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01-31-2007, 07:19 PM | #19 |
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.
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got me sum too ..and i like to throw some rolls with it too
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well i just have a foose sticker in the rear window uhmmm a zildjian on the windshiled and an ironmaiden plate on the front. Is that rice??
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02-03-2007, 11:00 PM | #22 |
all show, no go = rice
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02-04-2007, 12:31 AM | #23 |
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IMO, to "unrice" that car, you need to ditch the riceboy wing, ditch the stripe, have the wheels either be silver or black, and lose the eyelids. That car stands out like a riceboy's car does, and ultimately, you'd be looked at as a ricer where I live with that car. White wheels and matching white stripe=surefire in cognito ricer. |
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4 cylinder cars gain 5-6 whp per sticker, unless over 6" wide, then the windshield banner types gain 9 whp. 4 cylinder TURBO cars gain 12 whp per, and 15 per for banners. 6 cylinder and 8 cylinder cars gain 17 whp per, and 21 per for banners (oddly enough, these cars are least found with stickers on them....the 4 banger crowd usually has to have a lot of stickerzzzz to make up for the lack of displacement). 10 and 12 cylinder cars like the Vipers and Ferraris actually receive another engine's worth of power simply by adding the "dynamic duo," the front/rear banner combo....always a classic. |
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02-04-2007, 11:47 AM | #27 |
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There is not much that anyone has done to make a Yaris "go" at this point. A Yaris with around 130 WHP would be the beginnings of what I would call "go". That said, we are all modifying these cars mostly for looks, and handling. We are all ricers. |
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The suspension can definately handle 300 lbs of extra weight. You can verify this by putting 4 people in your car and driving around. Would I reccomend tons of stereo and dynamat in the car? No. You are right about the heavy wheels and smaller brakes, but I am more worried about the SUVs with 26s and stock brakes than a Yaris with 20s and the stock brakes. The added weight of the SUV makes the problem exponentially worse than the Yaris scenario. Last edited by largeorangefont; 02-05-2007 at 10:31 AM. |
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we don't have traffic issues here in Perth (Australia)
my car is 1.3L auto and I don't need anything faster than that I think it's a very slow car so I don't mind making it lil bit slower 18"s, neons, anything that I wanna do, I'll do and what is wrong with rice, I love it as long as I, and my friends love the car, that's all what matters
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pretty sure it is close to that.... I have 2 24" wheels in the back of the Yaris and she was squatted pretty good.... they are a Pain in the ass to mount on the car because they are so heavy
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[QUOTE=Nimble;53039]IMO, to "unrice" that car, you need to ditch the riceboy wing, ditch the stripe, have the wheels either be silver or black, and lose the eyelids. QUOTE]
Nimble, Why is having white wheels on a red car rice? If that is the case there are many Mini Coopers that are rice when they are still stock. Why is black okay then? Also, I would think that a nice set of white rims are less rice than the stock hub caps that most of us have. Afterall, isn't rice when you have somthing that pretends it is something that it is not?
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