Does anyone actually remember this car? I actually met Vik I think around the middle of 2002 or so. Back then, all these wild conversions were the hit of most shows and onlineshowoff.com was the equivalent of Myspace today. It was basically the social network for everyone that was heavily in the scene. I met Vik through a mutual friend that I was doing shows with at the time and I always would say what’s up and chat with Vik a bit during show set-up. I really don’t know what happened to the guy nowadays but I remember his family was loaded and he always had his girl following him around. There’s some interesting stories about what happened to her but I’ll save those for another time…haha…
This integra was built completely themed after Craig Lieberman’s R34 Skyline. For reference, here is the R34…
I don’t really know why he modeled his build after Craig’s car and I really never did ask. At the time all this wild conversion shit was still going on and we kinda just accepted it. Vik was a pretty cool guy to talk to and he would always show us something new that he did. The front and rear skyline conversions were done flawlessly and though it obviously doesn’t look like it belongs there, the quality of work spoke for itself….
This was back in the early 2000s and even though people were doing flares, no one actually had the right wheels to fit it correctly. It didn’t matter to anyone at the time because it was one of the most popular cars of that time. It always won an award at any show that I attended and though the guy was loaded, he had alot of sponsors backing him too…
Of course it was turbocharged and had all the ridiculous snap on chrome dress-up pieces. I can’t say that I actually ever saw the car go real fast but it was a show car. It was rare enough to see these things even drive down the street…
I don’t have a pic of it but Vik was one of the first guys to do like full Bride gradation headliner. Back then it was pretty impressive and everyone would go crazy over it. Looking back now at these pics now, I totally forgot that the dash was painted. Then again, there wasn’t a part of this car that was left untouched…
I wonder what happened to Vik and this Integra. I remember hearing rumors that something happened to him and the car was sold or something but I can’t confirm that. I’ve been doing car shows and stuff since then and the guy kinda just disappeared into obscurity. Hopefully nothing bad happened to him because he was a pretty cool guy to talk to…
I thought it’d be interesting to show you guys this car because it really was one of the impact players of the import show scene at the time. Compared to today’s standards, it would seem a little ridiculous and goofy but this was what a majority of people were doing at the time. It’s pretty funny to think back to the onlineshowoff.com days when everyone was all up on trying to join Vik’s imaginery team “Solo”. I actually think that Team Solo exists today while Vik is long gone. Solo was like an online crew that had members all over the country. I wonder if this Integra is still owned by someone and is being driven around somewhere…