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Originally Posted by crxforum
Being an import car enthusiast in our group of people we would call most if not all of the cars posted here 'Rice'. Rice is a general term refering to pointless modifications that add nothing to the car. Now sometimes unique mods can be good. Custom interiors, exhaust systems, etc that add functionality aswell as performance.
These cars I believe are beyond the 'Rice' category and have stepped into the realm of 'Hardparking'. For those who dont know Hardparking is when someone dumps a whack of cash into their rides and never do anything with it. They might take it to the odd show, but dont drive it around. The only times its on the road is when its going to get more stuff done to it or that 2 or 3 times a year where its on its way to a show.
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Rice more correctly refers to fake performance modifications. Huge wings, coffee can exhausts, stickers for parts (nos, turbo, etc) that you don't have, cutting the springs to lower the car on the cheap, etc.
These cars are show cars. You wouldn't call bluedot taillights in a hotrod rice - it's just part of the style of that kind of car. Same thing here -this is lowrider style taken to an extreme, but if they're happy with it, more power to 'em.
The reason people get more annoyed about rice is that generally the fake go-fast parts are accompanied by a pinhead behind the wheel who thinks he's driving a real race car and likes to demonstrate it in rush hour, endangering everyone else around him.