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Ozzy Enthusiast

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Mate.....I was wondering the same thing myself, so I went off on a search and found this.....a lighthearted (I think) guide to 'rice' cars

http://www.chefjosh.com/rice.shtml...

I guess it is only one guys view, but...I say 'whatever turns you on'....it's about personalising your ride, who gives a s%$t about what the other blokes thinks about your car ? (Usually jealousy driven I think)

Silver-Arrowz Grand Master

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Quote from Uncle Ben Racing Page

What is a Rice Boy you ask? A Rice Boy is someone who tries to dress or "Rice-out" an otherwise slow car to make it appear as if it goes fast. If your car puts out less than 200 horsepower and bears a resembelance to this wallpaper, chances are you're a Rice Boy. Many Rice Boys tend to put bazooka-size exhaust tips, fog (rice) lights in the front air intakes, F40 spoilers, half-assed suspension kits, and dozens of performance or foregin language stickers.

Why make fun of Rice Boys? Unlike most automotive enthusiasts, Rice Boys only TRY to make their car run fast. I don't care if it's domestic rice or foregin rice. Rice is rice.

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http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/3870/

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Silver-Arrowz Grand Master

Silver-Arrowz

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It started from Southern California where it was young asian males who wacked on bodykits and bits n pieces on their mainly japanese cars which made it look faster than it really is. It grew to include all races and types of cars.

rev210 Grand Master

rev210

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It's a derivative of 'rice cooker' , the not so affectionate name given to all things asian motored, by primarlily Aussi/Yank V8 motoring public and media.

'rice-ing' is the act of (over)celebrating this fact with accessories for your car. Definatively none of which increase its performance and may infact detract from it. If you are male and enjoy 'rice-ing' then you may be called a 'rice-boy'. Political correctness has forced me to use the terms 'rice-persons' and 'rice-its'(when you can't make a positive id of the humanity/animality).

I for one have spent numerous hours laughing at 'rice' antics, I think they provide a valuable service to the community and extra revenue for our police and autoshops.

Brightly coloured,sporting strange oversized 'car-garments' and making funny noises....

Think of them as 'clowns' of the road.

Guest GR33DyMANGO

Guest GR33DyMANGO

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i reckon the word 'RICE' has been used as additional accessories for cars as the most common group of ppl that have done it are asians(hmmmm... maybe not) or it could be that most of the cars are from asian countries.....

so what im saying is that its popular for asian cars to be modified in such a way that the modifications are for looks only. when u think of asians i spose the most popular thing in asian countries is 'rice.'(ie the stuff u eat).. hehe..

anyway... thats my unfactual spur-of-the-moment theory.:(

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