- Hey guys, what's going on?
It's Alex from Fitment Industries
and I am here with a new face and an old face,
both figuratively and physically.
I have here, what's your name?
- Charlie.
- And you do what?
- Customer service for Fitment Industries' custom offsets.
- Okay, and Charlie, what do you own?
- A bad 2008 Mini Cooper.
- So we have, kind of like a stance edition.
We are looking at some stance boys cars,
like some car show stuff, like Supreme Yeezys, unh.
So then we are with Banker, who is
of course, you are a trendy.
You love the--
- Yeah, I wear Yeezys and expensive jeans.
- - [Alex] I like the holes.
- And supreme t-shirts. - It looks good.
- So, this is gonna be a very different episode.
You guys let us know if you like it or not.
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So lets get right into it, you ready?
- Ready.
- You ready?
- Always.
- Let's go into it with, first off we are
taking a look at a 2002 Acura RSX.
BBS Rs is 18 by 10s, zero offset,
18 by 11, negative six in the rear,
on some Ferderal Sx 595, 215s;
D2 racing air suspension and it's squatting in the back,
and his license plate is single.
So this is--
- [Banker] Can't imagine that.
- [Alex] (laughs) This is Gloscksten's Acura RXS.
Imma let you take it away Charlie, you start it off.
- Alright so, I enjoy the car.
I've seen it in person multiple times.
I never saw it in this color.
I'm a big fan of his older setup versus this setup.
I will always love the car, but there is
some stuff that I wasn't a fan of.
I love the wrap.
I don't know who did it.
But, the thing that bothers me is, on this particular car,
if you look closely on wrap on both rear quarters,
the wrap is peeling.
It's starting to peel up, same with the front, just a hair.
And, I think that's one of the only things
that really bothers me about this car.
Besides the license plate, I mean the car speaks for it.
- You just said you haven't seen it in this color.
How do you know this wrap is peeling?
- Cause you can see it in the picture.
- You sure that's the wrap peeling,
and it's not from his bumper falling off
because he's really clowlose to the ground?
- Okay Banker, what do you think about it?
- [Banker] I was a big fan of Acura RXSs back in 2002.
- [Alex] So was everybody else.
- [Banker] Exactly.
- [Alex] It was a popular car.
- [Banker] Right, I mean, I haven't seen one lately
that was A, rusted out, or B, with a giant
body kit on it. - Isn't that unfortunate.
- [Banker] It's not my style.
I like the wrap.
- [Alex] Yeah, the wrap's a good color.
And I like, you know, the only thing I never like,
I'm not a huge fan of when people up-size
- the faces onto 18s - Yep, yep.
- [Alex] That's just not a look for me.
I've never been a big like fan of,
but that's an icon BBS thing and a lot
of people in the Euro scene do it.
- Very true. - They will do that
from like 15 to 18. - 215 the car.
- [Alex] That's the thing though,
and that's why I'm not super diggin' it.
But, what I will say is I do like the fitment.
He's on air so you can do the fender to lip in the rear.
I would say though that it's almost contradicting
that you have a wheel that you up-sized
from like a 16 to an 18 or a 15 to an 18, on air,
still needing that much of excessive camber in the rear.
So, I know it wasn't to make it fit, it was
for the looks, completely. - Yeah.
- [Alex] So, that's you know, you can take it,
you can leave it how you want.
I think it's a little bit too much in the back,
but I do like the overall set up.
It looks like he's got it on lock.
I always like to see paint over wrap, but that's just me.
So let's rate it on three.
Ready?
One, two, three.
- Six - 7.5
- Hey.
You know, I think me and him are gonna,
we're gonna have a Busch Light after this.
(Charlie laughs)
- You can go over and (mumbles).
- I'm gonna have a red bull vodka.
- Yeah, I bet you will. - Busch Light that.
- Next up, we have a 1994 Acura Intergra
on some 15 by sevens plus 35s;
Bridgestone Potenza Rz71rs 205, 50s,
ground control coilovers.
This is our boy Marin DB8 and he does not own a DB8,
he owns...
- [Banker] I'm sure he had a DB8.
- [Alex] Unless it's that some,
it might be a name, a sir name, for that model.
- You know it's probably some sort
of JDM. - A connection.
Yeah, see now we're gonna sound like idiots.
There's gonna be somebody in the house like
no, no, no, no, no, that is a DB8 is a variant
of some sub-control arm on that generation,
you guys know nothing.
Take it away, you start.
- [Banker] It's a four door Integra.
- [Alex] Yeah, it's a four door teggy.
- [Banker] I love the attention to detail.
- [Alex] Yeah?
- [Banker] I thought this was stance edition?
- [Alex] Yeah, that it weird.
I thought it was too so, I didn't even know
that this car was in here.
I never know what cars are in here.
I do enjoy, here's what I do like.
TE37s, they just, they are.
But then, it's a meaty set up.
Like he's not playing around.
- No, it's not stance enough. - It's a 205, 50.
- That's beefy. - What we didn't do,
We didn't scroll down it see what support mods he's got.
- [Alex] Ooo, let's talk about it.
So he's got type R rear wing, Euro covers,
visors, so lots of looks, stuff.
So he does have an H2BH22, a high compression
port and polished intake.
And he's got some shaft inlay springs.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Ooo, it's on E85 though.
That's fun.
LSD.
- [Banker] V series trans.
- [Alex] So he's got, I mean, he's got
some motor work done too which is super cool.
I like that it's a very different look
and I love that it's a four door
and I love that they're Volks.
The only thing I'm not a huge fan of
and it's probably just to keep that old school styling,
the clear tails.
'Cause I prefer the - That's fair.
- The red. - They're really like
the original Euro.
- [Alex] That's what I'm saying.
It's just not, I just can't get past it.
- Yeah, that's fair. - I just would have preferred
- [Alex] just the red tail lights, but you have
to remember if it was all red,
it might all be. - The whole car would be red.
- [Alex] Yeah, the whole thing would be red.
So I see what he was trying to do.
I think it looks good.
I actually dig it.
I don't think it's a bad car.
What do you think, what do you think?
- So, I've seen this car at a lot of shows,
so obviously he's one of my guys
and we do a lot of show together.
- Mom, fade in mom.
- I do, - My guys.
- [Charlie] love the car.
It has an engine bay,
I don't know if they showed the pictures or not yet.
(laughter)
- My guys.
Well my guys, my guys said that we like it more.
- My guys like it more.
- [Alex] Yeah okay, alright, whatever.
- No the engine bay on this thing is absolutely spotless.
You could eat off the valve cover.
It's so well done.
He's taken his time with everything.
This is one of those cars that,
he just took his time with the entire process.
I mean, I know Alex doesn't like the clear tails but,
those are, that's a rare taillight
for this car. - Yeah, I bet it is.
- They're very, very hard to find.
And I like that it's sold a stance car,
but yet it's got the meaty track fitment,
it's on E85, it's got a fully done motor.
I mean, he's done just about everything
to this thing that he enjoys and...
- [Alex] I respect it.
- I love the car.
- Cool, let's rate it on three.
Ready, one, two, three.
- Seven. - Nine.
- You say nine?
- I said seven, he said nine.
- I said nine. - You said nine?
- I said nine.
- As a guy that doesn't have, (groans) we'll get into it.
Moving forward, are we ready?
- Yep. - Next car.
2013 Scion FR-S on some CCW 01s, front eight,
nine and a half, negative 20, 18 by 11 1/2, negative 14.
Banker is thinking about all of the words he is gonna say.
Bridgestone Potenza 245 fronts
with some 295, 35 rears on airlift.
- Yes sir. - Right.
- [Alex] And we are looking at Connor LOLs.
Airlift performance 3H, Rocket Bunny and Turbo
are his details, no rubbing or scrapping.
Three photos to go off of.
Let's talk about it, Banker.
Short and sweet, start it off.
- [Banker] It's a FR-S so of course it's wide-bodied
because who doesn't wide-body that car.
It a very overdone car and it's kind of the same
as every other FR-S out there.
I like that he's not super tilty.
He's got some meat on there.
The wheels are nice, there not like those
really weird-looking things that Charlie has on his car;
that effect they kind of like to do on these things.
I like that he's got some supporting engine work.
- [Alex] Yeah
- So, and - I just--
- [Banker] The front bumper's actually really cool.
- [Alex] Yeah, I think that like,
so usually people will go, in my eyes,
they get the FR-S or the BRZ, they wide-body,
Rocket Bunny, whatever it is.
And then they go like, all the way that way.
- Like way over the top. - With all of the air,
- [Alex] The splitters, the fusers,
the cutters, the everything.
The hood is meant for down force,
the roof is meant for down force,
everything has metal angles on it
and it's all angry all the time.
And so, I'm not an overly huge fan
of it when it gets excessive.
But, his isn't, I think, that excessive
and I think that's why I like it a lot more
than most Rocket Bunny kits.
- [Banker] This, the way he has it done,
I feel like this is one you could go
through the drive-thru at like McDonald's
and convince the girl at the window
that it's like a Ferarri.
(laughing)
- [Alex] I do dig that it's not too crazy
on the front, not too crazy on the rear,
but it's a little bit aggressive.
I like, like you said, I like
the front bumper, the wheels are nice.
CCW can never, you can never go wrong with CCWs.
But yeah, in terms of anything I would do different,
I don't know if I would do anything different.
The platform, I guess is, I would say saturated.
So, I don't know what you would do to make it unique,
but at the same time I like that it's not excessive.
So it's like, do something different,
but don't do something different.
So my advice is completely irrelevant.
I think it's a car that, I think in terms
of it being done in the way I would do it,
I think it's pretty close.
- [Charlie] That's fair.
- [Alex] What do you think?
- [Charlie] I like it.
It's simple yet aggressive enough
to where it will catch your head,
but it's not gonna make you go take a look at it.
I love the car though.
- [Alex] Yeah, sure.
- [Charlie] I think the only thing I'd really change
on it is, I'd probably change the color.
- [Alex] What would you change it to?
- Honestly, purple.
Definitely purple.
- (laughs) That's the joke.
Alright moving forward we're gonna rate it on three.
Alright, ready, one, two , three.
- [Whole Panel] Seven.
- That was good.
- We are three for three.
- Yeah, I think we're--
- Did we just both say seven?
- Yeah, we all said seven. - Alright.
- I think that was good.
- Wow.
- Moving forward, we have something
that's way off in left field,
a 2017 NSX, BC forged, HTA 218s.
20 by nine fronts, 20 by 12 rears,
which is quite the staggered setup.
And those are all wheel drive.
So, that means the variance is pretty excessive.
Michelin Pilot Sport 4Ss, so the man likes tires.
I'm good with it.
255, 30 fronts, 325, 25 rears - I like the front wheel size.
- [Banker] That's pretty rough.
- [Alex] And we are look at Pchuang,
is that right? - Yes, yes.
- [Alex] Pchuang79's 2007 Acura, all wheel drive.
And his license plate is see ya bro.
That's a cool plate, I dig it.
10 millimeter spaces front, 10 millimeter spaces rear,
his details says lots, which means nothing
because I don't know what to do with that information.
- [Charlie] That's fair.
- [Alex] Charlie take it away.
- [Charlie] For being a new car there's not,
it doesn't look like there's a ton done to it.
I see a wing, maybe a little bit of aero,
those wheels though, I absolutely adore those wheels.
- [Alex] The twist spokes that--
- [Charlie] They're just, they're so aggressive,
even a non-wide offset in that wheel
just looks crazy aggressive.
I think it really fits the flow
and body style of the car well.
- It is an angry car. - And the wing
- [Charlie] kind of brings it all together.
- [Alex] It is an angry car.
- It's very, very cool. - Banker.
- [Banker] Upon popular opinion I hate NSXs.
I think anybody who considers it a super-car is
an idiot and doesn't actually know anything about cars.
- [Alex] I have a question for you.
- [Banker] It is a Honda Civic with a body kit.
- [Alex] Do you think this is a super-car?
This is a 964 Turbo.
- [Banker] That is not a super-car.
That is Euro muscle.
- [Alex] I'm sorry, that's really mean.
I'm just gonna go put this down next to my feet
where Banker probably thinks it belongs.
- [Banker] I love--
- [Alex] Yep, yep, it's alright.
Just move forward, alright. (whimpers)
- I said you were Euro muscle.
That being said, even though it is a car
that I greatly dislike, I like what he has done with it.
I like the wheels a lot.
I like the fitment obviously,
since he's on air; lift air apparently.
- Yeah, they actually come factory
on Acura. - Yeah it's OEM plus I-lifts
so he must have... - Ooh, okay.
- So it's like an air cup.
- Yeah, it's an assisted... - Yeah, it'll just lift it.
- It's like a Lambough.
- It looks like an aggressive super-car
that's not a super-car.
- [Alex] Wow, so I like the NSX body styles.
I think they did a great job with them.
I don't see many of them modified.
I dig the wing, I think it helps pull the rear end
together with such an angry front end
'cause it's so angry.
I always like to see, I don't know like,
I dig the color for what it is,
'cause it is that, like it's a good color,
it's not a bad color at all.
But, I definitely like Obsidian Pearls.
I like dark, deep colors on a lot
of that higher end exotic style stuff.
I always like to see a lot of deep color
and in the pictures I can't tell if it's very deep.
It almost looks satin so, I'm not a huge fan of satin.
I'm usually more a fan of gloss paint.
- Same.
- So like Obsidian, pearl, - I like satin.
- [Alex] like grays, stuff like that
that has a lot of depth that would be cool to see.
Love the color of the wheels.
BC4s, they always have such killer wheels too
'cause we even have a set in the showroom that we love.
So, I dig it though.
I don't think it's that bad.
I would be really sad if I bought the car new though
'cause the depreciation I don't think is going
to be friendly in like three years.
- Let's rate it on three.
Ready?
One, two, three.
(whole panel speaks)
I rate it better than the FR-S only
because I think I like the overall aesthetic
of it more and the body style I align with more.
But, I know that the other one has more work.
I just, I can't put it, I can't do it.
- In my head I was going seven and a half,
but then I remembered most of this body work is stock.
- Yeah - That's very true.
- So, yeah it's aggressive - That's true too.
- but it's still a stock aggressiveness.
- Yeah, 'cause you have to look at it
from how much did he do to the car
which is really hard to do and it's no slam at the guy,
it's just, it's tough. - It's a NSX, what are you--
- They come angry.
- Exactly.
- These do not come angry, you have to make
them angry. - You have to make them angry.
- You have to make them angry.
Last car is a 2005 Lexus IS300.
18 by nine plus 25s on some Nitto Neo 215, 35s.
This is our boy Flowers isn't it?
- This is definitely him. - I bought a car from this man
- [Alex] This poor soul.
I will let Charlie go first.
- [Charlie] So this is my roommate.
- [Alex] Oh boy.
- [Banker] You know what that means.
- [Charlie] I'd a ton of hell for this
because it's always, I mean, we've always butted heads
with everything on this car whether it's wheels,
whether it's hoods, whether it's, just about anything.
And all in all, I came into this saying I was going
to roast him, but I do like the car.
- [Alex] Okay.
- {Charlie] The only thing I do like is,
when he airs out without a splitter on
he still sits about four inches off the ground.
That's about the only thing I don't like.
And then--
- [Banker] What about the fact
that he can't keep a splitter on the car?
- [Charlie] Yeah, he's ripped off the splitter
like three times, and it's not from hitting anything.
It's just,
- Is it poor installation? - they don't wanna be there.
- [Alex] Yeah, that's fair.
What do you think Banker?
- [Banker] For being an IS, it's a very nice car.
He's done it well, I've told him that in person.
It's a clean build.
I hate the wheels on anything but this car.
- [Alex] Okay, very true.
- [Banker] I think they look amazing with
what he has done to this car.
I wish he had a picture of his trunk setup because...
- [Alex] Because you don't have a trunk setup.
This is where I will get involved.
- [Charlie] You should really get someone.
- [Alex] So, I know for a fact is sitting
on air suspension with compressors strapped
to some two by fours in the trunk.
So, I cannot say that I appreciate the setup
because I know that it's flapping around back there.
It's just slippin' and slidin' like your first prom night.
It's just not good, it's just not good.
I'll tell you what I do like.
I like that the setup is looking pretty strong,
the fitment is decent.
I think it pokes just a hair, a little bit.
It looks like I would probably - It's very close.
- [Alex] dial that in a little bit.
It is a little funky because there's,
the back is more aggressive that the front.
- [Banker] Um hmm, 100%.
- [Alex] So, I'm not sure how you would
tie that in, but I dig it.
I don't think it's terrible, I'm just kinda mad
that he doesn't have a proper setup in the trunk.
Let's rate it on three.
One, two, three.
- Six. - Four.
- [Alex] I had to.
I had to, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I love Austin, I just can't get over the--
See, I don't like, Okay.
- It's the trunk setup.
- It's the, it's the got damn trunk setup man!
It's the one thing that like, you are buying it
and you are not installing it correctly
and I know this, and you still are trying
to get me to rate it!
I won't do it.
I won't rate it above a five.
Can't do it, you get a four. - Okay.
Let's talk about this though.
- You get a firm four.
- If it had a better trunk setup what would you rate it?
- Six, I'd rate it a six, I think it's got,
I would actually rate it a five.
I would rate it a five, I would like to see
that back end get kinda get tightened up a little bit.
But that's just me.
- And keep a splitter on it. - I'm just a guy.
- You know this is gonna go up
and he's gonna message me and he's gonna be like,
"I've been asking you to build my trunk
"for the last six months." - Yep, absolutely, absolutely.
(Charlie laughs) - Come into
Fitment Industries and actually get it built Austin.
So that is our five cars.
I think the ratings were actually pretty good.
If you guys disagree, rate 'em in the comments below.
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I'm Alex from Fitment Industries.
- I'm Banker from sometimes Fitment Industries.
- I'm Banker from Charlie's (scoffs).
- Charlie's Industries, Charlie's Angels.
And we will see you later, peace.
- Did I just say I'm Banker from Charlie's?
(laughing)
- Yes.