(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Given my (in)sane car obsession, a term I often come across, and that is more than often misused, is “RICE.” Most people generalize that term unfairly and match it up with Japanese cars instantly. For starters, the Internet has agreed on the acronym of R.I.C.E to play out as Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements. Nowhere in that explanation does the meaning hint at the cars having to be Japanese to be rice.

Looking back in the early 2000’s, when Fast and the Furious first hit the big screens, this type of “RICE” modifications may have been acceptable; although, borderline hideous. I admit, I thought having a sick bodykit and a massive wing on your car was cool, but I soon realized it wasn’t. Pointless visual modifications throw your car into the category of RICE. Not to slay ethnicities, but a lot of Mexicans are the ones who still continue to contribute to the inglorious world of RICE modifications. Take a Honda Civic for example. I’ve seen a countless number of them with chrome wheels that barely squeeze inside the wheel well. In addition to an unnecessarily huge wing on a car barely pushing out 125 horsepower, they throw on hugely hideous bodykits, hood vents, roof scoops, and trashy chrome lights. Now, THAT is RICE. All of the modifications are cosmetic and race inspired; yet, they serve to purpose given performance.

I’m not bashing modifying a car, but there is a proper way to go about it if you’re serious about improving the way it drives. Start with suspension, tires, and brakes. Things that seem irrelevant play the biggest factors. Unless you’re SexySolo, you aren’t driving a Ferrari. And most of us on here don’t. I love to modify cars. The way I see it, a car from the factory is limited and tamed. Through hours of hard work, part swapping and eagerly waiting at your doorstep for the UPS guy to arrive, you end up with a car that is much more than what you originally had. And all of that can be done without a huge spoiler and wide bodykit. I don’t see why one would modify an Exotic car, but not all of us can get at them. Since that’s my case, I find it enjoyable to buy a cheaper, older car and put a little more money into it to unleash its fury.

A real car enthusiast loves and appreciates all cars. Or, they have legitimate reasons for not liking a car. They don’t use the term RICE when it doesn’t fit. To put it short, RICER’s aren’t only Japanese cars, but ALL cars. I’ve seen BMW’s and even the precious American Muscle that is Mustang riced. Don’t believe me? Check these pics out.

RICE..

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Lambo-Camaro? WTF
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NICE..

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Now, there's many more that fit both of the categories, but I just picked a few. As you can see, JDM, USDM, EDM, and all other places that manufacture cars can fall into both playing fields. So, next time, please be mindful when you use the term RICE.

BUT.. at the end of the day, it's your car. Do what you will, and don't give a fuck about what others say if it makes you happy.

Guess could say people overcook the RICE :p

because we don't drive the speed limit or we would all have the cheapest smallest most boring hatchback in the world

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so 240sx are rice,z's are rice? evos are rice, stis are rice, supras are rice? s2000s are rice? rx7s are rice? cmon all those cars aren't rice and the holy grail skyline gets shit on supra's all day

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your honda is 2 damn slow to catch or see the monsterness of a rx7

Wow dude... I never said they were... I am just saying the way they set em up in Fast & The Furious is RICE... REAL tuning isnt about bling. Thats what F&TF has gone for. Those cars are not RICE cause I know a thing or two about JDM and Japanese import tuning. Done up right and they are amazing cars to drive. Its just the way you set them up Toke ()

P.S.... Supras are terrible compared to Skyline GT-R's. And you couldnt even get a Skyline over here in the U.S. boosting its value well past what a Supra can bring.

And Toke give 420 a break... Honda's can be tuned to be right up with FD's. I have seen lots of properly set up Honda Civic's that look nice, but would whoop up on a FD. But with that being said FD's are not slow by any means. They can be a strong car to deal with.

I am sorry 420 () From 1 Honda lover to the next, man...

haha all F&F cars in terms of visuals are RICE.. seriously.. but considering when the movies came out, I guess they were cool. But yea, that R34 on 2F&F actually looked good, even with the decals and shit. Tokyo Drift was decent in terms of visual cars.. that Evo was proper and the Z and many other cars. But yea, those cars are great platforms to start anyways.

Have you heard of Honda-Tech? There was a build thread on there where a guy build an 90's Prelude. It looked so DAMN RICE, but considering it was a 10 year build, I respect the car. The parts put into the car were impressive, but it looked so trashy haha

And yea, any car can be made into something great. I saw another build on there where a dude from Brazil build an 8th gen civic running 9's in a 1/4 mile! haha

still i have not my car pic..so m not upload..

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not the best pictures, not a pro lol

it looks good but i dont like them 2 small and girly

it has 4 seats lol all my familys other cars are 2 seaters so i kinda needed to get a thing for all 4 of us to drive somewhere rather than take two cars

still very small u mazda fanboy wankel engine for a profile pic :lol: