ok I hear all this rice calling here
just curious as to what you guys call rice
and if you say "it is jap so it is rice" then can some rice be good

I drive a jap car but I would not say it is rice. rice for me is some car that was for commuting or something like that and then throwing on a muffler that has no function a spoiler on the rear of the car( when it is FWD, nice place to put the downforce right?) stickers that cover so much of the car that you dont even know what color it is anymore.
for the most part rice to me is when you go overboard and it does not look good anymore. but I see almost as many mustants like that as imports. so to me even a domestic can be rice

so honest guys whats your opinion?


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fart pipes, huge stickers in the back window, push handles, painted interiors, stereo systems louder than any one set of ear drums can handle, clear side markers and tail lights, unnecessarily large wheels, tacky ground effectss, and basically anything that someone tries to pass off as being faster than it really is.

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i think rice is promoting stuff you don't have. Like putting V-tec and type-r on cars that aren't. Spoilers higher than the roof. Quad 4 inch exhaust on a 4 banger HAHA one off each header j/k..LOL sorry i'm cracking my self up...cars that are all show and no go...cars that people put a muffler on and stickers and think it's fast.
Sticker=5hp
people that think body kits make your car faster.
Main thing, people that have stock 4 bangers that say their car is fast.


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1995 Red T-Top Camaro, 3.73 gear, F.I.P.K. K&N,Flomaster Cat-Back, Gutted Cat...Very soon, Centerforce clutch and 100 shot of Nitrous
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I have basically the same feelings as the above mentioned.

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KN AIRFILTER
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Well said, for a Mustang owner


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Oh, we can't forget the curb feelers, fellas! Or those ugly chrome fender trim pieces of crap. Let's see...

1. Tail-lights that are brighter than the head-lights.
2. Head-lights that are purposely dimmed in various wimpy colors.
3. Way too much yellow.
4. Japanese characters that aren't even really Japanese, most likely Korean or Chinese.
5. Characters that denote one brand (let's say...Honda.) but are actually promoting another competitors car (how about..umm...Mazda).
6. Ugly front chin spoilers that look like even Andre the Giant (R.I.P) could have fit inside of.
7. Exhaust tips that are bigger in diameter than a compact disc.
8. Exhaust tips that are so shiny that they blind you if the sun reflects off it.
9. Aftermarket "Performance" radio antennas.
10. Krylon colored dash components.
11. Purple and green anodized shift *****.
12. In need of an alignment.
13. Wheels are bigger than most trash can lids.
14. The wheels have 5" spacers.
15. P115/20/ZR36 tires...
16. They reuse the stock 12x4 donut as a race wheel, to put slicks on.
17. My mistake, the stock 12x4 donut is actually the stock wheel.
18. Imported everything, including oil, plugs, etc...because American cars/parts suck, and quality imports need quality parts.
19. Spoilers that you can do pull-ups on.
20. Spoilers that are multi-layered more than 3 times.
21. Hood pins on a stock hood.
22. The sound system is available for rent for major banquets, festivals, and Lollapalooza.
23. The back seat is replaced with several nitrous bottle brackets.
24. The car would actually be fast if it had nitrous instead of a kitchen fire extinguisher.
25. Video/DVD/PS2 in the back of the seats, but nowhere to sit to enjoy them. (Refer to 23.)
26. Curb feelers.
27. Chrome fender trim pieces of crap.

That's all I can think of at the moment.

-ws6formula-

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the only thing rice has going for em, imo, is rims and tires. i love big ol' 17 and 18" rims with low profile tires. however, like the weakvtec guy mentioned, these slow torque-less cars down badly, so maybe its a double edged sword. i plan on getting some 17 or 18" 2000 vette rims, i dont think its rice, they wont have vette logos...

 

to answer your question, rice is taking cars that werent designed to be sports cars and thinking they are by adding a cold air inake or whatever...

 

Rice: Anything that makes you want to grab the owner and beat some sense into him/her.

One of the ***** things that havent been mentioned yet is the 4DSC sticker that can seen on some cars. For those of you who dont look, it means 4 Door Sports Car. ("It must be a sports car, the sticker says so!") Can be found on several imports. IMO only a few cars in the 60's (And domestic at that!) could ever qualify as 4DSCs.

Clayton

 

Don't forget removing one wiper and putting the new one in the center for some unknown reason. It doesn't save enough weight to make it worth it. It doesn't wipe as much of the windshield, so they reduced visibility. It also looks retarded.

 

As a Brit, and not hearing the term "rice" before, I thought it was racist slang describing people/cars/bikes etc of far eastern origin. I guess I was wrong.

 

Rice, as defined by Dave the Disturbed:

1. Japaneese letter stickers. Period.
2. Overuse of stickers, especially promoting brands not present on the car.
3. Windsheild banners, the big solid color ones
4. Distastefully large spoilers, expecially multi-layered or unpainted alluminum wings. I don't care what anyone says, on these cars they are non functional.
5. Distastefully large/excessive/heavy on a torqueless car ground FX
6. Seatbelt shoulder pads that say "type-r"
7. Incorrect badging (type R stickers on non type-r cars)
8. Exhaust tips with greater than a 3" unless required by the output of the engine (basically never)
9. N20 on an originally 90-HP engine.
10. Gutting the interior of your 16 second car (sadly i've seen this done)
11. Single windsheild wiper.
12. Those little stripes on the fenders that go from the upper wheel well to the hood then stop.
13. Doing any of this stuff to a civic CX or DX, or eclipse RS.

Coming soon: definition of ghetto!

These can be applied to any car, not just imports. Not all import racers/performance enthusiasts are ricers IMO. Not all people who drive RWD V8 cars are cool as we know as well. I think a lot of us are far to quick to accuse something like a nice paint job, new wheels, or different spoiler as rice, and thats unfortunate because there is nothing wrong with spending money on a car to make it look better, and we don't all have the same tastes. Performance is always priority one, but looks is a lot of peoples favorite thing about these cars.

OK bottom line: Not all imports are ricers, just the owners.



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i am so sick of peopel making fun of hondas on this board, does anybody remember when we actually talked about real stuff, not who hates rice here?

 

I have nothing against imports. "Gives us something besides rustangs to beat on " OK
No, the thing that defines a ***** to me anyway is the stupid wing and the jap text that translates to "look at me im a jacka$$" It funney because no one knows what that text says.
Whats up with the 4ft wing thing? I saw a nice black accord or somthing similar with a outlaw class wing on it that was awfull. They actually ruined thier trunk lid putting the stupid thing on there . As far as fart pipes there annoying! On a v8 a glasspack makes a rumble on a Il4 or V6 is makes a buzz and ricers dont beleive you have a glasspack cause it doesent sound the same as the one on thier car . Other than that I dont mind the custom wheels or some of the ground FX as long as its tastefull.
Oh forgot That color change paint crap pinck to yellow to green! Whos the person that though of that stuff.
SSC

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