*confession* I wasn't really aware of any import "scene" until I rented the F&F DVD and watched all the extra bits.
Fact is, it was that film that brought me to this site. I'm sure I wasn't the only one.
As for the whole Rice concept. well it exists in the UK more in domestic form. Ford Escorts, Vauxhall (GM) Novas, Renault 5s...
Having said that, today I saw my first real live modified import but it looked like it had just as much "go" as it did "show" and therefore not rice?
http://www.riceboypage.com/ was a hell of a laugh too
http://www.cardomain.com/id/raresi - would this be rice? Its the sort of thing I would like to create, but with a few more performance parts.