How to build a ricemobile

[justin@af]

I see many people are talking about rice cars so i thought we should start a list for other peoples sake of what things make a car ricey

I'll start

1. Stickers
2. Wings that are way higher than the roof of your car
3. Chrome tips on a stock exhaust to make it look like its faster

I'll let u guys add on stuff

[LostBoyScout]

Those 3 are very true - however, I can see this list turning into "anything that is not totally sleeper" quickly, as everything is considered rice by someone these days.. it's gone too far, just like feminists and political correctness

[JD@af]

However, continuing with the list...

Tinted windows
"Grap fruit launcher" exhausts (not just the chrome tips)
Way too many fog lights
Overly-flashy chrome rims (the ones that stand out so much that you hardly even notice the rest of the car as their excessiveness flat out eclipses other aspects of the car's appearance)
Body graphics (as a sub-part of stickers)
"Hyper white or blue" xenon headlights
Lowering*

*In some cases.. lowering does legitimately lower a car's center of gravity and inherently increase its roll stiffness for handling improvements.

Consider this a running list. I'm sure there are more rice traits out there that will be touched upon.

[enzo@af]

Originally posted by JD@af
"Hyper white or blue" xenon headlights

I disagree. Many companies (MB, BMW) use Xenon as their stock bulbs. NOT RICEY.

And, the guy that gave me a ride in his 550 put Xenons in his 456. Not ricey.

Also,
1 windshield wiper conversion
headlight covers

Big rims matched with small rotors and drums (hehehe)
fake cross-drilled rotors
"powerd by Acura"
seat belt pads
50 stickers...stock engine
negative camber
rims cost more than the car did.
false badges (Probe Gt-R, civic SiR (in america, that is))

This Ferrari does not have a turbo. That badge comes from a Porsche. Idiot.

What about for non-imports? Like, cavaliers and stuff. Shouldn't we call them something different than rice, like "hot dog" or something?

[enzo@af]

This...

[autofan]

that's a nice muffler......

We can call the American rice...hmm.... let me think.....
how about "American rice"?
I think it sounds good enough, or how about Rice-wannabees?

[justin@af]

I've seen alot of those pics floating around...i know there's some web page all about rice cars and pics of rice cars...I think it's called http://www.riceboyspage.com
but i'm not too sure...You can do a search on it...its really hilarious

[enzo@af]

Yep, most of those pics are from http://www.riceboypage.com/
Funny stuff. I like the hate mail section a lot. There's one from this guy with a Diablo that's hilarious.

[JD@af]

Holy cow... Enzo, nice find with that Civic picture with that cannon of an exhaust in the back. I can only imagine what that car sounds like.

In defense of my claim of xenon bulbs as ricey, in new cars, that's fine. But I feel that in older cars, that don't have them stock, people install them because they want their cars to look cool to other drivers and get noticed. And this succeeds. This is why I feel that these are characteristics of a ricey car - although that is not to say that any car with xenon bulbs is "ricey."

[enzo@af]

Agreed, JD

[JD@af]

[LostBoyScout]

Big ugly body kits, ugly stickers covering parts of the vehicle, and huge scoops for no apparent reason can be found on domestics all over the place, domestic rice is definitely also on the rampage!

Single wiper conversions, when done right (unlike 95% of the ones you see on the street), can be beneficial. They wipe the water off the windsheild in a faster and more efficient manner. I will do the conversion one day, but with the proper Bonrath kit that relocates the wiper to the exact middle and has the proper motor for the job etc

And lowering is a great mod as long as you actually buy aftermarket springs AND shocks

Basically rice usually occurs with kids, who are enthusiastic about car but know dick all about them, decide they gotta have a totally modded car when they have hardly any money to do so. Baaaad combo

[LostBoyScout]

JD - I always laugh to myself about that, if I had a 1978 Civic rusted to hell I would definitely NOT throw on some 17s to attract attention to it!

[HXMan]

I think a few stickers here and there are ok.

Rice ties in directly with attitude. Some people think that stickers and a chrome tip make them fast...that is rice. Some people think a catback and stickers makes them fast...that is rice. Some people think I/H/E makes them unbeatable...even without stickers that is rice.

Ricey people also dont know shit about cars in general...thus they think the most minor of mods make them fast.

Just because someone makes their car look good(in their opinion) and attracts attention does not make their car rice. Aftermarket Headlight bulbs do not make a car rice. I happen to like the way they look and so do lots of other people...it all has to do with attitude.

I for the most part think that any car carrying an Si or SIR badge with nothing to back it up is rice. I saw a black hatch at the track with SIR badges, big chrome rims.....but the guy had a Jspec b18c under the hood and was running low 14's. That is not rice, unless the guy was an idiot, which he was not.

Here is a pic of that car. Ricey?



That car is awsome

[Robs944S]

I like to defend kids you call 'rice boys' These are just kids who like to make their cars look cool......(in their opinion). We may think they are ugly & loud, but they made them the way they wanted. if they want to put a 5 foot wing, go for it, it may be ugly as hell to me, but if they like it, go for it.

My only beef with 'rice boys' is when they start to think their cars are fast. Just because you can break into the 15's, doesnt make your car fast. Just because you put on a loud exhaust, that wont give you 20 HP...or when you try to race every V8 you can find, thats when I like to calll em Rice Boys.....