Is VIP style going the way of hoodride?

Yes I said it. And I think a few people here are wondering the same thing. When I took a break from VSC 2-3 years ago I found hoodride (the forum before it closed) I was obsessed with it. I paid a dude a $350 deposit for him to keep his beetle next to his barn and i'd pick it up after a good rusty winter. But then, I started noticing that the same things that pushed me away from VSC at the time was happening. The OG's hatin on the new guys, the new guys trying to do dumb shit and diluting the style. Then before it got popular (and way before it could get mainstream) the head guy was like "fuck it" and closed the forums. It stuck around in the VW forums a little bit but about as much as boso VIP builds when you look at the ratios of hoodride to modded VW's. One could easily draw parallels between the people who wanted to paint fake rust on the cars and the nonplatform (and I mean FAAAAAR from platform) knockoff builds on here. Well not so much on here but on other sites with less (real) VIP guys that can defend VIP when someone posts their 1994 ford escort VIP build. 

Now i've been around a while (you can find my old handle on page 4 of the member list IIRC) and i've noticed a serious drop in builds in the last 6 months. I understand the economy is shitty and whatnot but isn't this style supposed to be for ballers? Did the knock off plague kill everyones mod boner? Did everybody see agi's Q and give up?? Seriously what happened?! The board is getting ghost town status and it is bumming me out. People were FINALLY getting what VIP style is all about then all the builds stopped! I understand what is like to be broke and not be able to build your car. I went through [b]3[/b] VIP platforms before I even had the cash to but some wheels and a drop on one of them.

I'm just trying to see whats up. It seems like activity and builds are as low as the cars on here. We succeeded in not having VIP blow up and become mainstream, we succeeded (for the most part) in educating people on what VIP style is, and we've got our people all over the web defending the style, so why stop now??

Grundel out

I've notice not many people on as well, but I'm just thinking its cause of the Christmas season. I myself don't have a platform car, however I'm hoping around May-June of next year 2009 I'll have a LS 400. But ya I think for d most part all the cookie cutters are slowing down especially wit d introduction of the VIP 101 section. Honestly though I don't think it's going to end up like hoodride did.
 
Much Respect.
 
Be Blessed.
Shane

theres mad work going on behind the scenes right now. lots of ppl doin big things, they're just not talking about it.

I haven't quit. Still working on the Protege, trying to get the 240 back on its feet, and I've got another car for spring.

I don't have a garage heater, so work is at a stand still, which means no new updates.

Lots of people just don't like doing buildup threads, its not their style.  Thats fine but buildup threads keep message forums going.  I can't speak for all but I know my region is going to put out some really sick VIP cars in the next 4-6 months, atleast 6-10 cars easily.

It's the end of 08 & 09 is coming, Crazy shit will just happen.
Sit tight & relax

I agree with the idea that there are members who have sick builds but dont advertise. Here in socal i know of a few ucf10/20s that are beautiful and rarely post, just ghost the forum. Even some members who just dont do updates anymore on here. But i bet in the year to come people will post their end results and it be viewed as out of no where when in fact the local vsc friends or close friends will be seeing the build from the get go...

[quote=BLKonBLK98;214255]theres mad work going on behind the scenes right now. lots of ppl doin big things, they're just not talking about it.[/quote]
 
:hsughwerdv7::hsughwerdv7::hsughwerdv7:
 
09 is gonna be so huge for everybody!!!!!!! You'll see!!!!!
Catz out here in socal got HUGE things in the works!!!!! :dance:
 
As well as I know NY and the souf are got alot of shit cookin up!
 
And jus look at Hawaii!
 
Alot of people keep shit underwraps because people will steal your ideas/plans or try to up you if they know what your doing!
 
-Money takes time to make!
 
JUST WAIT! We are ALL excited for what this new year is gonna bring! :biggthumpup:=):dance:

[quote=BLKonBLK98;214255]theres mad work going on behind the scenes right now. lots of ppl doin big things, they're just not talking about it.[/quote]
 
 
Thats right baby......with the limited amount of platforms and styles.....you gotta keep on the DL
 
[quote=widebody_Q;214272]Lots of people just don't like doing buildup threads, its not their style. Thats fine but buildup threads keep message forums going. I can't speak for all but I know my region is going to put out some really sick VIP cars in the next 4-6 months, atleast 6-10 cars easily.[/quote]
 
I cant speak for all either......but Texas is coming out big for 09

This can't go the way of hood ride, we've got Japan to inspire us!

^^ Truth. Just because we don't see what everyone is doing doesn't mean that shiz isn't getting worked on. Every time I see meet pictures I see people doing new things. Plus like 5 members are working on getting oversized wheels to 'fit' on their rides as we speak. As people push the bar father and farther it takes more and more time. No more just putting on a body kit and rims... but actually fabing stuff up to make it work.

I think season has ALOT to do with it.  Anyone not in Socal or warmer climates are locking up there cars for the winter or not adding on.   If you dont add on, there's not too many reasons to take pics so it seems dead.    When it's -10 below actual temp, you REALLY dont wanna be working on a car in that weather.   I chalk a majority of this to weather.   The OGs are still with it and theres tons of noobs still wanting to do it and learn about it.

there is not much going on even in hawaii...holiday season i guess. 

may be in 2009 i will work on something new.

Winter means I bring my "fast car" in the garage and drop all my money into it for next season. So I don't plan on buying anything for my Infiniti till the snow goes away.

Nothing huge for me, but I will have a new addition by next month to my ride. :biggthumpup:

I'm just thinking people are keeping it underwraps. the final stretch of the year is the planning phase and most of us are planning/working hard as heck.

=)

[QUOTE=BLKonBLK98;214255]theres mad work going on behind the scenes right now. lots of ppl doin big things, they're just not talking about it.[/QUOTE]

BINGO!!!

[QUOTE=widebody_Q;214272]Lots of people just don't like doing buildup threads, its not their style.  Thats fine but buildup threads keep message forums going.  I can't speak for all but I know my region is going to put out some really sick VIP cars in the next 4-6 months, atleast 6-10 cars easily.[/QUOTE]

I have to agree with Agi in regards to NYC area. NYC region hasn't really been on the map in regards to VIP but hopefully for '09 this will change. 

 We're just ummmm hibernating for the winter. ;) Think GOTHAM!!!

[QUOTE=gato;214327]Thats right baby......with the limited amount of platforms and styles.....you gotta keep on the DL
 

 
I cant speak for all either......but Texas is coming out big for 09[/QUOTE]

H-Town doin huge things in 09  ;)

i think it better this way, that we [B]keep it underground[/B].... hype kills....

Dang this thread blew up in one day. Good i'm glad to hear everyone is busy working. I was getting a little worried. I'd hate to finish all this work and have no one see what I made ;) When its this cold out theres nothing to do so its the prime time to work on cars! I figured this was the time when everyone would be building stuff so i'm glad to hear thats the case.  I guess I just didn't remember it getting THIS quiet in years past.

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem but everytime I finish an aspect of my car(s) I come up with 2 more ideas of sweet things to do. So 2 months of interior work and 2 months of body turned into 3 months of interior with another months worth of work ahead!

I've got some stuff coming,....just taking forever to get here.    Our numbers are very small and basically we are a cult group.   Some here are more willing to show off their rides while others do it occassionally.    I like it like this....nice and slow.    I really don't want other VIP styled cars rolling around everywhere like how I see Subarus and Evos...and they ALL look the same.    Therefore very boring and uninteresting to look at.

[QUOTE=gato;214327]

 
I cant speak for all either......but Texas is coming out big for 09[/QUOTE]
wrd. RE's got big things coming in 09:dance::cool:

[quote=Green Grundel;214251]Yes I said it. And I think a few people here are wondering the same thing. When I took a break from VSC 2-3 years ago I found hoodride (the forum before it closed) I was obsessed with it. I paid a dude a $350 deposit for him to keep his beetle next to his barn and i'd pick it up after a good rusty winter. But then, I started noticing that the same things that pushed me away from VSC at the time was happening. The OG's hatin on the new guys, the new guys trying to do dumb shit and diluting the style. Then before it got popular (and way before it could get mainstream) the head guy was like "fuck it" and closed the forums. It stuck around in the VW forums a little bit but about as much as boso VIP builds when you look at the ratios of hoodride to modded VW's. One could easily draw parallels between the people who wanted to paint fake rust on the cars and the nonplatform (and I mean FAAAAAR from platform) knockoff builds on here. Well not so much on here but on other sites with less (real) VIP guys that can defend VIP when someone posts their 1994 ford escort VIP build. 

Now i've been around a while (you can find my old handle on page 4 of the member list IIRC) and i've noticed a serious drop in builds in the last 6 months. I understand the economy is shitty and whatnot but isn't this style supposed to be for ballers? Did the knock off plague kill everyones mod boner? Did everybody see agi's Q and give up?? Seriously what happened?! The board is getting ghost town status and it is bumming me out. People were FINALLY getting what VIP style is all about then all the builds stopped! I understand what is like to be broke and not be able to build your car. I went through [B]3[/B] VIP platforms before I even had the cash to but some wheels and a drop on one of them.

I'm just trying to see whats up. It seems like activity and builds are as low as the cars on here. We succeeded in not having VIP blow up and become mainstream, we succeeded (for the most part) in educating people on what VIP style is, and we've got our people all over the web defending the style, so why stop now??

Grundel out[/quote]

wonder why they leave huh?me too.:rules:

Most people who try educate do it soo wrong i think thats why.

[quote=GSoup;214363]BINGO!!!
 
 
 
I have to agree with Agi in regards to NYC area. NYC region hasn't really been on the map in regards to VIP but hopefully for '09 this will change. 
 
We're just ummmm hibernating for the winter. ;) Think GOTHAM!!![/quote]
 
 
 
There will be a few new faces....but not like the West Coast.  Guess all the snow and freezing temps have something to do with it.  And the roads don't help any.....:pat:

[QUOTE=widebody_Q;214272]Lots of people just don't like doing buildup threads, its not their style.  Thats fine but buildup threads keep message forums going.  I can't speak for all but I know my region is going to put out some really sick VIP cars in the next 4-6 months, atleast 6-10 cars easily.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=GSoup;214363]BINGO!!!



I have to agree with Agi in regards to NYC area. NYC region hasn't really been on the map in regards to VIP but hopefully for '09 this will change. 

 We're just ummmm hibernating for the winter. ;) Think GOTHAM!!![/QUOTE]


NYC & GOTHAM are gonna make it happen 09:truestory:

LOL @ the Hoodride reference.  Dope Beat Derrik was a fuckn tool.  Sorry for cussing but I cant think of a better way to dicribe that little poser.  Hoodride is dead, good riddens.  Build something nice now.   Rust in not a crime but driving a POS and pretending its anything but that is... Or at least should be.

hood ride was the shit but sucks now its dead.... i will someday get another VW! bugs are a fetish to say the least...of mine. i must has!

and alot of VW hoodriders went to lowlifevw.com

[QUOTE=flexinsteelz;214365]i think it better this way, that we [B]keep it underground[/B].... hype kills....[/QUOTE]

some of my close friends told me the samething too....

build some nice cars, check
rep hard at shows, check
roll deep at cruises, check
meet the jdms and got our car/face on the vip mags, check

but now what......

they got new rides and this time they said no need already, just build um keep it underground even local, no shows. you see um you see um not even a pic.

however i will still do shows to rep the shop and help my customers.

idk,for me i stopped working on my GS because of the lack of funding.due to the LS i bought.i really want to continue with it but thats not gonna happen.plus of course the economy sucks and job security what stops me from spending money.just dont know if/when you're gonna get let go.i wish i could say i got something bigg coming for 09 but i'd be lying.

[quote=BIGGZ JZS147;214432]idk,for me i stopped working on my GS because of the lack of funding.due to the LS i bought.i really want to continue with it but thats not gonna happen.[B][I]plus of course the economy sucks and job security what stops me from spending money.just dont know if/when you're gonna get let go[/I][/B].i wish i could say i got something bigg coming for 09 but i'd be lying.[/quote]
 
i feel u on this one.. i seen too many shit goin on now and days, even top dawgs gettin laid off..
 
and it comes to a point in ur life that it aint all bout dumpin all ur money into ur shit.... i seen foos out here thinkin they all tight with they shit and all but why be in a big hole when you cant afford it... :smiley-rofl:   game recognize game..

[QUOTE=flexinsteelz;214434]i feel u on this one.. i seen too many shit goin on now and days, even top dawgs gettin laid off..
 
and it comes to a point in ur life that it aint all bout dumpin all ur money into ur shit.... i seen foos out here thinkin they all tight with they shit and all but why be in a big hole when you cant afford it... :smiley-rofl:   game recognize game..[/QUOTE]

Like E40 said "dont buy a hundred thousand dollar car, before you buy a house".

Tx is coming all out for '09. we try to keep things on the DL but there's gonna be some new mods and new builds coming out. People haven't been posting up builds since it takes time and money to do it right.

i havent stopped. actually i just finished the majority of my upholstery. but tomorrow i start my move down to florida so i probably wont be on for a couple weeks. and that also puts off my build for a lil bit to get settled back in but i plan to be doin things again by at the latest april/may time frame.

I got some huge things coming for the aristo for 09!!!!

2009 will be an interesting year for me as well.  Plus I don't bump up my build thread unless it's installed. Heh.

i dont have a platform car but im working on getting my wagon more "styled" for 09

sheet you just know all the key players hahaha


I know , or an getting to learn more and my build thread is a tease for now until the damn car gets running again but over all just watch 09 pop ! I know of atleast 7 build and the ones that just finished too 

btw ... Pimprascals car is the ish for the gs world ... info released December 2008 ;)

[QUOTE=actolex;214399]There will be a few new faces....but not like the West Coast.  Guess all the snow and freezing temps have something to do with it.  And the roads don't help any.....:pat:[/QUOTE]

The roads do not help at all. I'm gonna videotape some of the roads up here and do a thread on it ... LMAO.  

[img]http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/02/12/alg_pothole.jpg[/img]

sorry to take it off topic. It's just a big issue up here in NYC.

is that an amish guy in the background??  ^^^

ha ha

Hasidic Jew, I think the photo was taken in Brooklyn. They have a big presence there.

I think the east coast is gonna do it big this summer . Rite now its just too damn cold . I have a bunch of stuff I ordered for my car , but I dont get a chance to do anything because the garage I keep my car in is about a mile from my home and too small to do any kind of work . My garage is so small I have to climb out of the sunroof to get out :smiley-rofl:.

if you build it...  it will come..

[QUOTE=ShaneC;214558]if you build it...  it will come..[/QUOTE]

that's what I told her.