Someone explain this for me. What is rice/ricing/ricer? i've seen people who have a fly ___ car or turbos and ____. and call them a ricer.

Then i see cars with body kits and such but still the same speed called ricer.
Somehow having differen't talights can make u a ricer too... so can anyone explain this too me (pics?) i take it its not a positive term..

Holla

 

getting an exact answer to this.

well, in general, people refer to cars from asian, japan mostely, as rice burners.

now what constitutes rice basically in the eye of the beholder. ugly taillights, over sized spoilers, big loud exhaust, ugly headlights, ugly body kits, bad paint jobs, stupid stickers, hood and roof scoops, ugly oversized rims on cheapo cars and so on. underbody kits, giant rally fog lights, over zealous racing stripes etc.

there is no cut an dry definition, one man's rice is another man's masterpiece. but in general they are when people do tasteless modifications to their cars.

 

here are plenty of examples of rice.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...870&highlight=

 

whats with the ebay thing.
it wasn't about ebay, it was a globel worming argument.

 

To me:
ricer means modifications that imply being "souped up" but in fact are not. A big fart can with no turbo (and giving up what little torque you do have with no back pressure), an A pod gauge with no turbo (what are you keeping an eye on? wiper fluid levels!?) a huge wing when you don't need down force. Altezza style lights are generally referred to as "rice" as well.
I'm about go more than show, some folks the other way, I leave them be, no skin off my nose. I prefer sleeper, they prefer Fast and the Frustrated. To each their own.

 

your joking right

look, i don't know if you have a scion or not , but we don't have very meny gauges and alot of people have added oil temp, oil pres, and volt gauges because thease are importiant things to keep en eye on. id rather see en analog gaug starting to cross 200 F so i know i might have a problem, rather that have a little red light come on at 240 F to tell me im over heating. or id like to see my voltage gauge bouncing below 12 v rather then have a battery light come on when im down to 9 v.
ALSO a "fart can" has more aps then just forced induction.
some people like being seen and some people dont.

ive got LEDs in my wheel wells, dose it do anything for me at car shoes...... not realy, most car shows are during the day. does it make me faster, does it help me see better at night........... NO.
ive also got a large wing, it looks good on the car but i realy don't think it does anything to help.
it does nothing. why wast money on something that does nothing and has no real advantage.
because i like the way it looks and i like people to stair at me.

my question is how can you tell if something is not "souped up" ive seen some trashy looking cars that can beat anything on the street, ive also seen some realy nice looking cars that can do the same.
how can you tell the owners intent, i know nothing ive done to my car has made it faster.
but ive seen some real stupid people around that think they have the makings of a jet car when all they have is a 91 honda civic with a wing and a fart can and some tail lights, and they try to race everyone they see.

 

Spellcheck! It hurts to read this thread...

Uberspeed is right in that Rice is about superficial mods that imply performance that your car can't deliver. FWD sedans don't need Touring Cup wings, economy engines don't need hood scoops, and no car needs another poor-fitting lame body kit.

There's nothing wrong with mods that add real performance, functionality or style to your car, and I think most Scion tuners understand that (I've only seen a few ricey xBs, for instance...)

 

As I stated, I described in short detail what rice meant to me.
It's your vehicle, do as you please.
I'm rather certain though swartz, that you should probably be the owner of a Honda.

Here:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ricer

Excerpt:
A person who makes unecessary modifications to their most often import car (hence the term "rice") to make it (mostly make it look) faster. The most common modifications are (but not limited to):

- Huge exhaust that serves no purpose but to make the car louder
- Large spoiler on the back that looks like something Boeing made for the 747
- Lots of after-market company stickers they don't have parts from, but must be cool

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricer

Excerpt:
Rice burner, a pejorative used initially to describe Asian-made — specifically Japanese-made — motorcycles and automobiles. Many variations have also been used, such as rice rocket for Japanese sport bikes. More contemporary use of the term rice burner, along with the prefix rice, has taken on an alternate pejorative meaning for an automobile that has been modified to give impression of high performance, but does not necessarily have any high-performance capabilities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner

Excerpt:
More contemporary use of the term rice burner, along with the prefix rice, has taken on an alternate pejorative meaning for an automobile that has been modified to give impression of high performance, but does not necessarily have any high-performance capabilities. This practice is in direct contrast to the "stealth" or "sleeper" style of automotive modification, where a vehicle may have major performance modifications, but the appearance remains similar to that of a stock model. In this manner, the appellation can apply to any vehicle regardless of country of origin. The most commonly modified cars are sport compacts, but the term can apply to any class of vehicle, including trucks.

 

It has always been my thought that rice = false advertising.
Stickers denoting performance enhancing parts that are not on the car. Giving the outward appearance of being fast but cannot back it up (All show, no go).

 

Nice Urban Dictionary link uberspeed. Pretty much sums it up for anybody who wants to take a look, and not biased by Scionlife members.

 

Definition covered in this thread:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...087&highlight=

Here's my personal one, Webbster's feel free to borrow:

Rice is essentially a modification (usually poorly done) that decreases the asthetics of the vehicle. Part cost is not part of the equation.

Big wings are not always rice, the WRX come stock with one, big wings on an escort are. The main offenders are unpainted body kits, eBay exhausts, aluminum wings on non-aerodynamic vehicles, and U-bracket fog lights. An intake for the look or sound isn't specifically rice, I consider it engine dress-up the same as croming a valve cover or a color-matched battery. It's only rice if it looks ugly or redneck-engineered. (Duct tape for ducts ONLY)

 

Thank you sir.

I initially started off describing what I thought rice to be, but then decided to expand it a bit further to see what the general population's opinion was.
People's views are different, tastes are subjective, but the OP asked what it was and I think those links help paint a more complete picture, citing them as references is much more credible than my opinion (who am I anyway?).

 

This is priceless:

 

There is A LOT of rice on this forum. Coming from a bimmer community where practically everything other than stock was considered rice, it took me awhile to adjust to the "riceness" in this forum.

That being said, I love my XB. It's a fun little car and I enjoy cruising it. But, I'm going to have to side with uber-lame, oops, I mean speed. Man, if you don't think LEDs in your wheel wells isn't rice, than I don't know what to tell you man If I drove my coworkers to lunch with those things lit up, I'd imagine they would try to put my XB in one of those anti-rice VW commercials and catapult it in the air.

I have the "SCION" lit door sills and it is rice as hell... It makes me laugh, but I tell everybody it's rice AND I like it! Either way, call it what it is and just be happy with it.

 

Hey Uber, that license plate is classic..... He must be referring to the pedestrians...

 

Nice D_Unit, now you're taking shots too? lol
E tu Brutus!?

I came from VW myself and love the sleeper look, my last car was in fact modded in that vein.
Yes some things on Scion are inherently rice, but oh well, some are tasteful rice (like brown rice with vegetables) and some are just downright hideous mods that make babies cry.
I LOVE those VW commercials!

 

Thank vettereddie for the link he posted, pic was in there. On other forums they have entire sections dedicated to posting up pics of rice.
Like on Scikotics: Taters and Rice

 

Perfect!

I think this illustrates my point exactly.

 

OH OK I SEE.
can you point out were i specificaly insulted someone?
i F**KIN hate honda.
besides...... were is your car?

 

I'll chime in.




Rice because: old junk car to begin with. Thinks that by putting on some crappy body kit and a wing it will look cool and be fast.




Rice because: One wing would have been ricy enough, this guy has two.



Rice because: Race cars use hightened aftermarket hoods with scoops for engine clearance and air intake. This car most likely still has the stock 4 banger with no forced induction.