Is your Lexus VIP or VIP-Styled? Post here and get expert opinions
#121
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#122
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I8ABMR,
I started this post when I first opened the VIP Style forum with the intent it be an educational thread for members to read and learn about what VIP and VIP Style was. There were (still are) a lot of misinformed members (and magazines, etc) calling cars VIP or VIP Styled.
You aren't furthering the objectives of this thread and are making the topic a very confrontational and antagonistic discussion... the exact opposite of what was intented here.
Please exit this thread.
All other members, I ask you to please help get this thread back on track.
I started this post when I first opened the VIP Style forum with the intent it be an educational thread for members to read and learn about what VIP and VIP Style was. There were (still are) a lot of misinformed members (and magazines, etc) calling cars VIP or VIP Styled.
You aren't furthering the objectives of this thread and are making the topic a very confrontational and antagonistic discussion... the exact opposite of what was intented here.
Please exit this thread.
All other members, I ask you to please help get this thread back on track.
#123
are you kidding. Its a total checklist kind of deal. They are all the same generally. low and wide. just a few models actually qualify, and they all have the same mods man( air suspensions, exhaust, 20's,and the random fusa knot and curtains. you also see the standard body kits ( job design, juction produce, aimgain, fabulous) Dont kid yourself . They all follow a mold. If they dont guys like you would tell them its not VIP enough. Thats the prob with the VIP scene in my mind. You guys are always telling each other that your cars are not VIP and that the other guy doesnt know what VIP is. If you are not yakuza then you dont really know what VIP is I guess
No one driving a Lexus infiniti or most any other car on here is an actual 'VIP'..... maybe if your LS600hl is your 'go to work' car you could qualify. Take a look at some pics from 'vip styled' shows in Japan and see if they all fit the same mold.
#125
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The differences in views on VIP combined with the lack of VIP platforms in the US will always be a factor in the growth of VIP here in the US. In addition, some of the "experts" on the other forum are so conceded and stick to their own cliché; also hurt the spread of what is VIP. A lot of outsiders who read their comments often say they are just a bunch of stuck up people. Funny....some don't even own a VIP platform.
The 2 articles I wrote a few years back still hold true.....
http://www.hincity.com/blogs/entry.a...9C7X6E0KC7Y6WB
http://www.highsocietyvip.com/vipstyle.html
The 2 articles I wrote a few years back still hold true.....
http://www.hincity.com/blogs/entry.a...9C7X6E0KC7Y6WB
http://www.highsocietyvip.com/vipstyle.html
#126
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Like many things in life, I suppose the definition of "VIP" is open to some interpretation. I am by no means an expert in all things VIP, but I work in the industry and am exposed to this world on at least a weekly basis. At a minimum I would expect to see the following from a VIP car:
-Rear wheel drive "big body" platform (i.e. an S2000 would not qualify)
-Low stance
-Wide wheels with aggressive offsets
-Moderate to extremely stretched tires
-Body kit
There are plenty of nice cars pictured in this tread, but for me, a set of wheels and a set of springs "do not a VIP car make..."
Another great example of an "almost VIP" car was Gato's old black cherry 2GS. This car had the right stance and wheels, but never had a body kit - to me, it was just a low, clean, cool car, but to others it was VIP. A great example of perspective...
I'm a bit active on VIPStyleCars.com and I've never claimed or represented my car as VIP. In fact, I usually put a disclaimer when posting pics of my 2GS, something like "pics of my new wheels, NOT VIP..." in the thread title or thread text. My car does certainly have some VIP look to it, but I would not classify it as outright VIP.
Recently, I posted photos on that site of my new wheels. In spite of my disclaimer, much to my surprise a few members said things like:
At the end of the day, unless your goal from the outset is to build a VIP car, I say don't worry about it and do your own thing. I was never one to color between the lines anyway!
-Rear wheel drive "big body" platform (i.e. an S2000 would not qualify)
-Low stance
-Wide wheels with aggressive offsets
-Moderate to extremely stretched tires
-Body kit
There are plenty of nice cars pictured in this tread, but for me, a set of wheels and a set of springs "do not a VIP car make..."
Another great example of an "almost VIP" car was Gato's old black cherry 2GS. This car had the right stance and wheels, but never had a body kit - to me, it was just a low, clean, cool car, but to others it was VIP. A great example of perspective...
I'm a bit active on VIPStyleCars.com and I've never claimed or represented my car as VIP. In fact, I usually put a disclaimer when posting pics of my 2GS, something like "pics of my new wheels, NOT VIP..." in the thread title or thread text. My car does certainly have some VIP look to it, but I would not classify it as outright VIP.
Recently, I posted photos on that site of my new wheels. In spite of my disclaimer, much to my surprise a few members said things like:
If thats not VIP then im not sure what magazines you guys are getting from Japan. This car could easily be in one of them. The amount of detail in this ride is what you would find in a vip magazine feature car from Japan. Maybe its not the US version of what "vip" is but it is a very well built car.
I agree. This car is VIP period. Very clean.
Sheet what you are dont matter ... you made a sick @ss car !~!
I always loved your car. Wasn't about what type of build it is, its just probably one of the best builds out there. I really really like the Zone 10s also, great look man.
#127
Everyone assumes that there are a set of guidelines to what VIPStyle is, but in actuality, its a group of enthusiast that have modified their cars to suit their taste and called it a style. That's why there is no rule, guidelines or requirements for this. Everybody else is just following that original group's taste in mods, who are we to say what it is and what is not. I like the style from Japan with these (VIP)cars, and have made my mods to what I see and what I like. VIP Style or not, it's exactly what I like.
There's no trademark or copyright to "VIP Style", so someone else can call whatever they have "VIP Style". When this hit the US market, it was bound to change, just like everything else that gets adopted in society. Nothing remains as it was, and if some of us prefer the ways of the "old or original", we just have to appreciate it on our own.
There's no trademark or copyright to "VIP Style", so someone else can call whatever they have "VIP Style". When this hit the US market, it was bound to change, just like everything else that gets adopted in society. Nothing remains as it was, and if some of us prefer the ways of the "old or original", we just have to appreciate it on our own.
#128
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vip style= styling of vip (luxury) cars. There is no real difference between vip cars and vip style cars except for the magazines. Not a big deal, you'll know if the car is vip or not. A civic with work wheels, slammed, leather interior, no matter how 'vip styled' it looks, will never be a vip styled car. It's just not the same as a big body luxury sedan.
#129
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I started this post when I first opened the VIP Style forum with the intent it be an educational thread for members to read and learn about what VIP and VIP Style was. There were (still are) a lot of misinformed members (and magazines, etc) calling cars VIP or VIP Styled.
You aren't furthering the objectives of this thread and are making the topic a very confrontational and antagonistic discussion... the exact opposite of what was intented here.
All other members, I ask you to please help get this thread back on track.
You aren't furthering the objectives of this thread and are making the topic a very confrontational and antagonistic discussion... the exact opposite of what was intented here.
All other members, I ask you to please help get this thread back on track.
#130
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Here is my car with 'perfect fitment' with springs... unfortunately since i put on the coils and slammed her i've gone from tsuraichi to tsurauchi and... i dont like it...
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for the most part, we all know what VIP style and its origin. We all quarrel among our selves with what is what and what is not. And the end of the day, nothing is gained.
the fact of the matter is, the people outside of the VIP scene have no clue what VIP is. The general public just sees a 4 door sedan with wheels. They don't even know it's lowered, they don't even know it has a kit, they don't even know if it's sporting Work-Wald wheels or cheap ADR - lexani chromies. For the most part, they think it's no different than the 24" spinners they saw in the latest Young Jeezy video.
all our hard work and efforts all go down the drain.
the general public see's a lowrider impala and they immediately know it, they see a hot rod 67 camaro and they immediately know it. They see a 2007 mercedes S class Lorinser package and they know it. They see a older model 1998 Lexus LS400, kitted with Aimgain, 20" work wheels and slammed to the floor, and for the most part they look the other way, don't even know it's there. Heck, even the pocket rocket, rice tuners have an identity.
we as a scene strive so hard to stand out as a different genre, yet the only people who really know about it is ourselves.
the fact of the matter is, the people outside of the VIP scene have no clue what VIP is. The general public just sees a 4 door sedan with wheels. They don't even know it's lowered, they don't even know it has a kit, they don't even know if it's sporting Work-Wald wheels or cheap ADR - lexani chromies. For the most part, they think it's no different than the 24" spinners they saw in the latest Young Jeezy video.
all our hard work and efforts all go down the drain.
the general public see's a lowrider impala and they immediately know it, they see a hot rod 67 camaro and they immediately know it. They see a 2007 mercedes S class Lorinser package and they know it. They see a older model 1998 Lexus LS400, kitted with Aimgain, 20" work wheels and slammed to the floor, and for the most part they look the other way, don't even know it's there. Heck, even the pocket rocket, rice tuners have an identity.
we as a scene strive so hard to stand out as a different genre, yet the only people who really know about it is ourselves.
Last edited by mikemareen; 07-02-08 at 03:35 PM.
#135
ok ok... i'll help get this back on track... but i did think the Lacrosse comment was kinda funny
Here is my car with 'perfect fitment' with springs... unfortunately since i put on the coils and slammed her i've gone from tsuraichi to tsurauchi and... i dont like it...
Here is my car with 'perfect fitment' with springs... unfortunately since i put on the coils and slammed her i've gone from tsuraichi to tsurauchi and... i dont like it...