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{{quote|''"With all the money that these morons dump into modification, they could have saved up and bought a real sports car in a couple of years instead of pretending like they drive one now."''|'''Maddox''', ''[[The Best Page in The Universe]]''}}

 

 

 

These modifications do not necessarily mean the car has any high [[Awesome but Impractical|performance capabilities]]. In fact, lowered suspensions, low-profile tires or poorly applied body kits can even add excessive weight and reduce the performance of these cars. Actual race cars have special low-weight bodies which are simply an extension of the car within, more than offseting any losses due to the excess material. Just adding the outer molding won't magically improve the engine. And since race cars don't have to deal with speedbumps or potholes, lowered suspensions and low-profile tires are just asking to be shredded on an average road.

 

See also [[Itasha]] for the [[Otaku]] variant.

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== [[Advertising]] ==

* A series of T-Mobile To Go commercials made fun of this trope, creating a Poser Mobile with a super low profile, gold/flourescent paint, giant "hood rocket," and roof and rear spoiler.

* Volkswagen had an ad campaign for the VW Golf GTI that mocked the Rice Burner phenomenon, where [[Peter Stormare]] would “unpimp ze auto” in a rather destructive fashion, butchering rapper speak the whole time with a fake German accent.

* A Snapple commercial had two factory workers put various toys and little lights on the Snapple bottles. With the end of the commercial being the foreman explaining to the workers that it was what's inside of Snapple that made it the best tea on earth.

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* MTV's ''[[Pimp My Ride]]'' is largely based on this trope.

** The difference is, though, that those customizations are done by professionals who know how to finely tune the car's performance to make the spoilers practical.

* Evaluated on ''[[Top Gear]]'', when the presenters attempt to get a Renault Avantime as fast as a Mitsubishi Evo. In addition to more thoroughgoing work like adding new brakes and suspension, Richard Hammond bolts on a large spoiler (which merely slows the car down). After failing to get the Avantime up to the Evo's speed, the presenters conclude that most of the money and effort spent on tuning cars is wasted.

** Another challenge had a hill-climb between a pimped-out Peugeot 306 and an ''1963 Austin Healey Sprite''. {{spoiler|In keeping with the trope, the Healey won it.}}

*** {{spoiler|However, the race was pretty close and much of the Peugeot's pimping involved giving it a massively oversized engine. Unfortunately the car was unable to apply more than about 1/3rd of the horsepower it generated to the road.}} Partially this trope then, but not entirely: the changes made to the car were also functional.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* The ''[[Midnight Club]]'' series has a few of these in the first two games, but the trope really starts to become prevalent in ''DUB Edition'', where you'll find legions of AI racers with riced vehicles. The AI becomes more tasteful about designing their rides in ''Los Angeles'', though.

** And that's not even getting into the cars players can create in ''DUB Edition'' and ''Los Angeles''. Giant spinners and underglow on a Lamborghini Murcielago, anyone?

* The arcade ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]'' game and its sequel are ''Cruis'n'' <small>[[Recycled in Space|WITH RICE!]]</small>

* Chan Jaoming seems to embody this spirit in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars]]''. During one mission Huang has to disabled other cars in a street race so that Chan's flashy-but-terrible car can win.

* In ''[[Saints Row 2]]'', absurdly extravagant modifications are available for pimping out the most mediocre rides.

 

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[[Category:Vehicle Tropes]]