VIP12

I am having trouble on deciding what car to buy. I am going with the VIP setup for sure. So I need your help with this one. I am looking at a 2nd gen GS or a new Maxima. Does anyone have pics of a Maxima with a VIP setup. I know you guys will help me thanks guys.

GS3Tek

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If you want to be in the nissan/infiniti family, I'd rather get a Q45 or the last gen. M45, like Mr Mark
I haven't seen a maxima vip.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=260617

tuddy

Better off getting a 2nd Gen GS or like GS3tek said a Q45 or an M45..Plus I don't think the maxima is rear wheel drive

JP2SEA

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Maxima would not be considered VIP base in Japan...but anything makes you happy.

Like someone said above, for the US market:

Lexus LS series, GS series, Infiniti M series, Q series, Benz S430, S500, S600 would be the top choices for VIP cars.

Brandicus

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From Toyota(lexus), you have the Century, Celsior(LS), Aristo(GS), Crown, and Majesta. From Nissan(Infiniti) you have the President, Cima, Gloria, Cedric, and the Q45.

Those are the only Vip cars. Anything else is vip styled.

SPEED&ECO.

with the maxima you can go VIP style like me and my IS but it wont be considered true VIP

VIP12

Thanks guys I really apperciate what you guys have shared with me. I think I am going towards the GS side. Thanks again

MrMark

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If you want uniqueness, go with the first gen M45 (2003-2004). My Junction Produce full bodykit is for sale so that will give you a head-start !!!

BLovesc

I think you should get whatever makes you fell best although a maxima is not rwd I think if you can find the parts and pull off a vip maxima it would be dope. and throwing in a rb 25 wouldnt be to bad either

Mobstar

M45. That thing is Fabulous
or a Ls400 98+

IMO a maxima wouldnt look good.
Saw a guy ttry to pull it off, looked liked a Regular Dubbed out Maxima.
Maxima = No , no

& with you going with a GS that would be the best choice for u better than the maxima.

Lekusasu

For a VIP Style vehicle, I would consider getting the following vehicles

LEXUS:
1st Gen GS, 2nd Gen GS, 3rd Gen GS
1st Gen LS (UCF10), 2nd Gen LS (UCF20), 3rd Gen LS (UCF30), 4th Gen LS

INFINITI:
M35/M45
Q45

ACURA
RL (KA9) and newer

ebruce2

iTrader: (1)

THANK YOU a million times over. I think most are starting to understand this...slowly but surely.

Maxima = no way

Benz = not true VIP, but the indirect roots of VIP

Acura RL = isnt even rear wheel drive

kit cat

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ive seen all 3 of those in a mag or a vip meet. and why does the drive wheel matter?

MrMark

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VIP purists only consider large RWD sedans like GS, LS, M, and Q's VIP platforms. Other cars can be VIP styled, but to the purists, they will never be VIP platforms.

kit cat

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一般的には130系トヨタ・クラウン以降のトヨタ製高級大型セダン、Y31系日産・セドリック/グロリア以降の日産製高級大型セダンである。一部ホンダ、マツダなどの高級セダンもベース車両として用いられる。
wiki japan
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Generally, big Toyota and Nissan luxury cars are used, but some people use Mazda and Honda as their base car.

Please tell me who says who is a VIP "purist"? There was a KA7 as the cover car of VIP Style magazine a few years ago that had KA9 taillights swapped. Thats a FF. One of the biggest VIP style magazine put a Honda Legend on the cover. If thats not a pure VIP car, I dont know what.

I dont understand why america has to be so exclusive about VIP cars. its a big subculture of Japan that just happened to go over seas. Can't we all just enjoy the art of customizing cars this way and not care about "What is the right way to make a VIP car"? I don't know if you've seen or went to VIP car events, but you should see the variety of cars there. Simply modded Celsior and Majesta, Cima and Gloria painted with crazy colors with huge blister fenders, k cars with massive walls of subs, vanning vans with body molding that looks like its going to fly, a turboed Odyssey with air ride, and "shogatsu shiyo" Previas with chopped roof. Most VIP car owners in Japan I've met are really accepting about other styles of cars and even study non-VIP cars and incorporate it to make/evolve the VIP car styles. I just wish that kind of attitude will catch on in the States instead of debating "what makes a VIP car".