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Godzilla On Wheels: Extreme Vanning In Japan.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Extreme Vanning
Extreme Vanning
Extreme Vanning
Extreme Vanning
Members of the Purple Night Angels Vanning & Custom Club
Extreme Vanning in Japan
Consider it Disneyland on wheels, Toyota and Dodge-Meet Godzilla, or the reincarnation of the custom van scene from America, but either way vanning is huge in Japan and an integral part of its custom car scene. Now enter a new form of vanning called “Extreme Vanning”. At first glance you’ll be left baffled and confused at this unique and over-the-top niche market of customizing vans. But it’s a big thing over in Japan. It’s a form of customizing left for those with deep pockets and even deeper imaginations. Although many deny it, rumor has it that these vehicles are associated with Japanese mobsters and gang families.
So what does it take to create one of these monsters? The vans usually take on a build time of a year and once they’re done, the cost can hit you in the checkbook for well over $100, 000. The Toyota Hiace, the Dodge Caravan, and the Toyota Estima are the most popular vans to customize because they all have timeless lines and designs. And even though they are 10 or 15 years old they look straight out of the future. The bumpers and wings are strictly for show -they don’t really stand for anything. They’re just meant to make people stop and stare.
The owners of the cars come up with their own designs…they make the theme, the style, and choose the color. Some people perform the modifications themselves and others go to shops to have them done. The main purpose with each design is to over-exaggerate the lines of the car. And the interior of these vehicles are just as sick as the exterior…with over the top custom seating, colorful dashes and headliners, powerful stereos and speakers, bars, gaming consoles, flat screen TV’s…you name it.
This over the top form of vanning has also started to catch on in Australia. Will the United States will be the next country to catch the extreme vanning bug? Feel free to chime in via our comments section with your thoughts. In the meantime here are some photos of vans belonging to members of the Purple Night Angles Vanning & Custom Club in Chiba, Japan. (This article was originally in Issue 8 of Heavy Hitters Magazine.)
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