Don't forget dropping the hell out of the suspension so the rim is partially hidden behind the wheel well....as well as putting such things as 'BMW M3' fenders on a non-BMW car.

 

Normally, WRX's (that I see) have diagonal exhaust tips, as well as Supra's, Silvias, R32's-34's, etc.

 

http://www.goingfaster.com/spo/ghettostang.html

http://www.goingfaster.com/spo/cheaprice.htm

http://www.goingfaster.com/spo/other_ghetto_stang.htm

 

Ditto

 

I bought that civic bone stock when I was 18
it was my first car I really worked on and I took 4 years to do it

It is rice but I am very proud of it and I put it in many shows

 

Funny how everyone calls it rice, I really don't think that car is rice at all, it's not like it's all plastered with useless crap, it looks clean and simple and more custom than rice to me, oh well, yet another example of how the term gets misunderstood and tossed around etc. I don't see why swapping fenders etc is rice, all it is to me is a more modern version of hot-rodding/street rodding/customizing. It's not like the guys that do that stuff are thinking " ooo, now everyone will think I have a BMW"... they're probably just following a trend or maybe they saw someone else do it so they did it etc.. Slamming a car isn't rice to me, hell they've been channeling cars since the 40's, some people like 'em low, doesn't make it rice, it really is a preference thing. I love to see trucks/cars/even choppers slammed, I think if it's done right it looks sick as anything. Of course some of this stuff is over the top or whatever, but why does that make it rice? I think I'd have to agree with some of the folks who posted before me in saying that rice=non-functional stuff like fake intercoolers, stickers, homemade wings etc.. Big difference between that and the Honda you have/had. I've even seen pics of body-dropped trucks laying rocker and people calling that rice, why? just because it's low? I know a few folks who drag door that are also running superchargers on fully modded motors and can give a lot of cars a run for the money, does that make them rice too? I guess it is to some folks, but it all seems very inconsistent. I wonder if all those guys from back in the day that would take a 30's ford and slap a huge chevy motor in it had to deal with people calling them "rice" or whatver?

 

what type of performance was that civic getting mikeb?

 

canaryrx8,
we see TOTALLY eye to eye
my civic was really custom

my goal was to create a unique and different ride
I wanted to turn heads and get attention and not look like other civics
it was a hobby and I did the same with my rx8

blueeyes,
my civic was super slow
I call it rice because it was almost all show and no go

I had intake and exhaust

 

That's alright, if it was a show car it doesn't need to go. You have any interior shots, looks pretty nice in there

 

I agree with Canary...and I like your Civic MikeB.

 

I'm guessing it probably was pretty unique for a while, then the "tuner bandwagon" came to town and screwed everything up lol I've customized everything I've ever driven, guess that makes the rice king! lol

 

right you are

I actually went with the rx8 because it was brand new and such a unique and different car
i love it

I was gonna fix a rx7 or supra up but that has been done to death

 

Oh God, not another ricers/what-is-rice thread. What's next, a discussion on gas mileage or how to get the latest flash?

 

you're clever

 

whA...there's a new flash?!?! will the dealer do it if i don't have a .....ok ok I'll stop now :D you know what they say about being a smart ***....it's much better than being a dumb ***! by the way, who are "they" anyway? has anyone ever met "they"? where do "they" come from? :D

 

I was fipping through the channel's and turned to the G4 channel to watch this tuner show called "Street Fury" or something like that.

If you wanna see rice try and catch that show. You may have to mute it because the people on there are so damn stupid it makes you want to bash your head into the wall... I managed to watch about 5-6 minutes before having seazures from all the flashing neon lights and dumbass paint jobs.

 

I saw that last night too, they had an 8 on there. the host on there is an idiot, has to be the single most annoying host since the wubba wubba wubba chick from mtv. they had all theses marbleized civics on there with 20's etc.. saying how if you don't come with 20's and a marblelized paint job you ain't nothing' etc.. yeesh

 

I didnt see the show but I see those cars all day in car shows in cali
that is why I stopped showing at shows

it is totally out of control nowadays

 

I would define "rice" as any car haphazardly modified, either cosmetic or mechanical.

I wouldn't say something is "rice" just because it's a Civic or a Sentra, etc... The car's owner may not be able to afford more and is simply making due with what they have.

 

hmm, "hahazardly modified" i like the sound of that