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Random Dopeness: Volume 7

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The rain kind of put a kibosh on some of the plans I had today so I’ve been re organizing and backing up photos I have taken as well as ones I have found online and figured it would be a good time to do another round of Random Dopeness.

Speedline FilmWerks also sent over their latest video in the Wuste 2011 series which is just as good as their last effort which the sent by last week.

Be sure to check both out at the end of this post.

@neon_mdr on twitter sends me the craziest stuff
Hopefully I get a chance to mess around with some autumn photos this year
Awesome Rivera and perspective here
Cars like this are why so many enthusiasts make the trip to Japan
This picture looks old which means the owner/builder of this car was an originator
So wish I had high res... desktop material
Yes, this a dumpster car
I'm still split on NSXs with stretched rubber, this one looks sick no question though
This car is beside the word awesome in the dictionary
Caged, Recaro, Low...
End the pics with a very traditional Rod

And the latest in the Wuste 2011 videos from Speedline Filmwerks :

and last weeks:

WTF Friday: Go Baby Go

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DaveT
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I’m not even sure what to say about this car, it’s not shiny, it’s not pretty, and it’s not even all that low but it is straight up crazy which is why I am posting it today.

The creation below appears to be a barn find Ford sedan merged with the motor (Cummins turbo Diesel), transmission, wheels, brakes, and suspension of a much larger vehicle.

I wish I could provide more information on this four wheeled terror but I’ve got nothing.

All I can say is that it was spotted in Orange, Massachusetts at the Orange Airport Drag Strip Reunion. If anyone from Mass has more info feel free…

So you see this in your rear view mirror and what do you do?
Hell of a lot of motor
Not pretty but all business
It's even got a place for your drink!

Spotted on Phoebe Goes Vroom photo credits there too.

Site Updates

The biggest news this week is that the new teal on charcoal shirts are in and they look fantastic. They are $20 each and available in sizes from S-XL (Gildan). I have also been able to reduce shipping costs within Canada to $8 while us shipping is $10 and international is $15.

Over the next few weeks I am going to try different sized envelopes and some creative folding to hopefully bring shipping costs down further.

Event wise I won’t be at anything car related but there are two big events going on this weekend outside of the GTA area.

The first is Importfest Montreal and the second is Liberty Black 2 flyers below.


Flashback Friday

I’ve been watching a lot of Teletoon Retro lately which remind me of this creation I posted in a WTF Friday February 2010.

I find some weird stuff...

Might be doing a shoot this weekend so don’t be surprised if a few teasers show up on the fan page.

Man On The Moon

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DaveT
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You know those cars you see unfinished that make you think ‘damn that should look proper when it’s done’?

Then once they are finished all you have to go on are cellphone photos and word of mouth stating:  ‘man you really have to see it in person‘.

Well this is one of those cars, and while I have still yet to see it in person from what I have heard and the fact it’s a CHOPSHOP car I know I won’t be disappointed when I do.

This build had it’s fair share of setbacks (including getting pulled over first night out) but now that it’s survived its first road test to Western NY and back (for Honda Tech) all of that is water under the bridge.

Humble beginnings
Finished product
Incredible gloss on that fresh paint
Money shot
Widened rear quarters turned out perfect
Specs are 16x7.5 +14 and 16x9 -13
I'm sure we can all agree that this car was worth the two year wait

Simply remarkable. I wonder how many double takes it caused from Ontario to NY?

You can check out the build thread for this car here and keep up with rest of the CHOPSHOP projects at chopshoponline.ca

Photo credit: Skooter Media

Event Coverage: CSCS Finale 2011 Part: Two

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DaveT
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The last round of CSCS passing means that a lot of the cars in today’s post will be tucked away for the winter very soon.

A few might make their way to Importfest Montreal but the rest will either be converted back to winter mode, stored, or go under the knife for rebuilds.

With that in mind I made sure to do a few laps of the show and shine Sunday just to make sure I got some photos of some of the more attention grabbing cars.

Stickers and Stuff

Before I jump right into the cars here are a few stickers and random things I spotted including a dog and a Tiburon covered in 15 layers of Plasti Dip which evidently turns it into a giant chalk board.

This modified society crown is pretty cool
This Sittin' pretty sticker was a nice combination of script and sans serif fonts
Adam rocking the Purple and Teal color sticker chosen by Erik
Stoked to see Javed still rocking the black and gold
It's been a long time since I have written with chalk...
This dog decided walking was way over rated

Other cars

Don't often seen Bentleys at show and shine events
This Lotus probably would have been more at home on the road course
One day I'll have to come up to Cayuga for a drag event and see cars like this run
Business end

Domestics

I have not seen something so 'under construction' at a show in a long time
Sic's new tow pig
I bet the side pipes on this spark like crazy
I can't imagine the aftermarket for these is huge so kudos to the owner for sticking with
Erik was around for the earlier part of the show and shine
His turbo setup seems to be treating him well
The CSCS parking lot... not so much

Nissan

So Fresh Auto Maxima
Very aggressive Skyline
Te37 SL's are getting quite popular and look really nice on this GTR

Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi

I think this is an Elantra (or Accent?).... cutting all the cf for the splitter probably wasn't easy
The rear is pretty wild to match what was going on up front
Miata with some eye makeup
Limited myself to one picture of Carsons Evo

Subaru

Ty's STI is still for sale
Lownatics brought a couple cars out
Hot as hell...

Audi, BMW

The body work on this Audi was pretty flawless, molded front bumper is brave
Sam from WP Pro Brakes brought out his e39
Blacked out boosted e46 cab
Not all that much room in e46 engine bays
M - Tricks wide body 2002
While the bronze lips are quite nice I think I preferred the polished lips

Toyota/Scion

C west Supra
Clean bay
"You'll blow yourself to pieces!"
Quite a few Scion's at this round, I paid the most attention to the XBs
The hood and emblem on this one are pretty cool
Last time I saw Adam's Scion was in dim light tired at Importfest, seeing it more alert I noticed how nice it really is
The air ride makes a considerable difference when compared to that yellow one
You may have noticed I am a fan of his trunk setup

Honda

Javed's boosted EL out front of the Street Concepts booth
Level One near the Meguairs Canada Setup
This car was actually competing in a few track events not the show and shine
Matt added 'moar low' since his feature and was parked at the AMF booth
Also at the AMF booth...
Nice Prelude
On the way to CSCS I passed a traffic slowage that turned out to be this car along with a few others pulled over
Dope Spoon equipped EK
Tidy engine bay too
P-Dizzles Civic was up for sale earlier in the year good to see he kept it
Wonder if he will make any changes over the winter....

Congrats to the CSCS team for another season and letting me do some give-aways over the course of the season. Count down to next year begins now…

Theme Tuesdays: H20 International favorites

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DaveT
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I’ve been told several times that H20i is an event I need to attend at least once. This year Mike and Jay from Stance Factory offered me a spot where they were staying for weekend and had it not been for some good friends of mine getting married I would have been there enjoying the festivities.

However friends/family > cars so like Wekfest and Waterfest I’ve pulled together some photos that stood out to me in the hour or so I spent last night looking through coverage on various forums.

Finding the photos was fairly easy… keeping this post from being 50+ pictures long was not.

Crossfire wheels look way better on this Golf than the Crossfire

Above photo by extrem344

One of several pics of Gill's car I've found
Amazing
A+ fitment on this TT
This Subaru has also got a couple photos of it floating around online
More Ontario love

Above photos by: Eric-M

One sinster looking Subaru

Above photo by: Munchy

If I am not mistaken this Forrester recently had a few online features
Audi on Gottis
Steven's SRE30
Badass looking beast of a Cressida

Above photos via The Scraped Crusaders

Another local car out in Ocean City with exceptional fitment

Above photo by: Steve Nguyen

BBS RCs *correction RSIIs fit this golf perfect
Fantastic color combo and execution
Plate sums everything up nicely
Had to choose this one because it is so unique

Above photos by: Tyler Anastaisi

Reminds me of Hershey chocolate

Above photos by: agentmaddock

Once again wondering why I sold my e3o...

Above photo by:nemo1ner

Proof that not every e30 needs late bumpers

Above photo by: SlavaVW

I was watching the original GI-JOE while pulling this list together might be why I chose this

Above photos by:mortician

Burroughs does it again

Above photo by: Eurotune18t

Hopefully I can make it out next year…

Photographers if I credited wrong just holler.

Event Coverage: CSCS Finale 2011 Part: One

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DaveT
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Yesterday marked the conclusion of what might may have been the best CSCS season I have attended. The addition of a new track coupled with very co-operative weather made this ninth year of the Canadian Sport Compact Series one of the most attended and therefore exciting.

Though I woke up a bit under the weather there was no way I was going to let myself sit around all day and miss the season ender where people would be battling to find them selves atop their various classes.

One of the most anticipated battles at this CSCS was between Shasha Anis (SG Motorsports 350z) and Brian Wong (Advance Powerhouse/Nextmod Evo) for the unlimited record.

Brain (who held the title at the beginning of the day) damaged the bumper on his Evo bad enough to keep him out of the competition which left the door open for Shasha to smash the previous record and set a new one at 1:13.945.

Unfortunately I showed up to the track minutes after all of that happened so I attempted to get over my brain fart by snapping some photos of the rest of the time attackers.

Before drift started I managed to catch Pete out on the track
Also saw Spenser out putting his WRX hood scoop to use
Go-pros were all over cayuga
When not competing Anna from Sweetie Girl Racing was giving rides in a Scion TC
RSX rippin
This s2000 looked pretty quick out on the track I don't have official numbers or anything

Similar to all of the other CSCS events I showed up in time for the top 16 drift action and I was surprised to see a couple new faces in the top 16 (more because it was the last event of the year). A couple guys really held their own with the regulars too.

Jon
Contributed some stickers to Chris' newest sticker bomb
Anthony's weekend warrior
The lead car in this Tandem is one I don't recall seeing before
Teammates Ryan Stock and Anthony battling it out
I hear some tracks charge for sod, good thing Cayuga is cool
Anthony chasing Lucas Johnson
Stock during the exhibition
Jon Fiddy getting loose in the demo
Good smoke
Bad smoke.
Wayne throwing his is300 around
Lucas during the demo
Wish I got a bit more angle with this shot
Fiddy's car is such a monster
Anthony sliding through one handed
Tire for high res offer still stands Sailun 😉
I might go back and give this photo a re-edit sometime down the road

Here’s a video of Shasha setting the new time attack record.



Show and shine CSCS coverage will be up by Wednesday.

WTF Friday: Tales from the installation bay

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DaveT
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The tales from the installation bay thread on Blazin Low was one of my favorite threads in its hay day (when all the images worked).

As a former technician at a sports store I remember some of the kludged together bikes people would bring in for service so I can somewhat relate to what these installers came across.

The thread was also a great example of what not to do when installing the stereo into my ill fated Blazer.

The other day this thread popped into my head so I took a look back at it to see what was still live, not too much was left but what is still up is classic.

A sub box in your back seat is just asking for theft
Solid ground for earth shattering bass
Amp under floor matts are a questionable idea.
Apparently this worked
Nothing worse than getting a car and finding a rats nest... legit rat or otherwise

The following pictures are all from the same amazing car, incredible.

Power wire too short? Steal from a lamp in your house
Not sure if serious... 😐
Easily accessible gains
Good lord.

All the installers out there reading this I feel bad for you but if you have some crazier stuff to share feel free to send it in.

Group therapy is the best therapy.

Site Updates

This weekend I should be at the CSCS finale:

I say should because it’s my friends wedding the day before so we’ll see how I feel come morning. The grey and teal shirt order is done, I should have them latest Monday.

Flashback Friday

Where the heck was Honda Tech this year?  Here’s a throwback to 09, one of the biggest events I had been to at the time.

Team Recession circa 09

Sorry this was so late, the day jobs been a bit crazy of late.

Event Coverage: Roadmates Corn Roast ’11

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DaveT
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Roadmates is a Toronto/Mississauga club that’s has been all about kick ass hot rods and customs since 1956. My friend Keith has had nothing but good things to say about these guys for awhile so when he gave me the heads up on their annual corn roast I decided to roll through.

Next year I’ll have to show up a little earlier so I can catch a few more of the cars but I managed to see quite a few awesome rods and customs and eat a killer hot dog and great corn in the process.

No doubt a lot of the local classics I love came from that work space
A familar badass Nova
Smooth lookin Ford Coupe
High truck is high
Incredible truck is incredible
Anyone looking for a toy?
*insert wiz khalifa black and yellow*
49 Ford Bonus
Another dialed Ford
Simply outstanding
The owner of this car actually lives on the same street I do
He also used to own this
Couple smooth customs
I could see the wheels on this making it to other platforms
Classically styled Bel Air Convertible
I've always particularily liked this Chev
This truck was pretty unique I am pretty sure I have seen it at a few other events
Never seen a bed cover like this before
Parked beside my friend Keith was the white Framed Ford from a few weeks ago, still putting me to shame being clean
Also near Keith's car was this awesome motorcycle
With this kick ass shifter
This was actually the first time I had seen Keith's car complete, he did a hell of a job
Olds rocket...
With no roof or hood to speak of he was a little worried about the weather
I could take pictures of this car all day, maybe one day I will...

Hopefully I can hit up a few more Roadmates events in the future and get some more detailed pictures and info of the cars the build but if you are supper eager for more info on the Roadmates check out this article.

Low Tech

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DaveT
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This 1940 Ford Coupe is another example of just how easy it is to completely change the look of a car by addressing its ride height, the second I saw it on LOWTECH I knew I would be posting it up.

Being a classic this car no doubt turned a few heads at stock height but now riding a little lower to the ground I think it has an even larger appeal. It’s not low to the point where purists would be upset but it’s also not high to the point where it blends in with other non modified classics.

Before, high off the ground, but extremely clean for a 71 year old car
After with a drop the car has a totally different attitude about it
Sits perfect, none of the original class lost

More (local) cars of this vintage tomorrow.

2005 STI For Sale

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DaveT
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If you were at Importfest this year you will probably recognize this car as it was sitting with the rest of the Nine O Five Rides team. 

As much as I want Tyler to keep this car because I think he’s done an exceptional job with it so far I know that if he is selling it means that something a little crazier is just around the bend.

Since Tyler took possession of the car it has received a lot of love and car so hopefully posting it here will ensure that the new owner treats it just as well.

Those who know me and or have seen this car around the GTA know how obsessed I am with the maintenance and care for this car. It has always Had Genuine Subaru Replacement Parts and has had all Major Services at Subaru Dealerships (has had 100,000 mile dealership service done at 99,000 miles).

Reason for selling: My STI is a third vehicle for me, and a change in careers and priorities have forced me to come to the realization that I can not simply keep my car for the rest of it’s life until my career and goals have subsided. It needs a great home and a owner that will continue to show it the love and care that I have.







I bought the car on November 13th 2009 From a Copart Yard in Virginia. (It does have a Salvage Re-Built Title) It had 85,459 Miles on the Odometer upon taking ownership. This was a one owner lady driven vehicle (myself being the second owner). It was equipped with every single available factory option in 2005 when this vehicle was ordered. It’s factory Color was OBP (Obsidion Black Pearl) but has been changed to AW (Aspin White). Has NEVER seen salt or snowy conditions and condition of my STI reflects that. The car currently has just shy of 106,000 miles and will slowly increase as it is daily driven.

Equipped Optional Factory Options:

– Auto Diming Rear View Mirror w/ Compass
– Center Console Armrest Extension
– More Reduced Short Throw Shifter
– Titanium Shift Knob
– Upgraded Factory System

Modifications:

Engine
Perrin Light Weight Crank Pully
SPT Short Ram Intake
SPT Battery Tie Down
SPT Oil Cap
Invidia G200 CBE
Invidia V2 Catless DP
Cobb Accessport V1
Stage 2 AP Tune
Tein Hood Dampers

Exterior
V-Limited Replica Front Lip
Badgeless Front Grill
Version 7 JDM Spec C Healights
Subaru WRX Sunroof
Keyless Pass Door Handle
Subaru STI Limited wing
WRX Side Skirts
Custom Bozer Style Hood
Hand Made Aluminum Rear Diffuser

Interior
A, b & C Pillars Died Black
Black Headliner
Stickerbombed Dash
JDM Red hazard Button
Defi Gauges – Boost, Oil Temp and Oil Pressure
Defi Control Link II
SPT Titanium Shift Knob

Audio
Ultimate Audio – T2 4021’s (rear)
Ultimate Audio – T2 5021’s (front)

Wheels/Tires
Daily
Rota Grid – 18×9.5 + 33 F + 38 R (not final)
225/40/18 Nankang NS-II’s

Track
Stock 17×8 STI wheels painted white
245/40/17 BF Goodrich G-Force KDW’s

Muteki SR48 Neo Chrome Open Ended/ Extended Lugs
Steel Braided Brake Lines
Hawk Pads
DBA Slotted/Cross Drilled Rotors

Suspension
Megan Racing Street Sport Coils
H&R Triple C Camber Bolts
Cusco & Kartboy Poly Exhaust Hangers
Perrin 27mm Rear Sway Bar w/ Billet Endlinks
Eibach 25mm Front Sway Bar w/ Billet Endlinks
Poly Bushings Through Out
Tein Front & Rear Strut Tower Braces

Sale includes a professional detail before the sale and all Stock parts that I have left in my garage originally lifted from the car.

Price is 21,500.00 OBO Serious Buyers Only

Email: [email protected]

You can also check out his for sale post on the Stretch & Poke Forums.

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