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WTF Friday: Just throw it in four low

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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?

Sittin low out back, if these tires het the bed, game over!
Wow looks like this little Ford is hauling some heavy machinary, what is that a tractor?
Nope it's pulling two, count em, two heavy ass old school built monster trucks

Blows my mind that this even happened.

This has nothing to do with the above pics but made me LOL...they see me rollin they hatin

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.

Looks like a fun ride, I'll pass

Remember cops are going to be out in full force this weekend! So think before you act.

Going back to Cali

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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

Event Preview: 5th Annual Voice Coil Meltdown

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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.

Roll-in for competitors is 9:00am to 10:00am and competitive judging starts at 11:00am and runs until 5:00pm. The show is located at Selective Sound (6981 Millcreek Drive, Mississauga Ontario).

Official Flier for Voice Coil Meltdown 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]

Previous Event Photos

Lots of bass in the place, since there is a DB contest after all
The show will have domestics...
...imports...
...Euros...
...models...
...and more.

Photo credit: gtcars.ca

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

Readers Rides: Facebook Fans

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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.

Have to love how Aarons clean subtle mods have transformed his car
Aarons Civic is clean and simple

Andrews Genesis

Andrew was a Ford Probe owner but made the jump to the Genesis and has wisely never looked back. Fat N Fly.

Andrews dumped Genesis, I know he's got new wheels on route

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.

This car could have easily made the rolling shot Theme Tuesday

Rob’s Corrado

Rob’s clean white Corrado has been feature on a few sites already and deserves all of the exposure it gets.

Clean dialed front end
Equally clean rear end
Sittin proper
Whites

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.

Singe rounds, mono wiper, flares, euro all the way
If only all women rode so clean
Such a nice color on this car

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!

Theme Tuesdays: Mercedes Benz 190e

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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.

I love vintage track testing shots like these
Not slammed, but keepin it classy
Mono blocks, Mono wiper
This has to be a custom color as I have never seen a Benz like this before
Benz answer to Bronzit?
Headlight wipers are neat, regardless of how well they work
Seems people from Cali often have great taste
This one is a current build and as such is sporting saw blades and a rusted hood
Other than the smoked headlights I would rock this allllll day
I swear 190s came mostly in black!?
I actually like Type A's without flat caps on this Benz
Dished
This was the easiest 190 to find, go figure, looks sick
Another popular one, BBS wheels will do that to a car
Moar BBS
EVO IIs were half luxury car, half track monster, shame on you for thinking I forgot them
I generally don't like yellow, and yet I can't help but be attracted to this
Drop dead gorgeous
Pristine
I've posted it before, but its worth posting at least 8 more times

Event Coverage Stretch & Poke 2010 Part 2

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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

Well used 240 on works
I've taken a lot of pictures of this car, here is another

V.A.G.

Also coming out in somewhat small numbers was V.A.G. crowd, the brought the heat regardless.

Couple Audi's hangin in the back
Clean Cab
Dan brought out his black VW which came through a rough winter with some character
This Audi wagon had killer stance
low and low

Lexus

Nothing wrong with a little VIP….

Aidan's project is300 I mentioned awhile back is coming along nicely
He is considering going with a bigger spacer out back
This Ls400 was rollin heavy
Like a boss
I've been seeing this car at a distance for years in my dads neighbourhood
So seeing it up close was a treat

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.

Nothin but love for turbo sedans
The lone Legacy wagon among a sea of WRXs and STIs
He had a few creative touches to help him stand out though
The sky was awesome for photos on Saturday
No matter how many times I see it this color scheme never gets old
Clean
Sittin on Gramlights this Subaru had a lot of mods inside and out
Spoolin
Chris, from notsostock.com brought out his STI
I am a little jealous of how nice his stickers look
From the second I saw this STI I was drawn in by how bad ass it looked
Flushed on Rota Grids
Shot of the fitment from the rear
Nice flushed out STI
The illest one
Wrong Fitment Crew member #416
I know it's a little lost in this picture but that cf diffuser is there and it's low
Flushed STI's roll together

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.

Event Coverage: Stretch & Poke 2010 Part 1

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As I am sure you are all well aware, from yesterday’s teaser coverage courtesy of Elle Marie Photography, the Toronto Wrong Fitment Crew organized an meet in the GTA called ‘Poke and Stretch’. Which was Toronto’s first meet dedicated to low, clean, cars with aggressive fitment.

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 driver of this limo was walking around the meet, I wonder if he got any ideas?
The only bike at the meet
welovethis.ca + illest
While Sic Ryde did not have his A game car out he was still in attendance
This clean MR2 is the perfect starting point for something epic
Nice lookin e30 m3 though the wheel weights made me sad
Steezy lineup

The box

Probably one of the best fitted boxes I have ever seen in person was this one from curbed.ca

Shortly after arriving he let the air out of the sytem in the rear and brought it down to this height

The Genesis

I have not seen a lot in the GTA but I hope that changes this season

Some spacers would have this car looking even better

Evo’s

A lot of Evo guys came out, these cars are monsters.

I wonder how much negative attention that plate brings
These cars always look so pissed off, it's great
Feed me.

Infiniti’s

Owners of Nissan’s luxury line are not afraid to get low

Clean and subtle this g35 was proper
The stance and fitment on this car earned him some stickers
This G35 had a lot of poke and stretch goin on
The green inset on the wheels was a nice touch

Honda’s and Acuras

The Honda crowd came out with a lot of clean rides

Probably the cleanest Type R I have ever seen
Clean, low Acura
P-dizzles flush Civic
The driver of the bus in the background hated life when he had to leave
Check out the rear fitment on this RSX
TL Type S on Gramlights with a DC5 carbon diffuser
I heard that this was the first Hella Flush approved car in Ontario...
...it is easy to see why that would be the case
Lindsay bought her s2000 in Florida and had a blast driving it back
Since was lucky enough to hit up the tail of the dragon
Got to see that s2000 I posted up a week or two ago in person
And this one as well
It's friggen low

Out of compassion for those on mobile devices I’m going to stop this post here but for those who want to see what the VW, Lexus, and Subaru camps had to offer and the rest of the coverage click here.

Guest Event Coverage: Stretch and Poke 2010

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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.

The Curbed.ca box is one of the few first gens I have seen in the GTA
Another shot of the box
Full frontal
I remember this car from last years Next Mod Season Opener
Another shot of the 350
Lyndsey is slowly starting to warm up to Skyllines
Gary's wide body e46 was in attendance
Early lineup of cars
Lots of Subarus, not mad
Favorite car of the event
Dat Ass!
Always a fan of this color
Toronto Wrong Fitment crew represent
Illest
So stoked to see my sticker on this car

Photos credit of: Elle Marie Photography

WTF Friday: Vo Lo Vo

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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.

Gets low...
Hits 3s
Wonder if it hops?
Classic low rider crushed velvet interior
Trunk rattlin', like two midgets in the backseat rasslin'

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.

Shiftjdm.com

ShiftJDM is a JDM blog run by Sacha, one of my twitter friends, from Germany.

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.

The last featured ride on shiftjdm

NotSoStock.com

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.

Toronto Wrong Fitment Crew? Who knew

Flashback Friday

With Julian hitting me up yesterday about his car and his boys s2000 I got reminded of some of the other readers rides that have been emailed to 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.

Clean, simple, slammed

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!

That Silver Ae86

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When I posted this clean as hell Ae86 in my event coverage of Gumball 3000 here and on a few local message boards people couldn’t get enough of it.

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.

Clean and functional what more could you want?

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