A humble Y33 from The OC ...

Hello and salutations people of VSC. Just wanted to let y'all know that I've Been lurking in the shadows of all you giants of  vipstylecars and getting ideas and knowledge. And now I'm ready to pounce on y'all and become the biggest giant there is... Muahahaha. JUST KIDDING. Now that we have everybody smiling a wee bit. Just wanted to be officially introduced My name is Rishi, ummm, was in the army before moving to SoCal, one thing I can tell you though, love SoCal and some people here but I absolutely despise the damn traffic here, guess that something I have to live with. Ummm, coming from turbo 240s, Zees and e30s etc etc, I reckon it's only fair we step the game up and our rides as well. so this is the best place to come to for that and I look up to loads of you guys here- 33flavours, dirtyATL, pancakes, rtzy33, why33, amoneyq45, and bunch of other chaps that I can't remember right now,  y'all are such an inspiration and your cars are what prompted me to get my project/daily because my leased ride was racking up TOO many miles... LoL. Damn it, sorry for the prolonged intro- and I told myself I AM not gong to do that. Thank you for what y'all do, I appreciate it.
 
On to my car - please give me some feed back or opinions suggestions, all I'm doing to my kiu is the beginning, so everything on it is subject to change as we all know... Heheh.  

Here it is when it came out of the body shop after I bought it about a month ago. 
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And when I picked up my wheels, Forgestar F14 19x9/10 after being powder coated and then mounted - 4x4 status!!!
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an hour later after the car wash- they effed up my wheels somehow, with some degreaser or something, and refused to pay up but whatever- don't go to the car wash on ball and valley view in cypress!!! 
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got the cima grill from Moshi Moshi 
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black wheels ... :-) quite sure this is not very VIP at all n not to everyone's taste but like I said subject to change....
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Holy ish gap!! Got to come down when I get ahold of why33's PBM, hopefully. 
Front
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Rear
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yeah. That's it for now... Body kit, coil overs, pearl white, different set of wheels etc etc slowly down the road. Stay tuned. Hope y'all liked what y'all saw so far. All criticism will be duly noted n appreciated. 


Very Respectfully,
RIshi

nice start. remember to stay humble. good luck with your build, remember to build it for yourself and not everyone else. welcome aboard

[QUOTE=VI IX;472112]nice start. remember to stay humble. good luck with your build, remember to build it for yourself and not everyone else. welcome aboard[/QUOTE]

My brother- thanks for that!

Nice start sucks to hear about the wheels though....Im subscribed for some progress 
BTW I was in the army as well
I have a y33
and I had the same wheels on my LS400

haha crazy!!!

[QUOTE=RITZY33;472118]Nice start sucks to hear about the wheels though....Im subscribed for some progress 
BTW I was in the army as well
I have a y33
and I had the same wheels on my LS400

haha crazy!!![/QUOTE]

Indeed, crazy.... You are mentioned in my "shout out", saw the video for your car on Vimeo and brother I got one word for your car - Stunning! Yeah, still trying to transition to civilian life man, ish don't make sense out here sometimes and I think this will be a very nice sorta healthy therapeutic output for me. Cheers.

Welcome bro...

A bit of more pics for your viewing pleasure... I'm getting the car frikkin lowered today if possible, I know I said going to wait for why33 PBMs but I hate rolling like that, the car feels really high maybe it's psychological, I dunno.... :-/  the kiu looks like a damn tank/donk however you look at it... LoL. But nevertheless, looking better day by day. :-) 

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Black interior
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Treefrog black Squash- love the fresh smell!!!
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my trunk- LoL... Need a revamp- too messy and not practical, can't put my golf clubs in it and I hate putting them in the back seat. BTW, anyone up for golf? Never been to any golf course out here in SoCal yet, just driving ranges. HMU!
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[QUOTE=Donraja;472120]Indeed, crazy.... You are mentioned in my "shout out", saw the video for your car on Vimeo and brother I got one word for your car - Stunning! Yeah, still trying to transition to civilian life man, ish don't make sense out here sometimes and I think this will be a very nice sorta healthy therapeutic output for me. Cheers.[/QUOTE]

haha thats whats up and thanks for mentioning me with the heavy hitters on this forum lol
but just be like every other Vet
get cashed out by the VA
collect unemployment
and use your GI Bill for school haha

so what type of suspension did you decide on ?
also if your ever in the Pomona area hit me up

I hear you on that one. I dunno man, Megan's coilovers I suppose. But I dunno where to get it weld it from, I'm going to PM you right now. The ones with the spindles wouldn't be in till next month anyways. So yeah.

welcome fellow Veteran and Y33 owner :biggthumpup:.......we all had to start somewhere, stick around and learn

[QUOTE=DIRTYATL;472185]welcome fellow Veteran and Y33 owner :biggthumpup:.......we all had to start somewhere, stick around and learn[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the warm welcome man. Definitely learning a lot in here. Thanks for your service as well to our great nation my brother.

Welcome home man! Still busy with lots of things. Will let you know about the coils once i done dealing with my problems. Thanks for the shout out even im not worthy of a shout out but def appreciate the love :biggthumpup:

[QUOTE=Why33;472189]Welcome home man! Still busy with lots of things. Will let you know about the coils once i done dealing with my problems. Thanks for the shout out even im not worthy of a shout out but def appreciate the love :biggthumpup:[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the welcome brother, really appreciate it. Do what you got to do brother. No worries. And yes, you deserved to be mentioned - who else rocks a green y33, huh? And that video dranom made on Vimeo - just magic right there. You don't know how many times in a day I see yours and drew's car on Vimeo thing over and over just to say'damn' over and over. Haha. Yeah. I got lots of time on my hands. Lol. The calm before the storm - I'm swamped for the rest of the month!!! FML! 
Anyways, thanks again my brother!!!

your wheels are currnetly @ revolution in cypress right (saw it on yelp)? i was about to pick up those wheels for my girls mustang hahah.

davids my ninja. and if you ever need wheels re-done, hit up Sam (from wheelflip) there.

[QUOTE=09w211;474251]your wheels are currnetly @ revolution in cypress right (saw it on yelp)? i was about to pick up those wheels for my girls mustang hahah.

davids my ninja. and if you ever need wheels re-done, hit up Sam (from wheelflip) there.[/QUOTE]

Hey there- you should still pick them up for your girlfriend, it's for sale with tires now!!! LoL. They are not at revolution anymore though, it's at my business here in south gate. You should pick them up! Cheap! Cheap! (Like that sales pitch!!??, LoooL)
Yeah, David's awesome!! He hooks me up whenever and with whatever he can. Yeah, I know Sam ... LoL, he's the one that does my wheels anyways... :-)

[QUOTE=VI IX;472112]nice start. remember to stay humble. good luck with your build, remember to build it for yourself and not everyone else. welcome aboard[/QUOTE]


:biggthumpup:

[ATTACH]3931[/ATTACH]Tinted the tail lights, thought it would turn out better but doesn't seem right some how.

[ATTACH]3932[/ATTACH]

Yup, 325000 friggin miles and runs like a damn champ still. :-)

beast!

so much potential with this ride! can't wait to see it all finished

[QUOTE=Donraja;475413][ATTACH]3932[/ATTACH]

Yup, 325000 friggin miles and runs like a damn champ still. :-)[/QUOTE]

I just wanna get my Y33 to 300k lol. Good luck on the build! 

Tapa'Talkin on my Galaxy Note

[QUOTE=brainneeded;475432]beast![/QUOTE]
Isn't it!?? LoL dunno how long I got before it croaks. Heheh. Lets see...

[QUOTE=LuiBTLRD;475473]so much potential with this ride! can't wait to see it all finished[/QUOTE]

Thanks man, slowly but surely!

[QUOTE=BossMaxima;475514]I just wanna get my Y33 to 300k lol. Good luck on the build! 

Tapa'Talkin on my Galaxy Note[/QUOTE]

Thanks man. It shouldn't have any problems getting up there. Regular maintenance and drivjng like an old man will make a whole lot of difference ... LoL... :-)

I have another y33, that's black has well over 425 thousand someide miles. Surprised it lasted this long.

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[QUOTE=Speed;475650]I have another y33, that's black has well over 425 thousand someide miles. Surprised it lasted this long.

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Awesome, bro.

[QUOTE=Donraja;475718]Awesome, bro.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, did stop on me and my dad when we went up big bear on a retreat. At the time had 200k something thousand miles since then.  It's just sitting and picking up dust at a repair shop.  Were gonna junk it. 

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[QUOTE=Speed;475724]Thanks, did stop on me and my dad when we went up big bear on a retreat. At the time had 200k something thousand miles since then.  It's just sitting and picking up dust at a repair shop.  Were gonna junk it. 

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Cool story, bro

nice pick up, i think the tails look cleaner without tint IMO, but nonetheless exited to see where this goes!!!

[QUOTE=levie;477088]nice pick up, i think the tails look cleaner without tint IMO, but nonetheless exited to see where this goes!!![/QUOTE]

I hear you brother. My plan is respraying the car black or a dark dark color- see if it matches then, if not, will swap it out for the OEM ones! Hehe. Thanks!