CCW is one of a few custom wheel manufacturers who have really been making an impact on the internet lately and it’s no surprise since they make gorgeous looking wheels to essentially.
Their classics and LM20 models are their most popular it would see but I have yet to see a set of wheels from them I didn’t like.
After seeing two set’s on the weekend at Tuners Against Street Racing I figured an appropriately themed Tuesday was in order.
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On Sunday July 11th I attended the charity Tuners Against Street Racing show and shine for the third year in a row. This year to switch things up a bit I entered with Team JH instead of Team Toronto Mazda 3 and we were able to take home best team award which was pretty cool.
Like previous years the event went off fairly well considering mother nature decided to cool us down in the middle of the day with a quick thunderstorm.
I got to catch up and shoot the breeze with a bunch of old/new friends which is pretty much all I ask for from an event.
Cheap laughs are sometimes the best type…
Never seen one of these before so I had to do some research online to learn a bit more about it. I like what I learned sounds like a fun kit to build and drive.
This Jetta may or may not have changed from last year but I noticed a few things this year that I had not before, mainly the sub placment
I took it easy on the Mini Truck pictures at T.A.S.R since I will be at Scrape By The Lake this weekend and will be coming back with lots of mini truck photos
Small showing of Nissan’s but quality none the less
Small but competitive Subaru class this year
The 905 rides crew came out pretty hard to T.A.S.R and took home a bunch of awards, and for good reason here are two rides they brought out that really caught my eye
Mazda 3’s pretty well dominated the Mazda portion of the show thanks to Team JH and Team Toronto Mazda 3 but there were a few others as well.
Even though ImportExpo/I Love Honda was the same weekend a few guys skipped the 1.5 hour drive and hung out at T.A.S.R
Another small class that had a great cars
Congrats to all of the winners and see you guys next year.
I’ve got a serious amount of photos from Tuners Against Street Racing to sort through and I knew I wasn’t going to have them edited and posted before I left for work today so for this Monday morning I thought I would share what a local, female, BBS/Euro/Slam lover has been doing with her set of custom 17X9 et 20 and 17X10.5 et 28 pink BBS RS wheels.
The final destination of these wheels was an e46 but they made a few different stops along the way…
Originally these wheels were fit to a bagged, silver, Golf which I’m sure most of you have seen here or on other sites around the web:
After the wheels were taken off the GTI they were milled and re drilled to fit BMWs and had a quick stop on this Z4
and after the z4 they ended up at their final home on this e46.
While she’s not entirely done with the stance in the rear she is off to a great start since she has already made a few BMW guys uncomfortable…
The wheel build is here for those who are interested in how they ended up looking how they do today
Photo Credit: S|Kristine
Spotted on maxbimmer.com
It’s not really a secret that I don’t like Donks, I don’t really see what there is to like about them and I’m quite thankful that around here they are few and far between.
For those of you from the Southern States I feel for you as I could not imagine seeing rides like these on a regular basis, this poor Kompressor never stood a chance.
Here are two videos of this thing moving. One under construction and one complete.
Again, poor car.
I have yet another featured ride from Division R coming up and I am going to work on lining up another photographer feature soon as well.
This weekend there are two car shows going down, ImportExpo and Tuners Against Street Racing and since I can’t be in two places at once I’ve decided to go to T.A.S.R because not only is it a charity show but I am sponsoring an award with a photo shoot by Elle Marie Photography.
Which award? Well you will just have to attend to find out.
If anyone is going to ImportExpo and is looking for a place to show off your photos email me and let’s work something out 🙂
On the personal front my shipment from BC racing has arrived and is actually getting installed right now so after work today I should be rid of that pesky front fender gap that has been the bane of my existence since putting the coil overs on my ride.
Since I will be at this show tomorrow it only makes sense to throw it back to last years Tuners Against Street Racing Coverage.
Importfest is coming up on it’s 10 year anniversary and the organizers have asked to be a part of making this years one to remember.
New for this years event, which takes place September 11th 2010 at the Metro Toronto Convention center, are 10 new trophy classes including ‘Baddest Stance’ which they kindly given me the opportunity to help judge.
If you recall last year I came back from this show with lots of coverage (and the Tekken Car!) so this event should prove just as good if not better.
This year’s event is also sponsored by Stance Is Everything sponsor Next Mod in Markham.
I know this event is still a few months away so expect a few reminders between now and then and I hope to see you there.
Apologies are in order for the horribly cliche title, but I never thought I would ever find myself willingly posting pictures of a Geo Storm.
I’ve got respect for people who work with what they’ve got and make use of and oddball platform and this Storm fits the bill. I can’t recall the last time I saw one of these in person and this one is without a doubt the best I have ever seen.
Google tells me these cars are decent grass roots motor sports rides also, I had no idea…
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
Toronto has it’s share of clean EK’s and here is another one I happened to come across on a local message board.
I really don’t know anything at all about this car other than that it’s clean and I like it, hopefully you do as well.
Photo Credits: Blougheed
It’s about time I made good on my promise to do an e36 ti Theme Tuesday.
While not for everyone (they took awhile to grow on me) with a fairly easy motor swap or the addition of some forced induction the e36ti can become quite the little monster.
With the right aesthetic mods they don’t look to bad either since they are really just a smooshed e36.
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.
Julian is also a pretty competent photographer so check out his flickr for more photos of his car and other Cali rides.
