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This section exposes the ridiculousness of the Rice-Boy "subculture". What started out as a Southern California Asian subculture has grown into a worldwide phenomenon afflicting those of all races.

Who/What Exactly Is a Rice-Boy?
Rice-Boy is a stereotype. The typical Rice-Boy can be identified by his car, or rather what he does to it. Generally, Rice-Boy will start out with a car that was not meant to go fast (typically a Honda Civic), and attempt to "fix it up," usually consisting of aftermarket rims, lowering springs and an aftermarket exhaust system with a large exhaust tip.

Most Rice-Boy cars (or "Rice Rockets") have the usual complement of stickers proudly displaying features that the car might or might not have, most notably, the Honda VTEC sticker from the later model Preludes, and the plaques from the later model Integras.

Rice-Boys do not exclusively drive Japanese cars. There are quite a few fake Mustang '5.0's and Camaro Z28's out there, as well as quite a few strange looking Neons.
 

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Under the Hood of Rice-Boy's Car
Of course, most of the modifications done by Rice-Boy do not actually increase the performance of his car by any significant amount, but rather, try to give the appearance of high-performance. What most Rice-Boys seem to not know is that many of the things they do to their cars to make them faster actually hurt the performance.



For example -- I have seen many a Civic with aftermarket rims with the wrong wheel offset, or just plain lowered incorrectly. Sure, the car looks nice, except for the tendancy for the wheels to slant inward, preventing the tire's full contact patch from touching the ground, which results in poorer traction, leading to slower acceleration and poor cornering. This of course defeats the purpose of lowering one's car (to acheive better cornering).

Now, a slight amount of negative camber can aid in cornering, however, the slant I am describing can be 4 degrees or even more, which is an excessive amount, far more than could ever be useful on the street, especially on stock-sized wheels.

Another interesting point about lowering cars: it really needs to be done properly. I ran into a Rice-Boy who drives a White Civic EX Coupe (like how many of these are out there??), who, after replacing his aftermarket "performance" lowring-springs with his stock springs again (he was taking his car into the dealer and didn't want them to know he messed with the car), exclaimed, "Hey you know, my car handles BETTER with the stock springs!". I'm not surprised. I'm sure some Honda engineer spent days working on those springs... why mess with them?


Appearance vs. Performance
What sets apart Rice-Boys from normal performance enthusiasts is that they are more concerned with the image of speed than they are about actual performace. Few Rice Rockets add the one option that can make a Civic begin to go fast -- a turbochager.

Take for example, the above pictured Civic. It looks pretty mean and fast with its rims and super-spoiler (another staple of Rice-Boy technology), but closer inspection will reveal that this is a Civic DX. The mirrors and liscence plate frames are FLAT BLACK, whereas LX and EX models are painted and would be shiny. A noble attempt at fooling people (as black plastic would stand out more on a red or white car as opposed to a black car), but the outside appearance doesn't change what is under the hood -- a Civic DX economy car engine.

It's not so much that Rice-Boy is trying to make his car look good. There are lots of people out there who just want to make their car look good, and don't care about speed at all. Rice-Boy, however, says that he is making his modifications to enhance his car's performance, when really, all he cares about is fitting some sort of image. For example, he may lower his car, saying that it is for a lower center of gravity, and thus, better handling, but if he doesn't do a good job of it (i.e., his car is bouncing around from his shocks being able to handle the higher spring rates... or he cuts his springs making his car uneven) then we know that really, he cares more about looking low then he does about better cornering.
 

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Classic Hall of Shame
Here I have put together the old favorites of the Hall of Shame, with some updates, and also some rescans of some images. Some of these pictures go back to 1996, and you can really see how much rice style has changed in the years since.







 

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Classic Hall of Shame
Here I have put together the old favorites of the Hall of Shame, with some updates, and also some rescans of some images. Some of these pictures go back to 1996, and you can really see how much rice style has changed in the years since.







 

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Hey, it looks pretty normal, as far as rice-boy cars go, at first but this car, like many rice rockets, becomes more suspicious the more you look at it. Like that "dual" exhaust system... isn't this car an inline 4? So then in actuality, it's not a dual exhaust system, nor would a dual exhaust system be ideal for an I-4 setup. Meaning what? All the extra weight for that extra piping is just that extra weight!.



Sitting behind these cool wheels are some nice cross drilled rotors... but where are the calipers? Sergio mentioned that they must be the new "HKS stealth type" calipers since you can't see them. Something smells fishy here...

"Besides," he said, "I've never seen a disc made out of sheet aluminum!!! The outer edges were folded inwards making it look as if it was 4mm thick, but a close inspection revealed that it was just 1.5mm thick!!"

I knew rice-boys liked to make people think their cars would go faster than other cars, but they also want people to think they stop faster too!



Well aside from the issues I brought up in the "dual" exhaust thing I talked about in the Euro-CRX section, well just look at the size of those exhaust tips? He's holding up a CD next to one of them to give you an idea of how big they are... hey man, ever get your head stuck in there!?!?

And let's not forget the standard fare, the lowering, the wheels, the offset stripe with partial stripe... and those cool tailight covers that make your tail lights dimmer so people can't see it when you start braking or when you're signalling, then they can rear end you and it will be totally cool!
 

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The Adventures of Rice-Boy and His Dog Mugen


Episode 1: How to make your car faster
Hi. My name is Rice-Boy. I have the sweetest, most original car ever. The stickers make it go fast. So does the spoiler. Chicks love my car. They think it's fast.


My parents are rich so they helped me fix up my car.


My exhast makes my car sound like high performance. The big tip makes it go faster. The bigger the better!


This is my school. I live in Cerritos. This is where my rice-friends go to school too.


This is my car at night. The PIAA lights make me faster.


After I bought my rims and cut my springs I didn't get any traction so i bought the top of the line tires. I don't know what happened to the traction. Cutting springs and getting rims makes you go faster.


Someone told me that a Civic DX is slow so I took my Civic DX sticker off and wrote VTEC there. VTEC's are fast. Now my car is fast too. That day somoene told me to fix my alignment. I wonder what that is... That must mean my rims are good.


I put Chinese letters on my car. I don't know what they mean but they make you faster. "Powered by Honda" makes you faster too.


This is my car on the freeway. It bounces a lot and sometimes I hit my head... But that's the price you gotta pay if you want to go fast, 'cuz cutting springs makes you faster.


This is a side view of how I drive. Leaning back makes you go faster.


This is the back view. If someone in front of you drives like this, watch out 'cuz he's a high performance driver! He knows how to go fast!

I keep my hand on the shifter even though I got an automatic car. That's so people think I have a stick. Manual transmission makes you faster. Sometimes when I am stopped on a hill I put it in neutral then shift to "D" to roll back and look like a manual.


My signal lights blink really fast. This makes your car turn faster. Blue back-up lights make you back up faster.


These are the things you gotta do to go fast - some people just think they know - but I know what really makes you fast... and watch out, cuz I did 'em all!


THE END
 

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Sakuraguy,
Cool..that's very informative,right now,by now all car modders should be aware of where and what direction they are modding their cars. Basically, I deduce that Rice Boys are actually the original 'Ah bengs'. Ppl beware of being a Rice Boy :D
 

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the term RICE boy started by the westerners as a lot of asians in america or aus drives hondas and some other jappo cars. We asian try as hard as we could to kick those old fashioned push rod's asses.. Big boddy kits... big shinny wheels.. loud exhaust instead of V8 rumble.. makes the caucasians jealous of how good our cars look or go.. Hence the term RICE boy as we asian eat a lot of RICE. Its a f**king racist term being used in western country targeting asians. So I believe this is not a place for this as u all should clearly understand the meaning of RICE BOYS. When I was in aus, no aussie will directly use the term on me or call me a rice boy.. because it is insulting.. its a racist remark... WE ARE RICE BOYS. And yes.. some might be more extreme than others with huge stickers and air brush.. but its a trend picking up in states too after the fast & furious and D1 GP. And since GTRs... evos... Wrxs... VTECs... Rotary.. are regularly kicking pushrod v8's asses and will soon totally phase them out.. they can go shove those rice up their arses.. cheers.
 

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I agree totally with Endless too.It is a racist remark,which landed me in 'Lokap' in Perth hehe..but nevertheless,it's true though pertaining the ppl that try to look fast and not knowing what are they doing..Well, we should just call it 'Bengsters'.. :D
 

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Wah! Why the term 'rice' often used to describe Honda owners? :blink:
 

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Obviously, Honda cars are Japanese made cars and are widely exported mar...so ppl will see the nonsense happening on Honda more often..(pricing also cheap...Mugen sticker..+50hp) :lol:
 

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This is proof of not only Honda's related to RICER's ...

These are from Ricecop.com which in overseas .. Police guys shot RICE typre of cars and post them public ..

Strongest car in da' world
http://www.ricecop.com/rcop_pics/001031-01.jpg

I cant stop my laugh buddy


Chrome Rim


Mustang ..Shit!!!


DUMB Mustang !


Mooo Turbines


I hope toyota wont see this celica


Superb !


Dont worry .. sure can fly wan
 

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Want Boost ? .. Drink this ..


Double Decker Car


Modern Enzo


Wan rally? .. Karamjit oso kalah oledi wif spot lights


More please


Ferrari ??


No No .. Its Mercedes
 

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The true Kawasaki Follower a.k.a Fan


VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOM


Nice but rims too small


FORD 747-400


Fire?


Flame kits .. anyone?


Lock it !!
 

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Thnx buddie .. moved

You Might Be A Ricer If…


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You have more exhaust decibels than your engine has horsepower.
You have aftermarket FRONT wheels for racing but stock rear wheels.
Your engine makes twice as much horsepower as torque.
17" rims up front, 13" out back on your FWD.
You ever painted your wheels to match the same color of your car.
You put your automatic car in neutral at every stoplight in order to roll it back and try to fool other people into thinking you have a manual transmission
DuPont gave up trying to figure out the shade you were asking for.
Your mod list includes stereo equipment, shifter handle, MOMO steering wheel, PIA driving lights, exhaust tip, but no REAL engine parts.
A chameleon lizard undergoes fewer shade changes than your custom paint scheme.
Your rims and tires are so large, that you have to install the tire / wheel from underneath the car because it simply won't fit in the wheel well going in from the side.
The dealer laughs when you bring your car back in for service under warranty, and you've only had it 6 months...
Your tires / rims stick out from the lip of your car by more than 1."
Your paint job is from the WRONG end of the color spectrum.
You installed spacers on your STOCK wheels and tires to get them to stick out past the fender.
You see cars like yours in a Shriner's Parade for Children and clowns are driving them.
You bring an empty Maxwell House coffee can with you to compare size when you shop for an aftermarket exhaust system.
Your Eclipse GS-T hardtop has a "SPYDER" emblem on the rear...
Your sum knowledge of suspension is: "the more negative camber, the better the handling."
You push your car through the staging lanes. That way, maybe you can break into the 16s by keeping the motor cool between runs.
You add a super tall rear wing, and a hundred pounds of aftermarket ground effects, neon and stereo yet you gut the interior and yank out the rear seat for weight savings.
Your rear wing AND your rear window have a third mount brake light...
The back lighting in the gauges in your A-pillar gauge pod work long before the actual gauges are hooked up.
You cut 4 coil springs and scrape the chassis on the ground. Sparks are cool when you corner at normal traffic speeds!
You have to find a way to drive AROUND speed bumps in a parking lot.
You install clear corner and brake lights.
You install colored bulbs in your aftermarket clear lenses.
You ever put neon on the bottom of your car, and then busted it on the first speed bump you went over.
You painted the UNDERBODY of your car to match
If your rear spoiler is taller then you are.
if you can fit fist fuck your exhaust tip
You have more stereo WATTS than engine TORQUE!
If your tailpipe extension is the most expensive mod you’ve done to your engine yet.
Your tailpipe extension fell off during a quarter mile race and you went three tenths of a second faster due to weight savings.
EVERY car in your class has a turbo pushing double digits worth of boost.
You spent $5,000 on the engine and you can not out run a stock Camaro, Firebird, or Mustang
You want the 'wastegate' sound, but don't want to install a turbocharger system.
You think Nitrous Oxide on your Hyundai Sonata puts you in the same performance league as the Chevy Corvette.
The automatic version of your car runs 2 seconds slower in the 1/4mile.
If the 1970 Plymouth Daytona Superbird has a smaller spoiler than your car does.
You think the Del Sol is a sports car...
A torque converter does NOTHING for your car.
You think a deep farty noise = the sound of high performance
If you think that horsepower is far more important than torque
If you have ever claimed that switching to a cone filter has given you more than 5 HP.
If you have ever considered installing more than one set of fog / driving lights.
If you claim that the aftermarket cold air intake system you just installed doubled your horsepower or took 2 or more seconds off of your E/T.
Your baseball cap is always on backwards when you drive (the first sign of mental retardation, wearing your clothes backwards... BE).
You spent all night on the Internet trying to find a company that makes a turbocharger system for your Hyundai...
If you removed your side view mirrors and put them at the TOP of the door / window frame.
If you think the Fugees are 'speed' music.
MOMO is 'absolutely required' to go fast.
Your four cylinder has a dual exhaust system installed.
Your four cylinder has four exhaust pipes ("Hey, one for each cylinder!")
The color of your interior upholstery hurts the cones and rods in other people's eyes.
If you cannot drive your car in snow as the ground effects create a plow effect.
If you have installed driving lights to compensate for headlight blackouts / tape.
If you think that 180 horsepower and 185 lb/ft of torque are impressive for a ‘mildly’ modified engine.
If you have stickers on your car for parts that you could not point out if asked where those parts are installed.
You think pushrods are a bad thing…
Your car has more decals than you do the quarter in seconds.
Every Honda you EVER owned, all the way back to your 1978 Accord was either a V-Tec or a TYPE-R.
You took your rear seat out and gutted your interior for weight savings but you installed 400 pounds of electronics, neon, DVD, Sony, etc.
If you gutted the interior to save weight on a car that you will never take to the track…
You lean your seat so far back when you are driving, that every time you hit a bump, its your back and not your butt that hurts.
You have hydraulics and sixteen switches on a car you claim runs low 10s on the street and corners better than a Porsche.
If you can estimate that your car makes more than 250 HP without ever running it at the track or getting a dyno reading.
You claim that you can get a titanium block for your engine.
If you have ever thought Hyundai and "performance" went hand in hand
If you've ever gone to a parts shop or speed warehouse and asked for a 1" to 6" exhaust adapter...
If you've ever contemplated adding "TYPE-R" stickers to your Sonata…
If you've removed more than 1/2 of the coils from your springs by cutting them yourself ...
If you have more neon lights on your car than a strip club...
You put Kanji on your Ford ZX2, Ford Probe, or Mercury Cougar ...
You own a "TYPE-R" Hyundai or Mazda.
You couldn't afford headlight masking, so you just painted them with flat black Krylon and it's peeling. Badly.
You claim that polishing your intake gave you 5hp.
You own a V-TEC Hyundai or Mazda (especially a V-TEC rotary engined Mazda RX-7)
You have neon INSIDE your car or in your ENGINE compartment
You ever claimed that high gas mileage made your car superior in performance to V8s.
If it takes you 8000rpm to reach 30mph from a dead stop at WOT.
You think yellow plastic interior trim makes your car cool
You spend $500 for a giant hand welded tube for a muffler with the weld marks extremely visible
If you paint your drum brakes to simulate Hi-po calipers
If you install fake hi-po caliper / disc simulators
You have a front wing.
If you lower your car and add ground effects but retain the stock 14inch wheels with disc style wheel covers
If you equate the sound of performance with the sound of a Weed Eater™
If you think bolting a fake muffler to one side to simulate dual exhaust is cool
If you think colored head lights work better
Clear tail lights and turn signals. They’re colored for a REASON!
If you take mom's 4 door Honda accord and do any kind of mod to it
You drive a Ford Escort station wagon with Kanji, wide tires, and Limp Bizkit stickers on the rear hatch
You claim you lost the race because you had a passenger in the car.
You claim how if you went from a roll you would have beat him.
You claim you lost because you missed a shift... and your car is an automatic.
You claim you lost because he must have been on the juice..
Flying past the person who is 10 car lengths in front of you after they have put on their brakes.. and claim a victory.
after losing you flip your opponent off... rev your motor and fail to break the wheels loose even around a corner.
Tell everyone about how you lost the cop because of your "driving skills."
you are a white kid driving an import.. wear baggy pants/hat turned around, walk with a fake limp and end every sentence with "yew know wha I'm sayin? Relate."
Your idea of aiming a handgun is raising your arm over your head, pointing the gun away from you, and then just letting your wrist fall to the side to where the gun is almost sideways ...
drive around in a $20,000 import with $10,000 in mods.. and still live with your parents.
You can relate to every line of the song "Pretty Fly For A White Guy" by the Offspring
you take offense when I say.. "your sister is like your car.. small, tight and hard to get into."
You are a skinny, backwards hat wearing, dog chain wallet, 2 ft wide pants leg, Limp Bizkit looking white boy fag with a badly applied peroxide hair color treatment and temporary rub-on tattoos!

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You've spent more on graphics and decals than you have in gas, for the whole year

You sound like you're going 90, but you're creeping past 25

You upgraded to the "big bore" 2 inch exhaust

You lose 2 mpg by installing a body kit

Your wing is so large that if you go faster than 65, your bumper drags

You think "displacement" is something that happens to homeless people

Yugo's give you a run for the money

You continuously run red lights because they are invisible thru your red window tint

15's are considered HUGE rims

You can reach back and defrost the rear window by hand

You will race anyone, anytime, and already know that you will lose

You think Moby is one of the greatest composers of our time

You spend all your money pimping it out because spending money to make it faster is a waste

Your little sister is the only one impressed with your car

When you win a race, you don't really win, it's just that the other guy felt soooo sorry for you

You think your mom's Corolla is fast

The cross section of your exhaust tip is bigger than the contact patch of your tires

Your aftermarket tach is bigger than your fist

You bought the big ass tach to try to scare off the fast cars

But all it does is let people know how hard you have to push it to exceed the legal speed limit

You rev on school busses

Hell, you rev on people in electric wheelchairs

You buy and install custom rims a pair at a time

YOU REALIZE THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND YOU STILL THINK YOU'RE COOL!!!

You've entered a 12 step program called "How to come to terms with your limitations"

The bill of your hat gets caught when you roll the window up

You really want to kick my ass right now

You cut 2" holes in your rear bumper and don't know what they're for

You cut 2" holes in your rear bumper and DO know what they're for

You go to the auto paint store and pick out the most retina burning color you can find

You buy race gas to drop you from 17.02 to 16.9 in the quarter, and then tell all your friends how fast you went

You add a second battery to power all the neon, and the mini disco ball

You add a wing on TOP of your car, 'cause wagons need down force too

You've ever painted bare, raw fiberglass black and said "Look! It's just like carbon fiber!"

You get pimped out props from the mini truck crowd

You still only get dates from high school girls

You actually own a pair of light up glasses from Checker Auto

When you install your super phat wing, you put the pointy ends up

You purchase and install a body kit, one piece at a time

You saw the "Rice Boy" magazine in the back of Sport Compact, and inquired about a subscription

Your brother is pissed cause you stole the muffler off his dirt bike (it was a direct fit!)

Your dad is worried cause you bought a car with less displacement than his lawnmower
 

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:lol:

that is one of the page i found when i discuss about ricer's 2 years ago in another forum

my favourite one is

"You add a super tall rear wing, and a hundred pounds of aftermarket ground effects, neon and stereo yet you gut the interior and yank out the rear seat for weight savings."

:D :D :D

kinda reminds me of NFSU
 

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