pimp or not

[RACER X]

for the most part, i like em

http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1159900/p1.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1159894/p3.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1159779/p5.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1159774/p8.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1149484/p1.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1149484/p2.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1149480/p1.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1149475/p2.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1149475/p3.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1149475/p4.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1149474/p2.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1149468/p1.jpg

[Rider]

Not. I don't like them.

[bmblebee]

They are sharp...but probably cost more than my first house

[Ninjakel]

Very nice. I like.

[pauldun170]

Not

[Leon]

Those are very tasteful.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Sharp, but about three inches too low for real world road driving.

[Avatard]

Fail.

[Dnyce]

i likes

air susp. low for show, raise it up to go.

in the third pic it looks like a ford fusion kinda

[Rsv1000R]

Looks to much like something a Japanese gangster would drive.

[azoomm]

Nice.

However, at the end of the day it's still just a Toyota.

[shmike]

Nice.

However, at the end of the day it's still just a Toyota.

Unless you change the badge.

Is it still a luxury car if it rattles your fillings loose? :idk:

[Mr Lefty]

looks like they tried to make it look like a 3 year old AMG... and it's sitting way to low for my taste... but not horrible

but I'm not much of a car guy...

[pauldun170]

Nothing like taking a luxobarge with decent road pressence and making it into an undrivable show car that screams "drug dealer".

Don't get me wrong. I love seeing cars like this out on the street once they've seen a few months of the real world. Broken and misaligned body kits. Damaged underside from two many scrapes. Jackasses inside violently bounced around with every road imperfection as the bass...wait...is that a rattling sound I hear wioth every "bawoooomm" in that played out wannabe rap song?

Anyway...looks cool in pictures. Has douchebag written all over it and completely devalues the car on the street.

[Homeslice]

Whatever these are, ES350 or whatever, they're several years old, because Lexus has moved on to better-looking cars now.

Exhuast looks childish, the pop-rivets holding the body kit are obvious, and putting a German tuner's sticker on a Japanese car is stupid IMO.

Gotta love the 20-series profile tires, too......Hope the roads are glass-smooth where he lives.

[RACER X]

they're 2002?+ LS430's

and those aren't pop rivets, they're backup sensors........lol

and i think air bag susp. ride as good as reg. one's, as least thats what i've read.

[goof2]

looks like they tried to make it look like a 3 year old AMG... and it's sitting way to low for my taste... but not horrible

but I'm not much of a car guy...

I agree that they look like AMG Benzes. It would have been cheaper to buy them instead.

I like the look but it isn't practical at all.

[Mr Lefty]

Whatever these are, ES350 or whatever, they're several years old, because Lexus has moved on to better-looking cars now.

Exhuast looks childish, the pop-rivets holding the body kit are obvious, and putting a German tuner's sticker on a Japanese car is stupid IMO.

Gotta love the 20-series profile tires, too......Hope the roads are glass-smooth where he lives.

why? if it was a german shop that did the tuning? can Germans only tune German cars?

[Homeslice]

why? if it was a german shop that did the tuning? can Germans only tune German cars?
Because the whole "look" of the car is trying to copy AMG, and they know it. Putting that sticker on just cements the FAIL.

As another example, how many American cars do you see with Japanese language decals on them? It would look fucking stupid. The only people who would do it are teenagers stupid enough to think they can trick people into thinking their car is Japanese.

[RACER X]

i think they look pretty pimp, only things i don't like are the cambered wheels and those scoops behind the ft wheel.

FYI, the style is called VIP styling.....:scratch:

[Homeslice]

FYI, the style is called VIP styling.....:scratch:
or wishes they were VIP.....Prolly work at a restaurant or call center, lol

I can guarantee you that the intelligent chicks are laughing at these guys for trying to make their cars look like something they're not...

[pauldun170]

i think they look pretty pimp, only things i don't like are the cambered wheels and those scoops behind the ft wheel.

FYI, the style is called VIP styling.....:scratch:


:lol:

VIP Styling?

I believe its NAID

Narcissistic
Asshole
In
Debt

[Homeslice]

:lol:

VIP Styling?

I believe its NAID

Narcissistic
Asshole
In
Debt

Or gold-collars........Pink-collar service workers acting like they're ballin'

[z06boy]

:lol: Rough crowd.

They're ok but not for me. Raise them up a little and a few other small changes and then maybe.

I'd rather have an AMG car or a BMW M car but I do like Lexus.

[Particle Man]

Unless you change the badge.
then it becomes a Lexus :shrug:

[101lifts2]

I'm sorry throwing skirts and a set of 20s on a Toyota doesn't make it pimp.

[fasternyou929]

and those aren't pop rivets, they're backup sensors........lol

All the way around the FRONT bumper cover?

:db:

[Homeslice]

:lmao:

[RACER X]

do you rocket scientist mean these?

eerily simalar

http://images.myride.com/images/vehicle/2008/Honda/Odyssey/oem/08_Honda_Odyssey_4_(768x576).jpg

[Rsv1000R]

Yes they do, and they're Ultrasonic sensors not rivets. Besides looking exactly like sensors, at least one car doesn't have them.

I got a good laugh out of this, I wonder how many of you bitched to yourselves while following a Cadillac, that "GM can't even put a bumper on without the rivets showing" while not noticing the Cobalt besides you doesn't have them :lol:

[fasternyou929]

do you rocket scientist mean these?

eerily simalar My truck has them (and they've saved a few compact cars in parking lots), I was giving you shit about knowing knowing what they're called. Why would they put a "back-up sensor" in the center of the front bumper?

[Rider]

My truck has them (and they've saved a few compact cars in parking lots), I was giving you shit about knowing knowing what they're called. Why would they put a "back-up sensor" in the center of the front bumper?

On the minivan that's a hole for the front license plate bracket not a sensor.

[Mr Lefty]

in the center yes... not on the corner

[Rider]

in the center yes... not on the corner

Of course.. He said center.

[Mr Lefty]

Of course.. He said center.

think he was referring to the Toyota when he said center as you can see another set right near the license plate... :idk:

[Rider]

think he was referring to the Toyota when he said center as you can see another set right near the license plate... :idk:

Oh yeah. Not sure why they need those, but that hood is pretty long and you may not be able to see over the hood very well. :idk: I wouldn't want them on my front bumper.

[Mr Lefty]

yeah.. I'd... never had an issue knowing where the ends of my vehicle was... :idk:

be nice on a rental that you're not familiar with... but on my personal vehicle... I know how close I can get... and it's much closer than those sensors will allow before they go apeshit

[fasternyou929]

think he was referring to the Toyota when he said center as you can see another set right near the license plate... :idk:

Exactly.

[goof2]

Oh yeah. Not sure why they need those, but that hood is pretty long and you may not be able to see over the hood very well. :idk: I wouldn't want them on my front bumper.

They are an option on pretty much any luxury car over $50k now. Most of these cars have one piece plastic bumpers that tend to cost $1k+ to replace and can barely withstand a mouse fart. The general public also doesn't have the ability to not hit shit all the time. It still doesn't stop others from using your car as a bump stop when parallel parking.

[Rider]

They are an option on pretty much any luxury car over $50k now. Most of these cars have one piece plastic bumpers that tend to cost $1k+ to replace and can barely withstand a mouse fart. The general public also doesn't have the ability to not hit shit all the time. It still doesn't stop others from using your car as a bump stop when parallel parking.

The bumper on my Maxima is 1 piece and was about $600 to replace with no sensors in it and it isn't much more durable that that. :lol:

[Homeslice]

Prolly cuz the whole honeycomb absorber behind the bumper cover usually needs to be replaced too. It's not like the old days where you had a steel bar supported by 2 big struts. I plowed down 2 signposts in my little Rabbit back in high school yet there was no visible damage.

[Rider]

Some asshole backed into me rubbed off some paint, but there was no visible damage other than that. I guess it's just cheaper to put a new bumper on than remove the original paint because of labor costs? :idk: