what is 'rice', 'rice boys', 'rice up' ur car?

[BATMBL]

who came up with this term? im curious to know, since ive read it many times, and every1 seems to know what it means except me! :lol:

also, people seem to diss 'rice' things too, why?

cheers

[Silver-Arrowz]

Check out www.ricecop.com

[Ozzy]

Mate.....I was wondering the same thing myself, so I went off on a search and found this.....a lighthearted (I think) guide to 'rice' cars

http://www.chefjosh.com/rice.shtml...

I guess it is only one guys view, but...I say 'whatever turns you on'....it's about personalising your ride, who gives a s%$t about what the other blokes thinks about your car ? (Usually jealousy driven I think)

[Silver-Arrowz]

Quote from Uncle Ben Racing Page

What is a Rice Boy you ask? A Rice Boy is someone who tries to dress or "Rice-out" an otherwise slow car to make it appear as if it goes fast. If your car puts out less than 200 horsepower and bears a resembelance to this wallpaper, chances are you're a Rice Boy. Many Rice Boys tend to put bazooka-size exhaust tips, fog (rice) lights in the front air intakes, F40 spoilers, half-assed suspension kits, and dozens of performance or foregin language stickers.

Why make fun of Rice Boys? Unlike most automotive enthusiasts, Rice Boys only TRY to make their car run fast. I don't care if it's domestic rice or foregin rice. Rice is rice.

Visit

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/3870/

Fore more details

[BATMBL]

damn its so full of pics everywhere!

i kind of get the gist of things, though i dont see how after/m blow off valves etc are rice items...

[adam 32]

they dont make your car go faster...

[Baron Bohr]

Actually, it was coined a few years ago by Bryan (I think it was 1996). Check out his web-page:

http://www.riceboypage.com/

[Sir R33]

I don't see anything wrong with such things as big arse spoilers,stickers and bazooka mufflers. As long as your happy with your car who gives a s-h-i-t!!!!!.

I admit i'm a rice boy :freak:

[Shrub32]

Rice is a term given to JAPANESE cars by american/australian V8 owners. Rice burners

[rs73]

so what's american cars then???? burgers?????

[Shrub32]

My next door neighbour calls my car a riceburner but the term has gone on to mean a car that like has been said has a body kit and exhaust on a non performance car

[Silver-Arrowz]

It started from Southern California where it was young asian males who wacked on bodykits and bits n pieces on their mainly japanese cars which made it look faster than it really is. It grew to include all races and types of cars.

[moondog]

Originally posted by rs73

so what's american cars then???? burgers?????

hehehehe :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nah, they're spud.

[BATMBL]

lol, thanks for your input guyz!

very much appreciated

cheers! :burnout:

[ed]

Originally posted by Shrub32

Rice is a term given to JAPANESE cars by american/australian V8 owners. Rice burners

erm, they don't just call Jap cars that....VW's, Dodge's etc...

[Shrub32]

read what silver-arrows wrote

[rev210]

It's a derivative of 'rice cooker' , the not so affectionate name given to all things asian motored, by primarlily Aussi/Yank V8 motoring public and media.

'rice-ing' is the act of (over)celebrating this fact with accessories for your car. Definatively none of which increase its performance and may infact detract from it. If you are male and enjoy 'rice-ing' then you may be called a 'rice-boy'. Political correctness has forced me to use the terms 'rice-persons' and 'rice-its'(when you can't make a positive id of the humanity/animality).

I for one have spent numerous hours laughing at 'rice' antics, I think they provide a valuable service to the community and extra revenue for our police and autoshops.

Brightly coloured,sporting strange oversized 'car-garments' and making funny noises....

Think of them as 'clowns' of the road.

[Guest GR33DyMANGO]

i reckon the word 'RICE' has been used as additional accessories for cars as the most common group of ppl that have done it are asians(hmmmm... maybe not) or it could be that most of the cars are from asian countries.....

so what im saying is that its popular for asian cars to be modified in such a way that the modifications are for looks only. when u think of asians i spose the most popular thing in asian countries is 'rice.'(ie the stuff u eat).. hehe..

anyway... thats my unfactual spur-of-the-moment theory.

[Ozzy]

Originally posted by rev210

Think of them as 'clowns' of the road.

Road clowns.....I like it .:lol:

[BATMBL]

LOL @ whet rev210 said, very nicely put.

cheers :burnout: