What Makes A VIP Car
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.พ. 2019
- Vip cars originated from Japan but eventually migrated to the U.S.A. Form and function often get thrown in the equation when VIP cars are discussed but what actually makes a VIP car? In this episode of wheel school, Alex describes what makes a VIP car, where it originated from and how it impacts the scene today.
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Fitment Industries so you want an ls400 1989-2000
Fitment Industries love that y’all put wulf in the background
@@forcedoutgaming9028 😂
I want those wheels hide his big head
how to make VIP car:
step one: *buy lexus*
Step 2: check into prices of audio upgrades, interior remodeling, suspension & wheels AND labor cost
Step 3: Cry for 2 weeks
Step 4: contemplate giving up
Step 5: give up & sell car
Nah I'm joking about that last step, but shit is expensive. My add ons altogether run about $5.2K, still have buy wheels & suspension. Cheapest thing about the VIP build so far... the purchase price of the car.
Step 5:
I'm getting an is 350 👌
Acura Legend
@@florencefinest1679 I am bulding a 1995 acura legend vip it looks good i do all the custom stuff myself
Sergio Torres good choice! I’ve got one myself, and it’s an excellent daily with a good amount of oomph.
Big 4 door sedan, dark tint, slammed, big wheels, and dash table
@Marcus Hutchison mafia
Pretty much sums it all up except you forget the seat neck pillows
I never understood the slammed part it absolutely kills comfort... the whole point..
You forgot stickers all over all the glass like a 12 year old girl owns it. And fucked up bumpers that look like they were dragged across the highway on a chain.
@@Josef_R you forgot to quit crying to people who don’t care lol
VIP is the jdm lowrider. enough said. some love it, some hate it
@@awsombuttfacemonkey They do have lowriders and that's where the VIP stems from but they put their own style on it.
They have lowrider 240SXs and other domestic cars. Not like JDM in america.
Tawny Gahu its good looking in most cases
@@HeroofSomething vip doesn’t stem from low riders, it was a way of the Japanese mafia staying under the radar, the car guys followed along and started dropping them on deep dish rims and made a style out of it
Not really tho... there is a lowrider scene in Japan. VIP is different.
VIP Looks best on all 90s lexus, you can't change my mind.
I agree
The Infiniti q45 too
@@mikethelegend1101 That's a definite yes my only thing is I never see any around, not even a bone stock one. I thought my SC was rare until I tried looking for one of those.
even better on a crown or a century
LS400 is always my favorite
Hated VIP style cars when I started seeing them in high school, fast forward 6 years and now I’m building one that’s getting closer and closer to being finished lol
Is it finished yet?
Jose Leon finished???
Jose Leon , you da real MVP man let’s see the build bro
It HAS to be done now right?
Matthew Glenn Totally forgot I made this comment lol I never finished it, my LS got rear ended a month after I bagged it and got total lossed by the insurance company. Probably the saddest day I’ve experienced
Doug the type of guy to drive a convertible with the windows up
Oh wait...wrong video
Oh no it's the right video because Doug is the type of guy to respond on other people's channels as if it's his own.
LMAO!!
He's right that the VIP scene divided up into different sections over time. The "original pure VIP" is basically only White, Silver or Black full size V8 luxury cars, mostly Toyota, Lexus and Nissan. Its basically a classy car with a nice interior for the mod boss to ride in and can escape the police. This is why in the "original VIP" the cars are not stanced out with negative camber but rather have good flushed fitment with good grip and also had performance mods (again escape police). This was the whole point of the original VIP. However - things change over time. The first early change was when VIP cars started not being V8s and full size sedans. When people started doing it to V6, I4 and smaller cars which is fine because it still embodies the simple Original VIP form. But VIP scene really went off the rail when it got crazier with lights and super negative camber. These things aren't truly VIP but rather than VIP Style/influenced. A mod boss would not ride in a car with negative camber, with purple body paint and lights that stand out. That isn't avoiding detection. Lol.
VIP style has nothing to do with the yakuza or "mob bosses" at all, it simply started off with young people wanting their domestic luxury cars to look like AMG and koenig cars then it developed from there and took inspiration from haiso styling and more. In the beginning there was indeed a lot of black, silver and white cars but also red and blue. There's no "true VIP", it's a lot broader and flexible than most people claim.
@@TokyoDesperado You have no idea what you are talking about. The Yakuza started the VIP scene and then it lead to young people copying the style. The VIP style was never about copying AMG cars... What VIP style car looks like AMG cars? Since when do AMG cars run negative chamber and lay frame?
@@NissanSkylineVR30 Back then the yakuza would drive stock foreign sedans, they didn't customize their "business" cars cuz it would obviously bring more attention to them and they weren't some goons that randomly would have to escape from the police. I guess heavily influenced is a better word but that's literally how it started, but you would know that if you were familar with the first VIP teams out there like Black Cockroach, VIP Company and King of Kowamote car. I didnt say AMG cars were the reason for the crazy camber and lay frame stuff, that came years later. As I said VIP style continued to develope and quickly become its own thing. The whole yakuza thing is completely made up to make the origin story seem more exciting, anyways I made a reddit post with some early VIP cars so you can see for yourself lmao www.reddit.com/r/JDM/comments/s8jjco/the_beginning_of_vip_style/
Edit: Also I have translated a bunch of japanese car magazines that cover VIP stuff from when it started to now and listened to interviews about it so I would love to know where you've gotten your "facts" from.
@@TokyoDesperado Oh wow. You gotten your facts from reddit, magazines and such. So you have never lived in Japan and saw it first hand? Apparently you are the only one here that thinks the Yakuza didn't start the VIP scene. The point is - VIP style cars never wanted to be like AMG cars. Do you even understand the difference? AMG cars were designed by MBenz to race and for the track. They were hand-made engines. VIP style is just street scene of modding cars. No one mods a car to make their car look AMG. AMG does not come with negative chamber. That was my point. You would make more sense if you flip the narrative. Yakuza did VIP back then but then moved towards more luxury stock base cars like the LS500/S-Class.
@@NissanSkylineVR30
I'm the one who made the reddit post and no I don't live in Japan, why would that even be relevant. Maybe I should change my name to "Nissan Skyline" in japanese also so I can act like I live in Japan. Anyways look at any interviews with the Junction Produce guy or anyone else in the VIP scene and you will see that you are wrong and the whole yakuza thing is nonsense. I dont understand how you have such a hard time understanding what I'm saying, I never said VIP was about making a closest possible replica of AMG cars, only that they were heavily inspired by them visually in the beginning. "origin spec" VIP cars, the very first VIP cars had mostly AMG style wheels and styling because young dudes wanted to replicate that styling on their domestic cars (these cars were new so there wasn't a big aftermarket for them yet). Then around mid to late 90s the big wheels and heavily customized exterior and interior became the norm.
VIP was never a "yakuza" thing, it was always young people who wanted their cars to be both cool and luxurious. That's how it started but for some reason people try to tie in the yakuza or bosozoku with anything related to japanese car styling. The yakuza does not drive LS500s but you are correct about the s-class, they mainly drive Alphards, priuses and other domestic cars that dont attract attention. Again, please show me any kind proof that the yakuza made VIP styling, just a single credible article or anything else that's not made by some american guy who's just reading of the first thing he found on Google.
If you still refuse to believe me then read through these.
www.webcartop.jp/2020/12/625886/
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3b1df1baa5279491d5423a6d3664d188a967caa3?page=1
www.carsensor.net/E_special/070201/02.html
ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIP%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC
At the end of the day, I prefer all available surface of my tires to be touching the asphalt.
Dying breed my friend.
That cant be good for a car, traction, or the tires.
vdochev, bro I agree with you, you don’t have to go mad camber to pull off the VIP look.
See, I'm good up until like maybe four degrees. After that, it stops being racy and about body roll. Really, it just looks like your car is melting.
@@AyrSpeed yea more than 4/3 deegres only makes sense on drift cars. And personaly i hate how cars with -10 look and at that point youre a danger to the rest of the people on the road
Vip style drift cars are where its at
I think the interior of VIP cars is amazing, I put VIP cushions, neck pillows, curtains, and rolls royce lights, but on the outside I want my GS to be sporty. Guess my taste is a blend of the old luxury VIP interiors and modern sporty exterior looks.
I LOVE vip style builds ❤ it's like they're saying "I am a gangster and I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT!"
I own a vipstyle car and I love the scene. Most of the people in the scene are mature or older. One thing I love is they don’t tolerate a lot of immaturity that typically come with the import scene. Also it is an expensive build as well just for an example like chaser taillights running $1500+, bodykits $2000+,most static VIP builds with suspension component from companies like Tdemand who specializes in camber, short knockles, coilovers and more will cost you more then an air suspension setup. $7-$10+. In the VIP scene quality is very important. And using low quality parts rep wheels, or knock off parts is extremely frowned upon and have a low tolerance. If you come in the scene with a positive vibe then all is welcome but if you come for scene points definitely not the scene you wont to come into. It’s pretty much the scene you enter once you’re like a grown adult but still enjoy building a project.
VIP it’s a lifestyle
"when it comes down to it" is the new "at the end of the day"
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I don't think people understand what a TRUE vip build is. What people get confused is VIP car builds and VIP INSPIRED car builds. Many don't know the true difference and that's what makes them amateurs. You can't vip a coupe or convertible, it doesn't work that way. VIP has to be big body sedans such as the president, cima, crown, or majesta. Everything else that isn't in those categories are basically vip inspired. And why would you listen to Urban dictionary? They used the word "rim"....it's actually called a wheel 😂 the rim would be the lip on the wheel. Tsk tsk tsk!
Yes...true VIP all starts with the platform, if it's not one of the traditional platforms it's VIP Inspired or VIP Style and not truly VIP. Somewhat irrelevant side note, agreed on the "rim" thing as well, that's always bugged me.
Akschually...
This is a Vip for the ones that don't know instagram.com/p/Bmo7uiSlbhV4kBx0HAYWpNWZi2mGlyJzGCXTWU0/ or this even though he doesn't own it anymore th-cam.com/video/q4NcBh3f7x0/w-d-xo.html
Chipping in with the DADDY of all bippus - the celsior
Straight facts
Japan has the best VIP rides and best ones are the big body saloon which are commonly used for drift cars due to their long wheel base and of course rear wheel drive,
So like crowns, Lexus , the entire X chassis line up etc,
man those guys are trend setters where the car scene is concern. To JDM with love ❤️
what bout the germans
Currently working on my 91 Acura legend honestly, I want to keep it plain and simple, but still pop out these videos actually really help
I'm attempting to do this on a budget. Nothing like riding around like Yakuza used to.. I have a '98 LS400 on 20" Enkei Lusso. I just bought suspension, gonna lower a couple of inches and fine tune some things. Love it. Not gonna do the crazy fenders or none of that shit. Factory is fine.
you can do factory body vip. Just make sure your body is clean and sorted.
@@maxwell5428 It needs some love from a paint shop, other than that it looks pretty clean as it is. You can see it on my instagram: asian.papi
Kenji Almonté guess I’ll follow
Kenji Almonté same, I’m not going for the crazy wide body or fenders on my LS430, the stock lines look perfect to me.
Thanks for following man@@maxwell5428
Anyone else hear the Xavier Wulf beat
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I already decided, bitch, that I don’t need no sidekick 🐺 ⚔️
Thank you guys for hearing me out and posting VIP style car review
Literally just bought a 91 cima from japan like two weeks ago. Can't wait to give it a refresh and make it look nice.
I love watching videos when Alex is in it this dude is hilarious 🤣🤣
I remember having a meeting with Ken Miyoshi of Showoff in 97 trying to get him to do a full VIP car show cause I knew it was gonna be the next big thing. He said it'll never catch on here, and look at it now! He failed to be the pioneer of the VIP show circuit.
My VIP Ls430 is to drive my grandparents around they love it
I have a 96 Avalon that I'm currently daily driver and first build,😁ty for the vid I'll post pics to the gallery once I get the wheels
You guys should do a series where each video focuses on a specific customization style. ‘Cause I didn’t really know much about the VIP style, especially the history behind it, and you all used the term “warrior” to describe a BRZ in another video and I’d never even heard that term before. Dig y’all’s videos!
I was thinking, if you had seen the estonian LS400 and to my surprise u actually included it in this video, nice!
I love this style when there not cambered to the moon and less than half an inch of the ground
Thank you for clarifying that about VIP cars.
I have a 2005 Lexus LS430 UL (Black on black)
I have a lot of work to do. First on the agenda; wheels and suspension 😅
Thank you.
Much love from Pasadena California.
My VIP build is going slow asf but it'll get there one day🙌🏾 #GS350
Anybody else catch the xavier wulf instrumental in the background?
Taco Bell Shell haha I’ve been bumping him a lot lately ;) - max the editor
I ALREADY DECIDED BITCH
@@daltonderrick16 THAT I DON'T NEED NO SIDEKICK
@@sleepysupra PULL UP PROFILING
@@sleepysupra PULL OUT PRO STYLE, BITCH
Yessssss thank you Alex!! Haha appreciate it!
And yes I mob my daily VIP GS400 everyday, just finished my headliner and starlight effect. Only thing that sits in the back is food when I do door dash lmfao
i’m only 18 and going into college but i have the start to a vip car, 2007 acura tl slammed on its nuts with the beige interior and a custom trunk setup soon i’m remodeling the whole interior so give it that VIP look that ive been wanting
I'm VIP style, but my car has slowly morphed out of it when I did my engine swap. Now it's a highway runner/VIP/show car lol. Gonna take it to a track this year and see how it does.
I ordered rims and tires from fitment industries because I’m a big fan of your guy’s channel. I wanted you guys to be the first mod that I did to my car. I ordered it about a month and a half ago and when I got the delivery information it said that it would be delivered on 23 June it’s currently the 27th and I won’t be able to go to my local car meet with my new wheels. I really wanted to show off these new wheels but they’re not here yet :(
Just picked up a Lexus LS400 been wanting to make a VIP build for a hot minute .
I’m buying nitto neo gens from you guys literally just because you loved my comment
I’ve got a ‘99 GS300, currently saving for an Aristo swap but from then on I’m focusing on making it a VIP build. Not going crazy with colour or camber as it is my daily but bags, big wheels and a wide body are a must 👌
Those red & silver wheels are dope!
I have an Infiniti m35 20in esr sr12 . Static on bc coilovers all from fitment industries. Love the vip style always a looker
Nice stanced estonian lexus and greeting from Estonia!
Thank you for listening 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
VIP Toyota cressida all day!
Old school, functional VIP cars are still awesome. There's some guy rolling an imported, rhd Soarer in my town and it's sick. He has it lowered, flush, and then just blacked out EVERYTHING. He parks it up with a collection of "fix it" citations for his tint all across the dash. Which you can barely see, because again - tinted obscenely dark.
VIP Lifestyle here. Our company car is a wide-body Toyota Crown Majesta. 🤘🏼
Damn id like to see that
VIP: when you grow up in the suburbs, and you want a slanty boi honda, but your parents got you a 4dr Benz
Wouldn’t build one myself, but I love admiring them at shows
Wow, whoever wrote/edited that urban dictionary article, really did love errant apostrophes, oops I mean apostrophe's 😂😂😂
I love the idea of VIP cars. Given I commute and daily in my modded car everyday, speed doesn't really matter too much to me. Considering getting a GS350 next and giving it a VIP inspired look sans the camber.
Might catch heat for my choice, but 02 Acura RL. (Yes I meant to put the R there and not a T). It’s basically a four door upgraded and rebadged Acura Legend. 96k miles on the dash, currently doing a VIP build on that.
In the process of VIPing my 3IS. Junction Produce Scaras are expensive man
my boy frankie has a vip benz with that realllly rare dark green oem paint its soooo clean
i feel like im the only person in your sub count that wants a drag inspired street car. if you can, please do a video on drag builds
HAHAHA, you used that video of Japan's Lambo King Morohoshi. He's the real deal, ya know. This video was spot on though. You forgot only one thing. That D.A.D craziness but no worries. D.A.D is about to die out.
Those red and chrome wheels to the left of him are so nice what are they , they kinda look like welds ( I don’t know much about wheels)
Finally a V.I.P video wish it was longer tho lol 👌🏼 (V.I.P inspired Mercedes) 🤟🏼
LMAO at the bumper hanging off the car
I gotta 2010 Acura TL and realized that it has limited aftermarket parts so VIP might be the way to go for me. I damn near LED-ed everything on the car now. Should be complete by next spring. I’m not messing with the camber either!!!
Hopefully getting a Celsior Monday off all goes well. If it does, It’ll be my daily build.
The "crazy VIP" And cars that were shown when talking about this is usually referred to as GT VIP
That Ls430 at 3:37 is a beautiful car good lord.
My new favorite look
East Side of Bridgeport CT has so many that try to do this
1:51 those are actually some badass tailights. A little rice-y but I would totally put those style lights on a Nissan Cima.
i want one like that for a daily! comfortable but lightly modified and cool
Real VIP, top of the line or midrange sedan with the biggest factory engine slammed on aggressive fitting wheels. RWD. VIP style = the stuff peope do to accords and camrys to make them look like a VIP build. Thailand had the best VIP style builds at one point. They probably still do.
I am trying to VIP my genesis sedan 2013 but it is insane finding parts to do this with lol.
My favorite car aesthetic is like late 90s early 00s lowered alpina BMWs with dark tints and look classy but mean
I have a 2004 Jaguar XJR and looking to do a mild VIP theme, just finding decent wheels in 5x108 has been tricky
I feel like I'd be part of the very few who own a Chrysler 300S V.I.P.d and also have an '86 Chevy K10 for pulling my friends out of ditches (These are my dream vehicles rn idk why).
Doing a V.I.P 2020 Camry coming to y’all for suspension and fitment of my antique 3 piece wheel faces!!!
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I got myself a nice looking 97 ls400 and the VIP look on it is wild. But in a good way
I love how 80’s West Coast culture is never talked about when it comes to VIP or any of the current hot items like deep dish wheels. Check any 80’s lowrider magazines
That's because lowrider is not the same as VIP.
@@ShogunEthix west coast low rider cars and interior mods was before VIP but never said they were the same. But no one gives credit to the originals who started it.
Love the xavier wulf instrumental
FIYAAAA
I hope I run into you guys at SEMA 😂🤟🏼
Same dude! That would be awesome I watched all of your Speed3 videos when I wanted to start building my 2012 Speed3! -Erik 🙏🏼😂
Imma try this style in my first gen Audi A8, this gotta be interesting 😂
Vip build ls400s got me into cars. Then when I couldn’t find a 400 and was desperate for a car I bought a g35 coupe. On a mission to do a vip influenced build on a coupe, focusing mainly on attention to detail and interior upgrades. Some may find it stupid but, you know, it is what it is. That’s the cool thing about this community. There’s something for everyone. Definitely going to do a ls400 build sometime tho
Not for camber tho personally.
He also forgot to mention EXE (executive) style. Same as VIP but more reserved wheel fitments and subtle lip kits. Basically, drivable versions of VIP cars.
Yo alex, make videos more often plz...
Got one on the build 😛
That Diablo GT is beautiful...
My favorite builds
i’m trying to transform my 2018 wrx into an old style vip car... slammed on some nice wheels with a nice interior.
What wheel is behind your left arm?
I need that color on my wheels.
For my build Iam using my 98 accord four door and adding leather soft suspension and using premium materials to make the car classy the car will be grey. And a set of 17/18 inch wheels. Just basically a oem+ in a way
VIP for me means classy low key clean jdm sleeper with tint.
I'm (slowly) building my Ford Falcon FG-X ute to be a vip lowrider with a nice comfy ride. You can make these sorts of cars very nice to be in. it's a pretty big scene in my part of Australia. Just copy that of Mercedes and BMW with their prestige to make something simpler into something more.
Have a 2010 Kia forte I plan on slamming, just bought some aftermarket rims, about to buy some coilovers.
Got a 2004 Toyota Celsior here on 20" work wheels.
"Coilovers and wheels aren't a build."
Any stanced type r owner: _Im gonna pretend i didnt see that._
My 10 year old kid saw me watching this video and went “what wrong with the wheels?? They’re all tilted!” 😂😂😂 I said yep, exactly.
Finally alex
it doesn’t really make sense to call VIP builds “luxury ricers” RICE stands for RACE inspired cosmetic enhancements and most people who work on VIP builds aren’t looking to make their car look like a race car, they just want it to look elegant and refined
Can you make another video updated but like the series "So you want to build VIP Car"?
Currently working on making my 2014 Mercedes C250 into a VIP OEM+ style car
That 10 spoke wheel over your right shoulder what is it and how can I get a set
What are the silver and gold mesh wheels, up in the corner, behind Alex?
Especially the 4-door sedan, and the -500 camber thing.Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
When you watch video and it contains car with EST reg plate 4:34. That's nice 😀
Ive got a ls430 slowly putting it together