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Event Coverage: Honda Tech 2010

August 30, 2010 | 6 Comments | Dropped, Event Coverage, Featured, Honda, Infiniti, Mazda, Subaru, Toyota, volkswagen

Last year was my first Honda Tech event and I was blown away by the quality of cars that were there. For a long time Honda’s were not the cleanest cars around so it was really refreshing to see so many nice ones in one area along with all of the other clean cars that came out.

Because of my move the previous day my time at the show was short and sweet and while I didn’t show up during it’s peak but I was still able to get a lot of shots of the action and, thankfully, the time I showed up it had cooled down slightly as it was a scorcher.

Random Stuff

Last year I saw a girl manhandling a hog and this year I saw a bike burnout.

Bikes create a lot of smoke in a short period of time

My gf pointed out this sticker, I like it

Not really random, but the only Accord I shot all day, it really caught my eye

Non Honda

Like any good car show Honda Tech draws out all car owners.

Nice Subaru I saw near the entrance

Loved this paint, gotta find out the code

Immaculate looking Skyline

Super clean RHD RX-7 on Wedsports

Drop dead beautiful e36

Mr Ing pushed in his splitter from the last time I saw him, looked good before, looks great now

Toronto G35 owners really have their fitment game on point

Super clean

Beautiful bug, which had the melons sticker from above on it

Clean setup

Honda powered AE86

I've seen this car a few times but never noticed the Nextmod flameboy here before

Clean, dialed, and proper

Kinda hard to see here but this Supra basically had a drain pipe for an exhaust

And for good reason look at that giant ass turbo!

The full package

Acura’s

For the Acuras this is just easier than breaking it up by body style

Dumped RSX

Widebody RSX that has been shot by Dougboy

I used to want a DC dumped on GSR blades so bad

The Mugen DC that was at the Nextmod BBQ

Beautiful JDM Type R

Nice and clean

Another great looking Type R

This car is on point

Somehow I almost walked past this NSX

Civics

Last year I broke it up by generation but this year I am just doing it by name.

Dara actually rides the bike you see on the rack

The last set of Fitapaldi's I saw was on Jay @ Stance Factorys e30

Clean eg infront of the Teknotik booth

Actually met Chester this time! Had some stickers for me

k-Tuned eighth gen

Perhaps the GTA's most loved SI

Every time I saw this car there was a crowd around it

It was very clean and that cf lip was fire but the real feature was the bay

Which was cleaned up then done up with graffiti

One of the cleanest civic's of this generation I have ever seen

Beast

S2000′s

The S2000 scene in the GTA seems to be expanding rapidly

RPF-1s, timeless, functional

Another car that has been shot by Dougboy

Flush

and more flush

Arc Magic

Msequence was spinning beats at the event, he also changed his rim color

Make sense for a DJ to have a clean I.C.E. setup

Event Coverage August 22nd CSCS Pt 3

August 26, 2010 | 6 Comments | BMW, Event Coverage, Infiniti, Nissan, Toyota

Here is the third and final set of coverage from the August 22nd CSCS at Cayuga Motorsports park. Today is nothing but drifting so if you like your cars sideways this is for you.

I was able to improve quite a bit over the drifting shots I took at last years event so I am really looking forward to shooting some more at DMCC and the next round of CSCS.

Drift Competition

The competition starting with a field of about 16 and was whittled down to top eight, top four, and then a final winner. Anytime a round was too close to call they ran that set again which made for a lot of exciting action.

Drift Possee was on hand to judge and hang out

Notice how the smoke is coming from the middle of the car and not the tires?

That was his clutch giving it's last stand

My friend Chris De la Cruz was out sliding his m50e30

Initiating

He was also running a bunch of my stickers

Thanks man

Pat Cyr says Marin is a guy to watch out for this year

He's already rolled one car, but ain't scared

Marin plays a little follow the leader

He held his own but didn't make it to the final 4

John Fiddy knows how to slide his Skyline

He also knows how to send grass flying

As does Chris St John

The next two pictures are practically the same

Little more angle here

Can't remember who this was but he was photogenic

Kickin' up some smoke at the farther turn in the course

My GF nailed this panning shot

Some tandem sliding

As the track tried the cars started making a lot more smoke

Demo

After the competition all of the competitors got a chance to have some fun.

The guys from Union Auto club know how to cut loose

Cody Loughhead (I think) doing something incredible

Chris came out and raped the hay bale

I was pulling hay out of my pocket for some time after the show

After killing the hay Chris did some doughnuts

Keep drifting fun

I smelled like rubber the whole ride home

More tire fire

Tire companies must love drifting...

Fiddy is going

Going

Gone

Event Coverage August 22nd CSCS Pt 2

August 25, 2010 | No Comments | Dropped, Event Coverage, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru

The road track at Cayuga was pretty busy all day with lapping, time attack, and drifting going on. The number of events resulted in a capture card full of tons of photos and while I could have posted everything up today I’ve decided to break up the track coverage as well for those on phones/sketchy wifi.

This post contains photos of the the time attack event and a few cars I missed from yesterdays show & shine coverage, as well as a teaser of tomorrows coverage which will be nothing but drift action.

Off track

I knew I forgot some photos yesterday…

This is what happens when your car does not have a roof and it rains...

Purple, or pink?

So simple, so perfect

Saw this as I was leaving, even dirty as hell I still want it, BAD

Lapping

This just made the fact that I wasn’t able to get out to a lapping event this year sting even more, I really need to try this.

As I mentioned yesterday this Subaru looked right at home on the track

Advance Power House Civic getting up on 3

Stage four Civic leaving the corner

RX-7 on CCWs being put to task

Speed 3s are made for the track

This rally prepped Subaru was set up for the track on the weekend and was tearing it up

And this Subaru was a damn monster

This Nextmod Evo was my first attempt at a panning shot

Godzilla! Godzilla!

A Cosworth Evo being put through it's paces

I'm quite pleased with how this shot turned out

For you guys anxiously waiting for the drift shots here is something to hold you until tomorrow:

This, and only this with tomorrows coverage

Event Coverage August 22nd CSCS Pt 1

August 23, 2010 | 4 Comments | Bagged, Chevy, Dropped, Event Coverage, Featured, Makes, Nissan, Subaru, volkswagen

Sunday August 22nd 2010 was a busy day for the GTA automotive community. Three events took place simultaneously (Vagkraft, Meeting of The Mazdas, and CSCS:Xtreme Tuner Challenege) and depending on your location you were anywhere from damp to soaked as the weather didn’t want any of these things to happen.

Thankfully in Cayuga at CSCS the weather actually wasn’t too bad for most of the day, a little damp at times but for the most part dry and great for photos.

I managed to take quite a few pictures so I’ve broken up the coverage into multiple parts, today’s coverage is of the off track action.

Transformer II

I am a BIG Transformers (Generation 1 & 2) fan but this truck was a bit much for even me. Team H.V. put a lot of time into this truck (Avalanche?) but it was just way over the top.

I've never seen a wooden Autobot insignia before

Massive custom tilt front end

It's won a whole lot of trophies...

Subaru

This is the first time I have seen this Trial wide body Subaru in track trim and I’ll tell ya it looked good out on there on the track.

I might actually like this business setup over his usual set up

Up close of the sticker bomb

Euros

With Vagkraft going on at Downsview park a lot of the European crowd was over there ,but a few came out to enjoy the drier weather at CSCS

Gary's bright wide body e46, this is the first time I have noticed that he could go wider with his wheels

Spotted this MKII Golf in the paddock and out on the track

It was pretty quick

Nice Jetta on big lip RMs

The red on the outside of the lips was a unique touch, you can just make it out here

Chevy’s and Minis

Bowtie owners always bring the goods.

I have been given to OK by my girlfriend to build a car like this Nova

A GTA show regular

James brought his truck out and I manged to shoot it at the worst lighting angle ever

I did however get an alright shot of detailing he has going on underneath the truck

This bagged s10 was looking a little lonely

So some women stopped by to keep it company

Nextmod

As usual Nextmod rolled pretty deep both in the Show and Shine and the time attack/lapping events

Andrew was parked near the track, with the Nextmod fam

Andrew's trunk setup is very clean, I like the red on black

This Acura's Arc lip on the ground

Advnce Power House/Nextmod/Amuse s2000

Pearly's rims are greener than the grass

Drifters

When not on the track I manged to snap a few shots of these well used Nissans

Cooling between runs, this driver pushed his car hard

Chris St John can really slide a car

Nothing zip ties can't fix

Honda’s and Acuras

Just a preview of some of the cars that will probably be at Honda-Tech 7 next weekend, hopefully I can sneak out and get a few pics after the move.

Dumped Accord

With a cleaned, polished/chrome bay

Boosted H.V. performance DA

Big Turbo Inlet horn, looks like a trumpet

Very clean Turo el

Tiddy detailed engine pay

and an equally tidy trunk set up

Very clean functional looking eighth gen

@ChesterYu29's Civic on super Advans

I must have just missed him as he was judging at the show

Msequence got new rims as well as a few spoon accessories

The K swapped CRX from Scrape By The Lake

I almost got a set of these for my car but the offset was just a bit too aggressive (mexi)

I've taken a picture of this EK hatch every time I have seen it, love the color

Three very clean EKs

Never thought I would like purple lips, but here we are

Closer look at the SIR on CCWs

Which is actually owned by a woman

No, I am not tired of these wheels

That’s it for today, check back Wednesday (or maybe Thursday) for photos of the on track action with some guest shots from my girlfriend.

Nextmod Anniversary Coverage Pt 2

August 17, 2010 | 11 Comments | Benz, Event Coverage, Infiniti, Lexus, Nissan

Here is part two of the coverage from the Nextmod 1 year anniversary BBQ that went down last Sunday August 15 2010.

Today’s coverage has all of the brands I missed yesterday with stand outs including the Infiniti and Lexus crowd who brought out some serious low, flush, rides.

Mercedes Benz

The local wheel powder coater in the area brought out his latest project/promo car

It certainly is unique, we were talking wheel/drop options that would work with the finish

Looks like we've got another Batman fan

I might have to take a trip over to Puremb.com and see what those guys are up too

Simple yet effective

Nissans

This s14 was also at stretch and poke, very aggressive.

Well done 350

White on blue looks great and the diffuser is a nice touch

Mazdas

Clean early 3 sedan

Hatch sittin on sportlines

Jon Jons new look, not too many people run this front bumper

Ryan changed up his ride yet again, this time with some camo

TM3 guys have wasted no time with the 2010s

A sinister smile

I'm going to say RX-8s are some of the best looking oem rims ever...

Floodgatez on his way out, this car has changed a lot in a short period

Lexus’

Lexus looking great on a set of Work VS-(kf?) wheels

IS300's are such a versatile platform, they look great many different styles

To the victor goes the spoils, Peter's new rims look fantastic.

Rolled in with Mr. ING, necks snapped when he pulled up

He's got the internet goin' nuts right now

For more pictures of the above Lex check out the shoot on the Scraped Crusaders.

Infinitis

Blain's got his front end back together and looking clean

I have no idea how he got in here at this height

Proper Specs.

G on Raderwerks

No parking and no dumping, both rules broken here

That’s it for all of my Nextmod coverage, big thanks to everyone who I met and who purchases stickers hope you like em!

Event Coverage: Nextmod Anniversary Pt 1

August 16, 2010 | 9 Comments | Dropped, Event Coverage, Featured, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru

Nextmod’s one year anniversary BBQ went off without a hitch yesterday, even though the weather threatened like it was going to pour for most of the event.

Nextmods customer base speaks to the type of service they provide as the amount of quality cars that rolled through really rivaled some of the full blown car shows this year.

Shout out to Peter and the crew for organizing the event and keeping us all fed and hydrated for free!

Today’s coverage includes: random stuff, Mazda, Subaru, Hyundai, Toyota, and Honda/Acuras. Check back tomorrow for Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Lexus and Infiniti rides.

Random stuff

I think last years Nextmod meet was the reason I started taking pictures of random stuff to begin with.

Peter was busy working all day

Mr Ing in the foreground drives a sick Lexus on CCW'S which you will see tomorrow

Embrace it

Haha Mr. Sparkle.

My lunch for today, probably.

Another variation of the turbo lag sticker

So wandering around we saw this place that had ‘Pure Natural Chinese Herbal Medicine Steam Cabins’ I dunno what the heck these things did (compact sauna?) but we all had a good laugh about how odd it all seemed.

If you are curious about what they are they have a website which sort of explains things.

The ad on the door that made me stop and investigate.

So you sit in there and get steamed to look younger?

Subarus, Hyundais,Toyotas, and Kias

Team JH!

You don't really see too many people doing anything with Fortes

Scraped Crusaders and Stance Is Everything collaboration!

Pearly's STI, do want

Andrew's Genesis has been getting all sorts of press lately. Deserved

Hondas and Acuras

I think this car had been parked in a time capsule for the past few years

Since I have not seen a car styled like this in some time and it was really clean

One of 2 Acura clipped hatches that day

Nextmod shop truck

Boosted Acura

Clean s2k

I waited awhile for this shot

This was boss

This is still one of my favorite Honda's ever

Just beautiful

Nice looking Civic with a Mugen Acura lurking in the background

Clean, authentic.

This is quickly becoming a favorite of mine as well

The team at Nextmod did a great job on this one

This car looks 100% different than the last time I saw it

Very, very unique wheel set up

Fit.

Turbo DC5 and the man behind Stretch & Poke

Closer look at that Turbo RSX

I saw this NSX my first time at APH, it's serious

And this is why

Check back tomorrow for the rest of the coverage!

Event Coverage: Street Classics July 31st

August 2, 2010 | 3 Comments | Blog Finds, Chevy, Event Coverage, Featured, Ford, Mini, Pontiac

After last weeks Theme Tuesday on muscle cars I was in the mood to check some out in person once again so I made my way out to the local Street Classics cruise in on Saturday Night.

Unfortunately soon after I arrived it started to rail lightly which put a quick end to things, but, I was able to fire off some shots and get something for WTF Friday.

I also meet a real down to earth s-10 owner in the process, good times.

Ford GT

Clarkson’s GT turned out to be lemon and he had to return it right? This one seems to be doing better.

Drew quite the crowd being fairly uncommon

Nice interior, more so for a Ford

I seem to recall this motor being from one of Fords trucks originally

Oddballs

Unique cars that caught my attention for one reason or another.

Jr. Draggster, anyone else with their parents got them into this?

Ollie this is for you buddy

To anyone who has driven one are they as fun as they look?

Corvair's are such odd little cars, being rear engine and American made but not all that fast

Sparse engine bay nothing unessecary except maybe the spare

Can't recall the last time I saw a Ventura at a show

This one was very, very clean

Lead Kings

No matter how dangerous and unhealthy it is working with lead is still and art form as much as these Lead Sleds are.

Wonder if there is a lead kings meet?

Matte colors always suit these cars so well

I'd love to drive this around low and slow all summer long

Beauty job on the interior

This Fairlane has seen some miles but still looks great

Shout out to all the people keeping pin striping alive

Muscle and Classics

Got to see what I set out to see.

I've got killer soft sport for all fox bodys, still

This truck had immaculate paint and airbrushing all over it

Shaved clean body

I like the use of green on these colors, makes the details pop

Caddy tails, side pipes, color accented rims

Thunder birds sure were unique

Clever plate!

Beautiful example of classic SS

Nice Bel Air Wag promoting Dukes appraisals

Hard to see in this picture but this Nova was packing serious drag radials

Clean 66 Nova

Two years in Lompoc. I'll die before I go back.

Beautiful Yenko Nova

If you still don't think classics have stance this picture should help...

Day & Nite

I’m ending today’s coverage with this s10. The owner, James, and myself talked for quite awhile in the light rain about trucks (remember I had an s10 Blazer), shows, clubs and just automobiles in general and it’s always nice to come across someone who just loves cars and shows as much as yourself and doesn’t hold any of the ego that is often associated with the various scenes.

James has put a lot of work in this truck, which is the first vehicle he ever owned, and talking with him I could tell that he did it for himself first, real enthusiasts second, and show recognition a distant third.

I look forward to seeing James and his truck at other events around the GTA.

A Canadian truck now made up of southern and clean oem panels

Jame's 2 link setup at full lift, the compressors were nicely hidden under the bed

Lots of work done under hood cleaning things up. Tons of custom bolts, pullies, and shaved pieces

Closer look at the air brushing under the hood

Air brushing continue onto the filler door

Close up of the custom engraved, polished, battery cover

Dark lit city scape in the sub box behind the seats, this blew me away never seen anything like it before

Hopefully I can make it out to one or two more of these before summers all said and done.

Event Coverage: The Women Of Scrape

July 22, 2010 | 2 Comments | Event Coverage

Well, it’s time for the last part of the event coverage from Scrape By The Lake, and depending on how you look at it I saved the best for last.

If girls and cars are going to be at the same venue I prefer them to be separate from the cars so one does not distract from the other.

Warning: If your place of work monitors what you view you might want to wait until you get home to view this post, you’ve been warned. Sorry in advance to the female readers.

Since I did a lot of driving the day of the show I almost didn’t stay for this, but once I got all the coverage I needed done I realized the show was scheduled to start five minutes in about five minutes.

I opted not to go up on stage, even though I had a media pass, because all the action was directed to the crowd anyway.

Interesting shirt I saw while waiting for things to get going

I think this girl was at Summer Sizzle

So many of the dudes in the background were just not paying attention

I think something on the girl on the right changed from last year but I can't put my finger on it

She's smiling right at me, naturally

Workin it

Shirt was useless anyway

I'll let you think of your own caption for this one

Dude in the back is paying attention now

Yep..

She needed more water than the rain provided

She had obviously done this before

The crowd was in shock, announcer didn't care lol

Pretty sure one of these girls took it all home

Until next year

Event Coverage: Scrape By The Lake Part 3

July 22, 2010 | 3 Comments | BMW, Cadillac, Chevy, Dropped, Event Coverage, Ford, Honda, Makes, Mazda, Mopar, Nissan, Pontiac, volkswagen

The third and final part of the automotive coverage from Scrape By The Lake are the type of cars you would expect at your average car show.

Actually if you think about it this section was the size or a normal car show making Scrape kind of like three car shows in one…

Anyway, quite a few unique rides here as well.

Random stuff

Stickers, bikes, whatever

I think anyone with a bags are for groceries sticker at Scrape got hurt

Amazing, and true

The car the sticker above was on

This made me chuckle

This US Army truck was pretty cool I must say

Salute to any who has enlisted in any sort of military, get back safe

Bagged Saturn Ion? That's a new one to me

Hardcore show cars

Going all out for trophies

So... on to the next one?

I see this car all the time at shows, but only just noticed the tv

I think this started as a Honda, at one point, maybe?

This car is always changing but I think the blower is new

Smart move with the tent this year as the weather was iffy at points

Chevy/BMW

Odd pairing but I have one shot of each brand…

Nice looking Cobalt SS. These > Cavaliers

One of the handful of BMWs that were at scrape

Division R

Sam and a few other guys from Division R made the trek to Scrape

Sam has done a few things since his feature the new hood I noticed right away

and this sticker was also new to me

Division R's Jetta on Keskins

Ford

Boosted Probe

Erock from Nine O Five rides brought his fitted Probe out

I can't recall the last SVT Contour I've seen, and this is no doubt the lowest

Mazda’s

Exclusive Tire's Mazda 3

Rare to see an MX-6 done so well

RX-8 on Gramlights

Fun looking boosted Miata

Honda/Acura

Dudes from New York love this paint effect, they are the only guys I ever see with it

I took a picture of this car at T.A.S.R but this one is a little better

Nice, clean, mostly original RHD CRX

K swapped CRX

Repping for Street Outlawz

I had never seen this kit before, from what I am told it's 12pcs and very rare

Clean looking shaved bay

Under hood close up showing the charger and home made dampener

Classics and Muscle

1/4 mile demon

Patina done perfect

Beautiful

Dirty Lincoln

Nice Impala with a more modern approach

I will never get sick of this front end

Amazing Caddy

When I saw the Chevy on the valve cover I was ready to scream sacrilege

Then I took a closer look and I was ok with it, bet she moves

Event Coverage: Scrape By The Lake 2010 Part 2

July 21, 2010 | 4 Comments | Bagged, Chevy, Datsun, Dropped, Event Coverage, Mazda, Mopar, Nissan

Part 2 of the multi-part Scrape By The Lake coverage is all about the trucks. I was really impressed at the trucks that came out this year and last year. The trucks I saw last year had new mods and the new trucks I saw this year were crazy.

If you like your trucks low this post is for you.