"ricer" ='s one who does random modifications to their car just to do them... Example's would be stick on air scoops or fart can exhausts that have no value other than noise. Typically they drive foreign automobiles...
Bob I had the same fear and asked that same question, the proof for me was a few posters on other threads that live out west and down south (Florida) that had no issues. I will do a long term post at the end of the summer to see how it holds up.