- Hey guys, what's going on
it's Alex from Fitment Industries
And I'm here with...
- Brian from Custom Offsets.
- And Brian, we decided to ask him a couple question
because he is a car owner
that I would say is a little bit
against the grain.
- Oo.
- In the common scene.
So I'm gonna start asking just a couple questions
so you guys can get a little bit of information.
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Who are you and what do you drive?
- I am Brian from Custom Offsets
and I drive a '99 Lexus GS300.
- [Alex] Talk about the specifics of your Lexus GS300.
- [Brian] It sits on the ground,
(laughing)
it scrapes in my flat shop,
it's terrible to drive,
looks awesome.
- So Rainy drives a slammed, static GS300.
- Yep.
- And those words could not be more true
to your vehicle.
It is slammed--
- [Brian] Yep.
- [Alex] All the way.
Static, doesn't move.
Got the wheels to fit under--
- [Brian] Cambered.
- [Alex] Underneath the over fenders,
you got some camber.
So, you're like the static stance guy.
- [Brian] Yep.
- You give, I mean, the guys remember Jasper,
but your car gives Jasper's car...
- It gives it a good run for its money
considering mine just frame bangs everywhere.
- Yeah, all over the place.
- Yep.
- And it's a much larger vehicle.
So the vehicle was on air, your GS,
when you first got it, was on air.
- Yep.
- And then you switched to static.
So what was the legitimate reason that you did that?
- There was two reasons, so
my air ride was old and it was log manifold style.
- Okay.
- So instead of having the nice little airlift V2 box
it was two, half inch copper logs
with old school, manifold valves in it.
So it was dated.
(chuckling)
It was a very old set up.
- Sounds like you're repairing a bathroom
in a house or something like that.
- Yeah, pretty much.
- You had to turn the water off
before we fixed the shower head.
- Yeah, so I have the 11 switch paddle up front
which it was cool, but I mean
you never had the same height.
It didn't hold an alignment, the bags were shot.
(sniffing)
So I decided to get rid of it
'cause it also messed up all my fenders,
my fenders were all chewed up, I'm sure you've seen it.
- [Alex] Yeah.
- They were chewed up pretty good from just
airing out so much.
So I ended up getting rid of that
and then I switched to my BC Extreme drops.
And I've loved it ever since.
- So, tell me a little bit more about
the suspension set up that you have.
So BC Extreme drops, what's your camber,
what's all that as, do you have anything else
underneath there?
- Yeah, so a lot of people see my car
and they think it's just bags and wheels
but I have a full Battle Version rear end
which is the rear lower control arms,
tow rods,
camber arms, all that.
I have all that in the rear, so the rear's fully adjustable.
And then it's six degrees camber in the rear
and then the front is shortened spindles,
I have FIGS Engineering solid spherical mounts all around
and then, Serial Nine upper control arms.
And right now it sits at negative eight degrees of camber
in the front.
- [Alex] Why make your life more difficult
being static over air?
Right, I mean, that's the question that I'm assuming
most people that would ask you is,
why make your life harder.
- It's not too bad like that.
The biggest issue I've had lately is just chasing
whatever rear suspension problem I have is.
- Sure.
- Still haven't figure it out.
But everyone's like, well,
you can't make it into this driveway, that driveway.
I have made it into every driveway
anyone's ever told me I couldn't.
It's not always the prettiest
but more not often that not I trailer my car everywhere.
Outside of a 30 mile radius of my shop,
it gets trailerd.
- Yeah, I mean, I would give you a fit
but I trailer my shit everywhere too.
So I mean.
- And yours is a lot more reliable. (laughing)
- Yep and definitely isn't on the ground at all.
- No.
- So what other cars have you owned
and what did you do to them?
- So, cars that I've modified, modified,
I had a '96 Honda Civic Coupe
that I put on Function and Form coil overs.
I put that all the way down,
daily drove that for three years, year round.
And that was fun.
That car, no issues.
That was literally coil overs, wheels, build done.
Loved it, never owned another Civic though.
- Really?
- Nope.
Can't do it.
- So is the Lexus, would the Lexus be
like your second big car,
have you had another big car that you've done stuff to?
I had a '76 C10 back when I was in high school
that had a built 400 small block,
built TH350, it had a couple other odds and ends.
I've had a lot of 240s that I've messed with.
Never finished one of them.
- Yeah, well, I mean, they're 240s,
the odds of them ever getting completed are zero.
- Only one ever ran and by the time I sold it,
it didn't run.
(laughing)
- We bought, my friend and I, we bought a 240
back when were in college thinking
that we were gonna be able to fix it up and get it running
and that was, yeah.
- Yeah, a black hatch?
- Yeah, I mean it was...
- Yeah, I picked it up from your house.
(laughing)
- It was the biggest mistake of my life.
- Yep, picked it up from your house five years ago.
- I remember that.
So, I think that and this is something that's interesting is
when you talk to a lot of OG static guys,
'cause static has been around for a long time.
- Yep.
- It's not something that's new
but it almost seems like they have a little bit
of a chip on their shoulder about air suspension.
- It's a pride thing.
- Why?
- [Brian] Look at Junior's rollers compared to mine.
- [Alex] Yeah, I knew you were gonna bring that up.
- The rollers are the big one,
and I've never gotten rollers on my car, really,
except for my buddy Snapchatting a photo of my car
going down the highway.
I always thought it was cool
but I never had friends with good cameras.
- Sure.
- So, Nick Campanelli from Milwaukee took a photo of my car
at Auto Motion back when it was on air ride
and I was like, that looks so bad.
The wheels, when they aired up,
went straight out, four inches,
super stretched, no camber
and then my fenders were like (blowing raspberries)
It looked terrible.
- Yeah, it's not a pretty--
- No.
- Looking thing, unfortunately,
especially when it's aired to the sky
you see Junior's 12.5 wides and it's...
- [Brian] Yeah, it's not good.
- It's rough.
So, what would be a dream car set up
if you could buy anything you wanted?
- Static or bagged?
- Whatever you wanted, if you could pick a brand new car
and slam it on the ground or take an old car
and do the same, what would you do?
- I've been heavy on the Maserati GranTurismo MC.
- [Alex] Okay.
- [Brian] It's just one of those cars,
really love it, that's a car I'd bag though
just cause it's worth so much.
- [Alex] Yeah.
- [Brian] And I don't wanna mess it up.
- [Alex] Yeah, sure.
- Plus a car you want to go fast in, so.
- Yeah.
So, does it ever bother you that you see a lot of people
going air over static recently,
or do you not really care that much.
- Yes and no, I'd almost say
it's kind of like a cop out way,
it's the easy way out
- Mm-hmm.
- 'Cause I mean air ride's nice
'cause I have a car in my shop right now
that it airs out but it has presets for when it airs out,
it doesn't smash the fenders into the tires and wheels
'cause it doesn't fit.
But it gets low and it looks good
but static, it's like you have not choice.
It has to fit, you have to run it, you have no choice.
- [Alex] It's almost like the margin for error
is smaller.
- [Brian] Yeah.
- [Alex] And so it's more work
and because it's more work
and it takes more to do that look.
- [Brian] Yep.
- [Alex] It's more prideful.
- [Brian] Yep.
- [Alex] Because you're locking it in 100% of the time.
- [Brian] Yep, not just--
- [Alex] And lots of people on air are locking it in
when it's convenient.
- Yep, exactly and I like my car going down the highway,
you hit a bump, guarantee it's gonna either
touch the fender, it's gonna touch the inner fender.
- That's awesome.
What's the biggest misconception people have
about static cars?
- Jasper will disagree but he says his car rides terribly,
mine's not that bad.
- [Alex] Well, you have big Lexus.
- [Brian] I have stiffer spring rates.
- [Alex] That's true.
- [Brian] And smaller tires.
- [Alex] And that helps?
- Well, no, it arguably would make it worse
because I have less sidewall
and mine are stretched so far
that my barrels touch the ground more often than not.
But I also have the big, the super luxurious
Lexus seats in it.
But like you said, my cars weigh a little bit more,
it's bit longer but I do have stiffer spring rates
and smaller tires.
It doesn't ride any different than it did on air ride.
- How many lips have you cracked
because of how, now extreme your set up is
but how aggressive your set up is considering the vehicle.
- This is where I have a hard time,
Austin Flowers has issues with lips on his bagged car.
Jasper eats lips and bumpers for some reason.
I have a nothing.
- Really?
- Nope, I have the original lip that came on my car
when I bought it.
There's no scuff marks on it, nothing,
it's still holding true.
- Do you think that has to do with
where you're getting the parts from
and the fact that your wheels are bangin'.
- Now, it's the fact that it's got 13 bolts on it.
The whole front lips got a whole bunch of bolts.
(laughing)
So I mean, it holds on great.
- Yeah, there you go.
So, if you had one thing that you'd want to tell them masses
about yourself, your Lexus, the static set up,
why you are the way that you are in the scene
because it's definitely more of a prideful scene.
- Yeah.
- Then I would say other versions of the car community are,
what would it be?
- Send it.
- Just (blank) send it.
- You have no choice, just do it.
(laughing)
- So that is our 10 questions for Rainy.
I would say static stance guy
but that's a video that we've already done.
But we wanted to get a little bit of a different opinion
because there are different sub genres, I would say,
within the same thing.
So, let us know in the comments what you guys think.
Hopefully there was a enough footage out there
so you can see what Rainy's car looked like.
If you guys have any questions, drop a comment below.
Anything else you want to tell them about?
- I think that's it.
- Alright, cool, well we'll see you later guys.
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