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Working on that. Not that the rear brakes REALLY need functional scoops but it's more the case that I've always hated having crap on a car that isn't functional.

 

On a 68 Shelby you could put functional hood scoop and side scoops. Only problem you would have is the louvers that cover up the side windows.


Hood Scoop- allow more air flow to engine
Side Scoops- Cool down brakes.

 

So does that mean a 68 Shelby is considered rice until the owner makes the scoops functional? If that is the case, just about every mustang would be considered rice right from the dealer. Just look at the 1999+ era. Fake hood scoops and side scoops yet I had never heard of anyone claim that classified the car as rice.

 

The problem is many people would simply punch a hole in the hood and drop a scoop on top of it. That is NOT what I'd call a "functional" scoop. Yeah, it allows air movement but that's about it. Certainly doesn't actually serve a real "function"

 

I guess it just depends on what one would consider rice. I don't consider most mustangs with fake side scoops and hood scoops and a spoiler rice.

 

Cool, you had me worried there for a minute

 

my point was a cobra r is a ricer in appearance....it is the same thing people do to their street cars and since ALL of us for the most part are street drivers and not professional race car drivers, any spoilers are pointless because we can't legally drive over 70 mph anywhere. Anyway, my point is, there are dumb looking add ons to any car, import or not. I like mustangs, not imports, but not BECAUSE they are imports and I don't dislike someone because they modify the hell out of their cars in way that I wouldn't.

Just like guys that spend $20k on lifting a F150 18 inches and another $10k on paint on a truck that will NEVER see dirt. Pointless....but it's cool that they are doing it, right?

By the way, saw a show with some mitsubishi that put a smackdown on a viper and a corvette on a race course. Sometimes, light weight and better weight distribution win out. Yes the mitsi was modified but still waaaay cheaper than the other two.

 

I just looked through your blog. That is a nice GT definately not rice. I am a fan of most mustang body kits anyway. I really like the Stalker and Black Widow kits

 

I will need to get my camera out some day when driving around. There is a mustang (94-98 body style) driving around with a whaletail spoiler, clear taillights, projector style headlights and gold wire spoke rims in town. If that isn't rice, I don't know what is.

 

Got the same one running around here minus the gold wheels. This guy has black wheels on his. DOES look funny doing that crap to a Mustang.

 

Ricer's to me are the Fart canned Winged Imports, lowered and primered. R-Badging on a Muscle Car is not a ricer. I means something special to the owner/modifer of the ride. No American Muscle car is a Ricer. NEVER!!

Case & Point. At an All-Ford's National Show, a few years ago, I entered my modified 35th Anniversary GT Convertable. Black and shiny, with a home made tonneau, that made her a two seater. My Grand Daughter gave me a red letter "R" for her gramps new "Roadster". So I put it on, below the GT emblem on the Trunk Lid. One of your A-hole members stuck a rice haters sicker on my car at that show, because of it. I WON 2nd Place. My car sported NO, chrome, euro lighting, decals, nor neon.I was pissed then, and still am today. Your club/group, needs to smartten up.

 

Yeah most of them do. I would have been curious to why the R was there. I wouldn't have automatically said "That is a Ricer."

 

I agree with Dave's definition of what a "ricer" is. I really don't care for that term. It's too specific. I prefer "poser." It's not just imports that are "posers." It's any modified make of car that falls under the "all show, no go" category.

 

I agree, it's not about who made the car, it's how functional the modifications are as well as the quality of the modifications. Ricer's are stereotyped because some owners of imports make bad cosmetic modifications pretending to be performance mods and have attitudes to go along.

I can appreciate purely cosmetic modifications if they are done well and don't pretend to add performance.

 

Hahahaha no! A 1968 Shelby will never be considered a ricer.. When you see a car with a scoop put on a car with velcro and half of it is flaping up and down as it goes down the road, that is a ricer.

 

When you actually start making mods that work against your cars purpose, its no longer accepted as "style".

 

Here's what I thought it meant.

Ricer = Car manufactured in Asia.
Euro = Car Manufactured in Europe.
American made is self explanatory.

I didn't think it was meant to be addressed towards what one puts on or does to his or her car. Wasn't the term aimed at those that were not manufactured in the USA Originally? American made.

 

the original term of ricer was people who suped up or altered import (Japanese) cars,

since then these cars have became more popular so these same people have adjusted the name to fit another category, what ever they see fit!
only being in my mid 30's i can tell you everyone has their own opinion on cars
you have people that build 100 k trailer queens

you have 16 year old kids that have old 80 honda's

you have people who clone cars and people who supe up cars

to each is their own,

i think neon lights are cool on cars when they are showing off at a car show or something like that, i think they do not fit on an old school mustang,

that would be like putting a flamethrower exhaust on a Toyota,

the cobra R is not rice it was designed that way and is functional.

the Toyota supra is not riced out it is just a Japanese sports car.....

most people think my Honda del sol is riced out, but it is just designed how i like it!

my 67 coupe is going to have an Eleanor kit on it some would say rice others would say clone, yet even others would say a waste of a good mustang.. it is my car to do with what i want.

• Any bone stock ride that is covered in stickers from companies that have nothing to do with that ride is a Ricer. you mean performance parts that are not on the car
• Any ride with a paint job that looks like something Walt Disney threw-up is a Ricer. some would say mystic cobra's would fit that,
• Any ride with more bondo than sheet metal is a Ricer.does this include fiberglass?
• Any ride with undercarriage lighting is a Ricer. disagree everyone fixes their car to make a statement and get attention not only to go fast,
• Any ride with neon ANYWHERE is a Ricer (beer trucks omitted). that would include led's and any other lights such as fog lights? since no one really uses foglights for fog
• Any ride with wheels 3 sizes too small or too large is a Ricer. my mustang came with 15's now it has 18's my 67 had 14's and now has 17's
• Fartpipe coffee can exhaust? Ricer. my 37 mustang has dual 3" exhaust, that is bigger than my del sol fart can!
• "R" Badges? Ricer. this is the same as gt badges on a vg or cobra badges on a gt ect to each is their own! the problem was with the old honda type r badges now everyone just sees an R and goes oow wow rice, i should put a r on my 67 for Rogue will they call that rice?
• Monster tach in a mechanically stock vehicle? Ricer. i agree here
• Ground effects bought at Home Depot? Ricer. i made light brackets from home depot!, they sell aluminum. i think it is more the person than where it is bought from!
• Fake scoops mounted where even real scoops would serve no purpose? Ricer. dam this means the Eleanor in gone in 60 seconds was the first ricer ever made!
• fake scoops are usually done for cosmetic purposes , don't judge the scoops, judge the installers taste!
• A spoiler that more resembles a picnic basket handle? Ricer. i think you mean park bench but i agree big spoiler is stupid, but it is a cosmetic choice
• Aviation parts mounted "for better traction"? Ricer. this is the same as a rear spoiler i am thinking the old night rider in spm (who got that)
• Defrost ducts painted with latex paint to match the color of the sticker on the brake pads? Ricer. once again cosmetic choices made by people that are design challenged, these are the same people that paint their house purple and wonder why the neighbors don't talk to them

ok ranted enough

 

rice is`nt this .. this is what rice trys to imitate