Am I a Ricer? Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

So everyone on here knows (or now does) that my car has most of the GT4 LOOK. however it seems that 1 out of every 10 people calls me a ricer cuz ive made my car look like a gt4. But when modding my car it was never "oh im going to fool people and let them think i own a gt4" it was more of " everything besides the gt4 kit is so aggressive and not really my style so im going to keep it clean" but its just frustrating to be called a ricer. I hate when people say its badged a gt4 when its just on the spoiler posts and its engraved in and I know doggy made some replicas but i wanted the real ones. So thats the only part that I guess I could have done some work to and shaved it or something..idk.

Anyways so am I a Ricer because my car is kitted with the GT4 look?

[Glitch001]

No.

Its a clean look better than stock. Your not pretending to throw skyline lights on and act like a racer, you went for a clean look thats no different than throwing on rims. You dont go around preaching you own a GT4.

Most ricers think they are fast and act it. Reckless driving, foolish rants, pointless mods lol.

So no, your not.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

No.

Its a clean look better than stock. Your not pretending to throw skyline lights on and act like a racer, you went for a clean look thats no different than throwing on rims. You dont go around preaching you own a GT4.

Most ricers think they are fast and act it. Reckless driving, foolish rants, pointless mods lol.

So no, your not.

lol SO I AM A RICER!! (tear) i got a reckless driving ticket 2 months ago....granted its been dropped though but i was a ricer for a moment..

[Culpable04]

when modding a car there should be one prson satisfied with the results, the owner. to me there is no such thing as ricer.

[elvasoshexai]

if a car has been tastefully modded, it's not rice.. @ least that's how i view people who mod their cars

[hitcachi]

you're a ricer. But so am I, so we can be cool together.

[Mynzeyes]

the spoiler posts say "GT-FOUR". they should be shaved, IMO. that's the only thing "ricer"ish.

other than that, it's like putting a type R front end on an american integra.

[shin]

does that make me a ricer too? lol

[Culpable04]

does that make me a ricer too? lol

you have GT-four blocks and a weird sound on your car when you shift that makes you a turbo ricer.

[Mynzeyes]

does that make me a ricer too? lol

Yes. That's like me putting a GT badge on my car.

[shin]

does that make me a ricer too? lol

you have GT-four blocks and a weird sound on your car when you shift that makes you a turbo ricer.

muahahahahahaha. that makes me ricest

does that make me a ricer too? lol

Yes. That's like me putting a GT badge on my car.

actually... someone i know here who drives a red 97 6gc ST auto have a GT badge on his celi
and another red 6gc with the Initial D Night Kids stickers.....

This post has been edited by shin: Nov 1, 2006 - 4:01 PM

[CelicaBuddy]

lol everyone's always gonna have their opinions and different tastes... and plus there's always gonna be that a**hole there who's like "your car is rice..."

But well its obvious your car isnt! Your car is very clean, and not over the top like you see some people out there on the road... yeesh... I saw the funniest looking civic the other day but anyways...

I say dont worry about it. Your car is purrrrrdy

[playr158]

what are you talking about Nat..if you have to make a post asking if you are a ricer you ARE a ricer....your like t3h Qu33n l33t of t3h r!c3rZ

lols....minus your Balla wheels your car is clean non ricy

[confucious]

lol SO I AM A RICER!! (tear) i got a reckless driving ticket 2 months ago....granted its been dropped though but i was a ricer for a moment..

as much as i would love to call you a ricer, i think it isnt until you have vinyl that it is official.

[Valo666]

i say no...it makes you some one who appricates a good looking car. No one says that if you modify your exterior with stock parts makes you a ricer. I say ricers are the ppl who put the butt ugly body kits on their cars, big tin can, APC seats, and cheap rims on their car...and its auto. I say your not, your just some one who wants to achive some thing you arent able to get in full. Its like some one taking an integra and puttin a jdm front clip on it. They arent ricers because its not a real ITR, they just want a different look. If you had a stock integra that was like..done stock and you slap "Type R" stickers on your car and say its an ITR, then your a ricer.

[Rayme]

Well, you want you can always say I'm a ricer but my car looks better than yours .. lol

I got the gt-four badge on my fake gt-four, vives les ricers!!

[tomazws]

Isn't the celica already a rice car?

1) Fast looking.
2) Not fast at all.

[hurley97]

I agree with John in saying the GT-Four on the blocks is the only thing semi-rice... and maybe the wheels.

other than that Celicas come from the factory looking like that... just not in the US, but some people don't know that so they call you a ricer. factory is not rice IMO.

edit: as soon as you get a fake BOV to fool people with the sound, then your a ricer

This post has been edited by hurley97: Nov 1, 2006 - 6:39 PM

[BlackCelicaGT94]

lol i think its funny with my wheels - cuz it seems (over here in my area) the longer youve been in the car show/scene then the more you like my wheels and the newer to teh game then the less you like my wheels. thats what ive noticed here atleast. I love them...theyre not something you see on a japanese import and its got the multiple piece look thats so hot :-) and deep dish..mmmm....sexy

[hurley97]

that makes sense. I'm not in the car show scene at all, I'm just a spectator once in a while.

your wheels look good on your car, they fit with it being in the show car scene and everything. I like simplicity to an extreme, my car wouldn't make it as a show car.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

^ oh dont say the word show car in relation to mine lol - its a street/mild car..i dont wanna put show anywhere near MY CAR lol. haha

simplicity -- thats how i like my car..now if only i could live my life around that word

[shortdogg2k05]

No.

Its a clean look better than stock. Your not pretending to throw skyline lights on and act like a racer, you went for a clean look thats no different than throwing on rims. You dont go around preaching you own a GT4.

Most ricers think they are fast and act it. Reckless driving, foolish rants, pointless mods lol.

So no, your not.

if a car has been tastefully modded, it's not rice.. @ least that's how i view people who mod their cars

These quotes sum up the way I feel about the whole thing. As far as I am concerned you have constructed a replica GT4, and there is nothing wrong with that.

[sinner96ST]

i think anyone who tries to make their import look like something it isnt = rice.

to me, if people spend thousands of dollars making a slow car look fast, they're wasting their money.

if you own a car that hasn't ever seen a track, the following makes your car look riced out :

white vinyl "sponsor" decals
racing seats
giant wings
gauges with no boost
extremely low suspension

if you're buying JDM parts and putting them on your car, more power to you. people who purchase OEM parts that are different than USDM just want 'the real deal' that they get over in japan.

the US market really rapes cars before they release them to the general public, i still have no idea why.

a gt-four conversion is fine, that's how the car was originally intended to be.

This post has been edited by sinner96ST: Nov 1, 2006 - 7:48 PM

[pure_dx]

this is a celica forum, what do you expect people will say? although some are already telling the truth, like that guy that said the 6g celica is already rice from the factory (USA spec). Ofcourse we dont get the fancy 3sge/3sgte like the rest of the world does.

Rice varies from community to community, person to person, depending on who you talk to and what you talk about. To me, doing and over-doing silly things on your car is rice. When all that money going into aesthetic/cosmetic could've gone into the engine.

I've been around here for a while, and im telling this from a non-celica owner that most of the people on here are rice. Body kits, expensive heavy rims, expensive paint jobs, jdm parts, god knows the list can go on and on, and i've been around here long enough that after-market parts for the 6gc is not cheap.

Personally, if i'm not a full time college student, if i have a stable job, financially fit, and have saved up enough money for my first major mod, I would've swapped in the top-end monster 3sgte in a GT or a 4age and turbo that s.o.b in an ST. Don't assume that i hate body kits, decals, big wings, etc, i love them! but without the "go" with the "show" it's pretty much rice to me.

Rice is also how you act, but that can be discuss in another lifetime.....

Now, whats your phone #? j/k....j/k

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Nov 1, 2006 - 7:51 PM

[sinner96ST]

^ that's rice.

This post has been edited by sinner96ST: Nov 1, 2006 - 7:52 PM

[x_itchy_b_x]

oh man that car is nice.

[pure_dx]

^thats a good example of what i'm talking about

most people will judge a book by its cover and call that tibby rice, to me it is somewhat rice at first when i look at it. But if it's fast and runs 10s, i give it respect

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Nov 1, 2006 - 7:57 PM

[sinner96ST]

i guarantee that thing doesn't do 10's.

i don't think there's actually been a hyundai that is a really a 'performance' car. that's my point - why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt? it's a lie with 4 wheels, basically.

[pure_dx]

as a car enthusiast, you have to have an open mind. ANY car can be made fast if you have deep pockets$$$. There's a twin turbo tibby around where i live, im sure its in the 12s or 13s by now.

the style may be rice, and maybe the owner likes it, i sure dont, but if its fast, i give it respect. You see, there is a difference between giving it respect and liking it.

and this brings me to my next point. The car may be rice, but if the owner is cool as heck and knows it's rice, i wouldn't care what else happens to it, i give the owner respect. If you have a slow car and you think its the sh^t! and think you're all hardcore balla and sh^t and drive around like 4 fast 4 furious, then its just completely rice and you're a ricer.

/end preach

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Nov 1, 2006 - 8:31 PM

[hurley97]

opinions are very different. everyone qualifies as a ricer somehow to someone. but as long as you don't think your car is ricey, don't even worry about it

[gt_driFFter]

why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt?

Why is it so hard to understand that some people DON'T WANT A FAST CAR? I got a celica and bought exterior mods because I want a nice looking daily driver. I will never drop a dime on performance, because that's not what I bought this car for.

[Batman722]

look, the GT-Four blocks were all we could get for a long time (now Romas makes the shaved) so it's not like any of us had a choice with those.

Ricer, I don't think so. If there was a GT-Four badge on the back of her car then yes.

[Consynx]

silly Nat. . .
ricers don't have boobs. . .

[Batman722]

it's just like the post you made here

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=22116

about the same thing

[ExSane]

I know damn well you ain't no "ricer". I've met and seen plenty of them and I myself is a "ricer" but I am in the process of converting Rice to Nice. Yours is Nice.

[confucious]

why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt?

Why is it so hard to understand that some people DON'T WANT A FAST CAR? I got a celica and bought exterior mods because I want a nice looking daily driver. I will never drop a dime on performance, because that's not what I bought this car for.

don't lie to yourself. you know you'd LOVE a fast car

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

my cars a little ricer, it sounds like it and it will soon look like i t with my new bodykit i got, but i dont care i guess i like rice

[sinner96ST]

why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt?

Why is it so hard to understand that some people DON'T WANT A FAST CAR? I got a celica and bought exterior mods because I want a nice looking daily driver. I will never drop a dime on performance, because that's not what I bought this car for.

'looking cool' should have a two fold approach; it should look decent, and actually add to the performance of a car.

a 4 ft wing is for downforce on some extreme drag car, not for a honda civic. this is what i'm getting at. people add this **** to their car thinking it will help, when it just makes them look like a giant asshole that wasted some money on ebay.

if you don't want a fast car, then don't pretend it's fast by putting ebayed crap on it.

[confucious]

my cars a little ricer, it sounds like it and it will soon look like i t with my new bodykit i got, but i dont care i guess i like rice

at least you are honest. the only things i really see rice are the wipers and the stickers. maybe theres more to see on the inside?

[ExSane]

Hey hey hey.

Rice




Nice



This post has been edited by ExSane: Nov 2, 2006 - 12:08 AM

[gt_driFFter]

why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt?

Why is it so hard to understand that some people DON'T WANT A FAST CAR? I got a celica and bought exterior mods because I want a nice looking daily driver. I will never drop a dime on performance, because that's not what I bought this car for.

don't lie to yourself. you know you'd LOVE a fast car

why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt?

Why is it so hard to understand that some people DON'T WANT A FAST CAR? I got a celica and bought exterior mods because I want a nice looking daily driver. I will never drop a dime on performance, because that's not what I bought this car for.

'looking cool' should have a two fold approach; it should look decent, and actually add to the performance of a car.

a 4 ft wing is for downforce on some extreme drag car, not for a honda civic. this is what i'm getting at. people add this **** to their car thinking it will help, when it just makes them look like a giant asshole that wasted some money on ebay.

if you don't want a fast car, then don't pretend it's fast by putting ebayed crap on it.

You don't get what I'm saying, man

A lot of people buy certain cars, to have something nice, but they don't care if it's fast. I own a celica because it's a sleek looking car, and great for daily driving. I've spent $2k+ in mods, but none of them are performance. Why? Because I don't want this car to go fast, because I would be sacrificing reliability, gas mileage, etc. Now, being a speed freak, I will be getting an MR2 soon, and making it one mean machine.

So not everyone wants a car for performance, some just want reliability, fun, and good looks.

[j0e_p3t]

imo.... rice are those cars that have stickers and neon and altezza lights and a huge aluminum spoiler... all of which add about 200 hp. and of course the bigger the muffler, the faster the car.

[ExSane]

You don't get what I'm saying, man

A lot of people buy certain cars, to have something nice, but they don't care if it's fast. I own a celica because it's a sleek looking car, and great for daily driving. I've spent $2k+ in mods, but none of them are performance. Why? Because I don't want this car to go fast, because I would be sacrificing reliability, gas mileage, etc. Now, being a speed freak, I will be getting an MR2 soon, and making it one mean machine.

So not everyone wants a car for performance, some just want reliability, fun, and good looks.

Whoa whoa whoa. You guys are getting off topic here. What you say is true. But the other guy is saying why put a huge ass wing on a front wheel drive designed car and all the weight needs to be on the front and not the back. I understand they want a huge ass wing but damn... thats overkill and pointless. That ain't nice. That's rice.


I rest my case!





This post has been edited by ExSane: Nov 2, 2006 - 12:22 AM

[pure_dx]

if you just want the celica to look "nice" and you aint no st88t r@c8r, then you gotta understand how to dress the car. ex: dont put on a fart can, dont over-do the stickers/decals, and dont put a bodykit on. And at that, you'd probably be a bit closer to keeping the ricers from revving and trying to race you. In short, dont make your car look like an "import tuner" or you'll get people revving at you trying to race, (especially the celica and its image) and when you do, you lose because all that cosmetic could've gone in the engine and this brings us back to the freakin topic of this thread.

And to the girl who made the thread about the g35 badged as a skyline, because in japan, they ARE badged as the skyline with the exact same engine. Its NOT like putting the gt-4 badge on our USA spec celicas because we dont have the 3sgte

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Nov 2, 2006 - 12:30 AM

[jayi12-15psi]

very simply, I believe that everyone is entitled to their own taste, and ultimately your car should make you happy the most so do what you like... it's yours. However, automotive fashon is just like fashion in clothing, it updates itself. Somethings go out of style and somethings are never in style.

I wouldn't consider your car a rice car, despite the fact that it's japanese.

form, however, does not always follow function... and thats ok.

[eggman40]

I dont think so. IMO Any time you upgrade your cars appearance using factory parts, I would not consider it ricey. Its something that you dont see everyday and its classy, so i say no rice

[Rayme]

All in all, if someone makes a replica (I mean exact) of a car that is somewhat rare. I like, and achkowledge the owner. If I saw a civic Type-R that had the same body parts/headlights/rims and color as teh real ones, hey, I like it, as long as the owner doesn't act like a moron. Because theres always people that likes a good looking car with taste, and don't really matter of performance.

If its something somewhat more common, like a V6 mustang looking like a GT, well, why don't spend the money on something you can ACTUALLY buy. lol...

This post has been edited by Rayme: Nov 2, 2006 - 10:10 AM

[Shocker]

Just a question to ponder on is the car RICE OR just a lil rice.....because the body work was obviously done by a professional..

[shin]

Just a question to ponder on is the car RICE OR just a lil rice.....because the body work was obviously done by a professional..

holy sh******T.. check out the size of the exhaust tips and wing lol i think that's unique.

[ra65_22re]

BlackCelicaGT94 if your a ricer than damn pour me a bowl of that GT-4 look-a-like. i would love to have my car decked out wit the gt4 body.

[tomazws]

There's never a sure definition of what "ricer" is. It's a matter of taste/belief and name-calling.

Everyone here on this board gave their opinion regarding their taste. There's really nothing to argue about. You just CAN'T change someone's "taste".

Personally, I think all USDM Celicas are little soft-core rice cars. And there is NOTHING you could do/say to change my mind.

[elvasoshexai]

my car is definitely rice cuz i got a red 'T' emblem =P

[soulshadow]

Ricer is when you tag your car full of stickers that don't mean anything, a super huge muffler the size of your engine, and last but not least a bench on the back of your trunk.