The Rice Thread

[SVT_Power]

what if some of these cars could actually perform? 
though i agree most of them probably couldnt, but if the cars actually did perform even if it was some ricey looking civic, would you still call it rice? 

i thought the definition of rice was all show, no go. Classic example would be eThirteen's TSX.

But the poorly executed ones tend to be categorized as rice.

[FordSVT]

i thought the definition of rice was all show, no go. Classic example would be eThirteen's TSX.

But the poorly executed ones tend to be categorized as rice.

Yeah, there's a guy I see driving around in a lime-green with gold-flakes late-model Eagle Talon TSi. It's a pretty fast car, I'm sure he's got a boost upgrade because it's damn near as fast as my 05 Mustang off the line, but the ground kit was massive and ugly, he had four fog lights on the front, two enormous, non-functional hood scoops + one of those idiotic roof scoops, and yellow and orange pin-striping. And rims that are solid with no spokes and about 20" in diameter, must weigh a ton, waaaay to big for the car. Quick or not, it was definitely one ugly POS. My first reaction is "rice!". Well, that's my second reaction, my first is throwing up a bit in my mouth when I see it.

Ironically it has no spoiler when the stock car has a gigantic bat-wing.

[deesea]

but if its fast is it still rice?  wouldn't it just be one fuck ugly pos then?

[Soup DeVille]

but if its fast is it still rice?? wouldn't it just be one fuck ugly pos then?

Yes.

If it is trying to look faster than it is, is poorly executed, and laden with cheap tack-on aftermarket crap, then it's rice.

There are an astounding number of riced-out Corvettes in this area.

[SVT_Power]

can you say non-asian cars are riced out though? Maybe "wheated out"?

[Soup DeVille]

can you say non-asian cars are riced out though? Maybe "wheated out"?

Yes. I think of it as a reference to things that are over-decorated with little or no aesthetic value, al-a the northern Japanese trend of the Dekotora.



Although to be fair, the '70s Superfly look was just as gaudy and completely homegrown.

[the Teuton]

can you say non-asian cars are riced out though? Maybe "wheated out"?

Or kraut.  It all falls under the rice category, though.  Those are just subgenres.

[TheIntrepid]

can you say non-asian cars are riced out though? Maybe "wheated out"?

I thought that you of all people would like the term "rice", as it pertains to your culture

[Raghavan]

i thought the definition of rice was all show, no go. Classic example would be eThirteen's TSX.

But the poorly executed ones tend to be categorized as rice.

Is his TSX a stick?
And how is his riced?

[ChrisV]

i thought the definition of rice was all show, no go. Classic example would be eThirteen's TSX.

But the poorly executed ones tend to be categorized as rice.

I remember rice as simply being sport compacts that were done up as race car replicas without any of the performance parts to go along with it. All show and no go also describes '50s customs and lowriders, which aren't rice. Putting stickers for parts you dont' have is rice. Putting a 5 inch exhaust tip on a 1 1/2" stock exhaust is rice. Custom paint and lowering isn't. Unless that custom paint is a race car paint job on a stock econobox.

And yeah, it's rice when it's really poorly done, or done for a joke.

[omicron]

Although to be fair, the '70s Superfly look was just as gaudy and completely homegrown.

Wonderful!

[TheIntrepid]

Wonderful!

I sincerely hope you are being sarcastic, my dear.

[omicron]

I sincerely hope you are being sarcastic, my dear.

Absolutely not. The Superfly, the Corvorado; any gaudy Cadillac of the '70s, in fact, are brilliant machines. I'd love to have one.

[Raghavan]

I sincerely hope you are being sarcastic, my dear.

Only Omi can pull of the "my dear" things.

[TheIntrepid]

Is his TSX a stick?
And how is his riced?

Auto, and it's his parents car, and it's riced out.

[omicron]

[deesea]

so based on ChrisV's definition of "rice" that means all those cars featured on magazines like sport compact car, eurotuner, and whatnot are not actually "rice" per se. I've always wondered what you guys would think of those cars featured on those magazines.

[Catman]

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[Soup DeVille]

Absolutely not. The Superfly, the Corvorado; any gaudy Cadillac of the '70s, in fact, are brilliant machines. I'd love to have one.

You're an Australian and you know what a Corvorado is?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Is that like an Eldorado, except also a Corvette?

[Soup DeVille]

Is that like an Eldorado, except also a Corvette?

They were made by Dunhill Coahworks. Its a Corvette chassis with a combination of replica and real Eldorado body panels on it. The most famous one was owned by the pimp "Whisper" in "Live and Let Die."

[TheIntrepid]

Is that like an Eldorado, except also a Corvette?

I thought it would be more like a customized VW Corrado.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I thought it would be more like a customized VW Corrado.

[TheIntrepid]

[ChrisV]

so based on ChrisV's definition of "rice" that means all those cars featured on magazines like sport compact car, eurotuner, and whatnot are not actually "rice" per se. I've always wondered what you guys would think of those cars featured on those magazines.

Not my definition, but that of Bryan's Riceboy page, the first page on the Internet dealing with the phenomenon back in the early '90s.

[Catman]

[omicron]

You're an Australian and you know what a Corvorado is?

Lordy yes. A Les Dunham special! I find them more desirable than his later Caballista Corvettes, too.

[Panama_Chopster]

so based on ChrisV's definition of "rice" that means all those cars featured on magazines like sport compact car, eurotuner, and whatnot are not actually "rice" per se. I've always wondered what you guys would think of those cars featured on those magazines.

To me there's tuners and there's rice. Tuners have parts that make the car go as fast as it looks, rice is just this



A sorry attempt to make a car look faster than it actually is while still having a stock econocar engine.

[Soup DeVille]

Lordy yes. A Les Dunham special! I find them more desirable than his later Caballista Corvettes, too.

Wow.

Color me impressed. Next thing you know you're going to start spouting off about the Cadillac wagons built by George Barris for Dean Martin...

[deesea]

Wow.

Color me impressed. Next thing you know you're going to start spouting off about the Cadillac wagons built by George Barris for Dean Martin...

*whispers* he wants you to start naming em'  :P