Aussie members, say G'day!

[Dominik]

Well, since we now have our own sub-forum, i thought i'd invite you all to introduce yourselves. Feel free to post pics of your Aussie VIP ride!

Anyway this my wildstyle VIP Cima:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/dbloemhard/VIP/P9030225.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/dbloemhard/VIP/P9030224.jpg

[555]

G'day... i'm not a local...hehehe btw, call me hendrick ;D
here's my W203

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c223/rexx555/DSC00807.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c223/rexx555/various/DSC00534.jpg

[VIPStyleCars]

such beautiful cars!!!

much love to my aussie/NZ brothers!!! ;D

[LS400]

G'day mate!

Ill get some NEW photos once i get some tint, respray and my new wheels.....woo hoo!

[nomad]

Hey guy's
Fantastic machines, can't wait to see more
Hopefully we'll see more VIP owners from downunder turning up round here
They are slowly gaining popularity in NZ, all we need now though is better roads for them to drive on

[Dominik]

Awesome guys! Cant wait to see pics of your car with the mods Dion! Those new wheels will be sick!

Nomad, the roads suck here too, but we make do ;)

Come on, there must be some more of us on here!

[Blipman]

Not exactly new news, but here's mine.* Yes, it's STILL in Japan, I have imposed a restirction on myself that I'm not allowed to ship it until I sell something to make some room in the driveway.* Every time I look at the pics though my determination starts to wane.....

http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior/001.jpg

http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior/002.jpg

http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior/003.jpg

http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior/006.jpg

Ben

[OnTop]

DAMN thats nice!! what in the hell do you have in the driveway thats tighter than that!!

[Dominik]

I'm gonna bet its a fully worked 300ZX, GTR Skyline or some other Japanese supercar. Thats a beautiful car Ben, I think its time to get over the fast cars and get a real pimp-mobile...

[LS400]

Hey Ben,

have you guys made a collage of all the wide body celsiors you guys have helped to bring in yet?? :)

I wanna see!

[Blipman]

Well, a psuedo worked 300ZX (around 350kW), a 180SX with an R32 GTR front end conversion which is the track car, 2 BMW's (that's the last time I buy one car, get one free) and some other junk.* I actually am over sports cars a little, while I LOVE my Z I just potter around in it for daily driving these days and although massively slower, with the 180SX track car what do I need another sports car for?* The Celsior WILL be my daily driver (a pretty bold statement I know), the only thing that I need to do to make that a reality is get the air suspension working a bit faster so I can get it up and down for driveways etc quickly enough.

Actual widebody Celsiors we've brought in is only around half a dozen or so, though there are plenty of other 'narrow body' :) VIP style Celsiors (one even with a Mercedes front end conversion), many of them I've posted in pic threads before.

Ben

[Dominik]

And i have trouble concentrating on 2 cars (Cima and Cedric)!

Did that TV shoot go ahead in Melbourne? Any pics from that?

[Blipman]

The one on Craig's Celsior did and aired about 2 months ago (I'll get the footage and post it one of these days), the VIP 'cruise' I haven't heard anything back on and I guess may not be going ahead, not sure.

Ben

[555]

http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior/001.jpg

http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior/002.jpg

http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior/003.jpg

http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior/006.jpg

Ben


man..r those autocouture supreme?I love those wheels!!i could die for 'em..I heard that they're not making this wheels anymore..
is that true?? ???

[Blipman]

Yep they're Autocoutre Supremes, 19 x 10 and 19 x 11.... don't know if they're still made or not but I'm rather glad some other poor sucker bought and paid for them, I know what they cost!

Ben

[Judged]

Hi Dom and VIP dudes,

Here is my CIMA Y31. As everyone knows it has a WISE kit going on it and it is going Black soon, so I hope peeps can see where Im going with this project. Anyway it is good to see the Aussie VIP scene is growing and if SummerNats were anything to go by, it is nice and healthy ;). So enjoy the pic

[555]

lookin forward to the updates..hope u gettin nue shoes soon..n slam it..n no stickers please.. ;)

[Judged]

lookin forward to the updates..hope u gettin nue shoes soon..n slam it..n no stickers please.. ;)


Yeah Mate, once the body kit is on the height will be lower as it is now the the height is low but I need to leave room for the body kit. Dom and I are looking at getting some 3 piece wheel with heaps of dish, but kit and paint job first hehehe. The decal is not everyone cup of tea and I know it is not VIP but it is there to break up the BLOCK look of the car until the main work gets done, believe it or not the car turn heads but I think it is cause they dont know what it is hehehe. Thanks for the comments and I wil put up the pics when it is done. A pic of the wheel show the height already, enjoy.

Cheers
Judged 8)

[Naife]

ooo subforum..
we mine was forsale but the recent obtainment of a manual conversion has changed my mind forsure ;D

shopping for some 18's now.
sry for the big pic..
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/Naife/LOLO.jpg

[Dominik]

Cima's ROCK! LOL Both Naife and Judged, you have some gorgeous examples there. With the right wheels and stance, they would both be insane cars. Cant wait to hear how your manual conversion goes Naife!

Btw, if you are looking for 18s, you could go for something like this: http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m26270381
Needs some cleaning up around the lip, and may need some flaring/pulling but they might end very cheap, even with shipping to australia and other buying fees...

[Judged]

Dominik,

Im about to get some rims and would like your opinion on these examples of what I can get. I suppose comments from anyone would be excepted. Please let me know as Im getting them from Japan and like to see what you thnk?? ::)

[pimperish]

all cars looking hot guys, love em

here r sum pics of mine, not exactly the right car for vip style, but yeah just trying to be different, cheerss

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2977/dsc006561jw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7140/dsc006581sk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2916/pict06352tq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[555]

welcome indomi agentz

[Judged]

Hey Pimperish,

Im liking your ride,nice, I think you have the VIPStyle happening there. Welcome to the boards and enjoy your stay, any questions just ask the boys in here.

Cheers
Judged :coolsmiley:

[vipmyride]

whoa i never knew that the quality of the vippers out here were that good :laugh: dominik i love that cima its awesome. but it must attract the cops :police:

[Pagong]

Love those Blister Celsiors.....anyway you folks can take more pics?

[Blipman]

Love those Blister Celsiors.....anyway you folks can take more pics?

Pics in Japan, knock yourself out: http://www.j-specimports.ca/pics/Ben_Celsior

Ben

[Judged]

Ben,

Is this the car you are going to bring into Oz. I can remember seeing this in another thread. I think you were waiting to get rid of some other cars in your 'driveway' :). So when is it coming here, love to see it in the flesh. It looks such a sweet ride dude.

Catch ya
Judged :coolsmiley:

[Blipman]

Yep I sold one of my BMW's so it is ready to come over. It's currently in Japan waiting for container shipping, there is no way I'm sending a car like that roll on/roll off! Looking at a late April arrival :)

Ben

[555]

whoah..straight up vip..it would b a head turners if u drive this around, where in australia r u located ben?

[Blipman]

I'm in Melbourne.

[Judged]

Yep I sold one of my BMW's so it is ready to come over.* It's currently in Japan waiting for container shipping, there is no way I'm sending a car like that roll on/roll off!* Looking at a late April arrival :)

Ben


Nice one mate, maybe we can get a group photo done, I have bought Dominik's car and working on it now, so would like to get it ready for Autoglow or autosalon later this year. Showing it off at one of these shows to just to give the peeps of OZ a chance to see some VIP cars and maybe increase the scene here in OZ. I hope it travels well and I agree about the roll on/roll off setup and of course the guys how drive it cant be trusted either. Take some more photos when it lands in OZ. Do you think you will have a problem with getting it REGOed in VIC???

[Blipman]

Rego shouldn't be too hard, there is no muffling of any sort so the exhaust will be LOUD, I'll have to fix that, and otherwise it will need some standard size wheels (which will look totally gay). Otherwise as long as the ride height is fine when set high the body kit's ok and that's all it is when you get down to it.

Ben

[Pagong]

I have bought Dominik's car and working on it now,


Is this true?

Didnt think Dom was going the sell car....

[Judged]

Is this true?

Didnt think Dom was going the sell car....


Dominik is still overseas and will be for awhile, but the car is now in my garage and im now tranforming the PINK inside to a colour that will
suit my tastes :) As you know, Dominik has the got the Nissan Y33 to turn into VIP and that should keep him busy awhile, But CIMA is has changed
hands now and lives in Canberra. 8)

[Pagong]

Dominik is still overseas and will be for awhile, but the car is now in my garage and im now tranforming the PINK inside to a colour that will
suit my tastes :) As you know, Dominik has the got the Nissan Y33 to turn into VIP and that should keep him busy awhile, But CIMA is has changed
hands now and lives in Canberra. 8)



Congrats on the purchase Judged.. 8)

[Judged]

Congrats on the purchase Judged.. 8)


Thanks Mate,

I have changed out all but one od the door panels and now to change the console from pink to Royal blue. Dominik was correct in
saying the car get heaps of looks, some good, some bad. People just cant get there heads around the VIP look, oh well.
I will update the site with photos as I go. This car has some HUGE dish, still trying to get over the size of these rims :smitten:

Judged :coolsmiley:

[StreekG]

Heres my W123 since it was lowered last week, oh and im in Melbourne

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/StreekG/Lowered1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/StreekG/Lowered3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/StreekG/Lowered5.jpg

[Judged]

StreekG,

The car has got a nice stance now, show now to get some rims (bit of dish) and space it right out to the rims and it will look pretty tuff, just my two cents worth, but looking good, love old skool. :smitten:

[Cannonball]

Hey, I havnt taken any pics of my new ride 'til now, and this one is a bit of a Bogan Style photochop :D

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/craigs_red_hachi/DSC00729.jpg

[Judged]

Hey Cannonball,

Love the effort into the rims, hehehe, but what are you going to do with your CIMA. That is not a bad colour,is it standard??
I own two now, good to see you have one as well, VIP all the way

Judged :coolsmiley:

[Cannonball]

Hey Judged,

Yeah, i had access to a stack of wheels and had nothing to do for 5 minutes, and that was the result.
The colour is standard, it has some freaky pearls or something in it though, as sometimes it looks more greeney/grey, then other times its bluey/grey.
ATM the car is completely stock, and in very good condition, but plan is first off a set of coilovers and rims, and tints, then depending on budget, I would like to respray the car black, do a manual conversion, install a FMIC, mabey kit if i can find one to fit up, and in the downtime between mods I might do some online shopping for bonnet mascots and things like that......

Oh, and I almost forgot, the Zorst will also be replaced with something more appropriate :coolsmiley:

The plan is for a fairly clean VIP look, but the main purpose of the car will be as a tow car for my track car (AE86), so I will have to make a few compromisies here and there. (eg, I would love to put some aftermarket bags on, but bags kinda suck for towing a car, so some adjustable coilovers will have to do it.)

Cannonball

[Judged]

Cannonball,

That was the first thing I did with mine was get rid of the Bags. Not only do they sux on OZ roads but have a habit of exploding (Ask Dominik)
So both of the Cima's now are on coilovers the best thing for them. As for FMIC, have a look at the one I did on mine. Because there is not FMIC on these OEM, you will have to do a bit of work. The first thing is the coilovers, after they have been put in place you can then pull out all the OEM gear for the bags, eg Pump, tanks and piping. This will leave you some room for the FMIC piping. If you have anymore questions just ask as I have already done the hard yards to put one in and can give further guidence if required.
Keep us updates with pics as you go Dude.

Cheers
Judged :coolsmiley:

[vipjazz]

Hello to all. im from adelaide.

[Dominik]

Hi VIPJAZZ! Welcome to the forums... Would be good to see a Jazz done up with a bit of VIP style, rather than the JDM racer look that 99% of hondas in australia have. So stick around and be sure to post pics of your car and your progress!

[Judged]

Hi VIPJAZZ! Welcome to the forums... Would be good to see a Jazz done up with a bit of VIP style, rather than the JDM racer look that 99% of hondas in australia have. So stick around and be sure to post pics of your car and your progress!


A BIG welcome back to Dominik from all the OZ vips Boyz. Hope you had a great time.

Welcome VIPJazz, I agree with Dominik, it would be nice to see a good stance on the Jazz and some VIP styling to get with it. Look forward to seeing some photos of your rice. Post them up soon.

Cheers
Judge :coolsmiley:

[Jesse]

Welcome vipjazz,

I do not post on this forum very often, but i check it almost everyday to see whats new. I also am from adelaide, and own a Y31 Cima (seen on the for sale post), and a GZ20 soarer. I like my soarer, it is pretty pimp, although not a true VIP. I reckon it's the nicest cross between a japanese sports turbo coupe, and a luxury sedan. And mine is an inch off the ground, so it helps look the part ;D

And also, welcome back dom. did you bring back any prezzies? :P Forums been pretty quiet since you been gone....

[Dominik]

LOL thanks guys, I bought some pressies for myself, but i am still waiting for the damn parcel from Japan!

Unfortunately not all that much car stuff! I spent most of my time in Japan translating for my gf (i tried to tell her to learn Japanese before we left!!), but next time i will spend more time there and have more time to see the car shops.

Got some nice stuff coming for the Cedric which i have purchased *since* coming back...

[Dave Toyostar]

Hi All,

Have many months of Dom bitching at me to come over the this forum, I have finally came. See the pic below.

Regards Dave Toyostar
japanpartsdirect@ihug.com.au

[Pagong]

What happened to the guy with the blue Toyota Crown? That car was HOT!!

[89vip]

that was bens crown. it was sold to a guy in nossa who hasnt taken care of it and sold the rims to put on shit 20" DOLCE rims. the front bar is now destroeyd also im told.

[89vip]

ausvip will be back on tonight im hoping. sorry to all my members the provider shat its self and we are no in the midst of getting a new one changed over.


Zac. 89VIP

www.ausvip.com

[Camo]

Hi all,

Another Aussie on this site and thought I would say hello. Bought my Toyota Clesior about 3 weeks ago and have just added the wheels. Hope to get the exhaust done soon so it at least sounds like a V8.

Cheers, Kevin

[555]

nice cribs! welcome btw, also tires too thick mate ^^

[adam]

Hi everyone, recently signed up and just wanted to say hello. I don't have my licence yet (too young), but I plan to get a VIP Style car in the future.
What do you guys think about the Toyota JZX100 Chaser? My dream is to have a VIP style chaser and drift it :smiley:

[OzLS400]

Hey all. Newbie just joined today. Get my LS400 this week from Brisbane(I'm in Canberra) 1998 81k on the clock $29 Grand not bad.

[Sleekau]

Looks like you guys both posted over a week ago and no one has welcomed you...

let me be the first......WELCOME!

This forum has sort of died in it's a$$, it's a shame the VIP scene hasnt taken off much in Australia. Most peanuts around here where i live would rather buy a cheap turbo import and see how many kurbs they can hit trying to street drift.

Nice lexus bud. This is a good place to find info on how to VIP style your ride, even if all the aussies are quiet lately...

[Sleekau]

Oh yeh.....My other account wont let me login....so had to create another one....

Other account was 'Jesse'.....coz thats me real name.........yeeeeeeeeeep

[Xeion]

Hey guys!

DominiK, Totally loved your old ride!
Just wondering if any of you know much about getting bodykits etc for old cars like, A Toyota Corona 1983 Sedan? Really want to put some work into making it a nice VIP.

Hope you guys can help,
Xeion.

[Dominik]

Hey, I had a quick look for you on Yahoo auctions Japan because i know Insurance makes kits for some older cars, but nothing for a crown. IMO a boxy car like that wouldnt be suited to a kit anyway, it would always look 'tacked on'

Sorry for the lack of replies on this thread. I am sort of taking a backseat on forums lately, i'm trying to spend more time on my car and less on the net!

But welcome to the new guys, hope you stick around and learn more about the great style that is VIP

[Sleekau]

yep, me too dom...

been working on my cars alot lately...

and agreed on the corona. Just pump the crap out of the guards...would look tough with nice wheels i guess

[CEL51R]

Hey there all... im new this this place and have recently just brought a Toyota Celsior :smiley: this pic was of it awhile ago, now it has different rims and a full crome grill, i will post new pics soon

hope you all like...

Eddie

http://img39.picoodle.com/img/img39/9/7/23/t_celsiorblacm_38ad082.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/9/7/23/f_celsiorblacm_38ad082.jpg&srv=img39)

[Dominik]

Welcome!
Thats a very nice car, i remember when the original driver had it, its got alot of potential

What rims do you have now?

[CEL51R]

Hey there, yeah im the third owner now in Aus.... its now got gulf rims on her, runs and sounds like a dream, only things i may change is body kit, i love the jp one but not the big square rear bar... and future plan is possible supercharged

new pics...

Ed

http://img27.picoodle.com/img/img27/9/7/25/cel51r/t_celsiorblacm_164fb87.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/9/7/25/cel51r/f_celsiorblacm_164fb87.jpg&srv=img27)

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/9/7/25/cel51r/t_celsiorblacm_0151e3e.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/9/7/25/cel51r/f_celsiorblacm_0151e3e.jpg&srv=img37)

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/9/7/25/cel51r/t_celsiorblacm_9424ddb.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/9/7/25/cel51r/f_celsiorblacm_9424ddb.jpg&srv=img32)

[adam]

The car looks great mate. I remember seeing it for sale on carsales.com.au

[-=bBb=-]

g'day mates...just another w203 in oz..

[Dominik]

Nice choice of parking for the second pic lol...

So are you still in syd?

[555]

Nice choice of parking for the second pic lol...

So are you still in syd?

nah he's not in sydney no more..hahaha :slap:

[SeventhSkyline]

Well my name is Mark, I'm in Tassie and G'day. No VIP car yet, just this old shitbox and a healthy appetite for Japanese car culture.


Its a 1988 HR31 Skyline coupe , 17x8" +18, 17x9" +10 Lehrmeister Stich rims, JIC coilovers, bigger turbo, 3" exhaust, JIC carbon fibre strut brace, Cusco cambertops, R200 LSD etc

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/artskoololdskool2.jpg

...but as the old shitbox gets faster, I'm going to need something low, fat and plush for daily duties so I'm thinking something big body and Japanese. Just here to pick up some ideas and such anyway.

[Z]

hey I just came from melb right, and I will fly back around december, does anyone know of a place where I can rent a car that doesnt have age restrictions? (I'm 19) I dont know if they will honor my fia license though. I have a local license and I'm getting an intl license too. Or maybe any of you car sellers have any youre willing to rent out? I'll still pay but yeah. I just needed a car to rent for about a month or a bit more

[Dominik]

fia license? I think Bayswater car rentals does rental to young people, but not sure if they have it in Melbourne. Are you Australian though?

[Z]

Will check. Nope I'm filipino, Dom. (fnf lol) my fia racing license for touring cars but all the more they wouldnt let me casue its for racing lol I will check if they have that in melb. Thanks mate

[Z]

naw I checked and no melbourne. Damn. Thanks anyawy :)

[ant_jzs160]

hey pple, just bought a GS300 today, picking up next week..

have an S13 ive gone a bit crazy on, it has 18x9.5 -19 and 18x10.5 -24 Work VS-XX i got from japan, plus bunch of body mods etc. but after making it all so nice, its really very impractical and major cop bait, plus not the kind of car i can be bothered driving anymore (i kindof built it like a japanese drift workshop demo car style!). it isnt quite done, still have the front tyres to byu and wheels to fit, and some interior Bride trim to do to match the Bride seat. Also a gold painted 4pt cage to match the gold VS-XX.

anywho, thought id have a look for next car as i intended to sell the S13 after Perth Auto Salon (might pick up something for the wheels :P) but a mint GS300 came up at the Lexus of Perth dealership so i got out a (2nd) loan and got it. ive now got an for sale thread for the S13 and once its all in 1 peice ill actively aim to get rid of it, preferably after showing it off in July at Auto Salon.

the GS is 98, 129,500kms, 1 owner since new (channel 7 oz exec), full lexus of perth service history, all original, only blemish is a couple of scratches on the bonnet. i have asked Lexus to ask their panel beater what can be done to repair it prior to collection. the car is Vermillion Red (love the gold pearl in it in the sun :))

since i dropped big $$$ on the s13 i went VIP to save some money. sounds silly perhaps but i spent aruond 35k on the silvia on top of purchase price, whereas i only intend to spend hopefuly around 10k or less on the GS over a couple of years.

plans are LED tail lights, new headlights, billet grille, deleted boot wing, jp roof wing, 19" japanese wheels (like Kranze but too common in the scene i think), coilovers (or bags if funds allow but theyre very exxy here in Perth, only a couple of places do them), and a nice intake and exhaust system (pref duals both sides.)

hopefully can talk to some of you crew, and i get the silvia done and sold in the next couple of months to free up some funds to start modding the Lexus!

[Slain]

dont think i done this thread yet :)
names marc from south east qld.
car is 92 aristo with the following mods:
*18x10 front, 18 x 11 rear vienna kriss dished rims (235/35 front, 265/35 rear)
*tein ha coilovers
*kakimoto exhaust
*win aero kit with aftermarket front grille
*jp style fin antenna
*jp neck pads
*jp fusa
*jp tsuna
*alpine touchscreen dvd player
*lexus front badging
*jdm wind deflectors
*series 2 front and rear lights
*garson crystal door lock kit
*aftermarket strut brace
*carmate indash vip table

still got a lot more work to do to her but its slowly getting there. biggest problem is waiting for parts to arrive :(

[Dominik]

Wow, sounds great! Show some pics... Would love to see what she looks like!

[Slain]

http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001039sf5.jpg

old picture, havent taken any for a while
she also got hit in the car park the other day and the asshole bailed so need to respray the drivers door and front bar :(

[ant_jzs160]

this is a pretty slow moving little area hey! need a few more people to step up. once i get some bits and pieces done to my car i will try and suss out Perth and find some more vippers !

[oh_lol]

G'day, I'm from Darwin and have a UCF10. Don't have any pictures of it yet, but trying to figure out where I can get some parts from. I'd like to get a JP grille and new tail lights and can't seem to find them.

[oh_lol]

Huh, I made a post but it's not coming up?

[Slain]

hey mate, place where i get all my jp items form is ebay.com (us one)
there is a seller on there who is in japan and sends them to oz. pricing isnt too bad either and you can pm him for requests.
either that or try import monster

[Judge1]

Hi Guys,

Ive been around for awhile, just working heaps up here in Karratha, hehe not much VIP up here, but the Cima is here and gets respect. Moving back to Perth soon so will get more active then. Cheers Danny

[ant_jzs160]

Welcome mate, good stuff. Yeah i cant see karratha appreciating seat cushions and curtains somehow haha

i really dont know if there is a VIP 'scene' at all in Perth to be honest. i have been in the Silvia/import scene since i had my licence about 7yrs ago and i only just got my GS300 and am going down the VIP track. So it would be cool to get a few more people together and get something happening.

as far as i know there is no Aussie VIP forum to bring people together so it makes it hard. What model Cima have you got? Y31?

[3PointJ]

Hi Guys,

I got a Lexus LS400, I got heaps of plans for it...In my head, and not quite the funds to perform the them lol..

I would like to get better/cooler looking rims, and a bodykit, but not really to sure where to start

I have had it for nearlly 3 years, and originally paid $12,500 and it is in really good condition. Blew a fucking tire out the other day, the inner side of the wall just busted out, so its getting repaired and a full service tomorrow.

Here it is...

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r199/3PointJ/DSC00051.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r199/3PointJ/DSC00151.jpg

[kn_19_ht]

heya fellow VIP stylers!!

im from perth as well..currently driving a civic..i'll have to post some pics sometime..

has anyone seen that car from the US with the number plate YAKUZA?..reason why i am asking..is because i am after a similar exhaust..

does anyone know where in perth i might be able to find a VIP style exhaust..

i hope i managed to attach the file correctly..

[Dominik]

Nice car 3PointJ, i agree some nice wheels would set that thing off. Getting wheels in Australia is generally a bit of an issue though, but you occasionally get idiots on BoostXXXXing selling some crazy nice rims for insanely cheap prices (I say idiots, because 9 times out of 10 they are 'upgrading' to some cheap crappy taiwanese chromies)

Kn_19_ht, that would probably be an oldschool JP exhaust, or one of the many clones. I doubt you will find anywhere in Australia that sells those exhausts, or even in Japan brand new - the style is much more subtle now. But on Yahoo auctions and Upgarage, they often have good condition exhausts like that for very good prices...

The other option is to go to a decent exhaust shop and just show them a pic and say "Make it!" You probably need to be quite firm though because exhaust past the rear bumper is a no-no and they probably dont want the liability...


DANNY! Where ya been? Did you go to Japan yet?

[ant_jzs160]

Kn_19_ht - pretty sure i replied to your topic somehwere on the forums about that exhaust. nowhere in Perth will have it and it will probably be hard to find somewhere to make anything even like that, let alone the fact it sticks out beyond the bumper and is illegal!
i had a twin fluted exhaust on my S13 and i bought that through Exhaust Technology over east (adelaide) and they got it in from Japan anyway! nowhere in Perth could/would do it.
I would recommend buying from Yahoo Japan or similar and getting someone who does cash work on exhausts to do it e.g. i used Kermit Engineering to do the flutes on the s13 and he did a top job. he also flanged the flutes and flanged my cannon exhaust so that they were both easily interchangeable in about 5 mins by undoing the bolts and swapping them over using the metal exhaust gasket.

3pointj - not a bad car. some nicer wheels, maybe green tint and some chrome accents would be very nice

[kn_19_ht]

Dominik & antz thnx for ur replies..
im still searching for the exhaust im after..might just fit the one i have in the meanwhile and see how it goes..

my cars currently in the shop..getting my lip kit fitted..so see how it looks afterwards..and i might post some pics..

good 2 see some activity on here!!..

antz: hows ur lexus going? did u manage to sell ur s13?

[ant_jzs160]

kn - yeah mate, sold the S13 last thursday night, and already used a little of that to buy coilovers for the Lexus! but my g/f's dad reversed into the drivers door and scratched and dented it so im waiting for them to call and make the claim to fix their car and mine :(

[kn_19_ht]

antz! thnx for ur reply man!..sorry i havent been online for a while..
how did u go with ur car?..any update on ur rims? i msg'd u on another thread regarding wat ur going 2 do with ur rims..


ok guys..i need ur advise..im thinking abt getting my rims sprayed in matte black..well a kind of mix between pure matte black and a satin black..

one of my frens says that I should polish the lip...and keep the rest as it is..or spray it matte black..

advice please!!!

[Dominik]

DONT go all black!

I really dont like that look. Its like "I'm a JDM Honda Ricer, who wants to bring that style to my new car!" hehe
The black with chrome lip is nice, i cant say anything bad, since thats what my wheels were for the last yr or so...

[kn_19_ht]

Thanks Dom for your reply!

Yeah i feel ya on that one, but im thinking that the way it currently looks..it looks a little dated..

i got the idea from this mercedes....

[picture taken from autoshow.permaisuri..if owner wishes me to remove pic please PM me]


btw..when its full black on black..it gives the car so much road presence..

and it looks so much better in full light..

open to suggestions..as i still havent taken my rims in yet....bt planning to do it soon..

[Dominik]

Responded in your other thread. Im not a fan at all. Sure that merc looks tough, but A) the rims are a spoked design, which wouldnt look completely black when moving, and B) his has some noticeble lip...

At the end of the day, when its moving it would just be a black blob where the wheels are...

[kn_19_ht]

thnx again for ur reply man!.

advice really appreciated..

i dont think that the pics i posted actually do my rims much justice..

it was more to see if the black on black would look good..haha.


anyway here is a corner shot of my car to show how my rims sit..

im still yet to install my rear camber kit..

[ant_jzs160]

^thats some pretty good fitment you got there. some of you honda guys have some mad rear camber action haha is your camber kit for more or less camber?

got my coilies in and slammed my GS, but its a bit too low up back relative to the front and thrashes my resonators and muffler section bends over the speedbump in to my work :( otherwise it clears everything. So i will raise it 5-10mm tonight and hope then that it will clear okay. if it doesnt, BFH on the resonators tomorrow night haha

[kn_19_ht]

thnx antz!!

i got my rims back yday..

cleaned the car..bt didnt get a chance to wax and detail it ..as it got 2 dark!..

anyway..im very happy with the finish on my wheels..

matte black on nighthawk black pearl to be correct lol..

ur GS sounds like its coming along nicely!!..we have to organize a meetup..

any suggestions?...

anyway..on with the pics..

oh..the camber kit is for more camber of course! hahah..nothing 2 crazy..

[Warfare]

Hi all, name's Mark. Decided to join finally, mostly to browse for now. Was inspired by Ant here, I came from the Australia 147 Aristo forums.

At the moment I'm driving a locally delivered Mazda 929 HDES, pretty luxury but noone knows wtf they're doing with them here and there's no parts (apart from Mazda OEM which are sooo overpriced it's not even funny) so it has to go! My Aristo is in compliance at the moment, can't wait! Keen to get some VIP Style going, not sure how low I'm going to be able to go considering it'll be a daily (for now =)) and I'm living in a pretty hilly area with shithouse roads... Anyway here it is -

http://www.adam.com.au/mcreaser/Cars/IMG_3755_web.jpg

Got some HKS Hipermax LS+ to go in and a full interior white led kit including dash and console, green bolle tint lined up to go (gf's uncle is a tinter =)), still looking for wheels and exhaust at the moment.

[kn_19_ht]

nice aristo man!!

hey Antz..i just saw ur car on the cover of Perth Street!! well done man!!

hows the aristo going??

i was supposed 2 take in my car to get my camber arms done.but didnt have time..

meetup sometime yeah?

[ant_jzs160]

hey yeh the article came out at last.! sold the car a while ago now and the shoot even longer ago, but glad its out now.

aristo is going alright, chipping away with the mods. got wheels, mufflers & new lower ball joints in my room all to go on asap. And its in for paint tomorrow to repair some damage and remove rear wing + debadge

yeh its hard to find time to get things done to your car when its your daily. thats one thing i loved about when i had the S13 and the Charade, the Charade was perfect daily as it was reliable and i could drive it anywhere etc and if my S13 was in bits it didnt matter!

yeah should catch up some time.. but now we're rolling into october i reckon itll be 2009 before we know it haha

have you heard about the car show in November? i think the 9th, its for charity and is $10 to enter. If i can get tyres for my wheels by then and get them on i might enter.. but i think ill struggle in that time frame.

[kn_19_ht]

wsup antz!

carshow in november? isit the perth auto salon? must be something different for $10 entry!..or is that for spectators??

u got ur wheels! nice work!! hurry up and get ur tyres on!! hahaha easy for me 2 say huh!..just take ur time..im sure it will look awesome when its ready!

i didnt get the chance 2 have a good read of Perth Street with ur car in it..but i'll see if i can get my hands on a copy!!.. luv ur s13 man!! looks awesome!! i hope u get the same results with ur aristo!!!

let me know abt the autosalon k!!

[kn_19_ht]

wat happened to everyone here/?!??!?!

antz??..

[ant_jzs160]

yo i'm around, havent done much lately to the car tho! got home entertainment gear to pay off in the new year haha

[RICKYBOBi]

Hi there from melb aust

own a Y31 Nissan cima with unkown kit i belive it could be JP but not 100% on it yet about 80% lol currently stuck on finding new brake rotors for the sucker so if anyone here knows what fits or if i can fit 300zx TT ones with 300zx calipers please tell me :D


http://www.teamkintama.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image4151-150x150.jpg Small picture

rest can be found on my site

www.teamkintama.com (http://www.teamkintama.com)

i belive the car came from WA im not 100% sure on the mods to the car as the cardomain site with pics of the car is very unbeliveable

[ant_jzs160]

nice pick up, the kit is a nice bonus too. should look pretty mean with the right wheels on it, maybe some vienna DHs or kreis? keep us posted hey

[RICKYBOBi]

Yeah unsure of what rims i will put on it yet at the momment brakes are stuffed so trying to convert 300zx brakes to fit it and get new coil packs for it found out they use a31 cefiro coil packs so this means there should be somthing aval

[Dominik]

Front brakes *should* be the same as some other car we get here (cant remember which though)...
As for wheels, they can fit silly offsets, and they camber like a mofo when slammed, so you should go for something like 10J with 0 offsets at least. Should be a few of these sizes floating around, drifters use them with the widebody silvias etc


Is there any vip drivers in Sydney wanting to go for a cruise sometime? Ryan and i feel like we're the only ones doing the cambered/slammed/flush look. Would love a couple more people with similar stylings to come out with us!

[RICKYBOBi]

Once my car is done i will be comming to syd to see family so i will be more then happy to catch up with you guys

as for the y31 it has a Hub style rotor so so far has been a bit hard i thought the r31 would be the same but so far it iseems it is not so yeah back to square one

[ant_jzs160]

widebody silvia 10j +0 pfft, i had 40mm wider with 10.5j -24 haha ;)

i wish i could find some people to cruise VIP with here in Perth. even though my car isnt really that slammed or flush, it is pretty close and turns heads. So a group of us would be awesome to see. i dont know anyone else into VIP here though :(

[Dominik]

With the amounts of stares, thumbs-up and waves we get driving around, i am really surprised that there arent more people into it... There are a few of the Indonesian guys in Sydney doing the clean euro cars, but thats a little bit different haha

[RICKYBOBi]

yeah we have the same in melb indos doing up EUROs with nice rims and super low

but not many full VIP i maybe know of like 4 give or take but maybe this is just due to the fact there are no real aussie forums if people spread the word then it should grow

[ant_jzs160]

Dom - yeh tell a lie, we do have those guys. you dont really see them around though, apart from at shows like auto salon, and then at their usual hangouts (Which 'white' people dont normally visit, no offence to them). And as you say, they're all Euros like Mercs, BMWs, and then some Hondas

RICKY - i agree, i told Dom a few pages back to get on it since he's the guru but he's also a busy man haha

[RICKYBOBi]

Maybe we just spread the word of this forum and see if we can get a just aussie section

as this forum is good plus vendors on here have some cheap items compard to what im paying out of japan LOL

[ant_jzs160]

yeh some of the vendors are pretty good. i find for smallish bits and peices that contacting ex-pat aussies on japan works out cheaper though.

and importmonster was good until the exchange rate went crap!

[Z]

hey all im in au again lol

[SOT03Y]

Hey to everyone, from Newcastle, NSW.

[cellyboy]

there arent many in melb only me and my mate with celsiors that cruise around together any more would be awesome

[Dominik]

Hey guys sorry i havent been on here so much lately. The idea of an aussie forum was tried but failed because there werent many people that had were really 'into' it, most seem to just dabble in it before going back to drift/track cars.

We do have an Australasia section on this site, so any meets etc can be planned there.

[SOT03Y]

Guys, I am actually in the process of getting a Australian VIP car forum back up and it will be similar to the old ausvip.com.au. But I am just looking for people at the moment and then I will soon be getting into getting it done.
Anyone here keen for it?

[ant_jzs160]

^ that would be really good. i am keen to be involved. Ironically, just last night i looked up free forum hosting and made a forum too, but obviously it is pretty basic and doesnt have a 'good' address or come up on any search engines.

So i would prefer a 'proper' one really if that is what you're meaning!

[RICKYBOBi]

i got 200gig online storage and i already run a forum/ website i could easly make another aussie one and it not hard only a domain name but then we will not have sponsors and so on like this forum but i guess i would not be BARRED from making post else where to find info

[Z]

I'd be up for an aussie vip forum. I need to get a vip car over here in au. I'm in act now but am going to syd tmrw. Melb probably next week. Although um... the car im using isnt really vip right now.. its a saab900 LOL

[burma]

hey guys
I would love an aussie vip forum too but i think still there's not enough ppl....i remeber back in '05 i first saw Tim Deebs VIP celisor in autosalon magazine and fell in love with the style but it seems like vip hasnt really taken off in Australia :(

btw any members in sydney? would be nice to cruise around.....i dont like crusing with my mates commodores and bombed out celicas haha

[RICKYBOBi]

I got some online hosting but i still dont see why you want to create your own forum just use this one there is not a big enough aussie VIP car sceen to have a big fourm just spread word of this one untill the aussie sceen has at least halfdecent for its own forum

[SOT03Y]

Ok, well I can see what I can do, wont be for a few months though as the process can get a little costly. But when I have some spare cash, I will get it up and running and let you guys know.

Below is a picture of my Celly, 19" Mags to come shortly :) And yep, its a C-F so it has all the jazz in the back seat :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/1ShyVL/IMG_1074.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/1ShyVL/IMG_1098.jpg

[ant_jzs160]

nice ride height! clean.. cant wait to see it on some 19s!

[SOT03Y]

nice ride height! clean.. cant wait to see it on some 19s!

Thankyou, Its on Arnott Industry airbags, which will be for sale soon too as I am upgrading my airbag suspension setup.

[ant_jzs160]

i would love to bag my GS, but its just so crazily expensive! i got my coilovers before the dollar dropped so i paid about $1300 express posted from Japan for Insurance Group which are quite a good VIP brand. At the time i priced bags up locally, got one quite for around $8000, and then another for about $6000 drive in drive out. either way, best part of 5 times the price of coilovers just so i can arguably have worse ride quality & just the ability to ride a touch lower and park on the ground ..!

i might consider UAS over the coilovers down the track though..

EDIT - are you upgrading your system so you can get lower? i almost thought it was on coilovers as it looks similar to my car when i dropped it on stockies with my coilovers. or was it airbag from factory and you upgraded part of the system to a/m parts?

[Dominik]

Airbags so you can ride lower? Most people with airbags ride higher than coilovers, because with low pressure you get softer suspension... Soft suspension down low = dangerous.
I think Universal Air are the exception to that rule, in that they are supposed to be quite stiff down low, and pretty hard when raised (they can be added to coilovers too, so thats probably what i will do if the exchange ever gets back up)

Oh and most of the UCF11 celsiors imported here have factory airbag suspension, but if you ride lowered the airbags will fail pretty quick, and Arnott industry bags are cheaper than OEM replacement (not even sure if Toyota still sells the bags).

[SOT03Y]

Oh and most of the UCF11 celsiors imported here have factory airbag suspension, but if you ride lowered the airbags will fail pretty quick, and Arnott industry bags are cheaper than OEM replacement (not even sure if Toyota still sells the bags).


They are cheaper, and better quality, come with a lifetime warranty, and if by chance you pop a bag, they are also rebuildable which the factory ones are not and they sure as crap dont come with a warranty. The ride quality is so much better and firmer. So it makes sense to go Arnott Industries. Link - http://www.arnottindustries.com/part_LEXUS_Air_Suspension_Parts_yid7_pid46.html
(http://www.arnottindustries.com/part_LEXUS_Air_Suspension_Parts_yid7_pid46.html)





EDIT - are you upgrading your system so you can get lower? i almost thought it was on coilovers as it looks similar to my car when i dropped it on stockies with my coilovers. or was it airbag from factory and you upgraded part of the system to a/m parts?


I bought my car with factory suspension which I thought was great, until my mate said he can make my car move alot quicker with a bigger compressor, tank, airlines and valves, so I said ok, although I did not realise he meant he was going to be re-drilling the openings in the standard airbags, so after it was done, I soon had problems with the standard bags leaking, cracking etc and the workmanship was terrible, the car nearly caught on fire with sparking fuses etc but you get what you pay for and I learnt that lesson, in the end I when I got my car back, my wallet was lighter by about $3000 which I suspect he pocketed at least half the money as the job was so dodgy it could not have cost $3000! So after being sick of how unreliable my suspension was, I bit the bullet and ordered Arnotts Industries bags and $2600 approx they arrived at my door and I installed them myself, I was almost $6000 out of pocket and basically back at square one but with much better quality bags. I am once again bored with the standard system, I want to put in 1/2" lines, twin compressors, custom made tripple convulented bags etc, I am getting it done professionally, so thats why my standard arnotts industries bags will be for sale soon.

[ant_jzs160]

cheers for the info all! i did wonder about riding low on bags, but a few of the people on this forum seem to do it, or at least ride as low as i am currently on coilovers but with the ability to park on the ground, and also inflate when necessary. But i did wonder about the softness when lowered. I guess UAS arent so bad if you are on damper adjustable shocks cause you can make them very stiff, but i guess then it would ride hard as most of the time!

yeah i knew most Celsiors came with bags stock, i am sort of jealous cause you see them pretty damn low. but it probably means their sus is failing and rides horribly :/
Ah good luck with the new setup then, should be able to get it to sit lower i guess when not restricted by anything factory-based

[SOT03Y]

cheers for the info all! i did wonder about riding low on bags, but a few of the people on this forum seem to do it, or at least ride as low as i am currently on coilovers but with the ability to park on the ground, and also inflate when necessary. But i did wonder about the softness when lowered. I guess UAS arent so bad if you are on damper adjustable shocks cause you can make them very stiff, but i guess then it would ride hard as most of the time!

yeah i knew most Celsiors came with bags stock, i am sort of jealous cause you see them pretty damn low. but it probably means their sus is failing and rides horribly :/
Ah good luck with the new setup then, should be able to get it to sit lower i guess when not restricted by anything factory-based

Yes, I am expecting to be able to go a little bit lower, but not a great deal, maybe a inch or so. I will post up some pics when its all done of course :)

[ant_jzs160]

:biggthumpup:

[Dominik]

cheers for the info all! i did wonder about riding low on bags, but a few of the people on this forum seem to do it, or at least ride as low as i am currently on coilovers but with the ability to park on the ground, and also inflate when necessary. But i did wonder about the softness when lowered. I guess UAS arent so bad if you are on damper adjustable shocks cause you can make them very stiff, but i guess then it would ride hard as most of the time!

yeah i knew most Celsiors came with bags stock, i am sort of jealous cause you see them pretty damn low. but it probably means their sus is failing and rides horribly :/
Ah good luck with the new setup then, should be able to get it to sit lower i guess when not restricted by anything factory-based

For me it was the opposite; owning 2 cars with factory air turned me right against air suspension. THe first car (V8 Soarer) was great; i could lower it an inch or 2 and it was still completely comfortable, but i did notice it was softer the lower you went.

Then i got a vip car (Y31 Cima). With the bags deflated the kit was about 1cm off the ground. Unfortunately with so little clearance the soft suspension was NOT good. And when a bag popped and gave me 3 months of replacement hell, i decided to stick with stiff, dependable suspension.

Now i drive with about this much clearance under my cat:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/dbloemhard/Cedric/20090207227Custom.jpg
(Yes i realise that if i tuck my exhaust i would get a couple of inches of road clearance, thats next on the agenda)

[ant_jzs160]

very nice :) i have probably a bit more than that but not a great deal, probably around 3" i think to the exhaust system. i dont care if it scrapes though haha

im a bit unsure of my susp, i went soft for comfort which is good i guess cause all my other cars have been very hard. but now i do worry it is a bit soft. ive got 10k/6k springs and it is pretty soft. I increased preload over the factory amount by around 1/4" all round, and on stock wheel & tyre combo it was great, but once i got my 19s with stretched 35 series rubber it really hammered into highway joins, bridges, expansion joints, train tracks, all of which i cross twice i day to and from work.

so i put the preload back to factory (which incidentally lowered the car down again by around 1/4" haha bonus) but then it was much too scary-soft so i had dampening now set around 3/4 (or even more) toward full hard. it now hits bumps quite harshly again, but not as bad, but additionally it is softer w/out the preload so the tyres scrub my guards up my driveway and so on.

i think Cups is the way forward, cause i do want a kit too really so once that happens i guess i can flip the switch when i need to jack it up for a bit. i will probably still need to give it more preload though once its lowered via the kit :/

[Dominik]

lol,　not　sure　if　you　can　tell,　but　that　phone　is　o nly　4cm　wide　and　my　cat　almost　comes　halfway　down　 it.　i.e.　about　1"　under　the　cat　-　i　regularly　scrape　on　roads　with　curvature　 :)

but　yeah　not　too　worried　abt　scraping　that.　got　us ed　to　italready!

[ant_jzs160]

lol right, i didnt look very clearly at the pic last time, now i see the size of your hand and fingers relative to it! haha

thats crazy man! i dont mind scraping at all, but i dont want to scrape every time i go up and down my driveway so i have to keeep mine where it is now. :P

do you ever carry passengers?

[Dominik]

3 passengers is probably the max, and then the rear was rubbing about 80% of the time. Its rubbing inside the fender well though; i will need to go down a tyre profile to stop that.

I had to raise it about an inch last weel because i went to get the exhaust raised, and i couldnt get onto their hoist that was made specially for lowered cars. Will go back again in the next couple of weeks and try again :)

[kn_19_ht]

widebody silvia 10j +0 pfft, i had 40mm wider with 10.5j -24 haha ;)

i wish i could find some people to cruise VIP with here in Perth. even though my car isnt really that slammed or flush, it is pretty close and turns heads. So a group of us would be awesome to see. i dont know anyone else into VIP here though :(


i'd be keen for a meetup..looking @ ur avatar..it looks like ur car is getting there....

[cellyboy]

hey guys how about we start a crew i now everyone is in different states but it will be good to rep what you think?

[ant_jzs160]

^ i had a few PMs from some dudes local to me in perth, one with a 147 aristo and one with a Y34 Gloria. pretty sure they're both on here now and they were talking about making another aussie vip website. they said they'd made a bit of a start on it but were going to actually catch up and talk about some ideas or whatever for it. So hopefully that gets off the ground cause that'd certainly bring people together, even if they are from different states. And then we could have a 'crew' through the website/forum.

[yakuza 929]

hey fella's my names james. i live in mt. gambier south australia and drive a 89 HC Mazda 929. used to be a member of the ausvip forum before that shut down. my car at the moment has virtually no real vip styling in terms of wheel fitment (18's with white wall tyres), but im working on changing that pretty soon. starting up a new aussie vip forum is a great idea, there are a fair few vip cars popping up around adelaide lately as im sure there are in the other states too. its good to see the style slowly catching on.

[ant_jzs160]

^ for everyone chasing an aussie VIP forum, some guys have one up and running now:

www.aus-vip.com (http://www.aus-vip.com)

only got 26 members so far so join up and help it grow!

[Chook]

Fellow Aussie here..

Always loved VIP style cars and have finally decided to start on one so hopefully you guys will help me out and point me in the right direction..

[Aristo-crat]

Gidday From Brisbane here!!

Got a Toyota Aristo 97!!! Love em!

[ant_jzs160]

welcome guys, make sure you come on over to www.aus-vip.com (http://www.aus-vip.com) too, got over 100 members now and slowly getting to organize some meets and things.

[vidtha2000]

hey guys anyone from Melbourne?

[SOT03Y]

There is a NSW VIP Cruise coming up on the 10th
Please visit this link to find more information

http://www.vipstylecars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19059

[Phillb]

Hey Guys,

I see a few familiar faces from the old Ausvip forum, I will get on and check out the new site!

Some may know me from JDMST and other Nissan related forums, well I sold my Soarer and bought a R33 4dr which was nice, then switched to an S14a but didn't have enough go..

So now I have an A31 Cefiro with some cool mods :)

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u134/phillb57/Pearl%20White%20Cefiro/100_1081.jpg

Anyway hope to make it along to the 10th for a catch up

Cheers
Phill

[disgraced]

SOTO3Y I know what problems you can have with bags. Sucks about the costs !!!:sad: I know the arnotts are definitely better than standard from all the 4wd forums.I had standard bags in my LandRover -long story short got 4" lift. It was a proper kit but rode like shit it was PITA ,anyways: I had a kit to change to coils.because I'd find the fucker sitting on the ground in the morning due to leaks of std bags.
Have you seen these kits? (http://www.eliteautostyle.com/products/suspension_ls.htm) they might be up your alley? anyways I with got a 3gal tank (if you need one) lying round somewhere you can have if that helps. PS i'm in Newcastle too.:biggthumpup:

[Dominik]

Breno is running the full TSS kit in his car now. From what i hear he is stoked with it, and it certainly looks boss all dropped down! He's just gotta work the rear fenders so he can drive it dumped muhahaha:runcoold:

[disgraced]

http://swan.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8344ab1b953ef01127914f76528a4-800wi
ok then so I guess all I can help with now is.....

[northern_crown89]

Hey guys, username on Aus-VIP is Macka87. Seems to be pretty much all users from there in here aye?

[SOT03Y]

SOTO3Y I know what problems you can have with bags. Sucks about the costs !!!:sad: I know the arnotts are definitely better than standard from all the 4wd forums.I had standard bags in my LandRover -long story short got 4" lift. It was a proper kit but rode like shit it was PITA ,anyways: I had a kit to change to coils.because I'd find the fucker sitting on the ground in the morning due to leaks of std bags.
Have you seen these kits? (http://www.eliteautostyle.com/products/suspension_ls.htm) they might be up your alley? anyways I with got a 3gal tank (if you need one) lying round somewhere you can have if that helps. PS i'm in Newcastle too.:biggthumpup:

Yeah what Dominik said is right, I am now on full aftermarket TSS kit and am wrapped with the performance of it.
Thankyou for the suggestion, sorry I did not notice it sooner, I do not get on this forum often. What car do you drive?

[cellyboy]

guys is www.aus-vipcom down??? its not working
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[Notorious32]

guys is www.aus-vipcom down??? its not working
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Yeah I just noticed this. Hopefully back up soon! Maybe it's down for maintenance, i saw they had a note for something new coming but i didn't pay much attention?

[shanec86]

eek, looks like someone didnt pay the bill lol

[vipbitch]

whats with Scott, someone needs to take over that site from him, site always goes down for a week or so.. he doesnt own a VIP car anymore..

Breno, take control of Aus-VIP or register a new website please as I remember you offered to take control of it from him before..

[ant_jzs160]

i cant say ive ever noticed it 'always going down for a week or so'. theres just been a couple of times there has been problems with hosting, and it was a long weekend so i straight away figured that wouldve effected something as he couldnt have contacted anyone in that time...

true he doesnt have the car but still does well to maintain the site and remain active, he is still interested also. i think he does okay, at least he took the initiative to start the site and its going well imo.

[SOT03Y]

Who are you VIPBitch? Sorry, I do not recognize your screen-name?

I offered to give Scott a hand, the down-time of the forum is quite minimal I thought. These days, I do have restricted admin authority over the site.

[CelVIPsior]

Hey guys Jason from Adelaide here just got hold of a pearl white ls400 10 piece body kit also got a hc 929 dark red with white enkei rims love the VIP and jdm styles great to see it's catching on here

[Phillb]

Welcome Jason, Yeah the Vip is getting big in Oz these days :) Jump on Aus-vip and say G'day.

[CelVIPsior]

Welcome Jason, Yeah the Vip is getting big in Oz these days :) Jump on Aus-vip and say G'day.

Tried signing up a few times in the last few days but the site keeps telling me I haven't filled in all the personal information any suggestions?

[r377]

Hey guys, Ive looking for a white or black GS300 with black interior. If you know of any for sale please let me know. I will travel interstate....

[LOWSHO_NZ]

GGGGGGGGG' Dayyyyy peeps . BRISBANE - SUNNYBANK HILLS REP ;)