most of the cars which r "rice" are japanese made.

To keep this thread from being moved to another forum:
Originally posted by jay@af
What makes model cars "rice"?
Why don't you like "rice"-y model cars?

OK: a model Rice car, is a car with MANY MANY Decals, and a big spoiler, LIKE all the ITR's on here... not many have turbos, or superchargers or any modded part in the engines.. but yet, all have decals, and huge spoilers, and etc...


many of the properties of real Rice cars, and turned into models...

i don't even know why this thread was bothered with. i can't count the number of times we've had a thread concerning "what's rice and what's not". pretty much everything i would have to say has already been said...but i'll add this. rice just isn't what you have done to your car. while i personally consider most of the cars at any given Hot Import Nights meeting to be rice, it's not just what's done to the car. that's a big portion of it, but the biggest portion of it is attitude. rice is some guy with an Integra with a huge wing, altezza's and a fart can but nothing done to the engine, and he goes around claiming his POS can smoke any car on the road. when he loses, he claims it's a "bad day" or he "misshifted". another version is drivers of rice-machines claiming to have parts on their car that aren't actually existant on their vehicle. rice IS NOT, i repeat, IS NOT a racist term in the way that i use it. rice also does not only apply to Japanese cars. in fact, a large portion of Japanese cars (the ones that i like) are super powerful, with the driver focusing on performance instead of appearance.

as for models? think of that definition in 1/24 scale....:rolleyes:

How the heck are you even supposed to tell a model car it's rice? Half of them don't even have engines! And it's not like you'd race the other half with engines to see which plastic GT wings and epoxy putty spoilers improve race track performance. The great thing about model cars is that whatever you imagine is under the hood is under the hood.

...that said, there's still something to be said about personal taste; and I for one do not personally some of the stuff mentioned before like huge wings and stickers. :)

Hi my name is Rick and im addicted to rice... Everyone HI RICK...LOL..

Hey I say build what ya want and they way ya want.. I do.. Alot of people say oh no another ricer, not me i love them and like seeing them.. I also love a good muscle car or slammed mini truck.. You know what, if its a cleaning built anything i show props, real or scale.. So if ya enjoy building a civc with a huge apc sticker on the front do it.. if ya wanna build a true jdm civic do it.. Forget what other people say or think and do it for your self.. Not sure if any of that made sense but ohwell...Later Rick S..

So should model cars only have Studio 27, Scale Motorsport and Detail Master stickers?

Should they have Tamiya and Revell emblems in place of Honda and Chevy logos?

Dont mind me but over here in Singapore we call a riced car and the driver who drives it an Ah Beng :D

An Ah Beng just loves to overdo his car with spoilers, skirtings, shiny wheels, big loud banging speakers. You can see him sticking out his hand over the opened window with a cigarette between his fingers.

From where you are, you can hear his loud dunno wtf music.

Ah well, thats society for you. Although we hate to admit but someway or the other, there's always gonna be some 'category' or name for these fellas.

Just take it easy. Tolerance is the key word here and everywhere.

Just take it easy. Tolerance is the key word here and everywhere. Good advice!!;) :cool:

http://www.riceboypage.com/

That site pretty much sums it up

you know I dont have a problem iwht the big wings and rims but they have to have power. there can be cars that have all this crap put on them but it is doesnt have power. " I only have a 100 hp but I have a body kit, spoiler, rims.....etc" give me a 400 hp street Civic then I will be happy. That is actually my plan is to buy a CRX I have found and turn it into a street beast. but the engine comes first it will ook stock untill I get the engine done.

Bugger........
I must be a ricer.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.mitsubishi-fto.org/downloads/wallpaper/017-800-600.jpg
What the hell, Build what you want guys, and have fun.

damn, nice car:)

lol u tell tehn hiroboy......ur fto rox and i envy u for the 350z that u got on order...............im so envyious :)

Buold what you want, if we dont like it I'll say so, and other people will too if it offends them enuough

Originally posted by slim.AP1
http://www.riceboypage.com/

That site pretty much sums it up That site has nothing to do with model cars.

If you guys are so worried about rice and rice burners, you should meet my sister, she can burn anything!!

Seriously though, hasn't there been enough headaches caused by this whole debate?

Originally posted by freakray
If you guys are so worried about rice and rice burners, you should meet my sister, she can burn anything!!

Seriously though, hasn't there been enough headaches caused by this whole debate?

LOL! Your sis can compete with my wife. They are pro rice burners ;)

i like 'ricey' models:D i don't know what 'ricey' means so i just associate it with being overly exaggerated and gaudy. these models display creativity and imagination... not to mention patience and careful execution to make it easily identified as being 'rice'.

happy building:)

a.

in the end, it all comes down to "build whatever makes YOU happy, and don't worry about what other people think about it." and also, have fun doing it! that's all there is to it.

Originally posted by S13_Iketani
in the end, it all comes down to "build whatever makes YOU happy, and don't worry about what other people think about it." and also, have fun doing it! that's all there is to it.


thats what i said back on page 1 of this post...but people are stupid and continue to argue and make trouble on a simple topic...


-RaceMySS_454

Originally posted by jay@af
That site has nothing to do with model cars.


I'm going out on a limb by challenging a mods post here, but the original post does not concern anything of a model car nature. the guy wanted to know why adding x or x will make x car a "ricer".

riceboypage.com actually serves well to show what rice is.

In a lot of cases it's not just adding unnecessary fiberglass to the body, but attempting (or wanting) your car to be like a racecar. Isn't that where spoilers, diffusers, and exhausts come from? GT car racing seems to be what most (or the "original" ricers) were going for.

http://www.jm-fotoservice.de/EMS2001/bmw%20m3%20gtr.jpg

Anymore, when It comes to the rice debate, you know what....
http://www.automotiveforums.com/kris/kris/+junk/Whofn.jpg

Originally posted by TheSyndicate
I'm going out on a limb by challenging a mods post here, but the original post does not concern anything of a model car nature. the guy wanted to know why adding x or x will make x car a "ricer".In the Model Car forum, it's about model cars.

I like rice! Its great with a good curry (mmm Jalfrezi:) ), stir fry or chilli :bandit: Sometimes I prefer to have noodles though:)

I dig Uncle Ben's Rice bowls! Teriyaki Chicken and Sweet and Sour Chicken are the best!;) :licker: