V.I.P cars ***POST EM UP***

[Gorilla Eg!]

I would love to see what kind of V.I.P cars are rollin in the area....LETS SEE WHAT YOU GOT!

I will start off the thread with these.....

[changaroo]

*waits for martins lexus pics*

[Homer Simpson]

the lexus ftw!

when I become old and gangster, I'm getting a old school lexus VIP status y0!

[Gorilla Eg!]

*waits for martins lexus pics*

I hate to get "off topic" already.....BUT LMFAO that guy dancing in the speedo in your sig made me choke on the sprite I was drinking!

[csmiths]

the duke speedo guy is hilarious

[XanRules]

VIP Honda...hrmmm.

[DrAE86Toreno]

lol whose martin...

[DrAE86Toreno]

dammit i shudv went Q45 instead of GS...oh btw that LS400 you posted is currently for sale right now for uhm 18k i think...and that honda with the Scara's is mad tight first one iv seen

[DeeAOne]

forgot his username but there is a guy on here with some VIP nissan i think it is. very nice. maybe he will see this and post some pics.

[haynbtu]

forgot his username but there is a guy on here with some VIP nissan i think it is. very nice. maybe he will see this and post some pics.

yea i seen dat nissan u were talking about,it is friggin low and has some crazy camber.

[Gorilla Eg!]

anyone have pics?

[Dirty Octopus™]

we have like 3 of these threads already.

[Gorilla Eg!]

new to I.A. and to GA....give a brotha a break!

[DrAE86Toreno]

give a brotha a break...DO lol...hes got TE37's..and Bisi headers..anything with bisi is good on my book lol....uhm as far as VIP theres not much around reli right now..there are many lexus enthusiast i think but not reli in the VIP scene..theres a 98-2000 LS400 thats got some AME wheels i believe..and its got a pretty sick stance to it..theres a 3.2 TL thats VIP STYLED and his looks pretty sick too..theres a black GS full of carbon fiber goodies whose got on the spot wheel fitment but i think hes more tuner ish...i havent seen any Q45's rollin around tho..hopefully it catches on down here...at least before i get transferred...well heres mine its halfway decent

we have like 3 of these threads already.

[Gorilla Eg!]

VERY SEXAY!....

Junction Produce cost more than my car!!!!.....LOL

[DrAE86Toreno]

haha naww...man..those headers cost more than my wheels...

[Boosted FC]

we have like 3 of these threads already.

A few more won't hurt :boobies:.

[GGPIS3]

since when are honda's considered bippu? so if i put a set of OZ Scara's on an oldsmobile, is that vip too?

[Ol' Gregg]

i win!!!

[DrAE86Toreno]

they never were...notice i said VIP STYLED?...

since when are honda's considered bippu? so if i put a set of OZ Scara's on an oldsmobile, is that vip too?

[DrAE86Toreno]

thats a hot one!..weres that car at? iv seen that before in the intranet..

i win!!!

[Doppelgänger]

lmao @ "Acura = VIP"

fail

[DrAE86Toreno]

lol...i guess to some theres no difference between VIP and VIP Styled...someone should research more...i think

[Ol' Gregg]

thats a hot one!..weres that car at? iv seen that before in the intranet..

hawaii.... oh yea and that honda is baller! needs to be lower but i would drive it. hell a cresida could be vip style if ya want.... or even a damn camery if ya wanted

[GGPIS3]

they never were...notice i said VIP STYLED?...

i wasn't directing my comment toward you... but regardless, it does look good, but is no way near VIP as stated in the title of this thread..

[carbongs]

from the creater/founder of vipstylecars.com

"Back in 2000, when I first got the GS400, it was decided that the car would be a daily driver and I would keep it simple. However, like always that changed when I began to research what other parts were available in Japan and not here in the US. I picked up my first Hyper Rev book for the JZS161 Toyota Aristo, with the intention of finding rims for my GS. However, it wasn't the Blitz or Sard Aristo that caught my eye, it was the Aristos from the companies like Fabulous, Sessions, and of course Junction Produce. There began this obsession for this thing called VIP Style Cars.

VIP Style or VIP car is very simple. Pronounced VIP or bippu not vee-eye-pee, like how we are used to saying it, but it is pronounced like a word. In Japan there is a large variety of luxury sedans available to purchase. VIP car starts with just that, the platform or the car. It’s not a VIP Car unless it starts with one of these cars. From Toyota, you have the Century, Celsior, Aristo, Crown, and Majesta. From Nissan you have the President, Cima, Gloria, Cedric, and the Q45. Then they take these platforms and merge on a massive body kit, larger rims that push the boundaries of offset fitment, an air suspension so that they can drive as low as they possibly can, and we can't forget about the exhausts that goes on these VIP Cars. Now, taking these aspects of a VIP Car, you then apply it to cars not accepted as a VIP Car. This in turn created a term I like to define as VIP Style Cars. There is a difference in Japan in regards to a VIP Car and lets say a K-Car or Style Wagon. All those styles bring up similar aspects of VIP Car but what makes a VIP Car “VIP” is the car itself. Taking the aspects that was started in Japan with the VIP Cars and merging them onto cars that aren't really considered VIP car platforms. You now see K-cars (Vitz, Scion, and other econo-box cars), vans (Oddessy and Previas) and many other vehicles (G35, IS300, 300Zs) with a heavy VIP Style influence. That also has trickled into our US market with the Scions xA and xB. European cars can fall within the “definition of a VIP car” but isn't as popular of a platform mainly because of an untold requirement. VIP Car has a sense of pride within the Japanese community on its luxury vehicles. However, I am now seeing shows like the Tokyo Special Import Car Show similar to Tokyo Auto Salon now being invaded by Junction Produce, Fabulous, and Auto Couture. When they build their car, they immense themselves in the culture of VIP Car… Noburi Flags, clothing, and getting EVERY accessory that the company made like lighters, teddy bears, fans, and other things.

Fitment of the wheels has always been the largest, most defining aspect that the US market uses for VIP Cars. This also brings the most controversy as well. The most heated debates on VIPStyleCars.com came from topics concerning cars and wheel fitments. We had terms like, if it ain't flush, it ain't VIP. I agree that proper fitment is the key to making a VIP Car look good, however my whole take on it… the car determines if it's a VIP car, not the wheel choice. When I had the chance to visit Japan recently, I saw VIP cars that didn't have the extreme wheel lip that we are so used to seeing here. Yes, the offsets were extremely aggressive however; they were still flat-faced wheels with no lip whatsoever. I just don't think it looks right unless the fitment was aggressive in my opinion, which is the reason I'm personally on a quest for new wheels for our GS400.

Next is the suspension, Air suspensions have become the norm. One main reason is the fact that some of these VIP cars come with a factory installed air suspension already. All that needed to be added to control this factory option was an Air controller like one from Data Systems. This gave you the chance to lower and raise your car without changing any suspension parts. This didn't bring the car down as low as we would like it to be, so then we went and looked up companies like Air Runner, Bold World, Universal Air, Canover, and many others. You had a choice of either a canister setup or the sleeve bag on a shock option. That way, you were able to just lay the frame on the car down on the ground and still be able to drive away when its time to go. Trust me, in Japan, their roads and driveways weren't pretty, how they drove these cars around on a daily basis boggles me… Coilovers are still VERY popular for the hardcore, cause they are still able to find the height that they want for driving and show purposes and costs less than half the price of air suspension set-ups. Hydraulic setups are now being touched upon by the likes of Tein to control their coilovers and be able to raise and lower the car from within the cabin. This is only available to wagons and vans from when I last looked into it, but I'm sure now, there might be more applications and companies venturing into this.

Interiors and sound systems of these cars can get very Gotti. Wood grain and screens are the first most obvious mods on the interior. You will see Wood grain trays on these cars. Screens for Navigation and of course, Video viewing is dominant. The sound systems I saw were very elaborate like the ones were see here in CES. One some cars, I saw wood grain all over the trunk to accent the subs that were stuffed in there.

Lastly, the body kits… Companies like Fabulous, Junction Produce, Wald, Veilside, Sessions, Auto Couture, Insurance, and many others offer a variety of styles to choose from. The defining factor is the size of these kits. They are never “puny” but more an elaboration of the factory lines. You can choose from the more milder, cleaner look like from Junction Produce, Admiration and Auto Couture. Then you can choose the aggressive lines like Fabulous, LA club, and Veilside. Then the EXTREME VIP Cars will come out with custom wide bodies and fender flares that will just make you take a double take more than once (even if that's not possible). Taking a cue from the wheels aspect of it, they then take the most widest wheel with the most aggressive offset possible and just bolt those onto the car with no problems.

Where does this all fit into the US market? With companies whose operations are based here are now trying to define the VIP market as Bentleys, Benzes, and other high end Euro cars, it basically leaves out the cars where it all began with for me, The Lexus GS and LS, and the Infiniti M and Q series. Yes, the US automobile market may not have the choice of Japanese luxury cars found in Japan but we make do with what we are provided. However the view of VIP Car or VIP Style Cars is being EXTREMELY skewed in the US and leaves the hardcore VIP Car enthusiast with a sour taste in its mouth. VIP Car starts with the platform first. 350Zs, G35s, Scions, Accords, and other cars are defining the VIP Style Car… VIP Style Cars was mainly a term devised to help define the difference from a VIP Car platform and a car accessorized with VIP styling. This website has room for everyone. I created this site for the reason to give these people a home to learn and educate each other. Whether you own a VIP Car or own a VIP Style Car… Yes, we will have to define our own definition of VIP Style Cars but we can't stray too far from the foundation of it all. There will be those of us who will stick to our VIP Car platforms and those who will decide that their Scion fits the platform as well. Both sides are correct in that matter. What is wrong is to decide that our VIP Car platforms are not acceptable platforms"

[DrAE86Toreno]

gotcha.....yeah i do agree with you bout the not near VIP..but its a good decent try at fitment and offset. moar vip cars pls.

i wasn't directing my comment toward you... but regardless, it does look good, but is no way near VIP as stated in the title of this thread..

[DrAE86Toreno]

thanks!...very informative.!

from the creater/founder of vipstylecars.com

"Back in 2000, when I first got the GS400, it was decided that the car would be a daily driver and I would keep it simple. However, like always that changed when I began to research what other parts were available in Japan and not here in the US. I picked up my first Hyper Rev book for the JZS161 Toyota Aristo, with the intention of finding rims for my GS. However, it wasn't the Blitz or Sard Aristo that caught my eye, it was the Aristos from the companies like Fabulous, Sessions, and of course Junction Produce. There began this obsession for this thing called VIP Style Cars.

VIP Style or VIP car is very simple. Pronounced VIP or bippu not vee-eye-pee, like how we are used to saying it, but it is pronounced like a word. In Japan there is a large variety of luxury sedans available to purchase. VIP car starts with just that, the platform or the car. It’s not a VIP Car unless it starts with one of these cars. From Toyota, you have the Century, Celsior, Aristo, Crown, and Majesta. From Nissan you have the President, Cima, Gloria, Cedric, and the Q45. Then they take these platforms and merge on a massive body kit, larger rims that push the boundaries of offset fitment, an air suspension so that they can drive as low as they possibly can, and we can't forget about the exhausts that goes on these VIP Cars. Now, taking these aspects of a VIP Car, you then apply it to cars not accepted as a VIP Car. This in turn created a term I like to define as VIP Style Cars. There is a difference in Japan in regards to a VIP Car and lets say a K-Car or Style Wagon. All those styles bring up similar aspects of VIP Car but what makes a VIP Car “VIP” is the car itself. Taking the aspects that was started in Japan with the VIP Cars and merging them onto cars that aren't really considered VIP car platforms. You now see K-cars (Vitz, Scion, and other econo-box cars), vans (Oddessy and Previas) and many other vehicles (G35, IS300, 300Zs) with a heavy VIP Style influence. That also has trickled into our US market with the Scions xA and xB. European cars can fall within the “definition of a VIP car” but isn't as popular of a platform mainly because of an untold requirement. VIP Car has a sense of pride within the Japanese community on its luxury vehicles. However, I am now seeing shows like the Tokyo Special Import Car Show similar to Tokyo Auto Salon now being invaded by Junction Produce, Fabulous, and Auto Couture. When they build their car, they immense themselves in the culture of VIP Car… Noburi Flags, clothing, and getting EVERY accessory that the company made like lighters, teddy bears, fans, and other things.

Fitment of the wheels has always been the largest, most defining aspect that the US market uses for VIP Cars. This also brings the most controversy as well. The most heated debates on VIPStyleCars.com came from topics concerning cars and wheel fitments. We had terms like, if it ain't flush, it ain't VIP. I agree that proper fitment is the key to making a VIP Car look good, however my whole take on it… the car determines if it's a VIP car, not the wheel choice. When I had the chance to visit Japan recently, I saw VIP cars that didn't have the extreme wheel lip that we are so used to seeing here. Yes, the offsets were extremely aggressive however; they were still flat-faced wheels with no lip whatsoever. I just don't think it looks right unless the fitment was aggressive in my opinion, which is the reason I'm personally on a quest for new wheels for our GS400.

Next is the suspension, Air suspensions have become the norm. One main reason is the fact that some of these VIP cars come with a factory installed air suspension already. All that needed to be added to control this factory option was an Air controller like one from Data Systems. This gave you the chance to lower and raise your car without changing any suspension parts. This didn't bring the car down as low as we would like it to be, so then we went and looked up companies like Air Runner, Bold World, Universal Air, Canover, and many others. You had a choice of either a canister setup or the sleeve bag on a shock option. That way, you were able to just lay the frame on the car down on the ground and still be able to drive away when its time to go. Trust me, in Japan, their roads and driveways weren't pretty, how they drove these cars around on a daily basis boggles me… Coilovers are still VERY popular for the hardcore, cause they are still able to find the height that they want for driving and show purposes and costs less than half the price of air suspension set-ups. Hydraulic setups are now being touched upon by the likes of Tein to control their coilovers and be able to raise and lower the car from within the cabin. This is only available to wagons and vans from when I last looked into it, but I'm sure now, there might be more applications and companies venturing into this.

Interiors and sound systems of these cars can get very Gotti. Wood grain and screens are the first most obvious mods on the interior. You will see Wood grain trays on these cars. Screens for Navigation and of course, Video viewing is dominant. The sound systems I saw were very elaborate like the ones were see here in CES. One some cars, I saw wood grain all over the trunk to accent the subs that were stuffed in there.

Lastly, the body kits… Companies like Fabulous, Junction Produce, Wald, Veilside, Sessions, Auto Couture, Insurance, and many others offer a variety of styles to choose from. The defining factor is the size of these kits. They are never “puny” but more an elaboration of the factory lines. You can choose from the more milder, cleaner look like from Junction Produce, Admiration and Auto Couture. Then you can choose the aggressive lines like Fabulous, LA club, and Veilside. Then the EXTREME VIP Cars will come out with custom wide bodies and fender flares that will just make you take a double take more than once (even if that's not possible). Taking a cue from the wheels aspect of it, they then take the most widest wheel with the most aggressive offset possible and just bolt those onto the car with no problems.

Where does this all fit into the US market? With companies whose operations are based here are now trying to define the VIP market as Bentleys, Benzes, and other high end Euro cars, it basically leaves out the cars where it all began with for me, The Lexus GS and LS, and the Infiniti M and Q series. Yes, the US automobile market may not have the choice of Japanese luxury cars found in Japan but we make do with what we are provided. However the view of VIP Car or VIP Style Cars is being EXTREMELY skewed in the US and leaves the hardcore VIP Car enthusiast with a sour taste in its mouth. VIP Car starts with the platform first. 350Zs, G35s, Scions, Accords, and other cars are defining the VIP Style Car… VIP Style Cars was mainly a term devised to help define the difference from a VIP Car platform and a car accessorized with VIP styling. This website has room for everyone. I created this site for the reason to give these people a home to learn and educate each other. Whether you own a VIP Car or own a VIP Style Car… Yes, we will have to define our own definition of VIP Style Cars but we can't stray too far from the foundation of it all. There will be those of us who will stick to our VIP Car platforms and those who will decide that their Scion fits the platform as well. Both sides are correct in that matter. What is wrong is to decide that our VIP Car platforms are not acceptable platforms"

[Gorilla Eg!]

Garson Luxury V.I.P curtains ( you can get these with swarovski crystals!!!!)

[DrAE86Toreno]

yeah...lol my friend in japan right now bought some curtains for me..ima try em on my car first to see the quality..if i think they are good ima sell em to certain peoples...im sure they arent garson/d.a.d stuff but well see how it goes...the ones u posted up go for 300 bucks i think for a pair lol...

[Random Hero]

Here is my contribution.

Only the cleanest of the clean for me...such inspiration for my LS

[Random Hero]

Can't forget this dope FD:





I could go on for days...

[DrAE86Toreno]

sweet pix. they are all "X's" cuz im on the governemtn comp but with ur taste im sure they all suck...and this is the controller were looking for "datasytem ase controller" or "dakota digital controller" had to post it in case i forgot lol..well talk more later

[csmiths]

Can't forget this dope FD:





I could go on for days...

WOW so so so so nice

[Random Hero]

sweet pix. they are all "X's" cuz im on the governemtn comp but with ur taste im sure they all suck...and this is the controller were looking for "datasytem ase controller" or "dakota digital controller" had to post it in case i forgot lol..well talk more later

:lol:

Damn...too funny.

I'm trying to find that controller but no luck homie!

[DrAE86Toreno]

what? let me get you the link ill PM it.

[carbongs]

i want to go in the vip direction but have found that it does not allow for other aspects of modding that i enjoy and like. i don't consider my car vip at all. if anything it is exe style but i've always liked being unique and innovative

[DrAE86Toreno]

i think your car is **** hot the way it is...so keep going that direction homie !!!!!

[EJ25RUN]

this files under no categories of VIP.

[TheDarkRacer]

Can i try and vip my honda? it gotz leather!!