Ok, seeing as how you skipped over the first part, you must not have gotten from it the sense that the term "ricer" has lost its original meaning. I should go further into the term and also point out a few things.
1.A Ricer is of course the person that performs these (un-necessary, retarted, and most the time resulting in the opposite of what they are trying to fake, ie: the drag created by an aluminum spoiler or body kit.) visual modifications. I'll leave motives alone for a second.
2.The mods he/she is performing are called or considered Rice(y).
As with most good things, asshats (in this case the Ricers) take them and ruin it for everyone else (in your case the Type-R kit.) Because they take an attribute of accepted practice and mix it with their own retardation, that once accepted practice begins to take on the stigma associated with the lameness of the producer.
Like with body kits for example; They were at one time widely accepted (not by all but by many) and found on many [and this is the important part] highly modified, fast cars. Now go post a thread about installing one on HS and see how long it takes to get pages of people calling you a retard, a ricer, a homo, whatever else. Why? Well for one because they are gay and if you desire one you might as well be saying you wanna be stabbed in the pooper and come out of the closet now. But also because a bunch of A holes saw them on these fast cars and decided to stick them on their stock grocery getting Honda Civic Dx. LAME! So it too became lame to have.
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Some were sad to see them go. Others rejoiced. The true enthusiasts moved on. But some just couldnt let them die as they should have there. And thats just one example. Exhaust, spoilers, fog lights, tachs, air fuel gauges... These all too suffered at the hand of the ricer. (Luckily rims arent too looked down upon yet. And who knows how long it is before canards get roped in.)
Then one day someone came up with a bright idea. The human nature of classifying those that are different from yourself and the connection that the favored car to kit up came from Japan, Japanese people eat rice, lets call them RICERS!!! The name stuck. Only problem now is its losing its meaning the same way those body kits did way back when.
How does this apply to you? Well those Ricer A holes decided that JDM was the next thing they'd ruin. JDM used to be sought after because of engines, suspension, trannys, what have you. Tuners knew JDM cars got the better drivetrains due to less restrictive laws and such. And some thought the styling looked cooler as well. Well Ricers caught wind of this, and as usual took it the wrong way and ran with it. Now JDM has become a joke. Go on eBay and you see people throwing it around to sell their crap at higher prices. Baiting the ricers to buy, because its mad JDM yo! You need this to be cool. The sheep they are they buy into it. Not realising that the mad JDM piece they picked up is identical to the USDM counterpart. Only difference was the extra $100 bucks they spent on it. Not true for every component (this relates mostly to non-drivetrain parts) but you get the idea . That is why the JDM kit and badges you want will get you called a ricer. Some A hole ruined it for you. Just an innocent new Honda guy getting raped by the retards before him. I'm relatively new to the Honda thing as well so I can somewhat relate and differentiate between the two motives. But being that I come from the crowd that made fun of the Ricers so much I know what not to do. Also, I can thank my good taste for that.
But still, if you like the kit, go with it. It does look good IMO. But that doesnt change the fact that some will call you a ricer. The real questions are these, "Do you care what others think? Will you do it anyway because you like it and thats whats important to you? Or will you give in to the ideals of others and sacrifice what you truly want out of your car and be just as bad as the ricer?" The decision is yours. Only time will tell.
You have been enlightened.
1.A Ricer is of course the person that performs these (un-necessary, retarted, and most the time resulting in the opposite of what they are trying to fake, ie: the drag created by an aluminum spoiler or body kit.) visual modifications. I'll leave motives alone for a second.
2.The mods he/she is performing are called or considered Rice(y).
As with most good things, asshats (in this case the Ricers) take them and ruin it for everyone else (in your case the Type-R kit.) Because they take an attribute of accepted practice and mix it with their own retardation, that once accepted practice begins to take on the stigma associated with the lameness of the producer.
Like with body kits for example; They were at one time widely accepted (not by all but by many) and found on many [and this is the important part] highly modified, fast cars. Now go post a thread about installing one on HS and see how long it takes to get pages of people calling you a retard, a ricer, a homo, whatever else. Why? Well for one because they are gay and if you desire one you might as well be saying you wanna be stabbed in the pooper and come out of the closet now. But also because a bunch of A holes saw them on these fast cars and decided to stick them on their stock grocery getting Honda Civic Dx. LAME! So it too became lame to have.
:violin:
Some were sad to see them go. Others rejoiced. The true enthusiasts moved on. But some just couldnt let them die as they should have there. And thats just one example. Exhaust, spoilers, fog lights, tachs, air fuel gauges... These all too suffered at the hand of the ricer. (Luckily rims arent too looked down upon yet. And who knows how long it is before canards get roped in.)
Then one day someone came up with a bright idea. The human nature of classifying those that are different from yourself and the connection that the favored car to kit up came from Japan, Japanese people eat rice, lets call them RICERS!!! The name stuck. Only problem now is its losing its meaning the same way those body kits did way back when.
How does this apply to you? Well those Ricer A holes decided that JDM was the next thing they'd ruin. JDM used to be sought after because of engines, suspension, trannys, what have you. Tuners knew JDM cars got the better drivetrains due to less restrictive laws and such. And some thought the styling looked cooler as well. Well Ricers caught wind of this, and as usual took it the wrong way and ran with it. Now JDM has become a joke. Go on eBay and you see people throwing it around to sell their crap at higher prices. Baiting the ricers to buy, because its mad JDM yo! You need this to be cool. The sheep they are they buy into it. Not realising that the mad JDM piece they picked up is identical to the USDM counterpart. Only difference was the extra $100 bucks they spent on it. Not true for every component (this relates mostly to non-drivetrain parts) but you get the idea . That is why the JDM kit and badges you want will get you called a ricer. Some A hole ruined it for you. Just an innocent new Honda guy getting raped by the retards before him. I'm relatively new to the Honda thing as well so I can somewhat relate and differentiate between the two motives. But being that I come from the crowd that made fun of the Ricers so much I know what not to do. Also, I can thank my good taste for that.
But still, if you like the kit, go with it. It does look good IMO. But that doesnt change the fact that some will call you a ricer. The real questions are these, "Do you care what others think? Will you do it anyway because you like it and thats whats important to you? Or will you give in to the ideals of others and sacrifice what you truly want out of your car and be just as bad as the ricer?" The decision is yours. Only time will tell.
You have been enlightened.
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