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 define rice boy what makes a rice boy?
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Sun, 11 September 2005 07:00
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i seem to lable a lot of drivers in excels with those stainless exausts making farty noises and others with a lot of fibreglass big rims and painted drum brakes on the rear.also guys with fords and holdens doing simlar things like bonnet scoops without any holes underneath. i just wanna know what makes a person a ricer in other persons opinions.
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Sun, 11 September 2005 07:20
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overt emphasis on (usually useless) visual enhancements rather than vehicle performance and handling
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Campbelltown
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Sun, 11 September 2005 07:30
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Any "performance" modification that does not actually increase the power output of a car and just general shit that screams defect me or i am a tool to the cops eg neons, chromies Wings that create 1000kg of downforce at 250kmph on a car that'll barely crack 0-100 in 9 seconds etc
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I supported Toymods
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Sun, 11 September 2005 07:39
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I think rona pretty much nailed it there. stupid body kits can be added to the list, especially when on underpowered econo-boxes (typically civics, mirages, lancers, etc)
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Kellyville, Sydney
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June 2004
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c'town, NSW
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Sun, 11 September 2005 07:57
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i feel lot of it also comes down to attitude as well.
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Brisbane
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Sun, 11 September 2005 07:59
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I think ricers are defined more by their attitude that the actual parts they put on their car. However, the choice of mods is obviously affected by their attitude.
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Campbelltown
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Sun, 11 September 2005 07:59
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| mynameisrodney wrote on Sun, 11 September 2005 17:55 |
| Corona RT142 wrote on Sun, 11 September 2005 17:30 |
Any "performance" modification that does not actually increase the power output of a car and just general shit that screams defect me or i am a tool to the cops eg neons, chromies Wings that create 1000kg of downforce at 250kmph on a car that'll barely crack 0-100 in 9 seconds etc
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what about mods that improve a car's performance without increasing power?
improving your brakes does not increase power but i wouldn't call some a ricer because of it.
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i should replace power output with any mod that actually helps the car handle/brake/go better sorry yes brake upgrades in many ways are equally if not better than power you do have to stop 
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1st street on the right
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November 2002
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Sun, 11 September 2005 08:03
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So has anyone else seen the fake brake discs that fit as spacers between the drums and wheel?
not even a fake caliper to even try to make it look real 
Oh and plus they're anodised
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Melbourne - NthSubs
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January 2004
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Sun, 11 September 2005 08:04
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iv seen hub caps with fake race diskbrakes! 
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Perth, WA
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December 2004
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Sun, 11 September 2005 08:44
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Ricers = posers, trying to impress other people instead of doing it for them selves.
everyone will have a different opinion on what is a ricer and whats not.
Eldar.O.
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I Supported Toymods
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Sydney
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Sun, 11 September 2005 09:02
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Just issue a rice violation...
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Sun, 11 September 2005 12:35
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Thats awesome great find that.
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Sun, 11 September 2005 23:38
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There are sooo many different ingredients that make up a ricer,but to sum it up in one word it simply means TRYHARD.
The main thing they all have in common is they are sheep,they follow what everyone else is doing or what they are told is cool through the media.
It is for this reason I class even the most basic of mods as rice,for example painting the bonnet of a perfectly good mirage mat black but doing nothing else to the car. As people have said above the attitude they adopt after doing this is simply hillarious.
Anyways cant be forked carrying on,most ricers will never get it,they will continue to follow the leader, go out and buy their neon washer sprays pick up the new Jamster Frog single or Simple Plan CD and continue to be lemmings...
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Adelaide
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September 2003
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Mon, 12 September 2005 04:48
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The first time I heard the term "ricer" was about 7 years ago in reference to a Swift GTi. I was told back then that any Japanese car which had to use high revs to counter for a lack of torque was a "ricer's" car. How things have changed.
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Sydney NSW
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July 2004
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Mon, 12 September 2005 04:55
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Yeah, Ricer is a "modification" of the term Rice Burner, used by old school US cast iron fans to describe anything made in Japan.
PS, the current term in Japan for these "ricer" or "Autosalon" style cars is a "Bonsai" car. I.E. a car that is only for display purposes.
See even Japan has Ricers
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Pilbara
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November 2004
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Mon, 12 September 2005 05:51
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failure to paint over primer coat
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OMG I've been a ricer for years and never even knew it!
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Melbourne
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January 2003
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Mon, 12 September 2005 06:04
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What is this called ?
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Brisbane
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February 2004
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Mon, 12 September 2005 06:10
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| improvedae86 wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 16:04 |
What is this called ?
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Funny
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Mon, 12 September 2005 06:57
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I think that particular artefact is from the Yobbo Renaissance period, commonly known as Boganism, usually associated with Bundaberg Rum and Holden Utes.
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Mon, 12 September 2005 08:33
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I tihnk pretty much any accessory that makes a car less safe than factory is counted as rice.
Almost everything mentioned above fit in this category.
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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Mon, 12 September 2005 12:29
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| CrUZsida wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 16:33 |
I tihnk pretty much any accessory that makes a car less safe than factory is counted as rice.
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ahh gotcha. female drivers = rice. understood 
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Lost in the K hole
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May 2002
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Mon, 12 September 2005 12:37
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Mon, 12 September 2005 12:38
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perfect example of a rier;
at a wrecking yard was some random nissan exa with
stickers down the quater panel near the drivers
door saying;
HKS
APEXI
GREDDY
GARRET
I opened the bonnet and all i saw was a tired and
abused engine with only a pod filter that was k&n.
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Mon, 12 September 2005 13:03
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Anyone with a 15%tint
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Mon, 12 September 2005 13:04
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| clubagreenie wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 23:03 |
Anyone with a 15%tint
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who said that?? *bump*... huh? what? hello? whos there?...
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Mon, 12 September 2005 13:37
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| Dust wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 14:10 |
| improvedae86 wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 16:04 |
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you know most of us people in this forum have probly been refered to as a ricer by a guy parked at ether maccas or down around town in a v8 localy produced sedan with a group A body kit, auto g/box and a pod filter and a fake power bulge for the quad throttle bodys (which they dont have). those type of people are so cool i wanna be just like them all i need now is a v8 sedan to be like the rest of the majority of cars on the country roads.
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Mon, 12 September 2005 14:21
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| rn-85 wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 21:37 |
| Dust wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 14:10 |
| improvedae86 wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 16:04 |
What is this called ?
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Funny
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you know most of us people in this forum have probly been refered to as a ricer by a guy parked at ether maccas or down around town in a v8 localy produced sedan with a group A body kit, auto g/box and a pod filter and a fake power bulge for the quad throttle bodys (which they dont have). those type of people are so cool i wanna be just like them all i need now is a v8 sedan to be like the rest of the majority of cars on the country roads.
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you forgot the 8" monster shift light tacho..
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Sydney
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September 2004
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Mon, 12 September 2005 16:20
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| rob_RA40 wrote on Sun, 11 September 2005 17:57 |
i feel lot of it also comes down to attitude as well.
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Yeah I think it comes down more to attitude. I think it's when they put fat wings and have fat exhausts and neons and fooly sik seat covers and this in their minds makes them think they are racing material.
I also extremely hate it when you are checking out a car and then the driver spots you and then starts revving their car or doing some other hard cunt shit. ESPECIALLY when it's a P.O.S and you were only looking at the car to verify what it was.
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Mon, 12 September 2005 16:47
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Got neonz? Check!
Got spoilerz? Check!
Got mesh insertz? Check!
Got stickerz? Check!
Got GT stripez? Check!
Got stock motor? Check!
We got us a ricer!
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Kellyville, Sydney
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June 2004
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Mon, 12 September 2005 20:35
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i had racing stripes on my kc laser. i made them out of duct tape. does that make me a ricer?
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Mon, 12 September 2005 22:53
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| rn-85 wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 23:37 |
| Dust wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 14:10 |
| improvedae86 wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 16:04 |
What is this called ?
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Funny
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you know most of us people in this forum have probly been refered to as a ricer by a guy parked at ether maccas or down around town in a v8 localy produced sedan with a group A body kit, auto g/box and a pod filter and a fake power bulge for the quad throttle bodys (which they dont have). those type of people are so cool i wanna be just like them all i need now is a v8 sedan to be like the rest of the majority of cars on the country roads.
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VN group A's and VL group A's only had twin throttle bodies not quads
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I supported Toymods
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Mon, 12 September 2005 23:09
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I suppose I could call myself half-ricer and half-not. You gotta say it, a KE70 in itself just needs mods to make it look better....
Kev.
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Campbelltown
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Mon, 12 September 2005 23:10
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you have a panda paint job on a ke70 nuff said
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Mon, 12 September 2005 23:13
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So not true, I didn't go for panda, I went for two-tone, my original colour is beige, beige and black = one fkn dirty dirty panda. It cost me $20.50 all up and it looks a shitload better, it's not like I wasted $600 just to look like Takumi.
Kev.
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May 2005
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Wed, 14 September 2005 14:17
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You forgot to check the current P plate laws, teh NSW government encourages RICE
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Melbourne
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October 2003
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Wed, 14 September 2005 14:28
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In the nervousness of reading your above posts I was a bit worried to post my opinion..
"Rice" as most of society seem to call it is a form of car modification which has had no consideration from what looks good. I don't hold grudges against people for making their car look a certain way because they like it, thats just rude and definitely not what car enthusiasm is about. I know somethings will just look completely out of place, hence "BIG WINGS" "NEONS ETC"...
I was given the opportunity to purchase a SSV bodykit, Which personally looks really decent on my car, not overdone, just neat and definitely newer.
Just gotta be open for other peoples opinions, Each to their own. When u think about it, if everyone stuck to the same guidelines you'd never say "Ahh that car looks different", tends to get boring quick to tease the cars,
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Wed, 14 September 2005 23:33
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Adrian speaks the truth!
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Fri, 16 September 2005 13:23
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| Phrostbyte wrote on Tue, 13 September 2005 09:09 |
I suppose I could call myself half-ricer and half-not. You gotta say it, a KE70 in itself just needs mods to make it look better....
Kev.
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well.. it did involve him cutting an AE82 bumper in half and installed it onto his KE70...
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I supported Toymods
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Fri, 16 September 2005 13:26
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Exactly, it's only half an AE82 bumper! And it's off another corolla, not from some aftermarket BIG SHPOILER MATE shop, and it's not finished yet .
Kev.
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Sat, 17 September 2005 08:07
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what happens if you do all these ricy mods but do so for a joke..ie you want people to laugh at you.
ie crapy spray-paint paint job, cardboard bodykit, christmas light neons....
does that make you a ricer or a knob shine?
so techincally ricing is ok, aslong as you have to power to back it up. so if i get bigger cams put it that allows me to get a body kit? and upgrade to a turbo means i can get a new wing or neons??
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Sat, 17 September 2005 10:52
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Mate if you want to add a big spoiler or neons, you don't need to justify those to anyone by getting 'bigger cams' or turbo.
Just do what you want to do, and be prepared to deal with whatever consequences those choices will create.
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Sat, 17 September 2005 10:58
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mesh inserts? rice?
thats new
chrome wheels? rice?
well ill be damned..........
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Campbelltown
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Sat, 17 September 2005 10:59
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| time2play wrote on Sat, 17 September 2005 20:58 |
mesh inserts? rice?
thats new
chrome wheels? rice?
well ill be damned..........
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lol you are one big ricer
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Sat, 17 September 2005 11:32
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i think the real ricer part comes in where their attitude is i know a guy who is into cars and he is more into car adio and car sound. for him going fast is good but not a prioity, he doesnt have to be faster than the next guy just louder clearer with a neat install the neons are there cause they look good with the body kit he has. but he hasn't got a bad attitude to other drivers. so it just somes down to attitude and the way they treat other drivers and their own car.
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Sat, 17 September 2005 11:36
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if thats wat u call it............ i just thought it was my way to express my style............ low and loud on some huge chromies with minor detailing (clear indicators,minor mesh if required,color codin,one off items)
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Sat, 17 September 2005 12:12
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Well I just rewrote this post 2 times, can't get it right, too drunk...
Rice is in the eye of the beholder...
If people want to make their car look good, good on them! I have a friend that has an '89 magna. He's done absolutely no mods to make the car go faster, but the car looks absolutely great with the 15" momos and some mad vynal on the bonnet, and his sound system beats mine hands down even with the amount of work I've done on mine.
Whatever makes people feel good about their car is their own choice...
Kev.
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Sat, 17 September 2005 18:03
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| riceburna73 wrote on Mon, 12 September 2005 09:38 |
There are sooo many different ingredients that make up a ricer,but to sum it up in one word it simply means TRYHARD.
The main thing they all have in common is they are sheep,they follow what everyone else is doing or what they are told is cool through the media.
It is for this reason I class even the most basic of mods as rice,for example painting the bonnet of a perfectly good mirage mat black but doing nothing else to the car. As people have said above the attitude they adopt after doing this is simply hillarious.
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i concur with Mr.Burner
i would also put into this categoy all the tryhard wannbe takumi dofifto boys that have gone and bought a hachi roku for dorifto purposes... just because they've seen some initial D episodes, or maybe some best motoring vids...
and also seeing many of the modified cars around japan has altered my perceptions of what it rice or not... engine mods are particularly not legal in japan (emissions etc), which is why people go for exhausts and body kits and such..
one difference between australia and japan, is that lurking under the funny lookign body kits here are pretty serious suspension setups and more often than not, big brakes too.
you could also justify the carbon bonnets (which are sometimes designed well to direct air away from the radiator) are not rice...
but the biggest diference is that in australia, ricers are tools.
in japan, the people with highly modified looking cars (that will most often at least have decent suspension) are not just people with funny looking cars... it's more a lifestyle than an image. i dunno, it's hard to explain really..
wings still look wanky, but the honda NSX i saw in the hills sitting about 50mm of the ground, with a full JGTC body and a bark to match.. looked good.. i'm sure many ppl here would say it's wanky, but it looked and sounded like the real thing..
aaaanyway... most bodykit bunnies in Aus, and particularly the wankers who "do laps" (esp cetain beachfronts and sydneys george street).. are... well ricer/wankers 
meh...
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Sat, 17 September 2005 18:28
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Sat, 17 September 2005 18:30
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now it's rice
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Sat, 17 September 2005 18:35
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i think anything with multiple wings MUST be called rice
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Sun, 18 September 2005 07:34
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those hands on that red car actually looks pretty cool/well done
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Sun, 18 September 2005 07:55
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| havabeer wrote on Sun, 18 September 2005 17:34 |
those hands on that red car actually looks pretty cool/well done
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they do. but that wing is a monstrosity
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Sun, 18 September 2005 17:11
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omg i am classified as a ricer, 
since my crash the bonnet on the celica is black, in primer, but ive had people ask me if its carbon fibre,
also i bought some side skirts because ill probably get a veilside frontbar (they are cheaper than toyota parts), and the car would look odd with a low front and nothing on the sides.
but it must come down to attitude 
it just must 
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Tue, 20 September 2005 07:03
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So if i was to paint my bonnet and spoiler black for example and drive the streets nicely it would be classified as rice?
However if i do the same thing and drive like a maniac letting my twin turbo noise pierce the quiet of the night it would be ok?
Assuming attitude is not part of the equation?
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