Everyone seems to be using this term incorrectly...so her you go!

Rice is meant to describe cosmetic mods that serve no function, make the car appear faster than it really is and are usually race inspired. Such as putting a fake blower on your hood, huge spoilers, a large fake exhaust tip, canards on anything other than a race car, holes in the rear bumper of a car that is not used for drag racing, or even the front splitters that people use on here.

I've looked into this before and the term "rice burner" was originally started by Harley Davidson riders as a derogatory term to describe Asian made motorcycles. But there is evidence that the term evolved due to the largely Asian American youth filled import street racing scene that started in Southern California during the early 90's, which was influenced by the Japanese street racing culture. Consequently, it was popularized worldwide by The Fast and the Furious movies which started the trend of using race inspired cosmetic mods on small Japanese cars. And that's where the term is today. But somehow people have started using it to describe anything they think looks gaudy or any, and all, modded JDM cars regardless of their mods, which is incorrect.

 

Thanks for clearing that up and providing us with this "useless" info.....LOL

 

Just in case you started getting carried away thinking of any potential future mods for...your highly valued S4 hoping to reach RS4 or 1.8T performance lolll

 

I like canards, carbon splitters, bumper holes, hood vents and short mirrors. When done nicely.









Note the subtle canards on the R8

Yes...I like. I also like haters.

 

...yep I al so can appreciate things like that as long as it is done with class
By the way your 3rd pic is that a Japanese Nissan 240 SX type R? with the driver seat on the right side...

 

That is definitely not a 240.
That, my friend, is a Nissan Skyline R34. A car that is by far, my favourite Jap dream car.

On the topic though, the difference with the pictures above and "Ricers" is that they don't go over the top. Most "Ricers" are just cars with every single bolt-on mod thrown on. Small touches (ie. splitters, hood vents, etc.) look great when the rest of the car is clean. Nothing wrong with a little flare, right?

 

That third pic is indeed a GT-R. It's a special one though: R34 Skyline GTR V Spec II Nur

Nissan Skyline GT-R - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's pretty rare, and as AudiCoupeGT noted: it's on many car collectors dreamlists.

One thing i'd like to point out though: I'm not sure why so many cars have the AeroCatch latches on backwards (space maybe). The R8 for instance...the latch opens the wrong way (as per the manufacturers instrucions). Just an oddity to me, that's all.

 

You have done it now audimontreal....... you have started the degradation of this forum...!!

 

lol! thats an awesome pic! made me laugh when i seen it.

 

This has always been my definition of it. The thing that always struck me is that the people who do these mods don't impress anyone but the other fools - people who know better have great disdain for it.

I think it's the automotive equivalent of stuffing your pants crotch with socks - you may impress a few teenagers, but you're outta luck when it comes time to put your hardware to the test.