Stance Is Everything…. It's all about how it sits

Since I added the Facebook ‘like’ button to the post pages last night I figured today would be the perfect time to do another edition of ‘Readers Rides‘ from the facebook fan page.

The fan page has been really active lately so it you are not a fan already take a look as I often post things on there that don’t make it here, and generally try and be just as interactive on there as I am here.

Anyway, enough plugs, let’s check out some of your rides.

Preston Tallhamer’s Del Sol

I saw this car on the fan page, saved the picture and now can’t figure out who it belonged to because its always it’s nice to see a clean Del Sol.

I can't remember whos ride on Facebook this was but it's clean

Andrews 318ti

A work in progress, Andrew has started in the right place with his 318ti by dropping it low

Andrew hails all the way from Sweden

Wills Mazda 3

Will is a member of a few of the same Mazda 3 message boards I am and was sitting on a set of OZ racing rims all winter before the summer came around and he could bring it all together with a drop, rally armor mud flaps, and red accents.

Wills Mazda 3

Phillips Mustang

Phil’s 2003 Cobra sits on 18×9 and 18×11  CCW Classics, and as you all already know I am big fan of CCW rims. I am not adverse to Mustangs either.

CCWs FTW

Nelson’s M3

Currently in Calgary Nelsons home town of St Catherines, isn’t too far from my current location.

Lots of nice cars in both St Catherines and Calgary.

Nice plate Nelson!

Frankie’s widebody 350

Frankie’s got a fairly aggressive widebody kit on his car which has me curious about what the wheel and motor setup is I’ll have to hit him up about that.

Can probably catch this car at Battle at the border

Johnny’s Rx-8

Johnny’s RX8 is sitting 18×10 +24 Mustang rims with 265 40 18 tire, as of right now he has plenty of rubbing but he is working on sorting that out and I should see some side shots soon.

Any guesses on what wheels he is running?

Ian’s VW

Holding it down for the United Kingdom Ian has built a clean dumped VW Golf.

Ian at a vw heretics meet

Jon’s Lupo

More euro flavor, this time Jon comes through with the small hatch we only wish we got here in N/A.

Red and green is a risky combination with Christmas an all but Jon seems to be pulling it off

Michael’s VW Caddy

Rounding out the UK VW crew, Michael’s got a clean VW cab that is sure to make a lot of people on this side of the pond jealous.

Clean as hell, this car could stay as is and I would rock it

Eric’s Probe

Eric from Nine-O-Five rides has one of the cleanest and best fitted Probes I have ever come across, and he runs one of the Stance Is Everything stickers with the girl on the lip of his rear wheel.

I'm a sucker for a good rolling shot

Chester’s Honda

Chester is a local who I have yet to meet in person,but, I follow him on twitter and so should you.

His Civic looks great on these Advans which you normally see on drift cars.

Juice?

Sugar, water, purple!

Big shout out to all my fans new and old! Keep uploading those pics/emailing me and we should have a part 3 in no time.

Just the other day @gebyz hit me up with this picture on twitter. After taking a look at it I quickly remembered that I had actually posted a picture of his car before, an RX-7 as sick as this is not easy to forget.

Geby, who hails from the same area of BC as the Drift Union guys, has done a great job putting together one serious looking and performing RX-7.

Upon first glance it’s easy to see that this car has got it’s stance on point.

The height of this RX-7 is care of Tien Type Flex coil overs (with EDFC) but it’s on rails, corner eating handling is a combination of the aforementioned pieces along with Racing Beat front and rear sway bars (with accompanying Re-Amemiya Sway Bar mounts), Re-Amemiya reinforcement bars and R1 Front strut bar.

If you can draw your eyes away from Geby's stance take a look at all the cf

The 25mm Shine Auto Feed Replica over fenders are filled to capacity with 18×9.5 (et +12 and +0) Rota Grids with 245/40′s up front and big ol 275/35′s out back.

The result is an aggressive looking ‘functional flush’ stance that allows the rest of Geby’s mods to be used to their full capacity, as every aspect of this car has been worked over in one way or another.

Love the amount of tire out back

Some of the easier to notice mods on this car include the genuine Fujita Engineering AFFLUX Front Bumper (Version 2 Type R) with attached Shine Auto Feed replica carbon fiber canards, canards which are just the beginning of his CF exterior parts which also include a Shine Auto Feed replica under tray, works replica rear carbon diffuser, and Re Amemiya CF Taillight covers.

Geby is not playing around

Some of the mods that can’t be spotted by viewing the exterior include the entirely rebuilt 13B-REW, and updated and modified interior.

Geby’s full mods list is below and I am going to let the pictures by Cole Chalmers do the rest of the talking.

One heck of a car to see creeping up on you

Damn I gotta make it out to BC again look at that view

Owning that Illest badge

That rolling shot again for good measure

Performance:
Rebuilt 13B-REW – Extended Street Port
2MM Rotary Aviation Apex Seals
Blitz Sequential Boost Controller I-Color w/ Fuel Pressure Sensor
PLX DM-100 OLED Gauge w/ EGT and Wideband Sensors
Forcefed’s Sekret Sauce Mega Turbo
Turbo Blanket
T4 SS Manifold
44MM Wastegate TIAL
50MM Blow-off Valve TIAL
HKS Twin Power Ignition and Harness
Megan Racing Midpipe
Racing Beat Resonator
Kaaz 2 Way L.S.D
Custom Charles7 Coil Pack Relocation W/ Upgraded MSD 8.5mm Wires.
Exedy Twin Plate Carbon Clutch
Fresh JDM 5spd Transmission
3′ RX-7 Store Downpipe
Apex’i N1 Exhaust
4’ Thick – Trust/Greddy 3Row Intercooler W/ Greddy Compression Elbow
Fluidyne W/ Stock Electric Fans
Billion Silicone Coolant Hoses
AST Removal Mod
Feed 1.2 Bar Rad Cap.
KG Parts Primary Fuel Rail
KG Parts Secondary Fuel Rail
850cc Injectors x2 (Primary)
1680cc injectors x2 (Secondary)
Aeromotive FPR
Greddy Airpump Delete Pulley Set
Battery Relocated To Hatch
Greddy Oil Catch Can
2x Walboro 255lph Fuel Pumps
Microtech LT8s Standalone/Fuel Management
Custom Starburst Powder Coating.
Dual R1 Oil Coolers w/ SS Braided Lines

Suspension, Rims and Rubber:
Tien EDFC
Tien Type Flex Coilovers
Re-Amemiya SwayBar Mounts/Reinforcement Bar
Racing Beat Front Sway Bar
Racing Beat Rear Sway bar
R1 Front RX-7 Strut Bar
Hawk HP+ Pads Front and Rear
Custom Reinforced and Cryogenically treated PPF
Solid Polyurethane Engine Mounts
Attain Urethane Differential Bushings

Rota Grids:
FRONT: 18×9.5 +12
REAR: 18×9.5 +0
Kuhmo Ectsa XS
FRONT: 245/40/18
REAR: 275/35/18
Rays Duralunium Lug Nuts.

Interior:
JDM Trust/Grex/Greddy Shift Knob
RE-Amemiya Wet Carbon Scuff Plates
M2 Racing Roll/Harness Bar
Greddy Turbo Timer
Mostly all new 93 Interior Plastics
Fly RX-7 Custom Quad 60mm Gauge Pod
JDM Arm Rest
Defi BF Link Gauges (Amber): Boost, Water Temp, Oil Temp and Oil Pres.
Keys Racing Steering Wheel (Buckskin)
Pioneer Touchscreen DVD Player
Stock Bose Speakers and Sub

Exterior:
Genuine Fujita Engineering (FEED) AFFLUX Front Bumper Version 2 Type R
Shine Auto Feed Replica Front and Rear 25mm Overfenders
OEM 1999 Bumper Lights
Shine Auto Feed Replica Carbon Canards
Shine Auto Front Carbon Undertray
Shine Auto Feed Replica FRP Sideskirts
Re Amemiya CF Taillight Cover
10,000k McCulloch HID Driving Lights (Rice!)
Shine Auto Sanai works Replica Rear Carbon Diffuser
Feed Front and Rear Tow Hooks

Thanks Geby for sending in pics and lots of info about your ride.

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of the caliber of cars California produces. I would guess that a good 80% of the cars I see from California I like, and, today’s two featured e36s are no different.

Bryan’s ti and his friend Marc’s coupe are perfect examples of my favorite type of automotive styling.

Clean and slammed, with just enough of a personal touch to make them unique.

Bryan’s Ti

Before getting his e36ti Bryan was just about to leave the BMW scene for good and go back to his first love, Honda’s.

However when a too good to be true craigslist e36 ti popped up nearby Bryan felt compelled to go take a look.

Bryan in the middle of transforming the look of his ride

The green really draws your eye in

Things started to look grim for this cars future when it overheated 3 times on the way to his mechanics for an inspection.

After learning the extent of the work that needed to be done to this car Bryan talked the owner into dropping the price from $1200 to $700 and the rest, as they say, was history.

Tinted fogs and high beams are a great touch to the front end

After getting the pesky maintenance work (brake and cooling system over hauls) out of the way Bryan corrected his ti’s laughable stock stance with Rokkor coil overs which brought his car down so that it’s stance complemented his bright green BBS wheels.

Wheels which he finally settled on after an astonishing 10 sets previous.

Sitting like a king

After the suspension was dropped Bryan ditched the bland e36 factory bumper in favor of  the M3 version, and  in a final effort to drop as many jaws as possible both coming and going Bryan added an LTW spoiler to the rear.

Performance wise Bryan’s hatch has a Dinan short ram intake and n1style exhaust.

Bryan holding it down for the fam out in Cali

Bryan along side a nice looking e30

Another shot with that nice looking e30

Bryan was going for a final look that reflected his unique personality and the pride he takes in his vehicles, judging by the finished product it looks like he succeeded on all counts.

The car looks great and it’s sure not to be one that many people are soon to forget.

Bryan didn’t do this all alone however and would like to thank: Terry Keith at Star Tech Foreign auto repair in Rowland Heights, Ted at Turbo Teds in Costa Mesa, Ayed at H&H Valley Autobody, Joe at Euro Dyne, The West Coast Euro’s crew and his girlfriend Lorena for making this all possible and pushing him to succeed.

Marc’s 328i

Like girls hot cars roll in packs and the other half of today’s e36 double feature showcases what Bryan’s friend Marc has been able accomplish with his e36 coupe in just 7 months.

Obtaining a solid base chassis to work with Marc quickly got to work making the car both look and perform far better than how it came from the factory.

Like many e36 owners Marc knew that BMW hit the mark with the design of the m3 and styled his 328i after it by adding a DDM M3 front bumper, an m3 styled rear diffuser, and finally M3 side skirts and mirrors.

Marc also added DDM Motorsport door moldings, DJ auto euro ellipsoids (with 6000k HIDs), euro side markers, clear fogs and corners and French style fog lights.

Marc's e36 looking clean as hell

De badged rear along with the diffuser and perfect stance looks killer

Once all that wrenching was complete on the outside Marc turned inside replacing his factory headliner with the m3 version, adding carbon fiber trim and last but not least replacing his factory seats with a set dove gray vaders.

Marc's type 1

as they do in the rear

In the performance department Mark added a Dinan front strut brace and cold air intake, m3 x brace, DTM exhaust, and UCC stainless steel brake lines.

Love the slightly raked stance

Once everything else was complete Mark threw the icing on the cake by adding a set of BC Racing BR Type coil overs alongside a set of immaculate looking German imported 17×8.5 (et13) and 17×9.5 (et21) AC Schnitzer type 1 wheels.

AC came out with a timeless design when they released these

Both of these cars look amazing and you won’t see my picking a favorite anytime soon but I do want to thank both of them for sending in the photos and information which allowed me to feature their cars here on Stance Is Everything.
Thanks guys.

One last shot from Marc

Division R has been making a lot of moves here on Stance Is Everything lately and today brings another member from their crew, Matt, with his dumped Toyota Matrix.

Spotting a well done Matrix in the GTA is on par with spotting a unicorn, as a lot of them end up in the hands of people who either rice them out or wait for them to die as daily drivers.

Thankfully Matt saved his from both fates and has put his ‘trix to work skimming the top of speed bumps all over the GTA.

Matt’s Tein suspension setup currently puts his cross member at mere 1.437 inches from the floor which means that not very much makes it under his car.

I've seen XXR's on a few Matrix's and they always look great

Matt’s car isn’t only good at collecting fleck’s of yellow paint in it’s under carriage however as he has also gone 4/4 in show appearances this year collecting 3 lowest car awards and 1 best Toyota award.

Polished wheels and silver paint are always a good choice

If Matt’s ride height isn’t enough to get your attention as he drives by his very robust sound system setup comprised of Clarion, Infinity, JVC, and Rockford Fosgate equipment most likely will as it’s been verified to hit a very respectable 136.7 DB.

Reppin for Division R

Matt’s looking at building a new motor with the crew at Monkey Wrench Racing in New York in the near future and further expanding his I.CE. setup to include a full fiberglass trunk and game console.

Here are a few pics more of Matt’s ride and for more info be sure to check out his in-depth feature over on The Scraped Crusaders and the poll in which he is involved in where he is trying to attain the undisputed crown of the worlds lowest Matrix.

Close up of the XXRs, Matt is rolling on 205/40/16 tires

Close up of Matt's ride height

Matt at Summer Sizzle II

One for the road

Additionally Matt sent through this video of him at Drop-tec getting his ride height verified, check it out.

Thanks for sending your info in Matt and good luck with the title.

Hyundai surprised a lot of people when they released the Genesis being a company with no prior sports car platform to speak of unless you make the stretch to include the Tiburon.

In 2009 it was tough to say how the car would do in regards to initial sales and aftermarket acceptance/support, however about a year or so after initial release it’s fairly safe to say that the Genesis has been well received.

Andrew along with the crew at Next Mod figured that the Genesis would be the perfect car to mod for the 2010 track/show season and together built the car getting the spotlight today.

Starting with GT platform the turbo 2.0 motor was allowed to breathe and exhale better thanks to a Grimmspeed intake manifold spacer, AEM cold air intake, Ultimate Racing 3″ downpipe, secondary cat delete, and HKS catback exhaust.

Other performance modifications include a a recently added inter cooler, Torsen LSD, RRM lightweight crank pulley, and a PowerAxel PowerX ecu re flash, and to add a little show with all that go the motor received silicone hoses and a custom paint treatment.

With all those mods Andrew has a reason to leave the hood up

an updated underhood shot shows the inter cooler in it's new home

Andrews hopped up and dressed up motor

Andrew can brake a little later for corners in his Hyundai thanks to KPR stainless steel brake lines and a Brembro big brake it, and the SMA coil overs along side a strut bar help keep the car planted during high speed maneuvers.

The running gear on this Genny are genuine 19″ Volk GT-F wheels with Bridgestone Potenza RE 760 sport tires in 245/35/19s up front and giant 275 30′s in the rear.

For having no prior sports car Hyundai did a great job on the design

As the Genesis is fairly unique looking car Andrew decided to keep the body fairly simple choosing to only add a Canadian spec spoiler, M&S badges, M& S grill, tinted headlights, CF fog surrounds, and a Bliss front lip.

Lookin clean at CSCS

Even though Andrew’s kept himself quite busy putting in work on his Genesis he has also found the time to start the www.ontariogenesisclub.ca for he and his fellow Ontario based enthusiasts.

Andrews full modification list is below and he would like to thank:

Huge thanks goes out to Peter Pang and his company NextMod, Jay at Performance Improvements in Guelph,  Arvin Ko at PowerAxel, Point Zero, my friends at Gencoupe.com, Gencoupe.ca,  ontariogenesisclub.ca and Guelphsfinest.ca, and finally my family for having to put up with me as I work on my build, especially  to my Dad for letting me use his shop and his beer fridge!!

Engine/Performance

Engine/PERFORMANCE
KPR Stainless steel brake lines
TIC Short throw shifter and bushings
KPR Stainless steel Clutch line
Brembo big brake package
Torsen LSD
Grimmspeed intake manifold spacer
RRM lightweight crank pulley
AEM cold air intake
HKS Catback exhaust
Ultimate Racing 3″ downpipe and secondary cat delete
Ultimate Racing Intercooler
Ultimate Racing O2 Housing and High flo primary cat
Power Axel PowerX ecu reflash
SMA adjustable coilovers
Front strut tower bar
Custom engine paint
Hella horns
Vibrant silicone hose kit
Red silicone radiator hoses
HKS oil cap
HKS radiator Cap

Interior/ICE

Blox LP460 weight shift knob
Racing pedals
Stainless steel “Genesis” door sills
Power Axel UniNav
RRM CF A piller/guage pod
AEM Wideband
Autometer Boostguage
LED interior lighting
Red/Black interior theme
Complete Infinity sound system
JBL 8 chn Amp
10″ Infinity sub
2 10” JL w6 Subs
2 PG 200.1 Amps
2 farad Tsunami Cap

Exterior

Canadian Spoiler
Tinted windows
M&S Type A grill
M&S badging
Custom tinted tail lights
VIS CF foglight surrounds
Custom Painted Rear diffusor
Bliss front lip
19” Volk racing GT-F rims
Bridgestone Potenza RE-760 sport, 245/35 F, 275/30 R
Racing Composite Lug nuts
8000k HID headlamps
3000K Ignited HID foglights

With all of cars lately that have sticker covered body panels, roof racks full of whatever, rust, crazy paint and extreme amounts of stretch and poke I think it becomes easy to over look how great a car can look with clean paint, the right wheels, and perfect stance.

Julian’s wagon has been one of my favorite Subaru’s since the first time he sent me pictures of it. His show room clean paint, and dialed ride height allowed him to rock stock rims better than damn near anyone else and I now that he has retired his stock wheels in favor of Work 11R 17×9 wheels his car has never looked better.

Julian’s car was smacked up not to long ago but thanks to  good father son body shop team you can’t even tell this car was on the receiving end of a fender bender.

The classic Subaru Blue looks so great sitting over those white works that I’m not really sure why I have not seen this car on more blogs than I have already (shout out to OMG Pancakes and I Put In Work for putting him on).

Regardless of what other blogs are up too I am always more than willing to post pictures of Julian’s car.

How Julian rolled on his stock rims

Small fender pull in the rear, and rollin real hard on stocks

Now though, game over.

Rear shot looks perfect, the 17x9s fill the fenders well

I can't get over how well the wheel tire set up works on this car

Sticker says it all

What more can I say?

Julian is also a pretty competent photographer so check out his flickr for more photos of his car and other Cali rides.

Mr. Borges dropped me a line recently to let me know that his V.I.P. IS300 build is moving forward full steam ahead. If you remember last we left this build the car was looking pretty stock and he had a pile of parts sitting in his basement waiting to go on.

Fast forward to today and we will find that most of the parts have made their way onto his ride. Let’s take a look at what’s been done.

If you recall from the pictures of Aidan’s car from Stretch and Poke II then you know that the Tein Comfort Sports, and SSR Linea Sport Rims have made their way on to the car.

But since then an 89 Supra LSD, Fujitsubo exhaust, and the Version Select front bumper/side skirts, and TRD rear lip have also been added to the mix.

The Version Select front bumper looks fantastic

No gap all around

Kitsuna Knot, nice touch

A little poke

All that’s left now is a little bit of interior work and some final touches (like the roof spoiler for example). Can’t wait to see this build finished and hopefully set up a full shoot.

Shortly after I spotted this A3 at Summer Sizzle 2 the owner, Pedro, shot me an email with photos illustrating the transformation it’s gone through since he has owned it.

Much like his fellow Division R members Mike and Sam Pedro’s car is clean and to the point. No outrageous paint jobs or body kits to be found in these ranks.

Pedro’s A3 rides on Koni coil overs and sits on 18″ SSW wheels which compliment his black and white exterior very nicely. His exterior has been debadged in the rear and had a black front grill surround and Cupra R front lip installed in the front.

Pedro’s performance mods include a Carbonio intake, and ARP chip, down the road he plans to go to APR stage 2 as well as add an inter cooler and down pipe to the mix.

For more info on Pedro’s ride check out the full mods list after the photos. To see this car in person come to Voice Coil Meltdown this Sunday.

Pedro's A3 in stock form

A few modifications later it looks like this

Lookin clean at a local show

Even more graffiti for me to find in the GTA

Full modification list

Suspension/Wheels:
Koni Coil overs
SSW 18″ Gold Rims
Zeetex Tires 225/18
10mm Rear spacers

Exterior:
Rear debadge
Front Grill Surround (Black)
23% Tint all around
Black plate filler
Black sidemarkers
Lamin-x Headlight/Fog light tint
Double sun roof

Ligthing
Ziza Yellow Fog Lights
Piaa Extreme White Headlights

Perfromance/Underhood
Carbonio Intake
APR chip
R8 Oil Cap / Coolant Cap
- Custom Painted OEM Cover
- Defi Boost Gauge

Interior
12″ Kicker Sub
Custom iPod kit

Future mods:
APR Stage 2 / Downpipe
R8 Pedals
Inter cooler

Local Toronto rotary driver Mike has had his RX-8 for a little while now and recently decided to raise the RX-8 bar in Toronto by installing a brand new set of 19×8.5 (+38) and 19×10(+36) Work VS-XX rims wrapped in 235/35/19 & 265/30/19 Yokohama S-drive tires.

To keep his car from looking like a 4×4 on his ballin new set of wheels he brought the height down with a set of Tien Flex coilovers.

These two modifications really set off his ride and I can’t imagine how many people see this car and simply drool over these wheels, Mikes got great taste.

Nothing sets off a ride better than brand new kicks

I am thinking the VS-xx will be as classic as the LM

Nice raked stance and fitment

Will see all these cars in person at Voice Coil Meltdown

Taking it back to Cali again, this time courtesy of Adam who is the owner of two clean, low rides. The first one is a Euro while the second is classic California Sunday cruiser.

New school or old school Adams got you covered.

e46 m3

Adam’s got a number of modifications in mind for his e46 but chose to start out by getting his stance on point with a set of KW variant 2′s and VMR V713 wheels.

The end result really speaks for itself, clean, clean, clean.

The wheels compliment the color of this car flawlessly

Close up of the flush

This shot really shows how well the concave wheels look at a distance

This car is packing serious tread width on all four corners

Excellent photo location

My favorite shot of the bunch

65 Impala

This is Adams weekend cruiser, a well set up 65 Impala, every Cali resident should own an impala.

I love classic American muscle

'If you scared go to church'

Beautiful view

Perfect cruising height