Where did you come from?

Not meaning what state or country you're living in,but what "car scene" did you come from before you discovered VIP.it seems we have a lot of "retired" drfiters and street racers.as for myself I can't say I came from  the drift scene because I wasn't that good at it.maybe Its because i was too scared to lose my car.anyways,I made this thread because I'm bored at work and just curious.

I have just always liked LOW cars. Never got into racing (cept a few back street runs with friends to see whose car was fastest), never felt i needed to have the fastest car. I just loved that "damn that SOB is on the ground" look. Especially with luxury cars... Something about the extravagance of ruining an expensive car with irreversable mods or turning the undercarriage into minced meat that i love...

I came from the JDM Honda scene. My brother was stationed in Japan and he kept telling me about these cool Lexus and Nissans dropped with some really nice wheels, he would send me pics and from then on I was hooked!

I come from Lowriding/Muscle cars, then to Drifting, Road Racing and Precision driving.  I still have my foot firmly in those Car Genres :giggity:
 
Ive been out practicing in my 'spot'  and will hopefully have my lil Drifter back on the road soon :dance:

HotRods, Old School Imports, Highway Racing....(Sorry) hahahaahaha, and Honda Scene

from imports (mid-late 90s), to mini trucks (early 2000s), to dubbish/hood, to taxis/busses, to vip.

HotRod/Muscle Cars, to imports, to drifting, Highway Racing, etc... TO VIPstyle :biggthumpup:
 
Take Care.
 
Shane

hondas...i helped run jspek.com so that should pretty much tell you what part of the scene i was in on (japanese style show scene). i wish i would have finished my integra :sad:

turbo DSM's, which i'm still involved in, also off roading, i have an 02 grand cherokee overland, lifted, mud tires, etc.
i had an LS back in 2000, which i kitted lowered, 18's (weak ass offset!), tv's, etc. i had no idea vip even existed back then but i guess modding a lexus that way seemed to make sense to me, esp. since i'd never seen anything like it done before. yeah, it sucks living in KY....

American.  I was an outcast, doing body mods, cutting up body kits, Projector retro fits back in the early 2000's.  Half the forum I was on though it was rice but I had a strong cult following that loved it to death.

I came from skateboarding and bmx riding. And the famous drift scene.

I was in the Honda scene when it was hawt ... then came to the drifting scene ..with friends but Vip was in my blood 


I loved slammed 4 door look, and always wanted a Gs just couldn't afford it until I got older ..

[QUOTE=Bippu PxrLex;152719]I loved slammed 4 door look, and always wanted a Gs just couldn't afford it until I got older ..[/QUOTE]

+1, i remember wanting a GS when i was in hs...now that i have one i want something else...godamn new civic! :pat:

import mainly...never got into domestic.   I got into the drift thing briefly when initialD came out...but that faded pretty quickly.   I guess some nissan and honda.

i've always been into VIP...but never new what it was called.

but i came from the supra scene.

euro and american before that lol. thunderbird, 2 caddy's, 2nd and 3rd gen chrysler 300, couple trucks and a shaguar=). most werent too good to me. went searching for something of better quality. was stuck on 04 f50 and 04 LS430 but the LS was almost 10 grand more for similarly equipped models (both had to be black on black). 
anyway heres a couple favorites:
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i was originally into Lowriders from when i was a kid. When i reached high school i got into the honda scene and stuck with it  up untill 2006 , found out about VIP style and started to read mags whenever i could find them. I wanted to VIP "style" my UA5 TL but that failed and so did the transmision ...haha , then "tried" to get into the drift scene , had a zenki s14 , cressida , then realized it wassnt for me. Later bought a bagged blazer that put me through hell and back. Finnally sold the blazer couple of months ago and got enough money to buy a lexus and here i am today with my ucf10 happy as a mofo!:dance:

Im orignially from the old school imports scene.  Back in the day circa 1995, when everyone first started to dump thier civics and tegs.  Went from clear outs and sho gun kits to circa 2000 when c-west and erebruni were the hot shit.  I knew a little about vip back then, but could never afford anything that baller.  Now, ive gotten a lot older and can afford nicer things.  Thus I had the means to join the VIP scene,...lets see how this new scene develops.

The PTS(Public Transit System).....that and hitchiking, bumming rides, good old feet, oh, and Honda Civic   ;) When I read the thread title, I was gonna say Petoria!

[QUOTE=RaCinStylez;152802]Im orignially from the old school imports scene.  Back in the day circa 1995, when everyone first started to dump thier civics and tegs.  Went from clear outs and sho gun kits to circa 2000 when c-west and erebruni were the hot shit.  I knew a little about vip back then, but could never afford anything that baller.  Now, ive gotten a lot older and can afford nicer things.  Thus I had the means to join the VIP scene,...lets see how this new scene develops.[/QUOTE]

lets not forget those izusu rodeos :dance: i kinda miss the clear lights/ugly kit days. maybe one day ill throw together a nice rice rocket and get put that top fuel turbo kit to use lol.

JDM Honda scene

Started with the JDM Honda scene, After that blew up I got sick of everyone with the same F ing wheels, Switched over to old school bugs cause they could get lower then any civic. When I went and visited japan I saw some sick magazines and not to mention the sick ass taxis, I was hooked every since.

jdm honda scene and dtm thene vip style came and i am lovin it!!!

[QUOTE=Skaper;152832]Started with the JDM Honda scene, After that blew up I got sick of everyone with the same F ing wheels, Switched over to old school bugs cause they could get lower then any civic. When I went and visited japan I saw some sick magazines and not to mention the sick ass taxis, I was hooked every since.[/QUOTE]

man thats the mufukn truth! everyone had to have mugen/spoon lips with 16s at the biggest...shit got old quick...but i was guilty too.

quick pics of my last car before i started buying real parts

[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/nuWest/mk3/mk3-089.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/nuWest/me_dump/self-046.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=airmax;152805]lets not forget those izusu rodeos :dance: i kinda miss the clear lights/ugly kit days. maybe one day ill throw together a nice rice rocket and get put that top fuel turbo kit to use lol.[/QUOTE]

it was a honda passport buddy...lol :smiley-rofl:

lol there aint no difference other than badging...its like fkn camry and an es300 [IMG]http://houston-imports.com/forums/images/smilies/kekekegay.gif[/IMG]

before anyone says anything...i already know...its an inside joke

Honda Scene...this is my first car that hasnt been a honda or acura for a long time

[QUOTE=airmax;152915]

[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/nuWest/me_dump/self-046.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Dude, That car use to be on my desktop at one point. Whats your name?

[QUOTE=Dominik;152651]I have just always liked LOW cars. Never got into racing (cept a few back street runs with friends to see whose car was fastest), never felt i needed to have the fastest car. I just loved that "damn that SOB is on the ground" look. Especially with luxury cars... Something about the extravagance of ruining an expensive car with irreversable mods or turning the undercarriage into minced meat that i love...[/QUOTE]
 couldn't have put it better! i come from the same mindset. i have always loved hondas tho. thats where i came from. i have had 3 accords and i still have 1! my first car was actually a hand me down es250, then 2 accords, a infiniti i30 99 civic si then the gs! ALL SLAMMED!

[QUOTE=Skaper;152973]Dude, That car use to be on my desktop at one point. Whats your name?[/QUOTE]

lol wow really? never knew anyone really saw/liked that thing. my name is nick, i post alot of other forums as nuWest.

i come from da vietnam man.

straight outta saigon.


my motto and guideline when it came to buying my first car... "nothing touches my ass but leather"

i never liked those rice rockets all the typical asian kids got. i always have been into  grandma cars since young.

grew up later on and found out all the style of cars i liked are gangsta ass shit.

Lowriders, DUB, OFF ROAD 
 
Current Project...parked at my Moms in this pict....Dont have room for it at my Pad..
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Before I had my 4th kid...I had to trade it in for a LX470
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SUBURBAN...DUB STYLE I guesss you could call it..sold it a few years back and bought the Q gas was way to expensive and I was driving like crazy when the real estate market was peeking..almost $300 a week on gas
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executive style with my LS430

I started off modifying my DOHC Neon in HS(don't flame me, parts were cheap and it was fun and loud). I kinda got into a little bit of street racing with it, but then I started getting into Euro cars, bought two VW Corrados and modified them quite a bit. Sold one of them and kept the other. 

I've always been into big luxury cars and have always wanted to modify them. When I first heard about the VIP scene two years ago I fell in love with this style. Now I'm coming down to San Diego tomorrow to work for the summer and I will finally be in a financial position to go ahead and purchase a nice Lexus GS or LS. Haven't decided yet...:shrug:

prior to buying my 93 gs300 i had an 85 factory 5-speed cressida and 86 cressida wagon. i was all into the whole shakotan/yankii scene in japan with the crazy wide wheels running madd stretch & poke tucking tire with rear camber, front duckbills, rear diffusers. before that i was into drifting and had an 86 ae86 corolla gt-s hatchback with trueno bumpers. before THAT i was into hondas.

[QUOTE=airmax;152983]lol wow really? never knew anyone really saw/liked that thing. my name is nick, i post alot of other forums as nuWest.[/QUOTE]

Nice, must have been from HT. I got banned from that site at one point cause I got into it with a mediator over a dumb avatar photo... ugh. Anyways, word Nice taste in cars :biggthumpup: 

-Kenneth

I started off in the import scene. Worked for a custom speed shop building fast DSM's. Our shop car ran a 9.5 @ 153. We just liked to turbo everything. After spending a month in Indonesia I was hooked on vip.

[QUOTE=Skaper;153276]Nice, must have been from HT. I got banned from that site at one point cause I got into it with a mediator over a dumb avatar photo... ugh. Anyways, word Nice taste in cars :biggthumpup: 

-Kenneth[/QUOTE]

thx mang, preciate it...i was on h-t alot for like a year...thankfully i grew out of that phaze...id prolly still be stuck and be done with the teg and building a crx or something lol.

I've been everywhere. lowriders to hotrods, to Ricky Racer stuff trucking and minitrucks, I still love every facet.

Never really street raced, i wasn't into the whole "be loud and obnoxious" part of Import Tuning.

I always loved luxury cars, and when i found out there's a styling that caters to it, i was hooked.

96 Accord (tuner/first car)
91 Talon TSi AWD (street racer)
95 240sx (RWD, drift scene)

To Be Continued...