Idiots guide to becoming a ricer

[ghostguy6]

Follow these simple steps to pimp out anything.........

[kornflakes28546]

[tonioseven]

[clawhammer]

That cat must have eaten some serious rice.

[240NIZ]

Finally..a guide to becoming a ricer. Now a can rice my grandma's Buick.

[publicenemy137]

I thought it was pretty dumb. Nothing original. Also lowered cars isn't ricey, makes it handle better since there's a wider center of gravity.

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by publicenemy137

I thought it was pretty dumb. Nothing original. Also lowered cars isn't ricey, makes it handle better since there's a wider center of gravity.

Please tell me that was a joke.

[clawhammer]

Originally Posted by publicenemy137

I thought it was pretty dumb. Nothing original. Also lowered cars isn't ricey, makes it handle better since there's a wider center of gravity.

Wider center of gravity? There is no such thing. Center of gravity is a point, so what lowering does it lower the center of gravity, so it can handle better, and not tip over.

[WickedNYCowboy]

LOL. Thats funny. Can I borrow this to post on PickUpTruck.com?

[YogsVR4]

Good one

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by clawhammer

Wider center of gravity? There is no such thing. Center of gravity is a point, so what lowering does it lower the center of gravity, so it can handle better, and not tip over.

exactly. however despite popular though a lowered car (amateur style) often will not handle better. Most times it will handle far far worse.


Cars come with a certain relation between the roll centers of the car and the center of gravity. And have the suspension geometry set up accordingly. Manufarctures have chassis experts to set that up. Lower the car and you'll fudge all that up.

Furthermore slapping on some lowering springs will further make stuff worse. Their properties will not match the compression and rebound rates of the shocks not to mention their response rates.

The truth is that chassis setup is probably the most complicated part of tuning a car.

[Jimster]

Yet another ricer poke



While I admit that this one was more original (As in it was done to a funny-looking cat), poking fun at "Ricers" stopped being funny as far back as 2001.

[Toksin]

Funny solely because of the way its done. I liked it.

[958Rocky]

neutrino, there are alot of cases where lowering cars helps the handleing since it reduces wieght transfer. Most race versions of street cars are much lower, however they use the stock suspension placed differently as opposed to cut bump stops or lowering springs.


I know what with some suspension setups ( i think mcphersion sp) lowering them too much affects G loading during cornering, but i never understood how.



note: I don't understand suspension setups very well so everything I wrote might be wrong

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by 958Rocky

neutrino, there are alot of cases where lowering cars helps the handleing since it reduces wieght transfer. Most race versions of street cars are much lower, however they use the stock suspension placed differently as opposed to cut bump stops or lowering springs.

This is why I added in my post "(amateur style)". Because generally yes a car will handle better when lowered. BUT only if that modification is done by an expert in chassis setup. Racing versions of cars are lowered by the manufacturers who have plenty of access to all the experts they need to do it properly.

Most people though just slap on some lowering sprins and call it a day. Other people do it better by using adjustable coilovers (sometimes very high quality stuff) but they forget to set them up properly.