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Originally Posted by maverickmage
I think that a lot of people on here has no idea what a ricer is... A ricer is usually thought of as a car with unnecessary mods that makes the car worse than it was from the start. The problem is that a double standard is applied.
For example: The wing on the mustang shouldn't be considered rice since the wings serves to apply downforce on a RWD car. It would be considered rice if it was on a civic since it really serves no purpose and makes the car worse.
Why would an aftermarket 3" pipe be considered rice on an asian car but not on a camaro? They both don't have any performance increase and only serves to create a sound that the driver likes. Heck, I've seen spoilers on here that looks like it would create more drag than actually spoiling wind.
There's a lot on here that puts on giant wheels on their car that makes the car worse than stock in handling and accel... but people don't call that rice. Yet I'm sure if I were to post a civic si on here with similar wheels, it would be bashed on left and right.
Same for lights. AAC creates respected products on here, but I remember people going on about how "rice" a car was with all these various lights when Fast and the Furious was out.
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Yes.
Rice is:
Race
Inspirced
Cosmetic
Enhancements
People do this to camaros all the time unfortunately. Bigger spoilers when there's no need. Ridiculous wheels (hey, some DO look good, but some are just ridiculous and slow the car down). Many of the drop-spring setups that might be stiffer, but pound you more and do nothing significant for the weight transfer (sway), the list goes on and on of course. There are good mods out there, but go and look at any of these forums and you'll see plenty of "rice". Is it all bad? Probably not. If it is non-functional though, I'd label it as rice.