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Originally Posted by matt f

Audi may have started the trend, but I agree, they could be more subtle.

Are you talking about "Angel Eyes" which is the ring around the headlight that was first popularized by BMW or are you talking about what I call headlight eye liner (which was first done by Audi) where they are putting a row of LEDs above or below the headlight. Either way, on the original, it's not too bad, but the copies, bleh!

I thought that it was an interesting touch when I first saw it on the Audis, not a bad look. New Lexuseses (Lexii) are coming with it, and it looks bad to me. What is even worse is when folks retrofit something to an older car.

Yes, I don't care for it much.

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Not to pick nits, but I thought "rice" was over the top aftermarket non-performance crap?

Not sure if those LED's have a function or not... if nothing else they may make you more visible.

And... wow... I haven't hear "rice" in that context since before 2010

This coming form me, a 944 guy converted to a Miata guy.

Yeah, I'm sure the ricer crowd is picking up on it, but I don't know that it's specifically a ricer thing since most of the cars that have it are brand new, stock Audi and Lexus.

WHat I've noticed is that I feel like I see fewer ricer cars around these days than I used to. I see lots of cars that are completely stock with silly ricer mufflers, and I still see cars with silly wings. I do occasionally see the full on ricer, but it's rare for me to see a car that's lowered with wheels, wing, muffler and bad body kit like I used to see daily. I am starting to see more VW with the "flush" look. I supposed this is slightly better. I haven't seen many with the crazy camber angles that I've seen in some pictures.