Here's a term loosely thrown around nowadays. "ohhh, rice boy!!", people hear that a lot nowadays...and mostly it's coming from me
Let me attempt to put my opinion across as what the difference really is between a ricer and someone who modifies their car well.
Most people will see a Hyundai Excel with a 5inch exhaust and instantly think: what a rice boy. Don't be so quick to judge! Because money constraints have never been, and should never be the issue under consideration when throwing this term around. Every person has different financial circumstances and will inevitably have different choices to make. So each unto their own in how they wish to spend their money.
The difference is the mind state of the person. A ricer will inevitably only think about the end result and how much bling they can get. Bling can relate to show as well as go modifications. Whereas a non-ricer will think about all the inbetween stages as well.
A good example is nitrous kits. Ricers tend to go for these because they offer the best power gain at the lowest cost. Also a ricer will refer to it as NAAWWWWZZZ. (Which is wrong, btw. NOS, stands for Nitrous Oxide Systems and is a company that makes nitrous oxide kits and were popular about 10 years ago because they sponsored so many events. This inevitably lead people to just refer to nitrous as NOS, just as people refer to tissues as a kleenex. But nowadays, there are about 5-10 companies that make just as good if not better kits than NOS.) So if the person refers to it as nawwz, chances are they're a ricer. But back to the point! This is not to say a non-ricer won't use NOS. The difference is, and here's the key, is that whilst a ricer will put in a nitrous kit and start spraying asap, a real car expert will think about other things. They will first have their engine internals strengthened, (assuming we are talking about serious nitrous shots), they will reinforce the transmission, clutch, drive shaft, chassis etc. You get the point! They will follow through their whole car from the start i.e. where the nitrous enters into the engine, right to the tyres and think about what needs to be done as to do it properly. This is the downfall of ricers. I heard about some guy who put a nitrous kit on his SP23 and shooting for 3 months, he had some gear problems and found that his thrid gear's teeth had been totally ripped clean. A non-ricer would have gotten a new transmission beforehand...no use strengthening cos the mazda3's transmission is weak as piss
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Other "ricers" will be labelled on people who have all kinds of Nismo, G-Reddy and Mugen stickers on their Suzuki....wrong! If you have stickers advertising companies you don't use the parts of, you're a fucking idiot, not a ricer! (just like those who wear shitty clothes with giant "Tommy Hilfiger" logo across their whole chest, you're advertising for them dumbass! they should pay you to wear that crap!
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I personally don't see the point of making the exterior of your car looking like hot shit when it runs 1/4miles in 45s, but each unto their own! But if it's tasteless, sorry, you're a ricer. That's why people with neons on their lancers are ricers, cos it's tasteless, it might look good in a movie...but that's cos it's a movie! A movie can make Jessica Simpson look smart! Think about it!
On a last note, not every fan of "2 fast 2 queer" is a riceboy. Most people like that movie because of what it's about, not because it's done well. I mean, come on, paul walker doing a 180 on a freeway and cruising for a good few hundred metres before spinnning back around....i know evo's are fast, but in reverse too?? Sheeit
If i've offended you, chances are, you're a ricer, stop trying to race me, i know you'll win...for now....
Ricer: Hey, does anyone know how paul walker got to get the sprays of smoke coming out of the side of his skyline at the start of the movie?
Non-Ricer: You sure it was smoke? Cos all i saw was grains of rice