The VIP Style Cars meet went pretty well yesterday. There were a lot of new faces to meet and the Norcal VIP scene is definitely coming up. Here are a few pictures:

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Tomorrow, VIP Style Cars (VSC) will host its first Northern California meet of the year. The event is a fairly open to the public but we are not looking to make it a general tuner meet. I do realize this is very short notice, but if you are interested in VIP Style, want to check […]

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A big congrats to our friend, Henry Chan for his Modified magazine cover (March, 2008 issue)! If you haven’t been able to find the magazine on the shelf, you aren’t alone. I literally drove 90 miles to go pickup his cover. Well fine, I had other business in San Jose, CA too but, needless to […]

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I had to use Mark’s “Hella Flush” text on this car. Van linked me to these pictures that he’s been looking for randomly over the last year and all I have to say is wow at the rear wheel fitment.

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I mean what more needs to be said about this? Just […]

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The world of wheel inserts is new to me. Van clued me in on it and I may have seen it prior to him showing me but I probably didn’t pay attention to it. In Van’s words I should, “Brush up on [my] observation skillz.” Whatever…haha.
Anyways, black wheel inserts are badass if done correctly! It […]

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Seemingly, many people are confused or don’t know exactly what a step lip is. The step lip is seen amongst many genres including on VIP style cars and Euro/DTM style cars. Think of it as basically two lip’s on a single wheel. Normally wheels have a smooth flat lip all the way through the barrel […]

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Gloria, Cedric, Cima, Fuga, President, Celsior, Soarer, Aristo, etc. Who or what the hell are all these people/things? Well if you have been living in a cave for the past few years, and don’t know what a VIP/VIP style car is, be sure to head over to www.vipstylecars.com (VSC) and get the 411. It’ an […]

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For those who don’t know, the Tokyo Auto Salon took place last weekend. From Jan 11-13, our industry bare witnessed to the latest and greatest trends and products form the land of the rising sun.
At TAS (Tokyo Auto Salon-if you don’t know), the folks at Vertex Japan/Car Make T&E brought out their latest creation. The […]

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Radiusing a fender is basically a general term used to describe cutting the fender opening, usually enlarging the diameter in order to accommodate and “frame” larger wheels. Hot rod guys do it all the time because a lot of them are running crazy size wheels/tires (especially in the back). Also because it’s the only way […]

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Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. So then the Japanese must really love Aston Martins, because from Japanese tuning house DAMD comes yet another Aston Martin look-alike.
Like the 350Z roadster, DAMD’s Nissan Skyline 350GT/Infiniti G35 Coupe puts an Aston snout on a Datsun. Aside from the custom front end and a […]

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