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2Sep/095

Houston: Texas VIP Style movement

At a recent car show I attended, I spotted this G35 that I had to take pictures of. TunerlifestyleTV hosted this show and of all the cars at the show, there was one team that stood out from the rest, Refined Elegance. For those of you outside of Houston, Refined Elegance is a local group of luxury-minded enthusiasts who show hard with their VIP-inspired rides.

Funny how many people from different states think that only Cali knows how to build VIP styled cars. Not true. A perfect example is Zeem's (aka KalvinMaui) 2007 Infiniti G35 sedan. The car was originally black, but an intricate color change to a very cool Lexus IS350 Glacier Frost Mica brings out all of the smooth flowing lines of the G35. The car is slammed thanks to the air ride and compliments the Leon Hardiritts perfectly. The rear fenders were subtly widened to accommodate the larger wheels without any issues.
This car is an awesome of example of planning and execution done right.

Zeem's Super Slammed G35 Sedan

Full res pic HERE.
For more information on Zeem's car and Refined Elegance, visit http://refined-elegance.net/

--David--

Tagged as: g35, Hard Park, Houston, infiniti, luxury, vip 5 Comments

2Sep/097

OTWeb: Exvitermini hunting

I have a fascination with an old website that used to be around called www.exvitermini.com. Although, if you go to that site you will receive this message, "server crashed exvitermini will be back soon!" I don't know what they mean by soon, as this site has been down for years. The site be a holy grail of videos that portrayed a variety of tuning aspects in Japan and some from Europe. Some of the classics consisted Smokey Nagata's Wangan runs, street drifting, high hp drag skylines, and much more. Below is a short clip of one of the drifting videos that used to be linked on that site. I "think" this video is a clip from a Best Motoring or some other compliation at the time. I am probably wrong, feel free to chime in. Pay attention to the aesthetics of this car, the offset, and the stance. I believe this video was made pre 2003, (first time I saw was 2004) but I am not exactly sure. Hopefully someone can chime in on the driver as well, as they are mixed answers everywhere I check. I love the cinematography, this is classic, pre-HD, driver focused filming.