what do you consider a ricer?

[fordmustang23]

Some people call anything with a four cylinder a ricer even domestics like cavs, focus, and neon. Others call all japanese cars ricers. I consider a ricer to be any japanese economy car (civic, corolla, etc.) that people put shiny wheels on, and tint windows, put decals on it and crap like that but don't spend money to actually make the thing fast. What do you think?

[SuPeRcAr_MaN]

This isn't really a topic for the Pontiac forum, but I will reply anyway. The term ricer or rice burner, at least for me, started when people used it to classify stock Japanese cars. But I consider a ricer almost any car that have stupid mods that are just for looks and don't improve performance, like you said. This includes big spoilers, fart pipes (especially huge ones), ground fx, neons (sometimes they are cool), and NOS. Nos does improve the performance of the car, but that is the only way these four-bangers will beat a respectable vehicle. And if these mods are done to an American car, it is still 'ricey'. I also hate huge speakers, but that's another story.

[BeoWulfz]

Actually NOS is just an overhypped Mod... yeah it boosts yer performance but in turn majorly messed with the engine damaging it by each burst... hell my 3.1V6 Tempest smoked a NoS power elantra on the track and my car is flat out baseline STOCK except for the rims thats it Hell I even have the year GM made the cars with self changing paint the faster you drive the more paintloss there is hehehehe

[BeoWulfz]

oh yeah just for laughs heres my car with the self changing paint job ( Note the rims are stock cuz I aint drivin on em in winter there polished aluminum I dun need the road salt to destroy them )

oh yeah its not How fast the car goes its how well you can drive and handle them

[BLU CIVIC]

can't we just close this thread b/c this subject pops up everywhere......i think it's pointless b/c it all comes down to PERSONAL taste........

i personally like Uncle Ben's

[NSX-R-SSJ20K]

Pontiac TransAMs with Combat wings
Ford Mustangs with Chromies

(chromed wheels are useless)

Domestics with import rims (distasteful)
Upswept exhaust pipes

Type R stickers
Liars

[BeoWulfz]

Nah dun close this tread its fun

ROTFL Type-R stickers ROTFL I saw a chevy that somone cut the word TYPE off of and put the R next to the cars name LOLOLOL

and my rims arn;t imports there off my Nephews Chevy Cavalier except the ones in the pic above then thise I dunno where they came from they say Pontiac on them but there butt ugly

[BeoWulfz]

hey NSX-R-SSJ20K .... O.o where do you get Blue traffic lights from we only have 3 lights red= go faster or look the other way when going through, yellow pound on the gas and green don;t bother letting go of the gas

[99' Z-28]

can't we just close this thread b/c this subject pops up everywhere......i think it's pointless b/c it all comes down to PERSONAL taste........

Really, i have been getting tired of hearing this and i have no clue why this poped up in the pontiac threads, but the term "ricer" i guess came from honda civics or something. The smell of burnt oil made the term "rice burner" what it is. Just because a car has a wing and big mufflers don't mean its a "ricer" Actually the mufflers you guys call big are about the same as a cherry bomb, but these just have tips on them. So really the mufflers should have nothing to do with it. I used to make fun of what i thought were ricers, then i realized that name was pointless and putting ground effects and wings on cars made them look pretty cool and shouldn't be made fun of just because of the muffler.

i personally like Uncle Ben's

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I hope this don't come up again in the pontiac forms ever again.....it's pointless really..... Thread SHOULD be CLOSED.

[99' Z-28]

But I consider a ricer almost any car that have stupid mods that are just for looks and don't improve performance, like you said. This includes big spoilers, fart pipes (especially huge ones), ground fx, neons (sometimes they are cool), and NOS. Nos does improve the performance of the car, but that is the only way these four-bangers will beat a respectable vehicle. And if these mods are done to an American car, it is still 'ricey'. I also hate huge speakers, but that's another story.

NOS? now that is what a "ricer" would say.....NOS?!?!?!? You mean, Nitrous Oxide? Thats better....Supercar_Man, are you a ricer?
Thing is, nobody will mess with you if you have "NOS" or Nitrous Oxide.
Even if you have a NOS fuel treatment bottle in display, you won't get messed with.
Huge Speakers? thats getting off the topic there...What do you call huge? 10, 12, 15inch SUBS you mean? Alot of people have them. Rice has nothing to do with Subs.....Again ROLLEYES->

[Blue02R6]

Japanese cars. All of them. The people eat a lot of rice so their cars must use it as fuel.

[fordjay16]

Originally posted by BLU CIVIC
can't we just close this thread b/c this subject pops up everywhere......i think it's pointless b/c it all comes down to PERSONAL taste........

i personally like Uncle Ben's

blu civic is right. its all personal taste.

[hondahappy86]

to be a ricer....id say a few key ideals of a ricer are....a 4 cyl 2.0 and under...larger than 16 inch wheels...bumblebee exaust...euro tail lamps...and at least 2 lbs of..."go fast" stickers...and ground lights...thats a ricer to me...anybody care to argue with that

[jon@af]

Originally posted by Blue02R6
Japanese cars. All of them. The people eat a lot of rice so their cars must use it as fuel.

Well that's about ignorant

[Webslinger60]

Although most of the cars that fall into this catagory are of Asian origin,
Each year there are more domestic & European models on the scene, so
calling them all "Ricers" is not really accurate anymore.

Here in the NYC area, I've been hearing them referred to as "Tuners".