Ricer or not???

[Neon1996]

Whats the opposite of a ricer and what kind of parts would u want to put on ur car if u dont want to seem like a ricer

[InductionByForce]

One thing to consider when you are asking the question if you are a ricer or not, is your outlook on racing/performance. A ricer is someone who is racing, installing(or rather having installed professionally) performance parts, turbo kits(chrome trim), taillights, headlights, fenders, etc just because they are trendy and it is cool. Thats why hondas have good and bad misconceptions. People think what they are doing makes your car fast, not faster "fast", and this mentality takes a fairly popular car, like a civic, and turns it into a medium of "rice" where they can make their ride look the "coolest" out of their friends. Now I have a problem with this sort of people, that are just into cars as a trend, because I base my life around them, and cant survive(mentally) with out them.
So to try and answer your question, RICE can be considered an acronym for: Race Inspired Car Enhancement. Where the person wil use things that are usually intended for hard core racing and use them to be cool.
Now, if you really dont want to be a ricer, you should just race, dont try to be cool, dont try to win people over with the looks of your car, and most of all "DONT CARE WHAT RICERS THINK"......Go for it, try to be differnt in a movement against the trendy ricer crowd, throw away that pos bodykit, get stock taillights, and dont think that intake gives you anywher close to 15 horsepower, and dont get them damn heavy "blingin" rims.


Jared

[MStout]

I agree, either go for looks or actually care about your car and go for performance. I dont have the money to make mine a real street racer, so I make it as good as I can. I dont exactly race since Im from a small town, but I like feeling alittle more power than usual. I also made my Neon all red and black, without the need for a spoiler or hoodscoop or expensive bodykit, though the evo ones do looks damn cool with the foglights. I just hope Dynomax catback isnt really loud and annoying! My car is far from show quality but I know it looks better than it was when I bought it...without being Ricey.

[Neon1996]

yo good look but u were right the evo kits do look hot!! but thanks jared u sound like u kno wut u doin

[InductionByForce]

thanks,
As you can tell im really big on expressing my opinion, and may get carried away, but i'll stand with my points. I once was in the ricer stage, where i liked the painted interiors and the giant spoilers, i loved bodykits and z3 fenders. But, since then ive truly grown up, and realized that performance is way more of a rush than thinking a car looks good. Now you can call me a ricer if you want but im into the jdm mods for other cars(actually only japanese-american cars) but i love amber, not only for jdm things also. I dont understand what drives people to think that clear looks better, i know its just personal preference but damn i love amber, and true HID headlights. So i do actually care how my car looks but there some looks that im just not down for.
But me and my friends are all performance, the cars we dirve are a little strange, one being the worlds second fastest minivan(what a fast minivan) yes a fast minivan, it ran a 12.8 @104. So that can tell you right now what kind of person I am and my standings.

Thanks for checking my long opinion out,

Jared

[nealuss]

what kind of minivan is it? My friends dad has a caravan R/T that is truly badass though i couldnt tell you the specs on it. I do know that he has some serious hookups with dodge though. His freind was the lead designer of the 300C that is coming out i think; and he designed the interior for the viper. As far as the ricer thing, these guys have said all there is to be said. Im in the same position as MStout. My car is better than stock, but no where near show room and extremely far from ricey.

[eclipse2quick21]

i dont think bodykits and that stuff is ricey............as long as you have the performance to go fast along with looking fast

[eclipse2quick21]

i dont think bodykits and that stuff is ricey............as long as you have the performance to go fast along with looking fast...alot of people were/are at the rice stage...truly im borderline.....but i always buy performance parts before i get something to look good so in my opinion im far from rice

[ejbo1997]

I'm with eclipse, I don't think that bodykits, z-3's, lights, and all that stuff is ricey, I have all that in my neon, I 've had it for a couple months now, I am starting to do performance mods, I'd love to get a turbo, but because CA laws I wouldn't wanna mess with the law. What I think rice is, people with cars that only have an exaust and think they have a turbo, they get on your side and start pushing gas.

If you guys think I'm wrong, please feel free to tell me.

[InductionByForce]

I actually dont agree, I believe that the most "ricey" thing to do to a car is get a bodykit. I really dont see how they look good, and especially making your car look like another make of vehicle, whats up with that? I dont see how getting bodykit can help the performance of a vehicle. Pretty much any goal of a ricer is to get their bodykit, their evo or skyline front piece with their bmw style fenders. I really dont see anything wrong with the ways a car looks stock and I cant even think how anyone can change it to look like a different car. This type of thing goes by saying that ricer's do things because they are cool, thats why you see so many magazines with "pimped out rides" in them with their blingin turbo's and blingin "NOS" bottle. Its all for show, im not complaining about show except their style's arent my bag, but what is performance about it, and why would you want your fast car to "look fast", as a ricer aquaintence once said, by having that bodykit, wing and taillights. I just dont see it. I wouldnt disgrace my car with such cosmetic disasters.


Jared

[eclipse2quick21]

inductionbyforce.....if you were talking about me by saying ricer aquaintence....i was saying that if you are going to try to make your car "look fast", then just have the mods to back it up..which alot of show cars dont, and i DONT agree with that unless you only do show and never put your car on the track.

[ejbo1997]

Quote:
"Nothing! As far as I can tell, there are three kinds of people who fix up their cars. There are the ones that care about performance and want to make their cars go fast/handle well. Then there are the ones that want to make their car look good. But there is a third group - those who try to make their car look fast.
You see, there is a difference between making a car look good and making a car look fast. Lowering a car and putting some nice rims on will enhance most cars' appearance. A car that has been lowered improperly that bounces down the street or leans to one side, though low, does not look better than stock. It just looks stupid. Putting on a giant sticker on the side of your car 99.9% of the time does not enhance your cars appearance.
But those who only want to make their cars look fast do so under the pretense of going for high-performance. They use performance to "justify" what they do to their cars. In actuality, they don't really care (or know anything about) performance and really just want to fit some image. These are the kind of people that bother me."
This quote is from the riceboypage.com, It'll answer all your questions. Please check it out.

[InductionByForce]

Excellent point, ejbo1997. I'm impressed with that reply, and am glad that I am not the only one who feels this way, if that is the way you fell as well. That quote has a 100% truth to it. As for you eclipse, I wasnt talking about you, but your statement:
"...if you are going to try to make your car 'look fast', then just have the mods to back it up" how in the world does a body kit make a car look fast? If you can possibly answer it without going on the lines of "ricers with think its fast" go ahead. I have seen only a couple of cars, and I really mean a couple, that can actually back it up. And for a car to look that terrible it would have to be faster than the ones that back it up, even, to satisfy me. I can also say, the third group is the ricers, and domestic guys to disrespect anything that doesnt have a v8 in it, can also be ricers. Ive seen them, you've seen them, painting interiors, putting stickers on their car that isnt really sponsored. But all in all, ricers disgust me.

[InductionByForce]

And that page that was mentioned, it really does the trick in explaining it totally.

[eclipse2quick21]

ok sorry saying something back...didnt mean to come off as an asshole....i know exactly what you mean by only a couple of cars being able to back it up...and i agree with you completely..the bodykit doesnt make it look fast, its just a term i use about cars with them and neons and stickers but no performance mods...