How do you distinguish between ricer and non-ricer

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Noriaki

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Originally the term Ricer came from Rice-Burner. Which is what Harley riders called Japanese bikes.

Later it got expanded to mean all Japanese Vehicles.

Recently the term Ricer has gotten Narrowed to be cars that try to look fast without having any real performance mods.

Stickers and sh*t on your civics along with big exhaust tips (tips only, not a real performance exhaust mod).

Pretty well any brand of car can be a ricer as long as you take a gutless car and try to make it look fast you have a ricer. Civics are the most popular ricers, but a 4cyl Mustang LX with a 5.0 badge and some cool looking exhuast tips is just as much a ricer as any Civic with a Type-R sticker and a big wing.



<< according to your definition, someone putting 5.0 badges on their 4-cyl mustang would be a &quot;ricer&quot; &quot;ricing&quot; his car, but the car would not be &quot;rice&quot; whereas a stock honda accord at the dealership is &quot;rice&quot;... >>

Yes because the Accord is Japanese so it burns Rice for fuel, thus it's a Rice (burner) car. As I said the term comes from derogatory harley riders.

The Mustang is a riced out American car, but it's not a Rice Car becuase that would imply it Burns Rice for fuel, which it doesn't because it's not japanese.

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