Anarchy

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Mar 22, 2012

I’m pretty sure not everyone is going to like this car and that’s alright because I am almost absolutely positive the owner doesn’t care, and I just like to see just what kind of cars I can get away with posting before one of you has me committed (or at the very least disconnects my internet).

According to -273 before this car became what it is today it started as some kind of 50s Ford.

What it has become today is a little hard to describe, and I hesitate to call it a rat because that term is becoming fairly over used these days with some people even taking offense to it.

At the end of the day is what it is which is exactly what the owner wanted it to be.

anarchy1 — Seeing this car leave a trail of sparks behind it would be terrific

anarchy8 — This side makes it seem as though the owner has intentions of one day painting it

anarchy6 — Suicide door is fitting, as is the exhaust

anarchy4 — Steering wheel aside I think those are lawn chairs

anarchy7 — Curious what the completed grill work will be.. could see a Mercury grill working maybe

As always anymore info is appreciated.

Going Back To Cali

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DaveT

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Mar 21, 2012

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For long time readers today’s car may look a little familiar and that’s because it was first posted in July of 2010 alongside an equally stunning white 328i.

At that time Bryan had just saved the car from an early death at the hands of a neglectful previous owner and done a little bit of work to it.

Since then Bryan has realized that his project 318ti is so much more to him than just a nice looking way to get from here to there.

His ti, affectionately known as “Tessa”, has been one of the few stable things in his life after a series of ups and downs and the friends he has met through his passion for automobiles are ones he wouldn’t trade for the world.

These friends (who are the type to spend hours with him in the garage wrenching or just sharing laughs) along with a very active local enthusiast community have inspired Bryan to continue to pushing forward with his car.

While Bryan is quick to mention that he isn’t anywhere near finished with his ti this current iteration is the best the car has ever looked.

The exterior modifications present in the first feature (M3 front bumper, M-tech ti rear bumper, luxury package grille, M-tech side moldings, M3 mirrors, and LTW low rise spoiler) remain and seem to flow together much better now that the car is rolling on 16×8 Hayshi mesh wheels.

Going against the notion that 16s are too small for the e36 these unique wheels, with a hint of patina, give this car a bit of a vintage feel which works exceptionally well with the unique lines of the ti.

A Nardi woodgrain wheel helps bring some of that vintage feel on the inside and to add a little bit of personal flair back to the car after the antifreeze green BBS wheels were removed Bryan added a clear pink bubble swirl shift knob.

With arguably one of the largest after market automotive communities in the world fueling his passion there is no telling where that motivation will take him in the future and I’m sure it won’t be long until we’re going back to Cali for another update on Bryan’s ti.

Modification List

Exterior

M3 front bumper with luxury package grill
M-tech ti rear bumper
M-tech side moldings
M3 mirrors
DJ auto euro ellipsoids w/ city lights. 55w Low beams, 35w High beam
LTW low rise spoiler
Depo Euro tails
Depo Clear side markers

Interior

Clear w/Pink swirl bubble shifter
Sony Head unit with upgraded Pioneer Internals & sub woofer

Performance

Custom twin loop exhaust
3.5 inch Cold Air intake

Suspension

Rokkor Coils
M3 Tophats

Wheels/Tires

Hayashi Mesh 16×8 ET -4 ET -5
205/40/16

Photo Credit: Media Junkies

Front Rear Sedan

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DaveT

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Mar 20, 2012

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Normally I let Theme Tuesday posts stand alone but I’ll make an exception today for this awesome home grown build by Liam of Dorimoto.

Locals will probably remember Liam best for the 240 he used to slide around Cayuga and Mosport at previous CSCS drift competitions but that car has now been returned to the earth and now he’s moved onto next.

Next in this case being an insanely awesome 1jz powered Cefiro built from the ground up for street and track use.

I’ve been following this build all winter (you’ve probably seen a photo or two posted on the fan page) and now that it is more or less all together I think we can all agree that it looks incredible.

Photos by Jesse Trnka, more build info on zilvia and Dorimoto.

The cars already starting to pop up a few places online and I am sure I will see it at least once this summer.

Theme Tuesdays: Non Traditional, Traditional Lowriders

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DaveT

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Mar 20, 2012

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Reading that title you guys might think I wrote this a few beers in but hear me out.

After stumbling upon the Datsun on wires that was posted in the ‘Four On The Floor‘ Theme Tuesday I started thinking about other not so typical cars done up traditional lowrider style.

Traditional meaning, lots of chrome, flake, gold, white walls, wires, supremes etc.

A few laps of layitlow.com looking for vehicles that are not so average and you end up with this.

uncommon_lowrider11_president — President Limo anyone?

uncommon_lowrider5_nissan — Another look at that Nissan from a few weeks ago

uncommon_lowrider1_nova — 74ish Nova tuckin' hard

uncommonlowrider17 — 60 some odd Pontiac Grand Prix from Japan... Japan's lowrider game is serious if you didn't know

uncommonlowrider16_catalina — Vintage snap of a Pontiac Catalina

uncommon_lowrider22 — One of a few cars today I NEVER expected to see done this way

uncommon_lowrider14 — Go figure it hits a mean 3...

uncommon_lowrider10 — Another one way outside the box, is it weird this might be the lowest Fiero I've ever seen?

uncommon_lowrider15 — Probably the most Pontiacs I have posted consecutively on this site

uncommon_lowrider18_corvair — and another

uncommon_lowrider23_oldsdynamic — Oldsmobile Dynamic rocking a very sick paint job

uncommon_lowrider21_cordoba — Chrysler Cordoba

uncommon_lowrider20_tbird — Like I said on Friday, I need to post more T-birds

uncommon_lowrider20_Invictas — Buick Invicta.... big fan of this one

uncommon_lowrider19_vega — Vega with a ton of negative camber up front and dog dishes all around

uncommon_lowrider16 — Another from Japan

uncommon_lowrider13_64wildcat — Wild Cat... cars had cooler names in the sixties

uncommon_lowrider9 — Only lowrider of this generation I've seen... z28 or Iroc?

uncommon_lowrider12 — Last posted this Camaro in the vintage lowrider Theme Tuesday

uncommon_lowrider8_pinto — Pinto flexin'

uncommon_lowrider7_novawag — Nova wag with a glasstop

uncommon_lowrider4_olds — Legit Olds, also from Japan

uncommon_lowrider3 — This is an uh....Im not sure

uncommon_lowrider25re — Going to end with this one which is going to leave a few of you scratching your heads or throwing up your arms in disbelief

I honestly think that the ‘scene’ could learn a lot from the acceptance of the lowrider community, those guys are literally down with anything so long as you show some pride in your work and are respectful to others and it shows.

Props to the guys over at layitlow.com for having some of the longest threads full of awesome I have ever seen.

Rascally Rabbit

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DaveT

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Mar 19, 2012

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As many of you would suspect I normally have quite a few tabs open at any given time, usually consisting of various forums, flickr accounts, blogs and vimeo pages.

When things get to the point of scrolling excessively side to side I like to clean house and close a few tabs down.

Last night I was doing just that when I came across a tab containing this rabbit which was opened lord knows how long ago.

The car which, I have basically no information about, looks awesome and reminds me a bit of this one I posted back in August.

rascal2 — I am on a fence here when it comes to with the hub caps

rascal3 — The owner seems to dig without

rascal4 — I wish there were a few shots from the rear, looks like a lot of wheel back there

Now if I only knew where I spotted it…

Photo Credit: Carter N

Vinyl Restock/Affiliate Store

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DaveT

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Mar 19, 2012

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On Friday a fresh batch of stickers arrived from SechMedia.ca and as of today the Stance Is Everything official store has been updated to reflect the new inventory.

With this restock I would also like to formally announce the new Stance Is Everything affiliate store on SecheMedia.ca.

This affiliate store on Seche Media means that going forward if something is currently out of stock in the Stance Is Everything official store it can be ordered directly from the manufacturer, Seche Media.

This partnership also makes it much easier to provide custom one off color combinations.

Take a look at some of the existing stock below on cars around the world!

Mat and SecheMedia have been long time supporters of the site so I am very pleased to annouce this next level of our partnership.

As always thanks for the support!

Note: Currently the only two places to get Stance Is Everything stickers online is from the above sources, if you ever see them anywhere else online please let me know.

WTF Friday: What Was I?

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Mar 16, 2012

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It’s been… ages since there was a guessing game WTF Friday and because as the audience for the site grows it has become harder, and harder, to find vehicles that people don’t recognize right away.

However I think this ‘creation’ *might* keep a few of you guessing.

Same rules as previous guessing game Friday posts, the first person to correctly identify what this car started as receives to stickers of their choice from the Stance Is Everything Store.

Update:
insomniac had the correct answer, the car is evidently a 94-98 Mustang convertible according to the man behind the lens.

Site Updates

I’ve caught up on all of the orders this week. One or two had been sitting for some time for which I apologize, hopefully the freebies make up for it.

This week I should have an update on a previously featured ride ready to go.

Fianlly the store should be restocked very soon.

Flashback Friday

It could be argued that I don’t post nearly enough Thunderbirds, Bryan’s from 2009 sure was a treat.

Event Coverage: Mega Speed Part 4

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Mar 15, 2012

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I’ll be concluding the 2012 Mega Speed coverage today with photos of the Imports, Euros, and Exotics along with a few of the exhibitors booths that were in the back hall of the International center.

This post is a little tail heavy clocking in at about 50 or so photos so if you are on your phone maybe save this for when you can grab some wifi.

SLC Magazine

Carlos and his recently started magazine had a booth at Mega Speed promoting both their print product and their recent partnership with DMCC for 20102, being right near the main stage they had a good view for all the action going on there too.

slc — That's Andrew's Genesis behind the table there in it's SEMA wrap

slc2 — That is issue one on top (pretty sure) and the latest behind it

honda_elevated — Brain's (of Elevated) EK was also in the SLC Booth

Automotofoto

AMF had a booth setup pumping music for most of the time I was there, between that and the main stage this hall was LOUD.

amf2 — AMF models on day 2 of their 3 day marathon

Factory Tire

The owner of Factory Tire seemed pretty happy to see me so I took a few pictures of the vehicles he had on display.

factory_tire_models1 — While I was taking pics of his lambo I noticed this craziness going on around the corner...

factory_tire_models2 — Came back later and this model was posing, this was the best angle I could get *kanye shrug*

factory_tire_evo — I think they have a show coming up late April...

Nextmod

When I went to the shop last Peter didn’t mention anything about attending this show so it was a surprise to find his cars directly behind The Montbomb.

nextmod_sti — I need to take a trip back to the shop soon actually...

Sic Ryde

Sic had his usual diverse line up of personal cars and friends cars at Mega Speed.

Thanks again for helping run another contest this year Sic.

sic_porsche — Sic's Porsche which could get real crazy soon

yudi — Yudi reppin' Sic Ryde with both of his wheels (Leon Hardiritt and LMs), which will he run this season? ETU

audi_a3 — Not sure if Kathrine was actually included on the official roster for Mega Speed but she was in attendance in the front hall

Punkin Mini

Last year there was a whole pile of Mini’s this year I could only find one. I wonder what happened?

mini_punkin — I'm sure Ollie wouldn't mind this

mini_punkin2 — Still have not watched the sketch this is from..

Fiat Abarth 500

The attention to detail put into this build was just incredible, and very much on par to the cars that were in the main hall. The detail that really caught my eye (in addition to how well this car rocks 12″ wheels) was the stripe that ran all the way around the vehicle including underneath the car.

Wild.

fiat_1 — You can see the stripe under the car on the front mirror

A keen eye will also notice the stripe on the cluster and roof

fiat_2 — Immaculate engine bay of course

Nissan

Mazda

mazda_widebody_rx72 — Velside RX-7 back from it's trip to Vegas for SEMA

mazda_widebody_rx7 — I'd love to see this car at ride height

mazda_rx_7 — Streetpowers extremely fast RX-7

mazda_rx_7_2 — Which I finally got not one but two engine bay shots of

mazda_rx_7_3 — Look up Streetpower Performance Inc on facebook for more info

More Boosted Cars

Not sure if I am just more aware of it now but it seemed like there was a ton of boosted cars at Mega Speed this year.

honda_remove_before_flight — One of many function first Hondas

split_fire_lineup — I think a lot of people overlooked this trio

split_fire_civic2 — Engine bay of the silver hatch

honda_s2000_luis — Luis was there with his beautiful s2000

Not sure if I ever noticed his valve cover before

lambo_tt1 — Gallardo not fast enough? Add two turbos

lambo_nfs — Might have a hard time keeping up with the one above.

Euro

vw_flt_blk — Golf I've never seen shown before

bmw_gary — I had heard Gary retired this car but I guess it's on a Jay-Z comeback tour

bimmersport_coupe — Bimmersport's clown shoe

bimmersport_e46 — Legal? Probably not. Sick? Absolutely.

bimmersport_euro — Charlie's Euro M3 will always be one of my favorite local cars

bimmersport_euro_motor — His shop (BimmerSport), Luxury Auto body, and Ultra Auto Sound recently combined to form areyouready.ca

areyouready — I actually lost this poster, ha.

Honda/Acura

honda_civic2 — The owner of this car was telling me it has changed quite a bit since I saw it last

honda_og — My cam died right after this shot... this car still blows my mind too clean

acura_javed1 — Big things in this cars future

honda_elevated2 — Another shot of Brian's engine bay just because he put a lot of work into it over the winter

importexpo_civc — One of the cleanest Civics in the GTA

importexpo_dan2 — There were a lot of people studying Dan's fitment at the show, and for whatever reason touching the tire stretch to see if it was real

importexpo_dan — This setup is already history so who knows what's next

That’s all she wrote for Mega Speed, see you guys next year.

Event Coverage: Mega Speed Part 3

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Mar 14, 2012

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Keeping the Mega Speed Coverage moving here is the second set of classics, hot rods, and customs, along with a few assorted other things to help break things up a bit.

The amount of time put into today’s builds is truly remarkable.

Here’s to hoping that one day I will have my ducks all in a row to build something properly from the ground up, until then I will just try not to drool on them at shows.

Random Stuff

overview — Looking right down the middle of the second hall, you can see the third hall behind it, then there was one behind that

halfwheeldisplay — Unique way to prop your car up.

fullscale — Creative display is creative

and for no reason at all... here is a gator

LSX Stang

Do you think Ford owners are as up in arms about LSX swaps as import owners? Talk about putting an LSX in an s-chassis or rotary powered car and half the people are down while the other half lose their minds and come after you with fire…

ford_lsx_stang2 — Looks at home honestly

Mega Speed Features

Along with “The Runt” I posted in part one of the coverage Mega Speed had a number of other featured cars, two of which are below and more that can be found on their features page.

probox — The Pro Box, from Rad Rides By Troy

imperial_speedster_2 — The car in the foreground started as the car in the background

imperial_speedster_1 — Personally I think the exterior flow is a odd now (more so at a distance) but I can't argue with this engine bay!

Customs

ford_55_pup — Though this truck was listed as a first time entrant I am sure I've seen it some place before...

vw_bugsplat — The somewhat famous and always memorable Bugsplat

thebooch — When I saw the Booch last year I thought they were going to leave it raw, guess not

montbomb_4 — The Montbomb looking incredible fully detailed

montbomb_2 — See that cut out in the hood? It's needed to get the hood to clear as the motor without sticking up through it

Traditional Rods and ‘Rat’ Rods

ford_dish — I think the front wheel could fit inside the rear

ford_rookie_of_the_year — The side profile of this Ford was amazing but there was a guard rail obscuring that shot so take my word for it

ford_rod — This builders trademark square headers and interesting choice of wheels is easily recognizable, the other car beside it (which I have posted last year) was more of the same

rodtruck — Personally I prefer this style 'rat'

ford_big_cheif — Just like a builder from Toronto to not rep the Leafs! (don't blame him)

ford_holmes — Who knew Mike Holmes had a car collection?

ford_meguairs — Naturally Meguiar's Canada had a clean Ford in their booth

ford_history_of_hotrodding1 — This was one of my favorite displays at Mega Speed

ford_history_of_hotrodding — Mostly because I was introduced to early Fords through a model car magazine

piston_pushers — The Piston Pushers had a lot of cool builds

ford_perfect_30_3 — Countless hours must have been poured into this

ford_perfect_30_2 — I would love to see (or shoot) this car and Jeff Norwell's truck side by side

Fourth and final Mega Speed Coverage will be up tomorrow, until then here is a female.

Event Coverage: Mega Speed Part 2

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DaveT

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Mar 13, 2012

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I originally wasn’t sure I’d be able to give the trucks of Mega Speed a post of their own but once I got through all of the photos it only made sense to dedicate the second part of the coverage to trucks.

I’m not sure how the truck class compared to last year because they were not very centralized this year and by the time I left I was still finding new ones.

Which wouldn’t have been a bad thing had my camera battery not died.

Lifted

Does anyone else find it a little weird that a lowered car or truck would get hassled by the police over a lifted one even though it’s impossible to be inconspicuous in a lifted truck?

dodge_schmatt — Ironically the owner of this trucks son drives a slammed car

chevy_blazer_huge — This Blazer is massive.

chevy_blazer_huge2 — I'm pretty sure a Miata would come up to the rockers of this truck

Minis

chevy_s10_nas1 — This truck didn't change much visually from last year but it is still one of my favorites

chevy_s10_nas — Just wish I had a better angle to shoot it at

chev_maroon — If this is original paint it is in exceptional shape

dodge — Does anyone know if this truck used to be black a few years back? If so it has come a long way

chevy_s10 — Loved the slight changes to this s10 since last year, the new wheels work well

chevy_s102 — I'm also pretty sure that air cleaner cover is new

chevy_s103 — and you can never go wrong with pinstriping

mazda_geoff — Geoff's truck looking clean like always

chevy_burb — It's a small detail but I have always been a fan of two tone paint continuing into the door jambs

Classics

chevy_taylord — The Taylor'd 57 took home the "Now that's kool" trophy

gmc — My camera was dead when I saw this truck but thankfully I've got my phone

gmc2 — I like this one for a lot of the same reasons I like the Taylor'd truck

ford_f100 — This truck is the complete opposite of the two above but equally beautiful

ford_th_grail — More builds similar to this tomorrow

Toe Truk

Theme builds are always somewhat risky but this ’48 FI was really well done. I’m not sure if it took home any awards but it certainly deserved a few.

ford_tow_truk5 — Really love the base color on this rig

ford_tow_truk2 — Connecting Rod cup holders (and bed rail supports)

ford_tow_truk3 — Bags take care of the tow bar, pretty slick

ford_tow_truk4 — Coolest looking compressor ever?

ford_tow_truk — Respect to the owner, great looking ride

Norwell Equipped

Another person I didn’t get a chance to catch up with at Mega Speed was Jeff Norwell of Drawn and Quartered, like John from Not Stock Photography I have been a fan of his work for awhile now and really wanted to let him know.

Sadly when I stopped by the Performance Improvements booth it was empty, next year…

ford_norwell_equipped — An amazing build

ford_norwell_equipped2 — Rob of Performance Improvements let me know Jeff drove his truck off the floor back home, no trailer queen

As I mentioned on the fan page I really appreciate the support the truck community gives the site so every show I go to I will do my best to take a least a few truck shots.

More muscle and customs tomorrow then imports/tuners get the last day…