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Event Coverage August 22nd CSCS Pt 2

DaveT — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:56:32 +0000

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

DaveT — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:16:15 +0000

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

DaveT — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:41:56 +0000

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

DaveT — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:02:10 +0000

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: Scrape By The Lake Part 3

DaveT — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:09:49 +0000

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

Guest Event Coverage: Stretch & Poke II

DaveT — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:39:08 +0000

This past Sunday Stretch & Poke hosted their second event, ‘Hard Parked’ at Humber Bay Park East in Toronto. The turnout for this event was smaller than the last but the cars that did show up were of top notch quality and sometimes a smaller group is better than a larger group when you are hanging out on a Sunday afternoon.

While I was unable to attend Mike Branco, (the Division R member with the Mazda RX-8 on works) did and was kind enough to give me permission to reproduce his photos here, so without further adieu here is ‘Hard Parked’ through the lens of Mike.

A beautiful shot of the over view of the meet

While not stretching or poking this Acura is damn clean

Proper looking Acura

This el clipped Civic on CCW's is a favorite of mine

Close up of the fitment

Vinyl wrapped lips? They look crazy

I'll never get tired of this s2k

Clean civic

Sitting low with Mugen accessories

Scraped Crusaders in the house

Solid looking golf, construction orange is working well here

Nice looking boosted e36

Mr VIP and a Lexus from the last meet

Mikes RX-8 on Work VS-xx wheels

Another shot of Mikes Ride

Over fendered, flush, s13

Two very fitted Subarus

I dig it

I was never a huge Infiniti fan until I went to a Stretch & Poke meet

Looking at these one's though I can't imagine why I didn't like them

Clean? Check. Low? Check. Dope wheels? Check.

Stretch & Poke

Big thanks to Mike for the photos and Stretch & Poke for putting on the event, hopefully I will be able to make it to the next one.

Event Preview: Stretch & Poke II: Hard Parked

DaveT — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:15:52 +0000

I’ve been totally sleeping on posting this event, I swear I need a secretary, anyway Strech & Poke the crew behind Stretch & Poke 1 is putting on another event this Saturday at Humber Bay Park East starting at 10 am.

If the last event was any indication of the caliber of cars that are going to be at this one it is defiantly worth checking out if you are in the area.

Furthermore David at S&P has also hooked up with JDM EGO and Fatlace for this and will have some exclusive stickers.

Stretch & Poke II: Hardparked

Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend this event as I’ve got my first media pass ever for Scrape By The Lake.

However I know MR. VIP Aidan Borges is going to be attending/helping and out Chris Hoare over at NotSoStock.com is sure to get his photo on.

I should see about helping out with the next event…

Event Coverage: T.A.S.R 2010

DaveT — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:29:11 +0000

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.

Amusing things

Cheap laughs are sometimes the best type…

This was on a heavily modified Solstice

What if you do both?

I.C.E

This Audiobahn wall was in a Nitro from New York

The back end of the Nitro, DJ hero anyone?

OG Nintendo power pistol > Those

This was hard to shoot, but this MR2 hd a nice clean A/V setup hiding in there

Superlite Coupe

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.

Looks like it belongs on a race track

One of 2 cars sitting on CCWs at the show

A little disappointed I never got to see it run

JRP Jetta

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 really didn't mind the sponsor sticker placement

I liked what they did with the CF hood also

I wonder how imaging is with a set up like this

Minitrucks

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

Body dropped first gen s10

This second gen s10 was also very clean

Nissans

Small showing of Nissan’s but quality none the less

The Sentra SE-R was on my car short list for awhile the 6 speed is enticing

This Skyline took home some hardware

One of the awards he took home was best motor

Subaru’s

Small but competitive Subaru class this year

This WRX owner was reppin Team JH as well

This car took home elite Subaru and won a photo shoot with Elle Marie Photography sponsored by myself

His engine bay was freshly redone and included polished components along with a tuck and shave

So nice.

905 Rides

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

This Infiniti had some pretty nice fitment along with a clean exterior

Here's a closer look at the tuck and the dish

This Probe blew me away, I've not seen one in years and never have I seen one this clean

The owner said he couldn't find anyone else rocking wheels this wide on a Probe

Mazda’s

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.

Nice lookin 2nd gen, they are so happy

I hadn't seen John in over a year so it was good to see him out

Custom647.ca brought out their flagship ride

Dave is a fellow Seche Media Customer

You might recognize this car from the Mazda 3 photoshoot not to long ago

After climbing up this ladder I found stickers I didn't even know Ryan had

Ami was rocking new wheels and stripes this year creating a very Subaru-eque color scheme

Thanu's sedan looking clean

Mark is a Mississauga car show regular

Mike brought out his RX-8 on Works VS-XX wheels

Honda’s and Acuras

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

Del Sol rockin one of my stickers

The Shinzo 6th gen

If I recall this Acura scored pretty decent in his category

I need two of the big bottles

One clean Accord

I think this car placed in best JDM themed ride category

The orgainzers s2k

People kept telling me to go check out this car and I was not disappointed once I did

Massive 285s out back and blacked out CCWs, I dig

Toyota/Lexus

Another small class that had a great cars

Full shot of the MR2 I mentioned in the I.C.E. section

The dudes from Nocturnal made it out again

Sic Ryde's Lexus again, next year he should be tucking rim, I'm not joking.

Aidan brought out his IS300 to a show for the first time

He ended up taking home best Import other

Aidan reppin hard, congrats on the win

Congrats to all of the winners and see you guys next year.

Stance Is Everything & Importfest

DaveT — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:39:41 +0000

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.

Hope to see as many of you here as possible!

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.

A list of all the new awards

It's JDM Yo! Would dig this model

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.

Event Coverage: Voice Coil Meltdown 5

DaveT — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:41:11 +0000

This weekend was the 5th Annual Voice Coil Meltdown and Tuner Jam Show put on by Division R Performance and hosted at Selective Sound in Mississauga. Since I had missed this show all four previous years I made a mental note to attend this one even before Sam had invited me out to the event to cover and sponsor it.

The show had a great turnout and for the most part the weather cooperated, here are the photos from this year and I hope to make it out again next year.

Funny stickers

You all know how much I love my sticker humor.

I've seen this one before

But this one was new, props to team asshole for making me laugh

Random Rides

Jeeps and bikes didn’t really fit in with the rest of the categories I made.

Personally I would rather ride a crotch rocket, but I like looking at choppers more

Jeepers

Flush Infiniti

The last time I saw this car was at Stretch and Poke # 1 it’s still looking clean.

Poke for sure

Dumped

DB Drag

This is the second DB contest I’ve attended so the novelty of super loud stereos has yet to wear off. These guys go to extreme lengths for 1 more decibel.

King Kong's in the trunk!

This VW was basically big speaker box

This little Fiat was crazy, it could hardly pull it's weight around

This car's stance was achieved by sheer weight

Check out the size of that port

Qualified at 161.2... a jet taking off is about 140db to put things in perspective

I.C.E. setups

Lots of elaborate trunk setups at this show, here are the ones I captured.

300zx rocking a lot of Xplod gear, is the Xplod line still around?

Phoneix Gold gear in this RX-7

This Scion had a lot, cage, bottle, subs, and air ride under there too

Chrysler 300s

One old, one new.

Classic 300 on big wheels

Nice color on this 300c and the Viper wheels look amazing

Chevy’s

V8′s and bow-ties

This Malibu rolled in as I was leaving, it was legit

I've seen this bagged Astro out and about

Z 2-donk? Bit of a style clash here... clean body though

Evo’s

These two Mitsu’s are at pretty well every show I attend

I'd be all over this car sans vinyl, I understand why it is there though

This one almost looks Iron Man themed

Toyota’s

Another Division R ride that you may see more of here soon

The slammed toaster that had that I.C.E. setup from above

Two tone Soarer

Mazda’s

Mazdawgs

The black and blue hatch from performance world

Pogi's NextMod 3 Sedan

This car ran into engine troubles at CSCS but was running again at Voice Coil

This RX-8 wasn't in the show, just spectating

Nissan’s

and Datsun’s!

This tidy Datsun wasn't in the show but I had to take a shot

This car looks like it's seen some hard driving

And this one looks to be a work in progress

350 leading the plaque crew

The plaque in front of this car said this 350 had over $30,000 worth of modifications, damn

Another 350, a bit more subtle

Sam's previously featured 350z

Lone skyline

V.A.G.

Germany beat England! But I don’t watch soccer.

I would drive this car in a second

Jetta looking good on Porsche twists

Jetta poking on Keskins

Pulled back shot

Clean as a whistle.

Pedro's A3

Honda

Team Fuel S2000

Nice and clean eg coupe

and another clean coupe

Dropped gold Civic

With a random bmx on the roof....

That truck had the craziest paint job, oh and this civic was clean

Pretty Boyz JDM clipped DC

Nice metal work on that plaque

The line up of Top Creations rides

Mugen Acura, this is the only big wing I like on Hondas

Congrats to all the winners and Sam for putting everything together. See you next year.

Event Coverage: Summer Sizzle 2

DaveT — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:43:00 +0000

Last Sunday I attended Summer Sizzle 2 put on by Pur Secretz at Vonn Cycle, and even though the calendar had yet to tick over to ‘Summer’ it was sizzling out.

The show had a pretty big turnout and a lot going on (especially for a free show) so I was there for quite awhile between walking around and shooting the breeze in the shade.

Ruff Ryders’

The Ruff Ryders anthem came out in 1998, which means that it’s 12 years old now. I had no idea people were still reppin’ the crew though.

Double R!

This dude was reppin

As was the owner of this wagon

Euro

Surprisingly small European turn out at Summer Sizzle few guys held it down though.

The second local e46 I have seen on Volks

Dope, clean Audi

Got a few more pictures of this A3 coming soon

This CF wrapped TT caused a stir when it rolled up

Porsche

One from the old school one from the new school

The front is popped for the ICE setup if you were wondering

I would love to have this in my garage

Mazdas’

A lot of the local Mazda community came out to this show, some to hang out and some to compete. Almost everyone competing had switched things up since the last time I had seen them.

Ryan changed the vinyl on his car from last week

I still want a speed.

Shout out to all the Mazda5 lovers

Mike was in the house with his RX-8 on works

Hyundai/Toyota/Nissan/Lexus/Infiniti/Subaru

Imports that were not Hondas…

The best looking Matrix I have seen in the GTA

This G35 had quite the set up going on, concourse level of clean

Under hood shot of the same car

Genesis are on the come up

More of this car coming as well

Sic Ryde had his Lex out

After winning lowest static the day before

MR-2 on Advans, I heard he won his class

Krystn put some work into her STI

Domestic

This thing was massive, note the stacks

Bagged J body

Full trunk setup

With some boost

Another show style J body

With a super charger, wonder which of these to J's is faster?

Custom painted 300c

The first G8 I've seen modified

Looks pretty damn good I must say

Acura/Honda

Some of the Honda lineup

Swing up doors...

Tidy lookin Acura

This might have been a Viper color, looks really close if not

More Advans, this time on a turbo RSX, dig the color matching

Cool to see one of these at a show, they are scarce in these parts with quarters intact

I wouldn't mind seeing more people play with this color

This purple Civic looked pretty good on e30 basket weaves

NSX with lots of Carbon fiber

Front could come down some

Shame it's auto

This civc was all function and gets nothing but love

Model

There was a Bikini car was at the show but it was out in the direct sun, shooting pictures of this model from the shade was much easier later in the day.

Leaning into Gary's widebody e46

Ruff Ryders wag getting some model love

If you are reading this that Pontiac is supercharged and bagged

That’s it for Summer Sizzle, many more events to come this summer, I might end up with Event Coverage every week…

Event Coverage: Performance World Part 2 – Imports

DaveT — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:55:13 +0000

Here is part two of the Performance World coverage, I had meant to post this yesterday but the great weather (18 degrees!) meant that I worked on my car after work as oppose to hiding from the cold.

Today’s coverage is mostly of the import rooms of the show which were really hard to shoot being absurdly dark and cramped for some reason, anyway, here we go.

When reviewing my pictures I was actually surprised that I took so few pictures of random stuff, normally at these shows I take a lot more.

I am however not surprised I didn’t take many model pics. I wasn’t really feelin’ creep mode that day, blame Do You Come With The Car for my change of heart perhaps?

This car was perplexing

While this is a big brake kit it's not THAT big

This was cool, an ethanol powered Sub rally car

Clever plate

Um... What?

You know may want to change your company name when...

Kinda poached this guys flash

This MR2 had a way with the ladies

The Infamous Project

Chris Savard put in a lot of hours getting all three of his rides ready for The Infamous Project and the hard work really paid off as all of the cars made it to the show complete and looking great.

The Infamous e36

These Oz's look so big in person I guess 23"s will do that

Some dude was running his finger up and down the paint when I showed up saying look it smudges... weird

Bagged and Juiced

The amount of cars on dynamic suspension this year was actually somewhat low.

Autobot low low

I still like Phantom grills...

If I ever see this truck tow anything I will be surprised

BMW & Mini

The BMW turn out at this show was uncharacteristically small. Other than Chris Savards BMW and the e46 below I can only recall seeing one other e36 at the show, I wonder why that was…

This Supercharged oldschool mini was rad

This e46 had me on a fence, I liked some things

but these fake vents kinda bugged me

TM3/Garage 16

Garage16.ca and TorontoMazda3.ca had a few cars at the show this weekend. I had thought about putting my car in the show with these guys but opted not too due to the amount of detailing I would have had to squeeze in the week before the show and my general level of procrastination. Good to see that these guys are not like me cars looked great.

TM3 represent, Pogi did quite a few things to his ride over winter

Blankets3 told me he wouldn't lower his ride till I beat it into him

New comer to tm3 nice look goin on

Scions

Don’t quote me on this but I don’t believe that Scions have been officially sold in Canada as of yet, and if the have the appearance of modified ones has been quite scarce.

Performance World had two in attendence, one first gen and a Kicker sponsored (they also sponsored the show) second generation.

Not sure who built this one but they had lots of time and money invested

Lots goin on in here, nice fiberglass work

This newer kicker Scion was done to the 9s

Good to see a little performance made it's way in via super charger

Nissans

There were a few scattered Nissans at the show, here are some of the ones I liked.

Nice rR35, something around it kept blowing smoke sorta weird

Well put together car

Never seen this kit on a 240 before

Tire flush?

Sic Ryde

Performance World was my chance to finally figure out What exactly Fonixx is/was. Keven and I got a chance to chat with the man who is Sic Ryde (literally that’s his name) and he explained to us what it is, kind of, really it’s still building towards it’s final huurah.

Sic says that Fonixx is a philosophy that is going to change the world and Sic Ryde is the person who is bringing Fonixx to the world….

For now it’s still quite the mystery, nice cars though, expect the unexpected.

Sic ryde TL

This wide body Corrado attracted a lot of attention

Dope Infiniti coupe

Sic Ryde Lexus is once again sporting a new set of wheels

Sic Ryde rolled deep

Hondas

As usual the Honda numbers at this show were quite impressive, here are a few.

The famous Worked 905 cover car

Worked 905 loves there fast cars

Boooost

Clean lookin Civic

This one was pretty clean too

Gorgeous s2000

Spoon'd

JDM Integra with what looks like a wings west kit

JDM Type R

Import expo grip car

Pretty unassuming little Civic

With what appeared to be an f20 shoved under the hood backwards?!

Well that’s all of the coverage I have, hope you enjoyed it and if you missed it part one of the Performance World Coverage is here.

Event Coverage: Importfest 2009

DaveT — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:41:12 +0000

This is the first time I have been to importfest in probably 9 years. Last time I went Randys Sparres e30 was still around. This show is hyped as the biggest car show in Canada so I guess my expectations were really high. I’ve been to a lot of shows this summer so that lead to me having seen a lot of the cars already. However I had not seen a lot of the models already so I took lots of pictures of them to make up for it haha. Let’s go.

Random Stuff

Car shows, serious business

Rollin on 29's. No clue how much these weight but probably too much

Pink rims I wonder if the proceeds go to breast cancer

$40 Honda Civic lips, so many people bought these. Wonder how they fit...

Cause I eat mo fuckas

Snake mirror

I guess if you need an edge up real bad a car show is the place to get it

Some of the venue

Models
This is what you guys came to see don’t front. Most of the model pics are candid or flash poached because my camera set up is not serious enough for them to want to pose for just me.

This guy was loving life

This girl had to dance infront of the speakers all day

The shirt said put the fun down or something like that

Dat ass

Not sure what tunerlab is but they had a lot of girls

Haha dude is totally checking out her ass

They smile normal when they don't know you are looking

This chick stomped in a Yeti or something.

Northside girls

Random girl going from here to there

From there to here

This energy drink is really good

Streetoutlawz always brings out a lot of girls

Dymes

Learning to fly

But I ain't got wings

I couldn't really get any good shots from the front too many people

Gotta get her hair did

I totally jacked some guys flash for this shot

This girl was famous

This chick was actually cool enough to smile for me

I.C.E.
Crazy In car entertainment setups, some of this was way way over the top.

Never seen a treatment like this before, I think this was a Beratta

That's more Cerwin Vegas than I have seen in a long time

This bagged Maxima had a snake skin interior

I have never played a game of Tekken in my life.

Good god man.

Exotics

annnd I'm spent

Wheels for cheap brought there Porsche out

German Imports

Another car repping the art of slam sticker

Love this chick's vw

I think painted lips are going to be the thing for 2010

Murdered out nextmod wagon

Domestics

Firechicken!

69 Nova bit out of place at importfest but sicker than most cars there

Nice black olds

I can get down with this.

Bagged Cavs are getting more plentiful

Holy hell

Best domestic at the show in my opinion. These trucks are FAST

I have shot this sticker before but its cooler on this truck

Mazda’s, Subaru’s and Toyotas

This protege 5 is extremely clean

TM3 member. Sorry it's so dark

Another dark shot of a tm3 member

This car car stood out among the sea of white nextmod cars

I could take 100 pics of this car and never tire of it

Your standard inital D styled Ae86 right?

What's this now?

Oh snap!

Hondas and Acuras

This car was repping for the daily driven crew

There was no bag setup in the trunk. This is static ride height. Crazy

If these cars were RWD they would have taken off.

Lots of vinyl here, kinda works though

This RSX is feeling the hella flush movment

Front side

Fatlace reppin

This sedan was holding down JDMrides/worked905

Regular JDMrides poster

I dig the wheels and color coordination on this ride

This is something I am more used to seeing on the chronicles

Nextmod brought out a serious crew

Friend of mine say this car on the highway the day before the show

Lots of money in this car

This s2k is right up my alley

Spooooooooon