Is your Lexus VIP or VIP-Styled? Post here and get expert opinions
01-09-07 | 12:48 AM
#106
Things I would change If i wanted to go VIP on the GS
main importance of VIP styling would be the rim fitment and the low stance.
good luck
02 Black on Black GS300
RMM full body kit+grille (this, aggressive bulkier body kit)
Stock wing
JDM style roof spoiler
HID headlights/fogs
Tein CS (this, you need to go lower than what CS can provide)
MRR 20" staggered black GT1's, 4" rear lips (this, lip doesn't mean you are VIP...ya gotta be wide and flush)
Will have very tight will fitment, going with a 245/30/20 up front
Aristo badging
opinions?
RMM full body kit+grille (this, aggressive bulkier body kit)
Stock wing
JDM style roof spoiler
HID headlights/fogs
Tein CS (this, you need to go lower than what CS can provide)
MRR 20" staggered black GT1's, 4" rear lips (this, lip doesn't mean you are VIP...ya gotta be wide and flush)
Will have very tight will fitment, going with a 245/30/20 up front
Aristo badging
opinions?
good luck
01-09-07 | 07:29 AM
#107
Not to offend anybody, but I think a lot of people are missing the mark when it comes to getting the stance and wheels fitment right.
I very big part of VIPstyle is getting the right stance and wheel fitment, just think of it as a custom suit built for your car. Sure you can buy one off the rack, but it just doesn't fit like it's "tailor made".
I very big part of VIPstyle is getting the right stance and wheel fitment, just think of it as a custom suit built for your car. Sure you can buy one off the rack, but it just doesn't fit like it's "tailor made".
01-09-07 | 08:33 AM
#108
Not to offend anybody, but I think a lot of people are missing the mark when it comes to getting the stance and wheels fitment right.
I very big part of VIPstyle is getting the right stance and wheel fitment, just think of it as a custom suit built for your car. Sure you can buy one off the rack, but it just doesn't fit like it's "tailor made".
I very big part of VIPstyle is getting the right stance and wheel fitment, just think of it as a custom suit built for your car. Sure you can buy one off the rack, but it just doesn't fit like it's "tailor made".
Its one characteristic, but not the only one. I think some enthusiasts put too much emphasis on wheel fitment where a stock VIP chassis with no kit, no audio, no mods, has flush wheels and is dropped is considered VIPstyle.
How do we decide what VIPstyle is....the number of "qualified" mods....and who determines that?
06-30-08 | 01:17 AM
#110
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From: Waiting for next track day
theVIP car can be put together on a checklist. 1.slammed on coilovers or air suspension( I think coilovers are better bec the car is slammed all of the time) 2.20's. 3. jdm visors.4. exhaust.5. roof spoiler.6. wondow curtains.7. body kit ( not 100 percent neccesary) . All of the cars that anyone can or will call VIP have at least 5 of the 7 on the checklist. VIP is cool but you dont get alot of variety in style or even cars for that matter bec most ViP freaks know only a handful of large japanese sedans can even be called VIP (bippu)
06-30-08 | 10:35 AM
#112
Bippu
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Its one characteristic, but not the only one. I think some enthusiasts put too much emphasis on wheel fitment where a stock VIP chassis with no kit, no audio, no mods, has flush wheels and is dropped is considered VIPstyle.
How do we decide what VIPstyle is....the number of "qualified" mods....and who determines that?
How do we decide what VIPstyle is....the number of "qualified" mods....and who determines that?
06-30-08 | 11:03 PM
#115
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 22,608
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From: Waiting for next track day
what I am trying to emphasize is how boring the vip thing can be after a while. Give me a break man. all VIP cars have the same mods. All of the ones that I listed. Theere is not alot of variance in this scene. You have limited number of cars that qualify and very limited number of mainly cosmetic mods. I hate some members try to front on others to reduce their own insecurities about " is my car vip" . Trust me play boy I dont need to be told what VIP is. To be totally honest even most people on the VIP forum dont know exactly what it is.
06-30-08 | 11:11 PM
#116
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From: Waiting for next track day
06-30-08 | 11:21 PM
#117
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From: Waiting for next track day
I need to know if mine will be VIP or not, as I'm wanting to use VIP on my tag, and I don't want to be mislabeling.
02 Black on Black GS300
RMM full body kit+grille
Stock wing
JDM style roof spoiler
HID headlights/fogs
Tein CS
MRR 20" staggered black GT1's, 4" rear lips
Will have very tight will fitment, going with a 245/30/20 up front
Aristo badging
opinions?
02 Black on Black GS300
RMM full body kit+grille
Stock wing
JDM style roof spoiler
HID headlights/fogs
Tein CS
MRR 20" staggered black GT1's, 4" rear lips
Will have very tight will fitment, going with a 245/30/20 up front
Aristo badging
opinions?
Its one characteristic, but not the only one. I think some enthusiasts put too much emphasis on wheel fitment where a stock VIP chassis with no kit, no audio, no mods, has flush wheels and is dropped is considered VIPstyle.
How do we decide what VIPstyle is....the number of "qualified" mods....and who determines that?
How do we decide what VIPstyle is....the number of "qualified" mods....and who determines that?
see what I mean
you guys cant decide yourself let alone to talk crap to another person to make yourself feel better.
PS check out the list of mods at the top. Id say its pretty similar to my checklist. all the same mods, just from different companies. when you have only 4 models in the USA that are even allowed by the fanatics to be called VIP( LS,GS,M,and Q) the scene can get repetetive quickly. by the way even the huge tuner mags in the US dont know what VIP is. They write articles about nissan 240's that are VIP. so dont be so insecure. Its all VIP baby IMO the only diffence between the dub scene and the VIP scene are the models that are allowed to be called VIP and the lack of hardcore performance mods generally
Last edited by I8ABMR; 06-30-08 at 11:26 PM.
06-30-08 | 11:33 PM
#118
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Joined: May 2007
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From: Windward, Oahu
*edit* oops not if 'i'm' doing it right but REV-01 since he is the one who i have working on my car.
07-01-08 | 12:22 AM
#119
The DUB cars I see around town all have big chrome 1 piece cast wheels and high offsets. They're not lowered, they have Pep Boys fender vents, chrome pillars, smoked tails, big chrome grills, etc. To me it's the opposite of VIP style. They have emphasis on wheel diameter and lip size, and VIP has emphasis on wheel fitment and stance. Please don't confuse the two.
