VIP / EXOTICS

Luxury & Quality

VIP Style refers to the modification of Japanese luxury automobiles to make them lower in stance and wider looking with wide aggressive wheels, suspension, and body kits. VIP Style are typically large, expensive, rear-wheel drive sedans, though automotive enthusiasts use other cars like minivans and Kei cars. Once associated with the yakuza, VIP Style modifications now are a subset of automotive modification.

History

VIP Style modifications and history have often been linked to the Yakuza. By using JDM cars with modifications associated with the creation of limousines, gangsters could avoid detection by the police and rival gangs.
Both Osaka street racers and Kanto area Bōsōzoku (motorcycle and moped gangs in Japan) adopted styles in different ways. Osaka street racers, after suffering numerous police crackdowns on the Hanshin Expressway in the early 1990s, turned to sedans, after police targeted sport compacts, as a way to cruise while remaining incognito. Kanto area bosozoku gangs took a somewhat different approach, by modifying sedans with cut coils and mufflers and were often bold and loud known as "Yankee Style". Their styling cues were actually taken from the Super Silhouette race cars of the 1970s and 1980s. They also drove recklessly, such as causing traffic jams and avoiding paying tolls. To mimic their yakuza counterparts, they used large black sedans.

Characteristics

Cars associated with VIP style usually have common characteristics, such as high end wheels with excessive amounts of dish. (usually broad faced designs) with low offsets that sit flush with the fender, exhausts that stick out past the rear bumper (although not so much emphasized these days), a full bodykit or lip kit, glossy paint and a lowered ride height. It is not uncommon to see extremely negative camber on many VIP style cars. Traditional colors of VIP Style cars are usually black, white, grey and silver.

Cars

Most VIP Styled cars are Japanese luxury cars such as the Nissan President, Nissan Cima, Nissan Cedric, Nissan Gloria, Nissan Fuga, the Toyota Celsior, Toyota Century, Toyota Crown, and the Toyota Aristo. As automotive enthusiasts began to do their own versions of VIP, everything from minivans like the Toyota Estima and Honda Odyssey, to keicars like the Suzuki Cappucino and Toyota bB have received similar modifications. United States enthusiasts use USDM equivalents, such as the Lexus GS, Lexus LS, Infiniti Q45, and Infiniti M45.
The trend has moved to the European cars like Mercedes E-Class,S-Class,CLS-Class, the BMW 5-Series,7 Series, Audi A5,A6,A7,A8,Q7 the Jaguar XJF,XJLand Range Rover and Land Rover models.

Temple of Tuning is taking this style to the next level, offering bespoke accessories to make your car more luxurious than ever while maintaining its executive theme . Exterior modifications,interior modifications, wheel packages and suspension systems are just some of the services we can provide for you.

EXOTICS:


In the EXOTICS category, we supply aftermarket options for all supercars of the current market including Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and McLaren to name a few.
We respect the fact that these cars come from the factory with an exceptional style and performance. However, we can give your supercar the extra touch needed to make it unique and stand out from the crowd.
Fortunately, we are able to collaborate closely with companies in the market who offer high-end engine performance, visual packages and accessories for these rare and unique cars.
Please feel free to contact us to discover how we can build the vehicle of your dreams.


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