Event Preview: Sunday May 29th

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May 19, 2011

Sunday May 29th 2011 is shaping up to be an eventful day of car shows and meets here in Toronto. Currently I know of two show and sines and two meets all taking place that Sunday.

If you are looking for something to do on the May 29th I suggest hitting up either the Krown Lakeshore Charity Show and Shine, Pur Secretz Summer Sizzle 3, Stretch and Poke 2011 # 1, and finally BVANs kick square 1/jdmrides off meet.

Krown Lakeshore Charity Show And Shine

This Show and Shine is the first show that I am going to be attending on the 29th. It’s put on by a good friend of mine and it’s a charitable event for Sick Kids Hospital and because I was a Sick Kid I try and support that hostpital as much as I can.

The event takes place between 11am and 4pm and at the Krown Lakeshore location which is: 1019 Lakeshore Road East, Mississauga, Ontario.

Some of the day’s events include raffle draws, huge sales by Krown Lakeshore for all the products and services they offer, an M&M Meat Shops BBQ, etc. Hope to see you there on Sunday May29th as the show will between 11:00am-4:00pm.

Summer Sizzle 3

Last year I headed out to Summer Sizzle 2 pretty impulsively as the weather was good and I had a few hours to kill so I went solo with no expectations.

I ended up seeing a few friends there and having a good time overall and while I can’t make it this year I know a lot of people are so for those of you looking to check it out this show takes place at Vonn Cycle which is at 181 Woodstream Blvd, Woodbridge, ON

Come spend a day of fun in the sun with Pur Secretz and Vonn Cycle at Summer Sizzle 3 Show ‘N’ Shine
on Sunday May 29th 12-5pm!!!!!! As the biggest street show of the year, this is an event you won’t want
to miss. Also be there for the Grand Opening of 360 Motorsports!!
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Lots of exciting things going on during this event including:, raffles with some high end prizes, live
entertainment by Tha Nazdaq and of course all our fellow friends in the automotive industry. Once again
there will be FREE Rockstar Beverages all day long!!!

Previous event coverage:

Mike is going to be there again with his RX-8 and taking some photos for the site

Event Coverage: Summer Sizzle 2

Stretch & Poke 2011 #1

The second event I will be going to on the 29th is the first Stretch & Poke event of 2011.

Dave at S&P is good folk so I always try and make it out to his events for that reason and there is sure to be a lot of aggressively fitted cars at the show as well which is always a plus around here.

Canada! Winter hibernation is over! The Stretch & Poke! 2011 Calendar of Events has arrived and we’re hosting 5 events for 2011, with 2 of them awarding trophies and prizes! (Registration at Import Expo and Importfest required).

Previous event coverage:

This car was sold but is still around...

Event Coverage: S&P 3 – Sayonara Summer

BVAN’s first official meet 2011

Last year I went out to this meet and it had the chance to be epic…. then the cops broke it up. This year security and local PD are going to be notified so that hopefully it isn’t as much of a bust.

I don’t live quite as close this year but depending on how the other two events go I might make this event number 3 of the day.

Previous coverage:

Maybe this year I will bring a flash or something

Parking lot kept filling with more and more cars

If you catch me at any of these events I will have stickers on me. Fingers crossed it finally stops raining!

She’s a fox

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May 18, 2011

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There was a call on facebook by Kory Flansburg for more domestics, specifically Fox body Mustangs. I think any 80s babies and 90s children like myself grew up idolizing the fox body or 5.0 because they were everywhere with that super distinctive exhaust note.

Much to the dismay of my girlfriend I still quite like them and occasionally threaten to buy one. If I ever did I am not sure whether I would Salleen/Dech kit it out or just rock the standard body like these two.

mustang1 — When I was growing up there were a lot of Foxes setup like this in my neighborhood

mustang2 — Essentially the classic 5.0 drag stance...

mustang3 — It's still incredible to me how good these cars look on CCWS

Now for those of you who may not like Mustangs (Camaro owners looking at you) you cannot deny that the video below is rad as hell.

I could watch/listen to that video all damn day.

(If you are wondering my Lyndsey really likes Chevelles and dislikes Iroc-Zs and 5.0s equally)

Theme Tuesdays: Cars with mouths

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May 17, 2011

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I’ll be honest with you guys, when I started this Theme Tuesday I didn’t really think it would come together as well as it did as it is pretty random. However Google never lets me down and it turns out people have been putting World War II type graphics on cars of all sorts for some time.

Add to that the popularity of Rusty and the movie cars and cartoon mouths and you have today’s collection of photos.

mouths_19_del — This is one of the first cars that come up when you google sucks to roll hard, weird

mouths1 — Sleepy eyes and an angry grill

mouths2 — Two Miatas, same wheels, different sides

mouths8 — If I recall this car was inspired by Rusty

mouths9_starlet — This one's crazy on a few levels

mouths11 — This style reminds me of the car from the original death race

mouths3 — I think I might have a photo of this car tearing up a track in the rain somewhere...

mouths5 — Lol, this one is pretty reminiscent of cars

mouths12 — Going to guess this one is vinyl..

mouths13 — Whoops this one went up not down

mouths14 — Saw this on Jalopnik a few weeks ago, do want

mouths15 — The bomb kind of throws this one off for me

mouths21 — I need more info on both of these...

mouths22 — A Sema build from a few years ago...

mouths24 — Ya there is a vehicle back there

mouths_17_mako — Not including the Mako Shark II would have been wrong to me (and it came up a lot in my search as how to do a mouth right)

Don’t take this as a suggestion for everyone to go do it though.

Stance Factory doin work

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DaveT

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May 16, 2011

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Mike and Jay at Stance Factory have been pretty busy the last month or so cranking out a wide assortment of Bavarian automobiles at different ride heights. If your from the GTA and drive a BMW these guys should be on your shortlists of shops to check out for maintenance and aftermarket needs.

They can help you pick out the right suspension, wheel, and tire setup necessary to get your stance exactly how you want it.

Here are three cars that recently spent some time in the Stance Factory shop and are now out cruising around the Toronto area.

sf_4 — Staggered Style 5s with spacers all around and 245/40 and 275/35 tires sitting low on BC coils

sf_7 — Love how the rear wheel/tire setup completely fills those fenders

sf_6 — This 330i sitting clean on BBS CH wheels

sf_5 — The height it's at is perfect for tearing up the forks of the credit...

sf_1 — Last but not least my personal favorite a 2002 on widened Porsche 356 steels

sf_2 — My question to you is do you prefer this car without caps?

Stance Factory should have some of their more aggressively setup cars at the first Stretch and Poke Meet May 29th, in the meantime if you want to see what they are up to check out stancefactory.com or their facebook fan page.

WTF Friday: Fire in the hole

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May 13, 2011

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I think if there were any car to throw in the ‘well how about that files’ it’s this one. Chrysler Crossfires are one car that I have never really paid much attention to, not a huge fan of how they look to be honest and I don’t really see any on the road or at events.

They are just kind of ‘there’.

But this one is a little different as it’s got a Mercedes AMG 5.5L V8 supercharged motor under the hood putting down 443 HP and 481 lb/ft torque at the wheels.

Damn. Unconventional (as far as I know) swap to say the least.

A little bit more info on the build can be found here which is also where I found these videos:

Site Updates

I’ve spent a couple nights this week cutting stickers for a show out in the Philippines, which is pretty cool because I didn’t know I had a fan base out there, it’s at the end of the month and they are going to send pics after so I am looking forward to that.

Rob’s International feature is still doing incredible numbers, and was posted on Falken Tires facebook fan page this week, awesome.

I am nearly done the first of two articles about that Diablo replica as well, should have the one wrapped up this weekend… 1000 or so words without sounding long winded is tough but so far so good.

But first, tomorrow I am working on my car and throwing on my Dominant Engineering camber arms, then painting my calipers. Early next week I will roll my front fenders to match the rears and then after that I think I am out of things to do excuses for not putting on my wheels.

Flashback Friday

One thing I didn’t realize until reading some forums where Rob’s feature was linked back from was that he was the owner of the Northstar swapped Cavalier that had 22s on the back and 20s up front. This makes sense though since that car blew my mind almost as much as his International does.

Here is a link back to that and a bunch of other unique motor swaps, I have probably linked back to it before but it’s triple relevant today as the Datsun I mention in this post was recently on Jalopnik for sale.

I’ll probably be tweeting/facebooking my exploits this weekend if you want to follow along.

Red paint, white letters

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May 12, 2011

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Red paint and white letters, I am a big fan of this look right now as probably gathered from last weeks Corrado.

RWB cars are always visually incredible, and it’s no secret they have the matte colored car game on lock but this one proves that the same aesthetic can look great with a little gloss.

Pretty sure a periwinkle RAUH-Welt car would still look great…

rwb_red_5 — You know I never noticed RWB branding on seats before this car

rwb_red_3 — RWB wings are always ridiclous...ly awesome

rwb_red_2 — Barley enough space on those tires for the white lettering

Spotted on Farm of minds.

No zipties in sight

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May 11, 2011

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This is probably the cleanest 240sx I have posted in a long, long time. While I’ve got nothing against cars that get used on the track and wear their battle scars with pride its also always nice to see a car that’s super clean with no panel damage or zip ties keeping the body pieces on.

This one was shot my Emilio at TWOLITREmedia and as soon as I saw the set I asked permission to re-post them because I love both the photos and the car.

no_zip_1 — I've still never been able to find a street I could do this on

no_zip_2 — This right here is how you do a car proper

no_zip_3 — The entire car just comes together excellent

no_zip_4 — and Emilio really nailed it with the locations

no_zip_5 — Rollin' shots are always appreciated

no_zip_7 — I would love to get a look at the rear clearance of this car up close... looks within millimeters

no_zip_8 — The next car in Emilio's viewfinder

Might be the cleanest Nissan I have posted since this one.

Photo Credit: TWOLITREmedia

Theme Tuesdays: More Volvos

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May 9, 2011

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A couple days ago when moving my dad out of his place I found a picture of myself in front of his once prized Volvo, then later in the week when my visiting mom I noticed my her neighbor recently picked up a a C30 which we chatted about for awhile.

Those two run ins meant I had Volvos on the brain so I figured why not keep that going a little bit more with these I had sitting on my hard drive from the last time I did a Volvo Theme Tuesday.

Everything I’ve read points to Volvo’s being a little harder to get closer to the ground that some platforms so kudos to these owners. (Also what’s with he C30 bolt pattern?)

volvo_15 — I've always liked this car because of the unique and subtle fender treatment

volvo_1 — This one I like because of the color

volvo_2 — Which reminds me of a clear coated primer

volvo_3 — Older Volvos pull off the 'I don't care about your shiny paint' look pretty well

volvo_4 — This wagon is amazing, and purple.

volvo_6 — I saw a Volvo out at a CSCS event drifting once, wonder what ever happened to it

volvo_8 — Something tells me there is a build thread I should read about this car

volvo_9 — So just how good of road trip vehicles are these?

volvo_10 — This one looks like it could be a hearse

volvo_11 — Well done, local C30, must find

volvo_14 — There was a time when I thought Volvos looked too boxy but now I prefer it to smiley face cars

Service Review: Curbed wheel repair

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DaveT

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May 9, 2011

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The wheels I purchased for the 2011 season were in the need of a little bit of TLC. There were blemishes on the painted faces, corrosion on the bolt heads, and rash on the lips.

Shortly after I started work on one wheel I found out that Work uses clear anodizing on their lips which meant I had to spend more time sanding at lower grits than I had hoped which made outsourcing the job an attractive alternative.

After some research I decided to go with local company Curbed because I had seen their work before in person on the company Scion and their name kept coming up when I asked locals who to consider.

After promising phone conversation with Mike Fu, the customer service representative at Curbed, we both agreed that a full refinish of my wheels would be best based on the photos I had emailed. Within two days of that conversation Mike was at my door picking up my wheels.

before_group — The wheels as I received them in typical weather worn condition

before_worst_1 — This was one of the worst wheels of the bunch before, note the blems on the face and the various scratches in the clear

Since Curbed uses automotive paint for all of their refinishing (instead of powder coating) it gave me the option of choosing Scion’s ‘Sizzling Crimson Mica’ paint code for my faces. While the faces were painted Mike also had the barrels painted flat black so that they all now matched.

During this time the bolts were also stripped of their original, now tarnished, coating and high polished along with the lips.

after_outside_3 — The wheels out in the sun after refinishing

When the wheels were nearing completion Mike came by to pick up my tires for mounting, soon after that my completed rims were delivered. The entire turn around time for the job from initial consultation to final delivery was just under four weeks and contacting Mike at any time to learn the status was a breeze.

The difference between my wheels before and after is night and day and overall I am very happy with the service I received from Curbed. Only one small portion of one of the more damaged lips retains any original damage.

after_bolts — Close up of the lips and bolt heads after polishing. That is dust you see on the lip

If you are looking to have any sort of work done to your wheels I would recommend contacting Curbed first to get a free consultation and estimate, you will find that his pricing is reasonable given the amount of labor that goes into refinishing wheels.

The pictures below further illustrate the transformation my wheels underwent.

Work Equip – Before Curbed

before_closeup_2 — As you can see the clear anodizing was breaking down and the bolts were tarnished

before_silver_barrel — Three out of four of my wheels looked like this with very dirty silver barrels

before_black_barrel — This was my one lone black barrel wheel

before_lip_breakdown — Between the black arrows is where I started experimenting with polishing techniques, and the red arrow is where I was tested the anodizing

Work Equip – After Curbed

after_inside_1 — The finished product inside my garage with some sunlight

after_garage — This shot of a 9" wheel shows how much the Scion color varies depending on light

after_outside_2 — This shot shows just how reflective the high finish polish is

after_outside_line — Outside in the sun, bright as ever. The wheels are also fairly dusty here

after_barrel — The inner barrel after refinishing

bolts_close_up — Close up, since I chose to keep the original hardware I have to live with some pitting

after_pitting — This part of the lip had the most damage with a significant curb impact and could not be fixed without distortion

after_painted_labels — My sole issue with entire job was that the labels were painted over instead of removed

While my wheels were getting refinished Aidan’s new Leon Harditt Bugels were also having some work done to them. The sides of his spokes showed some corrosion and embedded brake dust so the polished fronts where masked off and the sides were sanded down and refinished gloss black.

Leon Harditt Bugels – Before Curbed

aidan_before_2 — In between Aidan's spokes had mild corrosion

aidan_before_4 — One of the areas with brake dust deeply embedded

Leon Harditt Bugels – After Curbed

aidan_during_1 — Faces removed and painted

aidan_after_4 — These wheels have since been mounted

Contact Information:

Phone: 416-234-5110

Email: [email protected]

Website: curbed.ca

If you have any more questions about my experience with Curbed feel free to ask in the comments.

Put it all on purple

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DaveT

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May 9, 2011

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It’s a good thing I am not really a gambling man (I don’t consider lucking out at slots to be gambling) because if I walked into a casino and said ‘put it all on purple’ people would realize very quick I have no idea what I am doing.

However if I had some money to throw behind Canadian drift teams one of them would be Drift Union. Awesome guys with great cars and even better attitudes.

Check out the 2011 lineup.

This year the team is Logan (Subaru), Shawn (Mazda), and new addition Steven (Lexus).