Naming Visual Modified Cars

I noticed that a lot of cars with visual modifications get the same name, depending where the website comes from of course.

So I collected a few of these and I didn’t search for the best looking pictures, just the first one that shows in search results of pictures (google.be is my default search engine)

(Note: I have no focus on a specific naming of these cars, I make this post because it’s less fun in the car community than it was a few years ago)

Also, at the end I ask a few questions, please read this full post before commenting anything, thanks in advance.

Let's get started.

Rice (car)

Rice or Ricer is a general used term for any, and I mean ANY car that has modifications that aren’t to the taste of the person that says it, now I’m not going to defend anything but ricer is mostly used as insult just because a car is “ugly”, a fully build twin turbo aventador with liberty walk is ugly to my taste, so should I call that rice to?

But Ricer is mostly used in America towards a person that acts like they have a unbeatable car that can beat anything, wile it’s far from fast in reality.

Rice Burner

This is a name that’s more towards the car, rather than the person, so straight away I prefer this to use on a car.

Rice Burner is litterly the car made to look far from factory without the need to hack parts of the body away, wild bolt on body kit, wild decals, loud stereo, big “fart” can, huge chrome rims etc.

Sex Spec

This is the Australian version of the term Rice, but unlike the Americans, the Ozzy’s use Sex Spec just for the cars and not the drivers, which is more respectfull if you ask me.

Modifications is just like the Rice Burner, but the focus is more on the big (mostly chrome) rims and super detailed interior and decals, often beautifull (personal opinion) with atention to detail on level of custom lowriders.

Chav (car)

Chav is the UK version of Ricer, so it has both uses on the car and the owner.

Modifications are clear by now, wild bolt on body kits, big chrome rims, custom interior etc.

Boy Racer?

Now I come to a few that I don’t understand, so please help me on these.

This is a Toyota Supra, highly respected in the Tuner world and multiple cars have 800+ hp.
But this is the first picture I got with Boy Racer, that term is also originated in the UK so I’m a bit confused.

Update: Boy Racer is mostly used to describe people with highly modified cars (both visual and performance) that do illegal street racing.

Rice Rocket?

This is even more confusing for me, Wiki says Ricer, Rice Burner and Rice Rocket on the same page.

But this RX-8 is a example that I see more described as Tuner, even with this Wheels/Body Kit setup.

Question Time

1/ So where does the RX-8 and the Supra fit in, and should Ricer be used to the person and Rice Burner to the car?

2/ Are cars with more visual than performance best described as Sex Spec/Rice Burner instead of Ricer, which is more used as insult anyway?

(I’m personaly going to stop using Ricer and use Douchebag towards people and Sex Spec or Rice Burner towards the cars)