TO Rice or Not To Rice: That is the question

[vodkalush]

It seems that the last couple of weeks people have been thread "bashing" (i dont really see it as soo but I know some do) and in each time that I've read its been about the "Thats rice" and the "No its not", plus some people taking comments to heart....

either way I say lets focus all that hate+love into one thread so that we can keep the others "clean." I'll post pics of my ride (below) and you can judge for yourself if I am Rice or Not Rice. And if you have the balls (or vag) then post yours up as well.

However be prepared for some nice (if your lucky) and not so nice comments.

Let the insanity insue!!!

(below is an outdated pic, I put the hubcaps back on)

[eTiMaGo]

Huge spoiler: negative
VTEC/NISMO stickers: negative
underbody neons: negative
spraypaint paint job: negative
huge chrome rims: negative
4" coffee can exhaust: negative

That's about as un-rice as it gets, a bit on the boring side, even

But what's the verdict on this, the plan for what my car will look like in the end?



I mean... we've got a big "go faster" stripe, big rear spoiler, a wide body kit that makes the car almost wider than it is long, eyebrows for god's sake... Sounds like rice, right?

[hasher22]

Well the word rice is gettin on my nerves cuz people have different perspectives on it. Adding a spoiler is rice, people say its not. Changing the body is rice others say its not. Frankly in my mental dictionary says that whatever u do to a car is ricing it.

Anyway my yaris still needs to drop and get rims added to it. Though everyone has their perspective on what they like and dont like. Anyway doesnt bother me with some negative comments, i made the decision to paint or do whatever to my car and it was my choice.

Such as the fake netz rear symbol i aint rollin in a car that has different badges front and back, thats just me. Others will think differently.

Anyway small pic of my car now in my avatar.

[firefly1_0]

Originally Posted by hasher22

my mental dictionary says that whatever u do to a car is ricing it.

it all depends what you're going to do with the car after you add or do anything.

if you are adding functional add-ons and are racing the car on the weekends at an auto-cross or drag then its not rice.

IMHO

if you put a fart-can on an automatic, then thats rice...
if you put a really low hanging body kit on a car and still expect to drive it, then thats rice...
if you installed a tach on a car that you don't compete in, then thats rice...

the list goes on.

[Violin]

Some people don't know how to follow the rules.

Vodkalush - not rice

eTiMaGo - Rice as hell (but oddly beautiful)


Have at it bitches:

[vodkalush]

honeslty I like all of the above

[spkrman]

violin and etimago, definitely rice :)

[ChinoCharles]

We're all ricers at heart. Its OK boys.

eTiMaGo's concept definitely takes the rice cake.

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But its also the one I'd want the most.

[vodkalush]

ahh hahaha


rice cake's are good...

[largeorangefont]

Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

We're all ricers at heart. Its OK boys.

Yup. Exactly right.

[spkrman]

well, IMO at least.. the yaris LB is one of those cars that you can do almost anything to, and it will still look "good"... something like the XB, although the XB you can basically do whatever you want and it doesnt seem out of place.

Which, this car is very "rice" made in japan f0 realz.

[static808]

im just happy i havent seen any stickers on these cars yet. you know, those magical stickers that add horsepower to your car. at least, thats what all those civic and integra owners will tell you. points for violin's moonroof and leather interior, and points to etimago's aspirations. minus the white racing stripe, that will be the hottest yaris around, flat out...

--B

[vodkalush]

ahhh haha, my favorite is when I see NOS stickers on 89 cavilers and 90's neons

(and I am guilty - i do have my tanabe stickers on my 1/4 windows :-( )

[ChinoCharles]

I just ordered a sticker repping a dyno shop for my back window. For a YARIS.

Does it get any ricier?

[static808]

Originally Posted by vodkalush

(and I am guilty - i do have my tanabe stickers on my 1/4 windows :-( )

hey, a few stickers of things you actually have is fine, dont get me wrong. and if you're sponsored, i understand that you need to make that money. but i've seen some cars that make nascars look plain. and its not just the performance companies. i absolutely love it when people put stickers of their sound systems, like alpine, pioneer, JL, etc... why not just leave the keys beside the car so the thieves dont have to break the window...

--B

[vodkalush]

good points, one of the cars on campus had a full "UPS" design complete with brown paint job and huge vinyl logos on each side.... I wish I'd snapped some pics

[mikeukrainetz]

I contacted one of those advert agencies a while back, those ones that pay you to cover your car with a sticker - was actually like 300 a month depending on driving habits... pretty sweet deal until I looked at the type of advertising.... you get what they give you, imagine driving around a Yaris with rims, kit etc and 'Vagisil' pasted all over it.

found this, its kinda funny.

Rice burner is 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. This practice is in 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.

In Denmark, the drivers of these kind of asian-manufactured cars are referred to as "sushis". It is common for these people to hear comments like "move back to Japan" even if they are clearly not of Asian origin.

[FoEKuZ]

got me sum too ..and i like to throw some rolls with it too