Ricer?!?!?!

[Import2nr99]

Ok... this is a personal pet peeve of mine. The term "ricer" has been totally blown to hell. Since when is a guy with clean cutom body work, and a nice paint job a ricer? They sport a turbo and many engine modifications. Yet since they chose to change the exterior of the car as to stand out from the rest of the crowd, he is instantly a ricer.

Now it was my inderstanding that a "ricer" was someone who put on a muffler tip, and a "honda racing" stickers on his ford escort. The guy who has "NOS" on the side of his car yet has nothing but window tint and an ebay intake, is a ricer. Even to go as far as the guy who welded on an apc muffler and put some cheap adr rims and cut his springs. Now this type of thing, I could understand gaining the title "ricer"

So, when someone with a modified engine is curious about doing some custom body work and perhaps a wild paint job, where does the rice come from? Why must everyone completely despise anyone who likes body kits? Since when does custom = rice? Why, when someone asks a simple question on installing a body kit, or even purchasing one, does everyone jump onto the "ricer bandwagon" and start hating on the guy?

Now that I've vented, I would like your explanation of the term "ricer". What do you feel dictates the title of "ricer". Personally, I don't care... I will gladly accept the title. BUT... I am very curious as to the general concensus of the line between tuner and ricer. Please help... it's getting very agrivating.

[broddie50]

You hit the nail on the head in my mind, tuner. I respect people who put in money and effort into thier import cars. Rice is every where, from stangs to maros on the domestic side. Don't get discoruged and just do your thing.

[95eclipse-gsx]

hey ebay parts may be cheap but doesnt mean he is a ricer.. plus wats wrong with adr wheels... not all have the money to buy 1000 dollar wheels from the store... the meaning of ricer is simple... A GUY WHO'S CAR LOOKS FAST BUT IS NOT FAST... STILL HE TALKS TRASH ABT OTHER PEOPLE'S CAR ON HOW HE CAN SMOKE THEM AND SHIT... it doesnt mean that guys who all shop in ebay are all ricers... and also it does not mean that guys who buy cheap performance stuffs are called ricers... it all depends on how heavy their pocket is....it all starts when the cheap performance guy talks trash abt how he can race them all and how good his car is...

[Import2nr99]

my gripe wasn't really about parts, it was more about the fact that when someone modifies the exterior, he is a ricer, no matter how expensive the parts or who they're made by. The companies I listed were simply ones that popped into my head. I simply wanna know why body kit = rice. Even if he has the speed to back it up.

[mycivic]

Different people have different taste. Some may see it as "rice", some may see it okay. People just have different point of views. To me (maybe others too) "A RICER IS A GUY AND HIS CAR WHO LOOKS FAST BUT RUNS SLOW AS HELL...WITH APC MUFFLERS AND ALTEZZA TAILS"...thats my "OPINION" and everybody else is entitled to thier own.

Maybe this could spice it up...

http://www.goingfaster.com/spo/you_m..._ricer_if.html

[broddie50]

Rice=all show trying to make people think his car is a burner. Putting performance stickers on their car when they don't have a single piece of said equipment in the engine compartment.

[95eclipse-gsx]

lol i like these two... perfect for a ricer...a guy is a ricer if ..... 1) if you can fit fist fuck your exhaust tip..... 2)drive around in a $20,000 import with $10,000 in mods.. and still live with your parents.

[smokeurass]

^^^^^^ true true

There is nothing wrong with power mods, n then doin some paint n interior work. Ta me a ricer is someone who is all show. If you put 40k into a civic for the looks your a moron (if you could)....After all power mods, id like ta do body, paint, interior lights, n underbody neon kits!

How bout this, like all the people i hate, err...dislike, there parents buy em evo's or wrx's, i know one kid with a rx7 (ARG!) n they throw on exhaust tips or maby cat-backs, n say there fast. N everyone believs them! UGH! it makes me so angry! I need ta break into 12's fast, lol.

[95eclipse-gsx]

lol i like these two... perfect for a ricer...a guy is a ricer if ..... 1) if you can fit fist fuck your exhaust tip..... 2)drive around in a $20,000 import with $10,000 in mods.. and still live with your parents.

[Chavez408]

any guy/girl who works hard on their car and shows effort that he/she did tookd time on it and effort, has my respect even tho sometimes i put ppl down by them asking bout neons and where to find the "best" wing , well i dont mean it, i just have a big mouth , but what i really dislike is those wooden spoilers/bodykits but ey its not my car or my decision...its theirs..

[duckydsp]

I think ricer's are people who talk all day about cars and still haven't learned a thing. Also a ricer is someone who buys the first car that they see and puts a muffler tip on it with an AEM sticker. I also think that rice could be just a phase for some, while others never grow out of it.
If a person gets parts off of ebay, then it doesn't necessarily make them a ricer. There are good parts on ebay, but there are more no-name sh*t parts.
Some people just haven't been blessed with the money for a sick car, but if you try hard and work with what you got, then I give props.
People with show cars ARE NOT RICERS! Some folks decide to enter into competitions and win money for the way their cars look. Speed is for some while looks are for others. As for me, I want to look good while driving fast.
Also, this is what I do import2nr99. Anyone with something negative to say, I say "FUCK 'EM!" It's your car, not theirs and if they don't like it then they're worthless to life.

[broddie50]

I think a lot of people hate on imports period. I think its great, personally, to see import vs. domestic arguments just to see the creativity and hard work people put into both. If you own either, your going to stick up for what you are representing. So its a win/win situation for both sides to get the most out of each other, be it you own a supra or camaro, stang vs. s2000. Just my two cents on a good rivalry.

[AcesHigh]

My definition of a ricer: One who makes a car all show and no go. That's it. Nothing else.

EX: An Eclipse RS owner slapping on a body kit, aluminum spoiler, and giant exhaust tip. Maybe he's just trying to make his car look nice, that's totally cool. He's still a ricer. He hasn't tried to be faster.

EX: A Honda Civic owner taking his LX sticker off and replacing it with a VTEC decal. He puts a giant carbon fiber spoiler on, and stickers all over his car. He's a ricer.

There are different kinds of rice, some well thought out and pleasing to the eyes, and some simply hideous.

The point is, all the hate on ricing is undeserved. Yes, they are trying to make a car look fast when it's not. Yes, some of their cars are atrocities to mankind. And yeah, they think their car's fast but it's not. So put them in their place at that next stop light.

A car belongs to the person who drives it, and the owner can do whatever the hell he wants with it. Make it look nice, make it look ugly, make it look like something it's not; whatever.

Now, fast cars... this is what I like about driving around. People call you a ricer and you just bolt off into the distance. So what if your car looks like something from F&F, if it can take that Corvette next to you, then who cares. If it is that fast, then it's not a riced out car. Even if you have a Honda Civic LX, if you dropped a turbo with a large intercooler, tuning everything properly and are running 9's... well, frankly, you're not a ricer.

But I must apologize, show cars are rice cars...

[JoeWagon]

All of you are a bunch of ricers. Get over it. "IT" is a trend that means a lot of things, usually pertains to japanese originated car accessories and aftermarket parts.

[95eclipse-gsx]

joewagon is pissed caz he dint have enough sex