Ok, so i am as performance minded as the next guy, and was having a conversdation with my brother who isnt the brightest, about his dream car. He said that it wouldd be an escalde with huge chrome rims, the kind that spin by themselves. He also went on about how he would get stickers of companies on it. SO i told him, you want to grow up to be a ricer? An d he asked what a ricer was. SO i explained, and he asked why ricers were bad...I explained as best i could, so i basically said that they were all show no go. Can some one help me school this kid?

 

Tell your bro to get a civic. It will be cheaper and he will be like every other civic owner. Props to the FEW civic owners that dont do much to the body and alot to the drivetrain.

Nick

 

An escalade with chrome rims isnt rice, its bling bling. Just as bad though.

 

Bling on an Escalade isnt bad. It is the style for that truck. Putting vynil on an Escalade is stupid. Unless it says Lingenfelter.:banana: :banana:

Nick

 

^^ I agree

An escalade with big chrome rims and stickers all over it is Bling Bling Rice. The worst possible combination.

 

Here are a few examples of the ultimate ricer:

1. A cavalier with a few stickers and giant muffler dangling out the back. And I say dangling because its not installed right so it bounces around. Not only does it look bad but it sounds like sh**. And when the kid driving it tried to be a tough guy to me I burned him. And I must point out when I burned the kid I was not driving my WRX but rather my parents saturn.

2. Civic. The whole car is painted like the Japanese Rising sun (like if you looked down on the car from above it would look like the flag of Japan during WWII). Another gigantic muffler stickin out the back that makes the car sound like a giant fart or weedwacker. After market wheels that you can buy from Walmart. And slammed so low to the ground that if the kid actually wanted to drive fast on the back roads where I'm from he would probably lose his oilpan or exhaust. When this kid sees a red WRX behind him he drops a gear and tries to show off but just makes himself look dumb as I hang close and blast by as soon as a legal passing zone comes.

Just two personal experiences.

 

Just to clarify the definitions:

Rice is all show and no go, on a budget with improvised cheap-*** "upgrades." This is a CRITICAL distinction -- there are a lot of $100,000 auto-show cars that have rice-y features such as chrome, stickers, neon and such, but the auto show cars ALSO have the engine and mods to back it up.

"Bling" cars are cars that are already expensive (such as the Escalade, or the 7-series BMW or 300-series Mercedes) which have excessive showiness to them, such as giant 22" chrome wheels, gold-plated hood ornaments, chromed runners or sideboards, extra external rollcage, etc. An Escalade with spinners is not RICE, it is PIMP.



I've got a neigbor in his 70s with a giant black Mercedes which is slammed to the ground and has 19" chrome wheels with about an inch of Pirelli rubber wrapped around them. His license plate? YSITSMN (yes its mine), because no one can believe it when he steps up to the car and presses the disarm control on his key ring. Pimp, all the way.

 

All being said, putting huge chrome wheels on any car is not a positive thing.

 

Big chrome wheels on big expensive vehicles is ok. Some chrome 19's or 20's on a new Jag Vandenplas. That would look sweet. Chrome 19's on a WRX, the man should be shot.

Nick

 

Big Chrome wheels are very heavy, more than likely a lot heavier than the stock wheels. So the result is worse acceleration, braking and gas mileage. But they look cool, right?

 

i want some 18" chrome spinners on my wrx

but i can't afford it.


(no i am not joking) spinners are tight

 

Maybe if your name is Nelly. But not if you are joe schmoe white dude.

 

Consider that most high end vehicles already come with big wheels. My moms Jaguar XKR comes stock with 18's and that runs with an STi and has more ammenities than most could dream about. I like HRE like $5000 for a set, light, big, damn good lookin. Not chrome, polished alluminum, all are made custom.

Nick