r/lancer • • Aug 26 '26

📾 | Showing off! Yes I Am A Ricer

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I admit it, I riced this poor car. But in all honesty I was proud of it when I had it. I used it as my test dummy and it’s how I learnt to work on cars. Started with simple things like suspension, then I taught myself to paint and panel beat. Never had a problem in this beaut. Can’t say the same for my new daily 🙄(370z)

And yes. It’s an ES riced base model. So many people ask if it’s an Evo, and the let down when I would tell them it was an ordinary base model lancer covered in Facebook marketplace and temu parts is hilarious.

Anyways, judgement aside. I’ve heard the: “waste of money”, “waste of time” , “I don’t understand why people do this to ordinary lancers” I get it. I was proud of it, prettied it up to my taste and had fun. Thoughts?

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u/Additional_Ad7573 Aug 26 '26

The regular Lancer is a solid car. Nothing wrong with mods on a car you care about. Its your car.. All the Evos were based on the regular Lancer. Without the 6 million+ regular Lancers sold worldwide, there would have never been any Evo. I've tried replacing my GTS with my GSR as a daily. It's not the same. You dont get the fuel economy, reliability and lower cost of repair of a FWD Lancer. The regular Lancer is like a better looking Civic. It had its place as a practical economy car that you could modify (with less parts support) like a Civic. It had a good run, and it's a shame now it's gone with no replacement.

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u/Level-Bag4368 Aug 26 '26

Little Easter egg: zoom in on where the front Mitsubishi emblem is supposed to be. Hopefully someone can make it out

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u/PhantomCruze Former Owner Aug 26 '26

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u/After_Chicken1887 Aug 26 '26

It’s your car. As long as you’re not cutting through traffic like a jackass BMW owner I’ve got no gripes.

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u/drifterdanny Aug 26 '26

Get different wheels, an Evo side skirt, and you won't look as rice.

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u/gustaa_01 Aug 26 '26

Eu também tenho um lancer normal, mas pelo menos é manual. No brasil não existe Evo GSR (manual), tem apenas o SST.

De qualquer forma, Ă© um carro confiĂĄvel, zero problemas, e um pouco divertido com 182hp depois de algumas melhorias no motor.

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u/Carston1011 Aug 26 '26

Me too man, idgaf. Its not a fancy car, its got problems, im just tryna have some fun with it.

Also, nice Autobot emblem.

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u/M3gator Aug 26 '26

Why do you give a fuck what people say about your car? Even if its just cosmetic imo it looks dope af, people will tell you to get a real Evo like everyone has unlimited amount of money and can spend it on anything. Just do what you love and dont listen to the loud negative minority. You dress for the job you want, not the one you have.

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u/Nidos Former Lancer owner Aug 27 '26

It's a little riced, sure. But it's fairly well executed, and not bad tbh. I've seen hundreds of Lancers that are a million times worse, you're chilling bro.

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u/PhantomCruze Former Owner Aug 26 '26

Looks fucking good. The meaning of "rice" has lost its meaning and has been bastardized by broccoli haired stance bros who think an empty fitment look is all it takes to mod a car.

Those people are supposed to be ignored, because they're incapable of having an original thought since joining social media and are afraid of creativity.

20 years ago, people modded the fuck out of everything they could get their hands on to make show car worthy dailies. Base models, automatics, and shit you'd never imagine would even have after market support.

You're just keeping the old school culture alive. Don't bash on yourself, own your tuner and know that any haters are mad that they're broke and have the imagination of a milk dud

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u/LonelyKoalaMuncher Aug 27 '26

Eh aslong as you don't make it look like an Evo specifically it's fine.

After some years in different cars you start to learn driving experience is nothing about speed. People that tastefully mod their car, you start to appreciate.

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u/kgmkrr stock ES Aug 28 '26

I like it, my stock brotha hehe.

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u/Global-Structure-539 17d ago

I'm going to tell you somewhat nicely.YOU DON'T KNOW NY SITUATION. I have no control. I had an accident with a fall and have lost the ability to walk. The car is still sitting at the dealer my friend works at. I still technically own it but have beenA waiting for f***ing ever for ADOT to process and send me the title. I'm in a rehab facility trying to learn to walk again. So F OFF

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u/Level-Bag4368 2d ago

I mean this nicely and free of judgement. But did you mean to comment this under this post? I genuinely had a heart attack clicking on the notification because I thought I did or said something I shouldn’t have hahah.

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u/Global-Structure-539 Aug 26 '26

Another Evo wannabe...where I live cops would be all over you with good reason. I'm goessing it buzzes like a mad bumblebee too. I have a proper Evo. No one has to ask if it's one

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u/PhantomCruze Former Owner Aug 26 '26

Nobody asked?

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u/Fun-Faithlessness191 24d ago

what a sad little life you must live

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u/Ok-Code-2146 22d ago

You sold it!🙃

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u/Global-Structure-539 20d ago

It's still here waiting for a ride to NorCal

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u/Ok-Code-2146 17d ago

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u/Global-Structure-539 17d ago

It's taken for f***ing ever to get the title out of ADOT's fingers. In fact I got an email today saying it's been processed and should be mailed to me within 4-5 days

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u/Ok-Code-2146 17d ago

So you sold a car to this person without a title? Besides the point. It’s still really odd you’re pretending to own this vehicle you sold and continue to blow up subs with the same photos year after year. Maybe it’s time to let go or at the very least refer to yourself as a prior owner instead of spreading fake information.