Definition of a Ricer

[Freedan]

I just wanted to see what is everyone's take on what is considered a "Ricer".

At what point does simple modification crosses into Ricerhood? Is it a large exhaust? Is it a New Spoiler? Is it a body kit? Lowering the car to 1" off the ground and not be able to go over speed bumbs? Putting emblems on when said emblems weren't ment for said car?

Sorry if this was already answered, but when I search for Ricer on the forums, I really didn't see any topics about ricers, just posts with the word "ricer" in them.

[annn]

Who cares ,do what you like ! Funny how when my 1970 trans am was new they were hated and thought to be covered in "rice",now they are a highly sought after car and sell for 60,000.

Spoilers,extractors,flares,shaker hoods all done on one car wad just to much for 1970 minds and it took until around 1977 and movie to make trans
ams a non-rice car....I always liked them my pals hated them...so do what you like not what a guy on a forum tells you is the rule.

[toast]

i generally equate rice with lack of quality. a large exhaust done right is great, but a $29.95 super turbo fart-can held on with binder clips and duct tape is rice. same can be said for graphics, spoiler etc.

[toy_toronto]

This could be a good example...




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[chrisj]

lol!

[heeroyuy01195]

Well if you're talking about where the term originally came from, back in the day the muscle car guys used to call my brother, his friends, and I "rice burners" because we drove Japanese cars. It seems to have evolved from those days into a term to describe...for the lack of a better term, poorly executed modified cars. If we're going to use the original meaning of the term "ricer" then I'll proudly call myself a ricer because I race Japanese cars. If you're going by the latter, then I am by no means going to call myself a ricer.\

By the way, that picture that's posted in here isn't considered "rice" in Japan. There's a large following for that style of modification in Japan. The name for it escapes me right now but its actually common over there. So all of you JDM freaks on here, why not try to imitate that as well? ;)

[RedRide]

Personally, I hate the term "rice/ricer as there is no definition that can be agreed on.
Rice has has gotten so far from its original meaning that the term should now be abandonded.

Now, It's like trying to define porno and you will get plenty of different definitions.

As the saying goes, porno is anything that excites a supreme court judge.
Rice is anything a non ricer does not like.

Are things like simply bad taste rice? No, they are just in bad taste.
Many times, custom cars are labeled rice even though they are not in bad tastes and some simply don't like it.

Shure, there are people who really deserve a derogitory term, any term, and ricer is as good as any, but is is used far too often.

[why?]

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Here is a good example, and not because of the mods themselves, but because the absurd point they were taken. The car is just way too far over the top.

Besides the absurd rear spoiler, the kit itself would be cool if it wasn't quite so ridiculously wide and absurdly low.

[Randa]

Ricer=Honda=FAIL xD

[eTiMaGo]

any mod that is done solely for the sake of looking "cool", yet looks "cool" *only* to the eye of the car's owner, is what I call rice. It might not be a single part, but a combination that just does not have any kind of harmony to it. One might say too many LEDs around the exterior of the car is rice, but if done properly, it can be pretty cool (case in point, PK's car).

long story short, tasteless, uncoordinated mods = rice, IMO

[sleey0]

I kind of find the word offensive, and I am not even Asian.

The meaning of the word came from the way Japanese ppl do up there cars. Just watch the original fast and the furious. That is all Japanese tuning and, naturally, some American/jackass had to just make fun and equate the japanese nature and origin of the modding, with "rice" - what they are most famously known to eat (plus it is easier to say than "moogoo-er").

Anyway, I do my car how I want it, and I don't give a flying fuck if someone doesn't like it;) Becasue, quite frankly, I don't spend thousands of dollars on what you like or what you want.

[annn]

Originally Posted by sleey0

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Anyway, I do my car how I want it, and I don't give a flying fuck if someone doesn't like it;) Becasue, quite frankly, I don't spend thousands of dollars on what you like or what you want.

I AGREE !!

[yarisugi]

ricer = slang for people who love rice.
I love rice. Therefore, I am a ricer.

[sleey0]

Ok. What would you classify the car below? If you associate it with the "N" word than saying "ricer" should be the same.

[auxmike]

HollaDolla!
Now THAT'S a Donk to be proud of....

[sleey0]

I just LOVE the 'donkey kong' on the side.

Classic!

[yarisugi]

Nicer?

[heeroyuy01195]

Originally Posted by sleey0

I kind of find the word offensive, and I am not even Asian.

The meaning of the word came from the way Japanese ppl do up there cars. Just watch the original fast and the furious. That is all Japanese tuning and, naturally, some American/jackass had to just make fun and equate the japanese nature and origin of the modding, with "rice" - what they are most famously known to eat (plus it is easier to say than "moogoo-er").

Anyway, I do my car how I want it, and I don't give a flying fuck if someone doesn't like it;) Becasue, quite frankly, I don't spend thousands of dollars on what you like or what you want.

I'm Asian and I don't take offence to the term at all. Its only a derogatory term if you let it offend you and give pleasure to the ones using it in a hurtful manner.

Also, I'm not sure who made the Fast and the Furious remark but the term "Rice Burner" goes way back to the 60's and 70's when Japanese cars first started popping up in the US. The term "Ricer" is just a "modern" spin on the word.