When I first saw these pictures it took a little while for me re realize what was going on. My brain struggled with the fact that someone drove on public roads like this.
I really wish there was video to go with it, imagine the stopping distance?
Blows my mind that this even happened.
Site Updates
I’m thinking of whipping up an event calendar soon, it should help people in Toronto know whats coming up and help me remember which events I should attend since I have a questionable memory.
It’s a long weekend here in Canada as well so I will probably try and make a post or two over the weekend and maybe work on some new sticker designs or something as I am getting pretty low on the current ones and new ones are always fun.
Other than that it’s business as usual.
Flashback Friday
This picture still makes me laugh. ‘Stock Suspension!!’ Indeed.
Remember cops are going to be out in full force this weekend! So think before you act.
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.
65 Impala
This is Adams weekend cruiser, a well set up 65 Impala, every Cali resident should own an impala.
Sam from Division R Performance got in touch with me regarding an upcoming show that’s taking place right in my backyard here in Mississauga.
Division R Performance and well respected local car audio shop, Selective Sound, are teaming up once again to present “The 5th Annual Voice Coil Meltdown & Tuner Jam” which takes place on Sunday June 27th 2010.
For competitors classes for this event are as follows
Sound / Show Classes
Classes for Sound Competition (Sponsored by selective sound)
– SPL (1st, 2nd, 3rd in classes)
– SQ (1st, 2nd, 3rd in classes)
Classes for Tuner Jam
– Best of Show
– Best Paint
– Best Ice
– Best Female Ride
– Best Interior
– Best Install
– Competitors Choice
– Lowest Ride
– Best Wheels
– Largest Car Club
Vehicle Specific Classes
– Acura (1st , Runner Up)
– BMW (1st , Runner Up)
– Cavalier (1st , Runner Up)
– Dodge/Chrysler (1st , Runner Up)
– Domestic Other (1st , Runner Up)
– Euro Other (1st , Runner Up)
– Ford (1st , Runner Up)
– Full Size Truck (1st , Runner Up)
– Honda Civic (1st , Runner Up)
– Honda Other (1st , Runner Up)
– Import Other (1st , Runner Up)
– Low-rider (1st, Runner up)
– Mazda (1st , Runner Up)
– Mini Truck (1st , Runner Up)
– Mitsubishi/DSM (1st , Runner Up)
– Nissan/Infiniti (1st , Runner Up)
– Subaru (1st , Runner Up)
– SUV (1st , Runner Up)
– Volkswagen (1st , Runner Up)
– Vintage (1st , Runner Up) *Classes are subject to change based on registration
Sponsors
– Selective Sound
– Bimmersport Automotive
– SLC Productions
– Toronto Civic Club
– Canadian Car Audio
– IASCA
– K-John Car Innovations
– Low Rise Customs
– Varrstoen
– GTcars
– Canadian Car Audio
– Maxbimmer
– Ienvision Photography
– Magesty Productions
– Jay B lab
– TorontoMKV
– Properspecs
– Grafix Ink
– GR Tuning Magazine
– Stance Is Everything
– Proper Spec For more info contact:[email protected]
Stance Is Everything will be covering this event
I am also a sponsor, throwing in some stickers (it’s all I have :P) hope to have some new designs by then
I’ve made it a point over the last few weeks to interact with those of you on the facebook ‘like’ page more and while doing so I noticed that the fan photos gallery had some super clean looking readers rides.
For those not on facebook or part of the ‘like’ page page here is some of what you are missing out on.
Aaron’s Civic
This is Aaron’s second Civic and he decided to keep it simple this time around and I think it works really well.
Andrews Genesis
Andrew was a Ford Probe owner but made the jump to the Genesis and has wisely never looked back. Fat N Fly.
Geby’s Rx-7
Geby’s RX-7 is just filthy, if you can’t appreciate the magic and mystery behind a rotary motor you should at least be able to appreciate how clean, flush, and dumped this car is.
Rob’s Corrado
Rob’s clean white Corrado has been feature on a few sites already and deserves all of the exposure it gets.
Sarahs GTI
Sarah’s GTI isn’t just a looker on BBS wheels and FK coils, her 16v also has Kent uprated cams, a Power Rohr, four branch manifold, and a stainless steel power flow exhaust. ‘He’ is quite the machine.
I always love the opportunity to give my readers rides some shine time so keep adding those photos to the like page and emailing them in!
Being a competitor of the ever loved e30 m3 in the DTM days I initially thought that this Theme Tuesday would practically pull itself together. However I was wrong and it actually took a lot longer than I thought to get a decent collection together.
But after a few days I was able to get something going, hope you enjoy.
The second part of my coverage from the Stretch and Poke event put on by the Toronto Wrong Fitment crew. The second half contains, Nissan’s, Lexus, Volkswagen’s, Audi’s, and finally Subaru’s.
Nissans
Nissan’s came out in surprisingly small numbers to this but here’s a couple
V.A.G.
Also coming out in somewhat small numbers was V.A.G. crowd, the brought the heat regardless.
Lexus
Nothing wrong with a little VIP….
Subaru’s
Most of the Toronto Wrong Fitment Crew consists of people from the Toronto Subaru club and as such there were a lot of Subaru guys holdin it down.
That’s it, that’s all, if I took some pictures of your car and you want high res hit me up via the comments or email. See you at the next one.
The weather was great and the atmosphere was awesome no drama, no competition just everyone out because they love cars, everything a good car meet should be.
Not every car had the lowest stance or most aggressive wheels (my car included) but the cars that did were on point and the cars that didn’t were still clean as hell.
Random stuff
Like I said the atmosphere of this event was great and lent itself to a few photos of this and that
The box
Probably one of the best fitted boxes I have ever seen in person was this one from curbed.ca
The Genesis
I have not seen a lot in the GTA but I hope that changes this season
Evo’s
A lot of Evo guys came out, these cars are monsters.
Infiniti’s
Owners of Nissan’s luxury line are not afraid to get low
Honda’s and Acuras
The Honda crowd came out with a lot of clean rides
Yesterday I attended the’ Stretch and Poke’ meet presented by the Toronto Wrong Fitment Crew and had a blast. This was probably my favorite event so far this season and I will make a point to attend every event they put on because it was just an all around good vibe.
Both my girlfriend and I shot a number of photos and she was able to get her’s edited before me (big surprise I know) so here is a little taste of the meet through the lens of Elle Marie Photography.
I like Volvos and I love low riders, but together I’m not 100% convinced it’s a good idea.
What 90% of the population thinks be-damned though since this cardomain member decided to throw caution to the wind and build the low rider he always wanted out of his 760 Turbo estate.
You have to commend him for the guts and follow through if nothing else, I kind of wonder what this car would look like with the stock interior a single color paint job, no eyelids, and different wheels.
But with all that done then it wouldn’t be this car…. well at least it hits a good 3 wheel.
Site Updates
I added two new sites to the blog roll not too long ago and have not had a chance to properly introduce them so here goes.
He’s still working on getting to a layout functioning 100% but he has not been slacking on keeping the content flowing. Once you get tired of reading what I have to say check him out.
Chris Hoare, who’s a great photographer in his own right, has got a new project going with a group of photographers/writers called NotSoStock.com it replaces what was previously Automotive Exposure.
Brimming with original content NotSoStock.com is shaping up to be a big player this year.
They are also putting on Poke & Stretch here in Ontario along side the Toronto Wrong Fitment crew tomorrow at Dave and Busters.
The weather looks good so I should be there, I drive the mazda3 with the large ‘Sunday’ sticker on the windshield if you are checking for me.
Bryan’s bagged Thunderbird always sticks out in my memory because you don’t see these too often and his is a real thing of beauty.
That’s it for today, I’ve got a busy weekend of house hunting, photography shows, and bmx ahead so good thing I thought ahead and got a draft ready for Monday!
Well in what seems to be an ever growing trend the owner stumbled upon the site and linked me to a picture of his car along with some more info.
Here is what the owner, Tryte, had to say about his car:
The car gets tracked regularly through the summer. I have swapped in a blacktop 20V into it for more power. The rest is suspension tuning.
I actually host track days at Mosport DDT. We have one coming up in a week on May 23rd. The other two are on July 18th and September 12th. Here is a link for more info.
While I can’t make it out on the 23rd July 18th is looking might tempting… hmmm