Patience

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Jun 16, 2011

When fitting a car well patience is key as it is what can separate a dialed setup from one that is constantly destroying your fenders and tires. Unfortunately it seems that lately a lot of people are rushing into more aggressive setups which can hurt the over all look of a car, especially one that is meant to look clean.

That’s not the case with this Subaru, the owner carefully planned everything he wanted to do to change his 2010 setup.

The game plan was pretty simple restore a set of staggered BBS Super RS wheels back to their prime, select tires that would keep is all wheel drive running gear happy, and find coils that would place his car where it needed to be.

This simple plan speaks volumes of how little it takes to make a car look exceptional.

patience_3 — There is simply no denying that this car came together very nicely

patience_1 — The wheels, the height, the color, all work together so well

patience_2 — The fitment is great, it looks like these wheels were meant to be there

patience_4 — Can't wait to see more of this car

The level of cars coming from Toronto this year just keeps getting better and better.

2002 leagues above the sea

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Jun 15, 2011

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Maybe I am just paying more attention now but it seems in the past few years people have been giving BMW 2002s more love here in the GTA, which is great because it means less are crumbling to dust in the yards of stubborn elderly people or being crushed in wrecking yards.

Both of these have been done up in a tasteful fashion that suits the vintage look of the 2002. The second one was mentioned in the Stance Factory post from a few weeks back but the first one may be new to you.

classic_stance1 — This first one is on trimmed IE springs and Work Equips

classic_stance4 — These wheels suit the car very well in my opinion

classic_stance3 — Work really nailed this design which looks great on older vehicles and a few newer ones

classic_stance8 — This one probably looks familar

classic_stance5 — The black and new lower front really changes the look

classic_stance7 — Make sure to view this entire set, the head unit in this car is so sick

More photos of the black one can be found here while photos of the red one can be found here

Theme Tuesday: Toyota Soarers part 1

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Jun 14, 2011

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Keeping my current Soarer addiction going one post longer (sorry if you don’t like them something different tomorrow) here is a full post dedicated to them. Thanks to reader Magic for sending in a lot of the photos that got this party started.

With his help (and a few Club Lexus threads) I have got enough of these cars to span multiple Tuesdays.

But before I get ahead of myself lets start with one and see how it goes.

soarer13 — Curious how that exhaust sounds

soarer19 — A welcome change to how most are done

soarer11 — Alex is a local, and a reader, and doing some changes to this soon

soarer10 — Pretty sure those fronts are RPF-1s... if so my obsession continues

soarer8 — Nothing over the top here just one hell of a well put together car

soarer6 — I've come across this one before, probably one of my favorites.

soarer4 — Nicely done. I respect people who can make champagne look good

soarer2 — Another one that is simply clean

Two down

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Jun 14, 2011

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Two Saturdays ago (I was at the Fleetwood Cruize in) the 2nd anniversary of the first post I ever made for Stance Is Everything came and went. Now over 700 posts deep I am completely amazed at the growth this site/blog has gone through in that time.

Writing, shooting, and gathering content for the past two years has lead to new friends, new experiences, and a passion for cars that grows larger by the day and it’s really humbling how many of you read, and actively interact with the content via comments, emails and the facebook fan page.

A big shout out and thanks go to everyone who reads, all of the contributors, sponsors, anyone who has helped me with my car, and especially anyone willing to rep one of my stickers on their car.

urlcar — I still can't believe how popular the site is in the Philippines!

The fact that readership continues to grow daily regardless of the amount of other stance blogs that have popped is incredible and I think what separates this blog most from similar blogs (aside from the goof behind it) are the people who contribute and interact.

I love the fact that I can post classics, euros, kit cars, muscle cars, and imports in the same week and never have to worry about the negative backlash I see in the comments (peanut galleries) of other blogs.

To be honest I think one of the biggest contributing factors to the toxicity of commenters on other blogs is that some writers come off as elitists for one reason or another and I can assure you that will never happen to me.

I think your ego should never be larger than your wheel gap and thanks to all of you mine keeps getting smaller.

Here’s to another twelve months.

Sky high

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Jun 13, 2011

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You probably remember the photo shoot I posted not all that long ago of a very, very, clean 240sx that had a Soarer hiding in the shadows.

Well the twoLITREmedia facebook page alerted me that Emilio recently finished up a full photo shoot of that car and in typical twoLITRE fashion the photos came out awesome and are worth checking out.

Clean car, clean stance, clean photos, anything else you could ask for?

Well the keys I guess 😛

skyhigh_3 — As much as I like the lighting in this shot...

skyhigh_5 — I think I like the lighting in this even more

skyhigh_1 — I've liked this car since I saw it at DMCC last year, very clean

skyhigh_2 — Props to the owner for knowing when to say when with this car

The full set can be found here.

Photo credit: TWOLITRE Media / Emilio Ciccarelli

WTF Friday: ETU

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Jun 10, 2011

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I’ll be honest with you I had a completely different set of WTF Friday photos to post today and I wasn’t planning on doing a guessing game for a few weeks but that all went out the door when I saw this creation Sic Ryde spotted on one of his many missions through the the streets of Ontario.

If you can correctly identify and prove what the heck this truck started as then I will send you an equally mysterious sticker pack made up of Stance Is Everything stickers and stickers from sponsors and friends.

Bragging rights go to whoever can identify where this car also took a number of parts from.

etu1 — Looks like a Dodge Avenger mixed up in there, and Ford Focus vents?

etu2 — I won't even begin to speculate where the rear came from

Photo credit: Sic Ryde

Site Updates

Taking a break from covering car shows this weekend, I’m sure there are some going on but tomorrow I get to spend the day waiting around for the satellite guy (probably catch up on some work I need to do in the garage) and Sunday we (by we I mean Lyndsey) is doing a photo shoot of one of my favorite Subarus.

The Relay For Life Fundraiser is going well, last I checked we just broke the $100 milestone which is awesome! For those of you who have yet to purchase the event is next Friday so there is still lots of time to get your donation in. If you would like to support a good cause and get a sticker please head over to the ‘Relay For Life Fundraiser‘ section of the store.

While you are at the store also check out the 2.0 version of the classic ‘I like em dropped’ sticker which is now available, a bit more expensive than the previous version because I have to use large sized envelopes.

Flashback Friday

I was thinking about this Boso box the other day, does anyone know what happened to it? Is it still around?

Friday could not have come any sooner…

Event Coverage: CSCS Opener 2011: Pt 2

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Jun 9, 2011

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Finally managed to make it to the end of my photo stack from last weekends double header. Including this post I have uploaded over 100 photos in the last four days.

As much as I love going to events, hanging out, and documenting sometimes it’s hard to find the time to sit down and edit the photos I take.

This problem becomes more apparent when it’s nice outside & work is kicking my ass. However the show must go on so here are the pictures from the CSCS opener show and shine.

Nextmod

As usual Nextmod is doing a tour of all the major events with CSCS being one of the first stops.

subaru_nm — Sniped a shot from the drag stands

subaru_nm_2 — Couple new mods added to this car since I saw it at S&P

Focal Point Concepts

FPC is the perfect example of a group of friends who happen to just all love cars.

honda_spens — Spensers hatch on it's new 5 bolt suspension

fpc_subaru — This car took home a well deserved best graphics

fpc_honda — I see this car randomly all over the place

Nine-O-Five Rides

I’ll be hanging with the Nine-O-Five Rides crew at the end of the month at their Niagra Tuner & Truck Expo Sunday June 26th.

toyota_soarer — Nine 0 Five Rides Soarer

subaru_white — Erik's roomate has a nicely done low Subaru

crossfire_srt — This swap should look familiar from a few weeks ago

Domestics

pontiac_fiero — Lip on a flipped lip. Different.

chevy_s10 — This trucks paint does all sorts of cool things in the sun

chevy_james — James parked out front of the Meguairs booth

chevy_s10_interior — Not sure about driving with that shifter but it brings the theme together

Nissans

nissan_300zx — Interesting wheel choice on this 300zx

nissan_skyline1 — The colors on this car compliment it well so I keep taking pics of it

nissan_silvia_santi — Santi's car lurkin' in the infield

nissan_350z_rear — This picture doesn't really do it justice but Sam's car has a nice subtle gold flake over the black now

nissan_350z_trunk — He has also added a min ibar to his trunk

nissan_350z_int — and has also added a new dash table

Mazda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Lexus

mitsu_evo_graf — Graphiti took care of the wrap on this car. Lots of wraps in 2011

mazda_wb — First time I have seen this RX-7 outdoors, wonder if it drove in

mazda_az1_2 — Thanks to you guys I now know this is an AZ-1

lexus_is250 — I've always like the white Lexus uses

hyunda_gen_andrew_2 — Although it just got out of the paint shop with a new front Andrew says it is mid make over

hyundai_gen_andrew — The rear is going to get a bit fatter in the weeks to come

Hondas

acura_dog — Well that's one reason to bag your ride

honda_kjohn_wagon — KJohn has gone for a more in your face look this year

honda_civic_ef — Saw this hatch while I was up in the grand stands too

honda_civic_adam — I have been running into Adam every 4 or 5 days either at a show or at the skate park

honda_hood_2 — I've been following the build on this car, got a chance to meet the owner nice guy

honda_hood — An angle grinder, some clear coat and some creativity created this look

honda_civcs — Really like the color of this first hatch, and always dig the one in the back

honda_accord_vsxx — Accord on Work VS-XX

honda_v6_civic — V6 Powered Civic under new ownership with some new mods

honda_s2000 — I am sure none of you have forgot this car

Euros

bmw_seb — Sebastian's worked over e46 showing with Division R

bmw_seb_trunk — Bass rattlin' like to midgets in the trunk wrasslin

vw_jetta_bagged — Sick looking Jetta laid out near the front of the show and shine

That’s it for CSCS this time around, see you at round 2 July 17th at Mosport.

Also Chris and I from CSCS are going to be bouncing some ideas off each other for some give a ways so keep an eye out for those!

Event Coverage: CSCS Opener 2011: Pt 1

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DaveT

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Jun 8, 2011

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The Canadian Sport Compact Series kicked of their season with one hell of an eventful day last Sunday. Mr. weatherman finally blessed CSCS with a glowing, scorching, rain free, forecast that lead to a spectacular turn out.

In fact it was the best turn out I’ve ever seen at CSCS since I have been attending. The distance I had to park from the action was a clear indicator of just how many people came out to enjoy a day of motor sport.

The Show and Shine drew a number of cars, the road course was well utilized, and the drag strip saw heavy action all day. Some of that track action is what I will be posting today.

The Rollover

May as well get the elephant out of the room right from jump street….

Locals and facebook fans already know a lot about this (as well as autoblog readers) but for those of you who don’t the driver of the Subaru below (who is reported not to be the owner) came out of the turn leading into the long straight at TMP and clipped a hay bale which sent him ass over tea kettle.

Unfortunate? Yes. But no one got seriously injured and it serves as a good reminder to how dangerous tracking can be and makes me very glad I did thatTeam SGR clinic my first time out.

upsidedown_1 — After the dust settled this was all I saw

upsidedown_3 — The track actually got cleared off fairly quickly considering

Spectator video via youtube:

Road Course

Because I was watching so much drag racing I missed a lot of the open lapping (other than the obvious above event) and time attack. But I did manage to snap a few shots as the time attack was ending and drifters were about to take to the course.

pete_1 — Pete putting Spencer's old K1s to good use

track_2 — Gotta have decent bank to track a late model BMW like this... or just be really confident

Drag

It was awesome to see the drags running all day. Probably the most drag racing I have ever seen done at TMP. Cars, bikes and snowmobiles all took their trip down the quarter mile and many of which were quite fast.

It’s also way easier to pan drag racing shots so it was good practice.

drag_nova — This Nova was pretty serious

drag_mustang — This turbo fox could also move like the wind

drag_burn_out — Civic heatin up the rubber

drag_3 — Subaru getting away from an Acura

drag_2 — Almost lost this Civic, he lost his competition

Panning shots getting a bit better as the day went on

drag_1 — This is my favorite panning shot of the weekend.

Drifting

A few new (to me) faces on the scene this year which is great to see. Props go out to Liam from Dorimoto for having a stellar day.

drift_1 — Funny I was just wondering where this Volvo ended up

volvo — It's V8 powered and sounds beastly

coolkid_2 — Headlights remind me of Johnny Five

chillin — My RPF-1 obsession lead me to this car

drift_4 — Don't recall seeing this car out last year

drift_6 — That car up front there was kicking up some of the most smoke all day

drift_9 — Laim following Fiddy in a tandem

Show and shine photos should up tomorrow provided I don’t just end up riding my bike all night tonight…

Event Coverage: Fleetwood Cruize In Part 2

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Jun 8, 2011

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Continuing the Fleetwood Country Cruize In coverage from Monday I have got 40+ more photos of classic, mostly American, metal to share with the class. This show being my first outdoor classic show of 2011 might have spoiled me and set the expectations a little high for the rest of the year but I am still looking forward to checking out more classic events.

As I have said again and again my favorite part about the classic events is the atmosphere and the conversations I have with the car owners, many of which who have owned and worked on their cars for longer than I have been alive.

Just to give you an idea of how big the show was this is a shot of just one of the fields where cars were on display.

overview_1 — I think if I had an even wider lens this would be more intense

The Plunkett Collection

Steve Plunkett is a huge Cadillac enthusiast who luckily enough has the coin to support his passion. His personal collection is fairly robust from both a car stand point and memorabilia stand point. I didn’t take too many pictures of it because it was packed inside but if you want an in depth look at his collection just give his site a visit.

caddy_alley — Imagine this was your personal show room? Some people have all the luck

inside_caddy — This was the only one of his Caddys I shot, a custom 58 Deville on an 86 chassis

Lifted stuff

All of these went up in a big, big way.

lifted_mpg — This gets 2 miles to the gallon and costs $1500 to fill...

lifted_ford — Sweet lord this is a high truck

lifted_blazer — Props to this guy for keeping a K1 cancer free

VWs

Not really too many VWs at the show which isn’t unexpected being the type of show that it was but here are a couple.

vw_bug_sale — This bug was for sale, 10.5 fairly reasonable actually.

Group Shots

I took a few group shots just to make my editing life a tiny bit easier.

group_3 — Classic metal as far as the eye can see

group_1 — Huge fan of this pair, daily one weekend the other?

group_4 — The black and yellow motor I posted yesterday lived in this

group_5 — The truck in the background had some TV time on the local London station promoting the show which is weird cause I think he is from out my way

Random and interesting

This show had a lot to offer outside of customs and traditional Hot Rods, here are a few more of interesting vehicles that caught my eye.

deleoran — No Mr. Fusion or Flux capacitor 🙁 BTTF poster inside though

norton_850_commando — My neighbor has one of these in many pieces in his garage right now

dodge_Fargo — Mighty straight looking Fargo on Foose wheels

models — I needed to see this collection of die casts like I needed a hole in my wallet. Lucky I had spent all my cash by the time I saw it

rat_dans_hump — Dan's humpback, pretty crazy

chevy_chevelle_leguna — The owner of this Laguna bought it new and had a child born in the front seat then married in the same seat years later. Few people keep cars this long now.

studabaker — Studabker front ends are pretty much love, put me on the love side

smaller_smaller_smaller — This car has been replicated several times all the way down to Hot Wheels scale

green_hornet_1 — A lot of work was put into this Green Hornet replica

green_hornet_3 — I don't think the rear mounted artillery did anything but the front were paintball guns

green_hornet_2 — Shot of the interior and the various switches and knobs. Oil slick anyone?

Just Fast

A few cars that would test your manhood when you stomped down on the loud pedal.

speed_sport_special_1 — Speed Sport Special 2: A Canadian built airplane motor powered altered dragster

speed_sport_special_2 — Closer look at that plane motor

ford_pinto_2 — This Pinto had no specs listed but I think the tires and wheelie bar speak for themselves

ford_pinto_1 — Bet this scoots down the 1/4 mile right quick

caddy_sheboomgonewild_2 — She Boom gone wild, 1500hp of chop topped fully custom Caddy

caddy_sheboomgonewild_3 — The lip of that rear wheel looks to be the width of my wheels.

Traditional rods and classics

So many incredibly built traditional hot rods and immaculately kept up classics at Fleetwood.

dodge_challenger — The first car I snapped a photo of on Saturday, hats off to the owner it's very clean

ford_classic_highboy — This look can be done 100000 times and I will still love it

ford_purple_demon — Parked out in the front of the lot this midnight blue Ford looked menacing

ford_flathead_2 — Closer view of the detailed flathead

ford_28_t_truck — Great looking 28 Model T truck

ford_rear — One of the many cars I wanted to hear roar check out those pipes

ford_pickup_house — This was parked near the front of the compound which made for a pleasant back drop

Customs

ford_galaxie_500 — Galaxie 5 with beauty paint

willys_green — Beautiful Lime green Willys

chevy_nova — The motor from Monday's set belonged in this Nova

chevy_belair_green_2 — And this is the Green Bel Air

chevy_belair_green_3 — Such a nicely done air management setup in addition to the awesome under hood and exterior

That’s it from Fleetwood 2011, however I recently signed up to The H.A.M.B so don’t be surprised if I end up hanging around a few more large scale classic events before the summer is out provided I can fit everything in.

CSCS coverage will be coming later today as long as I can sneak a little bit of lunch time to polish up the post.

Theme Tuesdays: Dat Ass Part 2

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DaveT

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Jun 7, 2011

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If you Google ‘Dat Ass Car, Dat Ass Stance, Stance Dat Ass’ and so forth the first result you get is my last Theme Tuesday. While that’s pretty awesome it made finding cars for the follow up a little harder than usual as I just kept ending up back here.

But whats life without it’s challenges right? A little changes in what I searched for and I was able to put together Dat Ass Part 2. Enjoy.