I think allot of the "rice" stuff is the fault of the big 3.
As there was a time when a fake dual exhaust and stick on hood scoops or fake side vents were lame.
Then the big 3 started using them.
The "cat back" dual exhaust system which are just fake duals cause they are to cheap to install 2 cats.
Along with the rash of peel n stick fake hood scoops used by the big 3.
Made that ubar lame stuff ok now cause production cars came with it.
[ The only fake side vents allowed in the real car world are Buick port holes, which even Buick has messed up on the port hole rules.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick#P...and_Ventiports ]
Even HD has lost it touch. Guy at my old work came in bragging one day about his $18000 HD he just bought and thought there was nothing wrong with the sun warped fake plastic tank bra it came with instead of a real leather one. For around 20Gs used.