qship96 wrote:I now finally understand the whole VIP window curtains fetish!!!! Guess the tassles are used as french ticklers? Damn underground!!!
You do know the history behind VIP right?
Yakuza bosses began to use powerful domestic luxury saloons as transport to avoid calling attention to themselves with European ones. That way they could travel unnoticed by the authorities and be able to take flight quickly should the need arise. (Hence the big V8) The idea was to keep the outside low key with subtle stylings and furnish the interior with luxurious amenities. The curtains were for privacy.
After much admiration, the modifications came be called VIP (pronounced "vip" as is "blip", or more commonly known in Japan as "bippu") and were adopted by tuners and customizers. As with any trend, it bagan to grow and the styling became more and more extravagant. Now there are two camps under the umbrella of bippu. The more conservative EXE (Executive) styling camp, which focuses less on excessive camber and is more reserved in exterior styling and the VIP (Mostly Cimas, Aristos, Celsiors, and F50 Presidents) which focuses on large wheels, stretched tires, wide bodykits, and extreme lowering.
Both sides however, focus almost equally on interior comfort.
I myself, am a part of the more conservative side because I like to drive fast. The negative cambering wouldn't benefit me. Possibly if I had a show car that I didn't drive as quickly, I'd consider the more liberal stylings.
When my ducks are all in a row, I plan to have a nice EXE President with my NICO ECU and possibly a sijoko-built turbo.
I took my notebook to the studio last night and the engineer saw the JDM President on my wallpaper. He thought it was a Jag at first, but then I told him it was what the Q45 should have looked like here. I brought up the point that Wes made about NIssan selling the Q45 under the Nissan name and the President under the Infiniti name here. My engineer friend agreed wholeheartedly.