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Team Titoboy Approved

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Titoboy Approved, a local appearal and lifestyle brand, has teamed up with YOKOHAMA Canada for 2012 with the goal of developing one of the top tuning teams in Canada.

They started off a little quiet and secretive with just a few teasers here and there but now they are ready to make some real noise.

The video below which features: Basit’s 6, Harvin’s 370, Navin’s AE86, and Neals own R32, ‘Pinky’, is the first full length from the team (that also includes Kevin Lam) and is premiering right here on Stance Is Everything.

http://vimeo.com/44983719

Expect to see more from team Titoboy Approved/YOKOHAMA Canada in 2012 spreading the “doWhatULove” motto.

WTF Friday: Minitruck

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It feels like I should have posted this truck before, but from what I can tell I have not.

I am probably getting it confused with other small vehicles like a Nash Metropolitan or this ‘Postman Pat’ car, at any rate this custom truck is pretty damn cool.

Built by ‘Chance’ a member of the AcrophiobA club this pint sized wonder lays right out and appears to be cable of towing a matching bagged trailer equipped with a pocket bike.







Information about the logistics of the whole thing are pretty damn scarce but one of the streetsource forum members had this to say.

The frame was one of by Robert at Insanity scooterworks. The original body was one his dad made out of Masonite and fiberglass. Don’t know if he made another or redid it. He’s been building it for a while. Pretty sick though.

Chances are pretty good one of you truckers out there have more info so feel free.

Oddly enough I stumbled upon this car while doing the recent dually Theme Tuesday.

Site Updates

Part II of the CSCS ‘Beach Burnout’ coverage will be up tomorrow, I had hoped to have the post up today but there are only so many hours in the day and I spent a couple shooting these two cars last night.

Sunday I will be at DMCC at Mosport, and I am flip flopping back and forth in regards to whether or not I will actually enter the show and shine.

Probably come down to how soon I can get out of the house…

Flashback Friday

It’s been 2 years since the last time I went to a DMCC event so I’ll just take it back to then.


Going to be sitting more or less in the same spot as before as I couldn’t snag a media pass this year, there’s always next year right. using my telephoto again because I couldn’t snag a media pass this year. There’s always next year right?

Event Coverage: CSCS Beach Burnout 2012 Pt. 1

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My girlfriend grew up in a small town near London called Dorchester and would spend many a weekend at the Grand Bend Motorplex, her fond memories of the venue had me looking forward to going for the first time at last Sundays ‘Beach Burnout’ event hosted by CSCS.

While like all CSCS events (when it doesn’t rain) it was a good time I think the turnout was definitely hindered by the fact that Grand Bend is quite a ways from the city, which is a shame because Grand Bend is a great race facility with reportedly one of the fasted quarter miles around and has food far superior to Cayuga.

Show and Shine wise many of the people who opted to stay home, or attend a closer show like the Niagara Truck and Tuner Expo covered yesterday, were replaced by owners of cars I had personally never seen before.

I was wondering what became of last years Top Tuner Cars
I am sure there is some stipulation that they can’t ever be plated so I wouldn’t be surprised if it just vanishes in a year
Marble paint is slowly but surely starting to cross the border…
Speaking of new things in the scene, I have now seen 3 modified Rukuses this year which is 3 more than last years 0
That’s what happens when you get into an accident with a Drag wheel I guess
Clean row of DC’s
Focal Point Concepts on hand
180 on VSX wheels
The brushed aluminum finish almost makes it look like barrels as lips
Skyline I don’t believe I have seen before
TSX  using basically the same color pallet as the car above
The owner of this RX-8 seemed pretty stoked I was taking a photo of it
RX-7 on bright blue Rays G-Games, not a wheel I see a whole lot of these days
This car seems to bounce back and forth between AMF and Ertefa booths
Loved this. Reminded me a lot of this Civic in terms of period correct and cleanliness
Really well maintained, cars like this make me think I should clean my bay more than never.

Once the track festivities started to wind down I decided to head through the pits and take a closer look at some of the cars that were tearing up the road course, drift track, and 1/4 mile. A lot of these cars were ones that I have seen at every round of CSCS proving that racers and drifters are a little bit more willing to travel far distances than the show and shine crowd.

The emblem and what I can see behind the grill makes me wonder what’s going on under the hood of this Crossfire another swapped one perhaps?
I seemed to somehow miss every single one of this cars runs
Looks like it means business though
JDM Rides splash page Type R
Got a few shots of this out on the track, fast car
Plated ‘Slowbaru’ this car  was going for a world record (not sure which), the run I saw it did 10.26 at 137mph
Great to see this car at back to back events, now if only I could get a good photo of it running
This e46 just looks right
Think I might have a photo of it on the track for part 2 as well
This car laughs at your Carbon Fiber splitter, “it’s the wood that makes it good”
More accustomed to seeing 240s on the drift course than the road course
Grip for days
Hella Functional
Ken Wagan’s Stage Four Rx7
No LS here
Seems to change every year
Chris was able to get his e30 back together again to compete
Riley on the other hand ran into some fuel delivery problems that kept him sidelined after the finals
He had his bed off and a lot of you were asking about his rear setup so here’s a pic, it’s no longer on leafs
His motor setup
Close today out with the party truck

Part 2 should be up either tomorrow or Saturday, and will consist of entirely track coverage.

Guest Coverage: Nine 0 Five Rides Truck & Tuner Expo 2012

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The inability to be in more than one place at a time is starting to become a problem, I had a great time at last years Truck And Tuner Expo and would have liked to attend again this year but I had never been to Grand Bend prior to Sunday so I ended up there instead.

However the Nine O Five guys have always been very supportive of the site so there was absolutely no way I was going to let the show go by without some guest coverage.

As luck would have it my friend Jon O was close enough to Niagara to head out for a couple of hours, he told me he enjoyed the show and was treated great the entire time he was there.

It also looks like a lot of the truck guys who I don’t see all that often were there so next year I will plan to do a better job of clearing my schedule.

Matt aka MsequencE  and the owner of this previously featured s2000 (which is now a different color) holding it down on the ones & twos
Some of the TNT crew and their lowered shopping cart
Khaos models with said kart
A certain someone made sure all the models posed for Jon, I don’t even get that treatment!
About time model coverage made it’s way back to the site though…
I do not want a motorcycle. I do not want a motorcycle. I do not want a motorcycle. I do not want a motorcycle.

Cars

DJ Matt’s daily driver which as far as I know is running prototype Neo Motorsport coils
Wide body Tib on the increasingly popular DAI Candy wheels
GTS coupe, probably my personal favorite model viper
The ‘Evil’ Fiat still rocking tons of poke
S2K with what looks to be a J’s inspired bumper
Club Racer s2000
On point 300zx
Nice looking FD
And not too far from the car above was Adam’s Scion, which is probably one of the cleanest in the area
This is the inside of a Mazda AZ-1
Simple yet effective RSX
Speaking of RSXs it seems like the local population of fitted ones has gone up significantly since last year
Strip ready fox
This time last year Zach’s Soarer was bagged, not it is back to static and looking great
XXR’d e46
Nice MkV
The last time I saw this Benz was at Vagkraft in 09
Jon spoke with the owner, sounds like he might be thinking of selling
Alright eagle eyes, what’s this?

Trucks

The site’s been batting 100 with the truck content lately and Jon is just keeping a good thing going.

Juiced! Also I would be interested in more info about the truck to the left of this one
Bronco O Bama to the right
Dumped stepside
Great to see trucks that were out last return
The Tiki truck
Looks to be tucking lug, or damn close
This Ranger als appears to be very close to tucking lugs.

Congrats to Nine O Five Rides for another successful event and thanks to Jon for doing some guest coverage.

Jon has actually agreed to shoot more events west of the city so he’s been added to the contributors page along with Mike McConnell out in Calgary.

Event Coverage: Scarborough Scion FR-S Launch

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Two Saturdays ago Scarborough Scion (aka the dealership trusting enough to let me test drive an FR-S at Stretch & Poke) had a launch party for the ‘Toybaru” inviting Toyota/Scion owners and their friends to come out for good times and good (free) food.

The show & shine turnout wasn’t crazy but the amount of people who wanted to drive the new Scion was, the cars were out being test driven the entire night by those eager to see what all the hype was about.

Since the coverage isn’t huge I am just going to get right into it.

This was crazy… I think it had around 30 thousand miles and was virtually spotless
This guy really made me look bad for showing up with a dirty car
This couldn’t be the original battery… could it?
Interior hardly looks used
Pair of clean early Yotas
This is a good look (stock height aside), sent it over to Jay at JDM EGO to tempt him a little bit since he just picked one up
TC with green wheels that had a bit of flake to them
CF under hood
At least at this show a car didn’t air out right beside me
Directly across from the cars above
SK rolled out and laid out

Speaking about SK Performance about midway thought I was talking to Sharad about how crappy my headlights look and that I should get off my lazy ass and use my restoration kits I have and he brought over some of his tools and gave them a quick once over to make them look a little better.

Before
During
After…. it’s started to come back so I think I am going to use the kit then get them clear bra’d but at least I know it is fixable

Anyway back to the show, Ultra Auto Sound brought out their Scion demo cars which kind of make me miss having a system a little bit.

I do not miss people stealing said system however.

This took home best Scion, I don’t have any exterior shots though…
All of these cars were playing the same song at the same time so it was hard to tell which was the loudest but I have reason to believe this was pretty loud
TC called Orange Juice full of Focal components
This exhaust on this car is absurdly loud!
The wheels were put on this car minutes before the event, some fine tuning yet to be done but should look alright
VSx’d Is250
This car took home the trophy for best ‘other’
The hand painted art work in the bay was an interesting touch, kept under the hood was a good choice because it could easily be something taken overboard
Nice build

Scion and Scarborough Scion are doing a great job of catering to us enthusiasts and they actually hooked me up with a whole bunch of stuff to give away which I will be making an announcement about very soon.

Theme Tuesdays: Flush Trucks/Drift Trucks

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It used to be that modified trucks did a few things; went up and off road, down and layed sparks, or dropped and down the strip. Lately however people seem to be experimenting with wider wheel and tire setups in addition to sending them around road courses.

Based on the demand and love for Oliver’s truck on the fanpage and positive reception of Riley’s drifting Nissan Hardbody it’s safe to say a lot of you are into trucks outside of the norm just as much I am which is cool because I love low trucks of any variety.

Today’s Theme Tuesday is made up of drift trucks and trucks that take styling cues from the ‘flush’ scene,  similar but slightly different than the previous JDM Minitruck Theme Tuesday in 2009.

Most of the trucks sliding seem to be imports, I’m guessing because of motor options and weight
This one was pretty popular a few years back not sure if it is still kicking ass
…and he can still carry a roofing ladder
Imagine campers became to truckers what bike racks are to car guys? That would be a little weird.
Speaking of racks I would love to see this truck without one
More truck rack
Lots of dope trucks out in Hawaii
Philippines holdin’ it down
Is it wrong to like both of these?
Heavy on the stretch
Fat and flush
Another Hawaii truck, not sure which 6 lug wheels those are
I’ve seen this kicking around on the SW forums for awhile
Another SW poster
From the front
Interesting to see rear camber on a 4 door Blaze
Damn, I gotta look up more on this truck
Extreme on BBS wheels, if I recall correctly e36 bolt pattern and S10s is just a few mm off
Simple, clean
another look
This is so sick, though I feel the lip is unnecessary
Boosted Canadian Ranger with bed sides that were flared out with a bottle jack and then re welded
Not going to lie I kinda want one of these now
Of course I had to throw a shot of Riley’s truck in here, more later this week
And by popular demand Oliver truck
Roller via staticmotion.ca

Should have some event coverage up later today.

Don’t play no games that he can’t win

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Previously featured photographer, Dormimoto Odd Couple homie, Static Motion owner and proprietor, and all around good guy Santiago (Santi) Gomez sent in a link to some photos of his recently completed Supermade Silvia project.

The car was super clean when he got it and every since stock has only improved on the car with the current revision perhaps being the best yet.







Wheels: Stock -> Enkei RS -> 5Zigen Pro Racer -> Work Eurolines
Coils: Stock -> Megans -> Powered by MAX Competition coilovers
Aero: Silvia -> Silvia K’s Aero option -> SuperMade Instant Gentleman.

A very detailed rundown of everything he has done to the car from when he got it to now can be found at StaticMotion.ca.

The title is of course in reference to this Beastie Boys track featuring Santigold, because Santi don’t play no games.

WTF Friday: Turn down the suck

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To most people putting a big blown motor into a Chevy Corvair doesn’t make a whole lot of sense (considering it was included in the book “Unsafe At Any Speed“) but to at least one builder in the 70s it made perfect sense.

Presumably using the logic that if you have to steer a whole lot in a quarter mile you are probably already in trouble Richard Guess stuffed a blown 327 in the his ’72.

Ollie is the one who originally peaked my interest in this car when he sent in the picture below for next edition  of Oliver’s Travels.

I chuckled at it’s ridiculousness and a couple weeks later when he sent a rear shot showing the custom plate I put “Fubar Corvair” into Google hoping to find more info on the car.

While the folks over at Retro Rides had discussed the vehicle a little there wasn’t really a whole lot more information readily available online about the car.

Whoever scanned the magazine photos didn’t scan the text that went with it (or there was none) and it seems that the car has since gone with the wind, perhaps being repainted before it did.

 We can only hope that this car is locked away in a storage unit somewhere waiting for Dave Hester to stumble upon it and yell yuuppp all the way down the quarter mile.

Pics at full res can be found here and further discussion on the car here.

I wonder what happened to Fubar 1…

Site Updates

Another weekend ram packed with events, Saturday I will be at a classic show for a few hours and Sunday I will be at CSCS Grand Bend while a Jon O covers the 905 Rides TNT Expo and Neil covers Eurokracy in Montreal.

Also taking place that same day is the June Jitterbug and a meet at Hyundai Canada.

The flyers for the first three are below (couldn’t find flyers for the last 2), pick your poison!


Flashback Friday

Might as well kick it back to last years Eurokracy coverage courtesy of Jesse from Air Society.

Check out the full Eurokracy 2011 Guest coverage

Kia

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Last year, in the Nextmod BBQ event coverage, I got called out by a local Kia Soul owner for hardly ever posting Kias.

This struck me as odd because the SIE support vehicle (aka my girlfriends car) and I have actually looked into lowering but the aftermarket support for that platform is just so limited which is why most stay stock and thus don’t appear here.

The Forte Koupe however is a different matter entirely, I’ve always thought they looked alright and the owner of this one on 17×9/10 Work Ryvers has done an outstanding job of showing it’s potential.

Clean and simple this owner even managed to figure out how to get these wheels fitted while being limited by the Forte’s curious torsion bar rear suspension.



Guess I shouldn’t be surprised he rolls with Ravi and the guys atV2LAB, they always seem to come correct.

More photos can be found here on his flickr.

Which is where I also found this:

I wonder what go fast options are available for these?

Spotted on SW.

Stance Pilipinas

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I love when international readers send in their rides (the further away from Canada and the US the better) because it is always cool to see which trends make it internationally and which don’t.

Bruce and Jay from the Philippines recently sent in some photos of their rides along with a few of the people in their crew and they are quite nice.

Bruce’s Honda that was on the fan page earlier in the week
I’ve always loved Mercedes set up like the one in the rear… grown man stance
Jay took all of these photos, and this is his Toyota
I love their take on platforms we don’t have or choose to ignore
Like this old school Lancer that’s incredibly clean and tastefully done
The wheels are Manaray Turbina S’s if you are curious and there is a build thread here on Stance Works

Check these guys out on their facebook page Stance Pilipinas / Manila Fitted.

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