Believe it or not… some things kept me busy this week and I was unable to deliver this post on time. But, since I did promise this content, I might as well post it late.

You may or may not have heard of Platinum VIP before. But that’s okay. They are basically known around the web for the VIP cars they churn out. You may have noticed a large Platinum VIP sticker on the windshield of one of these cars.

What most don’t know is that they are a full-on body shop, – used to be called Premiere Autoworks. They now specialize in VIP/luxury work, but yes, you can bring your mom’s t-boned Toyota Camry in for insurance work. They will take excellent care of your car and produce excellent work. Their pricing also reflects that very well.

So anyways, I stopped by this past week looking for some interesting stuff to document. I haven’t actually had any work done by them before, but had a few friends whose cars they worked on.

The first thing I see when I head inside is Kennedy applying clear bra to the front end of a GS.

Kennedy is the owner of Platinum VIP. He personally works on every car that rolls through the shop and makes sure everything is up to standard before it leaves.

Above is a Lexus GS on their state of the art frame pulling machine.

Below is a Lexus LS460 that was hit on the freeway, spun out, and hit a center divider.

This is an older Mercedes almost ready to roll out of the shop.

Platinum is known for following true to traditional VIP styling from Japan. Besides selling manufactured high end body kits, they do a lot of custom work. All of it is from imagination. If you can think it up, they can style it. One example is Kennedy’s own 1GS. More on that later…

Here on the lift is another shop car in progress. They are doing an all metal wide body. The first picture is the side that is yet to be touched… stock.

And this is the side where work has begun…

The benefits of an all metal widebody are it’s strength and painted surface that matches the rest of the car. With a wheel setup that has a high potential for rubbing, it’s best to have a metal fender which will hold up better than pliable fiberglass which cracks the instant something even remotely harsh hits it.

As some of you may know, Platinum VIP partnered with Heavy Hitters magazine in the past on the crazy Ford Flex.

This is the owner of Heavy Hitters’ car… it has the entire interior redone, but I’m told that he was unhappy with the look, so it’s being torn apart and going back to get redone differently. Must be nice, right?

What the hell is an S2000 doing here? Well, it’s an insurance car that is near completion. Interesting touch with the shaved sidemarkers… *ahem*

Well that’s where I’ll leave off for this post, more later… hopefully it won’t be another 4 days before I find time again.