How to build a ricemobile

[kris]

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.

[enzo@af]

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

[John98R/T]

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

[kris]

This persons personal preference, is rice. :hehehe:

[verboom]

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.

[GOD]

Originally posted by Kris94G20
This persons personal preference, is rice. :hehehe:

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

[blatch]

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.

[kris]

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.

[GOD]

guys 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 ............i cant stop making fun of little rice boys like that j/k

[John98R/T]

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....

[Chris]

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.

[i_rebel]

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"

[kris]

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.)

[i_rebel]

you missed my point.

[1989 DX R]

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