Event Coverage August 22nd CSCS 2010 Pt 2

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Aug 25, 2010

The road track at Cayuga was pretty busy all day with lapping, time attack, and drifting going on. The number of events resulted in a capture card full of tons of photos and while I could have posted everything up today I’ve decided to break up the track coverage as well for those on phones/sketchy wifi.

This post contains photos of the the time attack event and a few cars I missed from yesterdays show & shine coverage, as well as a teaser of tomorrows coverage which will be nothing but drift action.

Off track

I knew I forgot some photos yesterday…

parked_needroof — This is what happens when your car does not have a roof and it rains...

parked_typhoon — Saw this as I was leaving, even dirty as hell I still want it, BAD

Lapping

This just made the fact that I wasn’t able to get out to a lapping event this year sting even more, I really need to try this.

lapping_civic_aph — Advance Power House Civic getting up on 3

lapping_redcivichatch — Stage four Civic leaving the corner

lapping_mazda_rx7 — RX-7 on CCWs being put to task

lapping_mazda_3 — Speed 3s are made for the track

lapping_subaru_rally — This rally prepped Subaru was set up for the track on the weekend and was tearing it up

lapping_subaru_track — And this Subaru was a damn monster

lapping_subaru_nextmod_evo — This Nextmod Evo was my first attempt at a panning shot

lapping_lancer — A Cosworth Evo being put through it's paces

lapping_integra — I'm quite pleased with how this shot turned out

For you guys anxiously waiting for the drift shots here is something to hold you until tomorrow:

drifting_tandem1 — This, and only this with tomorrows coverage

Theme Tuesdays: I like mine with no shine

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Aug 24, 2010

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Sorry this one is a little late getting out the door, but look on the bright side you have been that much more productive at work today.

With vinyl wraps becoming more prevalent there are a lot more cars coming out with matte finishes. I’m a fan of the look however it’s done but big props to those who do it flawlessly with paint.

matte2 — The matte finish sort of hides the flares here

This car has undergone some changes which I will have more info on shortly

matte5 — Have I posted this s2k before? Perhaps, but its worth a second glance

matte10 — This NSX was later painted red but I like it this way better personally

matte14 — Meanest looking Toureg ever? I think so.

Event Coverage August 22nd CSCS 2010 Pt 1

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Aug 23, 2010

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Sunday August 22nd 2010 was a busy day for the GTA automotive community. Three events took place simultaneously (Vagkraft, Meeting of The Mazdas, and CSCS:Xtreme Tuner Challenege) and depending on your location you were anywhere from damp to soaked as the weather didn’t want any of these things to happen.

Thankfully in Cayuga at CSCS the weather actually wasn’t too bad for most of the day, a little damp at times but for the most part dry and great for photos.

I managed to take quite a few pictures so I’ve broken up the coverage into multiple parts, today’s coverage is of the off track action.

Transformer II

I am a BIG Transformers (Generation 1 & 2) fan but this truck was a bit much for even me. Team H.V. put a lot of time into this truck (Avalanche?) but it was just way over the top.

chevy_transformers_cold_3 — I've never seen a wooden Autobot insignia before

chevy_transformers_cold_2 — Massive custom tilt front end

chevy_transformers_cold_1 — It's won a whole lot of trophies...

Subaru

This is the first time I have seen this Trial wide body Subaru in track trim and I’ll tell ya it looked good out on there on the track.

subaru_trailwidebody2 — Up close of the sticker bomb

Euros

With Vagkraft going on at Downsview park a lot of the European crowd was over there ,but a few came out to enjoy the drier weather at CSCS

bmw_gary — Gary's bright wide body e46, this is the first time I have noticed that he could go wider with his wheels

vw_golf — Spotted this MKII Golf in the paddock and out on the track

vw_jetta_1 — The red on the outside of the lips was a unique touch, you can just make it out here

Chevy’s and Minis

Bowtie owners always bring the goods.

chevy_69nova — I have been given to OK by my girlfriend to build a car like this Nova

chevy_james — James brought his truck out and I manged to shoot it at the worst lighting angle ever

chevy_james_underbody — I did however get an alright shot of detailing he has going on underneath the truck

chevy_s10 — This bagged s10 was looking a little lonely

chevy_s10_models — So some women stopped by to keep it company

Nextmod

As usual Nextmod rolled pretty deep both in the Show and Shine and the time attack/lapping events

hyundai_andrew — Andrew was parked near the track, with the Nextmod fam

hyundai_andrew_trunk — Andrew's trunk setup is very clean, I like the red on black

acura_nextmod — This Acura's Arc lip on the ground

honda_s2000_nextmod — Advnce Power House/Nextmod/Amuse s2000

subaru_pearly — Pearly's rims are greener than the grass

Drifters

When not on the track I manged to snap a few shots of these well used Nissans

nissan_drifter — Cooling between runs, this driver pushed his car hard

nissan_drifter2 — Chris St John can really slide a car

nissan_s1dc — Nothing zip ties can't fix

Honda’s and Acuras

Just a preview of some of the cars that will probably be at Honda-Tech 7 next weekend, hopefully I can sneak out and get a few pics after the move.

honda_lowaccord_bay — With a cleaned, polished/chrome bay

acura_turbo_da — Boosted H.V. performance DA

acura_turbo_da_2 — Big Turbo Inlet horn, looks like a trumpet

acura_el_turbo_2 — Tiddy detailed engine pay

acura_el_turbo_3 — and an equally tidy trunk set up

honda_8thgencivic — Very clean functional looking eighth gen

honda_chester1 — @ChesterYu29's Civic on super Advans

honda_chester2 — I must have just missed him as he was judging at the show

honda_s2000_msequence — Msequence got new rims as well as a few spoon accessories

honda_crx_k_swap — The K swapped CRX from Scrape By The Lake

honda_enekis — I almost got a set of these for my car but the offset was just a bit too aggressive (mexi)

honda_greencivic — I've taken a picture of this EK hatch every time I have seen it, love the color

honda_stillhood — Never thought I would like purple lips, but here we are

honda_sir_ccw_1 — Closer look at the SIR on CCWs

honda_sir_ccw_2 — Which is actually owned by a woman

honda_sir_ccw_3 — No, I am not tired of these wheels

That’s it for today, check back Wednesday (or maybe Thursday) for photos of the on track action with some guest shots from my girlfriend.

Euro Rods

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Aug 23, 2010

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To hold you guys over until I get a chance to start rolling out my CSCS coverage here are some Euro Rods courtesy of ‘go kart tire fitment ,ollie’.

Ollie admits that he is not the biggest fan of traditional America ~~Rods~~ Muscle (because they typically don’t handle well) but he is a big fan of these.

I have not see a whole lot of euro rods before so I enjoyed these, hopefully you do too.

eurorod_5 — Ollie guesses this is an Austin A 90, I have no clue

eurorod_6 — Another Ford we didn't get in N/A, the Prefect

eurorod_3 — Austin 7s share a look similar to 32 Fords just squished

eurorod_4 — I have learned something new today: this is an a 40 Dorset

eurorod_2 — A nice race prepped Volvo 544

eurorod_1 — Older Volvos are so appealing because they are such a departure from what they do now, Amazon FTW

Random Dopeness: Volume 5

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Aug 22, 2010

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I’ve had some issues before with scheduled posts and since the week before and after my move might be kind of hectic I thought I should probably get the bugs worked out before hand.

If all goes to plan this edition of Random Dopeness should go up as I am at the Next Mod 1 year anniversary meet. *crosses fingers*

Well it didn’t go to plan and this is one week late, better late than never!

randomdope1 — I'm really a fan of these older Caddys done up subtle and clean

randomdope7 — Once a work truck now retired to the easy life

randomdope9 — Another slammed full size,

randomdope3 — Sometimes I think I have car A.D.D. my taste is all over the place

randomdope6 — Hmm lower truck = the ability to run taller stacks?

randomdope10 — Sinister looking 2002 in it's element

randomdope11sml — Now this.. this is a work of art.

WTF Friday: What Was I

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Aug 20, 2010

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While thinking of what to post today it occurred to me that it’s been awhile since I’ve done a good ol’ guessing game post.

A big contributing factor to this is that I’ve got some of the smartest car nuts on the web as my readers who seem to know something about everything.

However I may have something today that’s been modified to the point where the answer may not be immediately apparent.

As usual first commenter gets a set of url stickers for being a sharp cookie, here is the car:

whatwasI — Can't show the front that would be too easy

I will also post this picture just because it’s very amusing:

Flashback Fridays

My friend Crystal lowered her car yesterday after much prodding by myself which got me thinking that I should do another girls with hot rides Theme Tuesday Here is a flash back to the first one which was well received….

Speaking of VW’s if anyone is going to Vagkraft this weekend and wants a place to host their images send me an email.

Site Updates

I will be at the CSCS Xtreme Tuner Challenge show this weekend with my camera and bag of stickers on hand so if you see me be sure to say hi.

On the topic of stickers I have a new order coming which will include the popular ‘I Like Em Dropped’ sticker in a variety of colors including black, purpler, and yellow. Big thanks to Mat at Seche Media for fulfilling another order very quickly.

Watch out for a Sunday Random Dopeness post as well.

Slammed at work

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Aug 19, 2010

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These past few weeks at work have been pretty wild, the entire department has been busy and I’ve been slammed with a bunch of time sensitive projects.

I’m not complaining because though because it’s better to be too busy than not at all as far as work is concerned.

Drawing inspiration from being slammed at work here is a quick post of an Accord slammed on Works.

blackaccord1 — Has anyone ever seen a bad VS-XX application?

blackaccord3 — Poke all around with little to no camber in sight

blackaccord4 — My favorite shot of the set

blackaccord5 — If this car was any other color I think the hood would be too much

Almost vacation time…

Featured Photographer: Edwin Tan (Dougboy)

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Aug 18, 2010

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The internet is a great way to kill a lot of time and personally I spend a lot of time browsing automotive blogs and forums. If you are anything like myself you have have recently come across photos of a white Amuse kitted s2000, a red s2000 on gold works, and an Import Expo brandedAcura NSX.

If you look closely at those photos you will notice that they all share a similar water mark, and or photo credit: ‘Dougboy 2010‘.

Dougboy (not Doughboy) is the alias of self taught GTA based automotive photographer Edwin Tan and today’s featured photographer.

When I asked Edwin to share a little bit about himself he was quick to emphasize one thing. He is, and always will be, an automotive enthusiast and like many enthusiasts photography was just a natural progression of his passion for automobiles.

Picking up a camera two years ago Edwin honed his craft by reading a variety of online photography forums, speaking with other local photographers, and most importantly by snapping as many photographs as he possibly could.

doughboy2 — My rich persons envy is kicking in again…

During this two year span Edwin has shot variety of different subjects including: events, retail products, and food for small design firm called F.C.D.

doughboy1 — While I have yet to see this in person I have seen a lot of it online

Edwin is a Nikon shooter always experimenting with different styles and techniques and often incorporates strobes and rigs into his shoots.

The quality of his work has made him the go to guy for a number of JDM enthusiasts in the area, as well as the official photographer for Option JDM.

doughboy3 — The engine bay of one of my favorite Hondas

Edwin is looking forward to expanding the variety of cars he shoots by offering his talents to the exotic crowd in the near future.

Ultimately Edwin would like to have the name ‘Dougboy‘ paired with clean cars and clean photography. I would say that he is already off to a great start.

Here is a snippet of Edwin’s work behind the glass:

doughboy11 — A fierce looking widebody RSX

doughboy6 — Edwin has rig/rolling shots down

doughboy8 — I’ve never thought of shooting here and it’s 5 min from my house

doughboy10 — Edwin’s capture of a track ready s2k

doughboy4 — Takata harness + women + a good photographer always = greatness

If you want to see more of Edwin’s automotive work check out dougboy.smugmug.com/automotive

Nextmod Anniversary Coverage Pt 2

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Aug 17, 2010

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Here is part two of the coverage from the Nextmod 1 year anniversary BBQ that went down last Sunday August 15 2010.

Today’s coverage has all of the brands I missed yesterday with stand outs including the Infiniti and Lexus crowd who brought out some serious low, flush, rides.

Mercedes Benz

benz_q_2 — The local wheel powder coater in the area brought out his latest project/promo car

benz_q — It certainly is unique, we were talking wheel/drop options that would work with the finish

benz_batman — Looks like we've got another Batman fan

benz_batman2 — I might have to take a trip over to Puremb.com and see what those guys are up too

Nissans

nissan_angryguy — This s14 was also at stretch and poke, very aggressive.

nissan_350_boo — White on blue looks great and the diffuser is a nice touch

Mazdas

mazda3_jonjon — Jon Jons new look, not too many people run this front bumper

mazda_rj — Ryan changed up his ride yet again, this time with some camo

mazda_2010 — TM3 guys have wasted no time with the 2010s

mazda_2010_rx8 — I'm going to say RX-8s are some of the best looking oem rims ever...

mazda_floodgatez — Floodgatez on his way out, this car has changed a lot in a short period

Lexus’

lexus_peter — To the victor goes the spoils, Peter's new rims look fantastic.

lexus_mring — Rolled in with Mr. ING, necks snapped when he pulled up

lexus_mring_2 — He's got the internet goin' nuts right now

For more pictures of the above Lex check out the shoot on the Scraped Crusaders.

Infinitis

greeng35 — Blain's got his front end back together and looking clean

infiniti_properspecs2 — I have no idea how he got in here at this height

infinit_lineup — No parking and no dumping, both rules broken here

That’s it for all of my Nextmod coverage, big thanks to everyone who I met and who purchases stickers hope you like em!

Theme Tuesdays: Rolling Shots Part 2

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Aug 17, 2010

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One of my favorite parts of the original Transformers series was when Jazz, or Optimus, would assemble a group of Autobots to go on a mission, more specifically when Optimus would yell ‘Roll out!’ before they would drive off into the sunset ready to whoop up some Decipticons.

What does this have to do with today’s Theme Tuesday?

Nothing really I just felt like sharing, enjoy this second edition of rolling shots for this Tuesday.