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Theme Tuesdays: BTCC Cars

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Before I launch into today’s Theme Tuesday let me say that I know very, very, little about the British Touring Car Championship series so if some of these are from a different series or something don’t be surprised and feel free to let me know*.

When it comes to BTCC I feel I’d safe putting money down that a lot of people are fans because the competition is fierce and the cars (for race cars) very closely resemble what you see out on the road.

These cars are some of the fastest slammed somewhat stock bodied cars around which makes them quite awesome.

Why tucking spoke out back? Because race car
Every s40 owners dream?
Ford Mondeo and a Nissan Primeara I beleive
E30 can never lose
Can you identify all the wheels on the side of this? One looks like the notoriously soft Hock Rs
Clarion still sponsor race teams?
Tuckin' tire is fire
Looks like a little three wheel action going on there
I suddenly have the urge to build multiple Tamiya models
Perfect!
Some inspiration for all the Accord owning readers
Tiny picture but it is full of awesome
Fender to door action
Nissan's all over this post
Google: Listerine Clifford 1990 UK Advert... its weird
Another euro Accord
Vauxhall wearing a few battle scars
I can't easily recall any street Contours/Mondeo that look this good
A rare stationary shot
Man I miss my various slot car tracks

*Robb if you are not buying another CRX here is your chance to geek out.

Event Coverage: Nextmod BBQ 2011

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Nextmod decided to be patient this year and hold their BBQ a little later than they had previous years.

This patience was rewarded with a stellar turnout (as always) with the quality and quantity of cars coming out rivalling a lot of the local parking lot shows in the area.

Everyone knows these BBQs are a good time because what can really go wrong when you’ve got great weather, great cars and free food?

Whether you stay all day or only for a few hours you won’t get bored or hungry on the date there is an NM BBQ.

The BBQ line may have been long but it was certainly worth the wait

Drifters

The drift cars at the BBQ were pretty easily identifiable, one because I know a couple of them and two because of their copious use of zip ties.

I got pictures of most of the drifters who came out other than Anthony who I guess I am subliminally upset with for bending a Falken Hanabi.

Chris was one of the first cars I saw when I drove by but I couldn't find him for awhile
Then I looked to see who was spinning records and there he was
Jon's car looking a little more angry than usual
Cool Kids Gang signs
I'm not used to seeing Jon's car without a huge amount of smoke coming out the back

Scraped Crusaders

I came expecting to see two new things from the Scraped Crusaders crew and they didn’t disappoint.

The first was Gillbert's car on his BBS wheels
Front shot of Gil's new toxic green/yellow BBS wheels
The second is this e30 which I think people were sleeping on because the stance is one thing...
but this swap is something else entirely, Steve put in work

Kia / Hyundai

Lot’s of Kia Souls and Hyundai Gens at the BBQ, I still have not seen someone slam a Soul more than a little over an inch… yet.

Who ever did this airbrushing has quite a bit of talent
I saw a few Gens cruising around but Alvin's is the only one I caught in one place
Officially a production color now

Subaru

So I had to ask the owner about this finish, it was paint, 2 coats of matte black with 2 coats of matte clear
This car is for sale if you are interested...

Nissan and Lexus

I think this car is damn near perfect
This is the only shot I have ever taken that captures the gold flake in Sam's paint
This Silvia was parked next to me, made me look bad but made it impossible to miss
Nearly had to put glasses on not to be blinded by these VS-XX wheels
Not sure how Jon managed to keep this a secret for so long
One of my favourite local r32s
I didn't see Peter once all Sunday, too busy taking care of customers
First time I have seen the new JDM ego cover in person, I might have to trade up
This is the guy who chose the Red/Black color scheme you all enjoyed so much

Hondas

The owner of the car in the foreground and I discussed forced induction for awhile, let me know how that goes Marwan
This teg has been around for awhile and it's always clean
I don't recall the flip flop painted valve cover before, compliments the Jackson SC well
Very nice CRZ
Talked with the owner of this hatch for awhile about all things wheel refinishing
APH/NM s2000
I've always though this car resembled a fish (or shark) so the koi graphics are fitting
Dope fith gen Prelude on RPF-1s
Very nice
Nice clean fitment on this Acrua, colors are reminiscent of Subaru
Spencer found a new way to keep under hood temps down on the track
My goal was to go back and get another shot of this supercharged NSX but then I went to get food...

Euro

Richie picked up a shirt a few days ago, and we should be linking up soon to take some new photos
Bagged Golf on benzo Alphards
The hate because I care sticker is a new one for me
This the A3 that's for sale that pops up in my facebook feed constantly
Asking price is 20 grand if you would like to help out...

Mazda and Mitsubishi

Miata offering mustache rides
Ash has always had one of my favorite Speed3s it's simple but always catches my eye
Couple rides from Toronto Mazda 3
One of two cars rocking this awesome wheel color
I took a picture of my car but I liked Hitesh's shot better so I am running it instead
Angry lookin' Evo
Carson cruising through, have I mentioned this car puts down 431hp?

Many thanks to Peter and the Nextmod crew for putting this BBQ on year after year.

Also thanks to all of the other shop owners in the area for letting us take your spots all day.

See you next year.

And the winners are…

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Last night after editing the photos from the Nextmod and before Breaking Bad I divided the pile of stickers up into six groups for the winners I chose this morning.

The recipients of the pre-production Stance Is Everything script stickers along with 6 additional stickers are:

Justin Il Jackson, Vittorio Masongsong, Petr Mitiska, Christopher Jason Hammond, Jeff Pastuck, and Terrence Nikolai Kuzakov.

If your name is on this list shoot me an email with your mailing information so I can get the prize packages sent out this week.

The colors that will make it into first round of production as per the amount of likes are are Black/White, Red/Black, and Gold/Black which are pictured below:

Not super surprised these colors won

Final sizing of the stickers will be determined shortly (they will be smaller than the current ones) and then I will contact Matt at Seche Media to get them produced.

WTF Friday: They came turbo!?

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I’ll admit that even though I spent a lot of my early years as a car enthusiast staring at Countach posters on my wall, pushing Countach die casts around my house, and playing with the Tyco Cliffhangers Countach slot car set I knew surprisingly little about them technically growing up.

The look combined with the name Lamborghini was enough to make me a life long fan.

While I learned more about them as I aged until recently I had no idea that the Lamborghini factory may have considered production turbo versions. In defense of myself (and others of my generation who might not have known) reportedly only two were ever built by Lamborghini, the prototype which was misplaced/crashed/or otherwise and this one that hangs out in Switzerland with women who wear shiny clothes.

This beast is equipped with the 5.2L V12 and two Garret T5s which combined put down 550 to 750hp and sixty miles per hour comes (and goes) in a scant 3.7 seconds while this car pulls up to 333km/h.

One can only hope an epic race insued
Not only is this car beautiful on the outside
The engine bay is equally a work of art (unless you have to fix something)
So rad
I wish there was a sound clip with this photo
Ronals never looked so great

God damn. If this isn’t straight from the factory it sure as hell should have been.

Spotted on Suck Squeeze Bang Blow .

Site Updates

I Manged to do quite a bit this week, a feature, event coverage, a give away, and put in the order for the new T shirts. The second round of shirts will be teal on charcoal and have a few slight differences from the introductory ones.  Sizing will be Gildan S – XXL and I should have them by next Friday.

Sunday I will be at the Nextmod Annual BBQ come out if you like cars and free food.

Flashback Friday

If you encouragement other than food take a look at part one and part two of last years coverage.

It's always packed so make sure to pass through

Event Coverage: S&P – United We Stance

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Summer sure flew by pretty damn fast, the first Stretch and Poke meet of the year doesn’t even seem like it was all that long ago and now the last one for this season has come and gone.

Though I was only at this season-ender event briefly I was there long enough to see that the community is appreciative of all of Dave (and the Stretch & Poke team)’s efforts and showed that by the great turn out.

It was also great to see a few cars out that I had never seen before, something not typical of a meet held later in the year. Must have had something to do with the awesome weather.

I pretty much ran through this event so sorry if I missed your ride, come out to the Nextmod BBQ this weekend and  I’ll do my best to correct that 😛

The Fiat

Weird, didn’t I start yesterday off the exact same way?

I think this one is Abarth 695, perhaps a 695 ss either way it sounded pretty damn nice and was incredibly well kept. People should bring unique rides like this to meets more often helps keep things interesting.

I would take this over the new 500 any day
That wiper piece is cool as hell
brb gone too Google Fiats

Ford Flex

It’s pretty cool that perhaps the only non shop or celebrity owned bag over coil Ford Flex is from right here in Toronto. The owner has a lot of plans for the car and now that I am used to the camber out back being on a truck I can see the potential in it.

With Brett helping him this project should turn out pretty straight.

The trucks only been on air a couple weeks so don't worry it will get lower
A look at the air management

Euro

Couple dubs rolling with the Scraped Crusaders
Quick wheel swap for a familiar super low Golf
But it looks as though he may be switching again
SC B6
This car ping ponged between BGP and DVP just like me... just a few minutes after
White on white looks dope on this MK4, also a fan of the boser hood
Straight G
This e30 looks nearly identical to one a Trevor at tdott.me used to drive
Parked beside the above e30 was this e36 which I think is from Modified Society

Imports

Never seen this particular Supra before
345s...
Remember when people put Supra tails on everything? Thank god that is over
My friend Stephan recently picked up a new set of wheels made a big difference
Gillberts got some changes coming to his ride I can't wait to see
I recognize this car from the Stretch and Poke Forums
This car is certainly pushing on e famous status
GTR on TESL's looks amazing
This Skyline on SSR Mesh (?) is equally appealing, also both shirts in the background are rad
I can hardly keep up with Carson's foot wear changes, thes AME's look great
Nice IS250 on TES
Aidan out of course
Two of the dopest Infinitis in the GTA
Nice looking Accord
I dig the wheels but I am a little impartial obviously
I think I posted a rear three quarter of this car yesterday
Dan prior to winning best stance at Battleground
Ants eye view of Dan's ground clearance... or lack there of
Importfest 370 which you can see in Montreal Oct 1
I don't see any reason why people will not take to these like the 350z

Still a few more events to round out the season yet…

Event Coverage: Battleground Show & Shine

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I mentioned last week that Sunday September 11th was a busy day to be a car enthusiast here in Toronto.

Conveniently the two events were close enough (about thirty minutes apart) that you didn’t really have to make a choice between the two if you were only a spectator like myself.

The first event I attended (and returned to) was the Battleground Show N’ Shine put on by Battleground Performance and Division R.

Previously Division R had most of their events in Mississauga but this year they decided to switch things and as a new event, at a new venue, the show drew out a good amount of cars so I am sure the organizers were pretty happy.

The Fiat

This was actually one of two crazy Fiat’s I saw last Saturday which on it’s own is pretty weird because I don’t normally come across Fiats outside of classic car shows. What made this particular one different (other than the fact it is an X1/9 something I have never seen before) is that it was powered by a turbocharged h22 Honda motor.

A quick google search revealed that this might not be the only one
Fuelcell up front along with what look to be 8" subs
In addition to the motor swap the car has obviously undergone a lot of cosmetic changes
See the guy in the background looking at it like wtf? There was a lot of that

Domestics

Once I made it past the Fiat I headed over to where some domestics were parked to say hello to a few friends

One of my favorite local sleepers
James and I (mostly James) are looking to put together something for the underexposed mini truck community in Ont should be cool once we do it
In addition to being quite nice this girl loves trucks
One More
James came out with two friends, one who drove a bagged Camaro and another who drives a currently un-restored mini from the early 90s
In typical Lowkey fashion no sign of the air management in this Camaro
Cobalts are becoming a bit more commonplace at shows

Hyundai, Nissan, and Infiniti

The dudes in the car beside this Gen seem to be watching my closely...
Part of the Division R lineup
Alvin's Kenwood trunk setup (thanks for rockin' the new sticker)
This G35 on 20x10 /20x11 Raderwerks should be familiar to you by now
Well fitted
As part of Division R he couldn't be judged but I am sure he would have done well if he could
Apparently this car was at Importfest and I just missed it... tunnel vision brought on by the Impala beside it at the time I suppose
The Sic Ryde lineup changes so often though you can't really blame me for missing new additions occasionally

Mazdas

Don't think I have ever thrown up a side shot of Tim's Protege
RX-7 with a body kit I have never seen before...
I have to stop messing around and actually get an engine bay shot of this car for you guys
Dat ass

Acura/Honda

Really liked the wheels on this car... never seen them before
Close up of the kicks Venette Vega wheels
Very nice DC2
I'm curious how many NSX's are in the area as I keep coming across ones that are new to me
I also seem to have under estimated the amount of first gen Civics
Unlike the RX-7 above I got pics of this cars motor and nothing else... it runs 10s
Couple Hondas parked in the far side of the lot
Always nice to see a well kept CRX
Engine bay of the above rex
I think a girl might have driven this one
This one I know was lady driven
Emilio from Two Litre Media made the trek out from Kingston
Spotted him at the end of the day shooting for the raffle winner
Worked 905 reppin'
The engine bay is pretty cool certainly not many, if any, like it
Level One rolling in after Stretch and Poke
Their rear diffuser game is serious
Dan ended up taking home best stance
Level One S2k lineup
This V6 civic showed up while I at Stretch and Poke
Brian's Ek still never ceases to impress me
The entire build is on point
Little jealous of those wheels...

Putting on a show is a heck of a lot of work so congrats to Battleground and Division R for pulling of their first one.

Tomorrow I will have photos from the last Stretch and Poke meet of the season.

Theme Tuesdays: Toyota Estima/Previas

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To honest I am not quite sure how well this one is going to go over because I know not everyone is into these egg shaped vans, but when I was thinking of something different to do this Tuesday these were at the top of the list.

I can’t think of any local Previa’s or Estimas but they are quite popular in Japan and a few have popped up in the US.

Thanks to a couple threads on VIP Style Cars and some posts on OMG Pancakes I was able to pull together a group wehere everyone should be able to find one they like.

Those are some wide ass Equips
I'm curious what sort of IRS goes into the back of these
Those window visors seem to be pretty popular
Bugels are everywhere
I wasn't really a fan of the front bumper on this one but from the back, money
Cali reppin'
Camber in the back is a little more than I usually like I dig the color combo
If I remember from last night this van has gone through a bunch of revisions
As I get farther down in this post I get less worried you all are going to like it...
Damn.
Very, very, well put together
Kind of crazy how aggressive of wheels these vans can pull off
These wheels kind of remind me of Luxury Abstracts
Boss status
This one is easily top 3 in my favorites off all I've posted so sick
Most of vans I posted today were originally posted by the owner of this van on V.S.C.
Pretty sure he's been featured on a few blogs and has a thread over on Stance Works

If I do a second round I might choose some of the more out there examples…thoughts?

September Sticker Giveaway

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I’ve got too much vinyl. I realized this a few weeks ago when I emptied the box I keep all of my stickers in on the floor. Over the course of the season I just kept throwing them all in a box until boom, overload.

Since the door of my toolbox is pretty full (thanks for everyone who sent stickers in) I’ve decided to give away almost all of what I currently have sitting around.

This giveaway will work a bit different than the last few so make sure you read this entire  post if you want some of the stickers pictured  below.

All of these could probably make one hell of a stickerbomb

Instead of just releasing the new cursive two tone stickers I had made for Imporftest in the store I’ve decided to let you guys decide which three color combinations will get made for the first run.

To enter this months give away head over to the Facebook fanpage and like your favorite colour combination.

To like the Black/White 'Shea McGlone' colour combination click here
To like the 'Erik Morrison' purple/teal colour combination click here
To like the black and orange 'John Weatherbie' colour combination click here
To like the Black/Gold Sam Afzali inspired colour combination click here
To like the Red/Chrome Alex Pascua color combination click here
To like the Red/Black Alex Pascua alternative colour combination click here

Anyone who likes one of the five colour combinations between now and 10pm eastern standard time Sunday September 18th 2011 will be entered into a draw to win a random sampling of the stickers above.

(Note you can like them all but it won’t increase your chances)

The winners will be announced here and on facebook Monday September 19th 2011.

Once the contest is complete the three stickers that have the most likes will be send over to SecheMedia to get made and then put on sale.

Good luck!

Thanks to the following people for producing the vinyl:
CarsXGirl
Curbed
Drifted.com
Drift Squad
I heart Stance
Importbible
Mod For Life
Nextmod
Static Motion
SecheMedia.ca
Sweetie Girl Racing
Sic Ryde
Streetclass
Stretch and Poke
The Chronicles

Featured Ride: Randy’s Prelude

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Remember your high school car?

I am sure you do because for many of us this wasn’t just our first car it was our key to independence and no matter how hard we try it’s impossible to ever re create that connection again.

While for some reason or another many of us have parted with our high school cars Randy is one of few who was able to hold onto their high school car long enough to turn it into something more than just an alternative to taking the bus.


Randy’s striking Prelude was recently posted in the Prelude Theme Tuesday and while you wouldn’t be able to tell now this car came from incredibly humble beginnings originally purchased as a way to get Randy to and from his job.

While at that time money wasn’t great Randy was able to do a few modifications to the car (Tein S-Techs, JDM fogs, and an AEM CAI) however shortly after getting started Randy realized that modifying a car and putting himself through college didn’t leave him with a lot of cash flow.


So even though he was just at the beginning of the build he decided to put car modifications on hold and focus on getting through college both academically and financially.

This turned out to be a wise choice because anytime he had a spare moment in College he planned what he wanted to do to his car once he left.



Once he was able to put long nights and finals behind him Randy capitalized on his research and took his car from nearly stock to what you see today.

Along the way he also ended up meeting a group of  enthusiasts who helped him learn to do a lot of the work to the car himself and he is quick to admit that without the help of this group of friends known as ‘TBB’ his car simply wouldn’t be what it is now.



Currently driving one of the cleanest fifth generation Preludes around Randy is happily enjoying the fruits of his labor recently being featured on Prelude Power and entering two local shows.

Randy hopes to achieve more with his car in the future and with his mindset,  determination, and network of friends, I only see great things to come for this already fantastic looking Prelude.

Photo Credit: zomgitsnole

Modification List

Exterior

  • OEM front lip
  • Mugen Style Sideskirts
  • Mugen Style Rear Add-Ons molded to stock lip
  • Shaved sidemarkers off of front bumper
  • FX35 bi-xenon projectors retrofitted into OEM headlights with painted black housing
  • DDM Tuning HID kit / 4300k OEM Philips headlight bulbs
  • Authentic JDM fog lights / DDM Tuning HID kit 6k bulbs
  • LED License Plate light

Interior

  • S2000 AP1 Seats
  • Proper+ Clear/Black stripes 220mm Shift Knob
  • Painted silver “bezel rings” in gauge cluster
  • JVC’s KD-AVX11 DVD/MP3 deck
  • Wink 5-panel panoramic rear-view mirror
  • LED dome/trunk light

Suspension/Wheels

  • BC Racing BR Series Extreme Low Coilovers
  • Suspension Techniques rear sway bar
  • DC lower tie bar
  • Burning gold work VS-XX’s 18×7+25 / 18×9+30
  • Nankang ns-II’s 215/35f 225/35r

Engine

  • AEM Cold Air Intake
  • Custom “bosozoku”-style exhaust
  • NGK Iridium spark plugs
  • NGK spark plug wires
  • Skunk2 Cam Seal Plug

WTF Friday: Hello, Mcfly?

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I’ve known about this Delorean for a couple of years (I’m a big Back To The Future Fan) but for whatever reason I have never posted here about it. However with BTTF being on back to back to back Monday and Stanceworks recently posting a familiar picture of the car on their facebook page my interest has be rekindled.

Based on these photos it would appear that at one point in time this bagged(?) would be time machine was spotted somewhere in Ontario.

However it also appears that only two pictures of this car in existence are from a Canadian Tire cruise in not like the ones I so often attend. From there it seems the car simply vanished into thin air.

This is the picture most people don't see
Most people have seen this shot

Does anyone know the story about this car? Did it skip on back to 1985? Or jump ahead to 2015?

Site Updates

As mentioned earlier this week I will be hitting up the following two events Sunday and coverage from those should start to pop up Tuesday or so.


Monday I am hoping to have another feature up, and if not a feature a new contest to give away some the vinyl I have kicking around the house.

Flashback Friday

An Audi A3 popped up for sale recently that if I had 20 grand I would pick up, I don’t so I am just going to go back and look at these photos I posted at 09 and wish I did.

Click to go back

If anyone wants to grab me a set of the new Nike Air Mag’s that would be sick… I’m a size 10.5.