New SoCal Guy

Hello Everyone,

Well to start things off, you can simply refer to me as J and I live mainly in the Inland Empire area of California.

I'm at the point in my life where building fast cars with functional yet ostentatious components are starting to be a hindrance when work is usually top priority (and some clients happen to judge you by what you drive).  At the same time, I didn't want to settle for a bone-stock car with a cache of factory upgrades.  After hitting a brick wall and not knowing what to do, I went on a vacation to Kyoto and Kobe in Japan.  That's when I got deeply-immersed in the VIP scene, and have been reading up on VIPCAR and GenroQ magazines ever since.

But for now, my project car is a '92 300zx 2+2.

My plans for it include a fully redone black leather interior+white stitching, garson interior accessories (debating between the crown line and the vega line), diamond-cut wheels (brandnames too long to list, i'm going to photochop diff options later to see what will look best), AirRunner kit, Insurance Godfather widebody, and either Insurance or Artisan exhaust tips.

The goal for the car is to make the whole car seem tastefully-updated and freshened-up so that it can line up with newer AMGs and hopefully look as good as the Lamborghini LP560-4 interior.

I don't have any GOOD pics yet as it has oxidation on the clearcoat and is missing a front bumper.  I'm currently prepping  the car for paint while my friends are helping me rebuild the engine and trans.

...thanks for reading my somewhat-overkilled essay of an intro.


cheers!


~Jigyouka

Welcome! can wait to see pick of that build!

let me know when you want to get those things done. im sure i could be of service. Welcome to VSC.

@Q45er: Thanks! Should be able to start up a thread by the end of the  month.

@VI IX: Will do!I noticed your sig btw, do you work at AF? I was actually told to talk to AF by David Huang about the Insurance widebody. =)

haha.  yeah i work there. (here). how you know david?

I'm a current member of the team he was on.  I try to keep in touch with him whenever I can.

were you at Spo Com? he just picked up two trophies. haha. he's a funny guy. Mr. popular too. haha

I was at spocom but didn't stay for the awards. :sad:

Yep, he's a very cool guy. I was actually surprised when i only saw his IS. I figured he'd also bring out the porsche or the range, lol.

just out of curiosity, are you able to get ahold of the Levoc 451 shift knobs? They're ridiculously marked up in value since they're discontinued lol.

I do have a plan and mod list planned out, so it's just a matter of finding out realistically how much everything'd cost.