Being a competitor of the ever loved e30 m3 in the DTM days I initially thought that this Theme Tuesday would practically pull itself together. However I was wrong and it actually took a lot longer than I thought to get a decent collection together.
But after a few days I was able to get something going, hope you enjoy.
The second part of my coverage from the Stretch and Poke event put on by the Toronto Wrong Fitment crew. The second half contains, Nissan’s, Lexus, Volkswagen’s, Audi’s, and finally Subaru’s.
Nissan’s came out in surprisingly small numbers to this but here’s a couple
Also coming out in somewhat small numbers was V.A.G. crowd, the brought the heat regardless.
Nothing wrong with a little VIP….
Most of the Toronto Wrong Fitment Crew consists of people from the Toronto Subaru club and as such there were a lot of Subaru guys holdin it down.
That’s it, that’s all, if I took some pictures of your car and you want high res hit me up via the comments or email. See you at the next one.
As I am sure you are all well aware, from yesterday’s teaser coverage courtesy of Elle Marie Photography, the Toronto Wrong Fitment Crew organized an meet in the GTA called ‘Poke and Stretch’. Which was Toronto’s first meet dedicated to low, clean, cars with aggressive fitment.
The weather was great and the atmosphere was awesome no drama, no competition just everyone out because they love cars, everything a good car meet should be.
Not every car had the lowest stance or most aggressive wheels (my car included) but the cars that did were on point and the cars that didn’t were still clean as hell.
Like I said the atmosphere of this event was great and lent itself to a few photos of this and that
Probably one of the best fitted boxes I have ever seen in person was this one from curbed.ca
I have not seen a lot in the GTA but I hope that changes this season
A lot of Evo guys came out, these cars are monsters.
Owners of Nissan’s luxury line are not afraid to get low
The Honda crowd came out with a lot of clean rides
Out of compassion for those on mobile devices I’m going to stop this post here but for those who want to see what the VW, Lexus, and Subaru camps had to offer and the rest of the coverage click here.
Yesterday I attended the’ Stretch and Poke’ meet presented by the Toronto Wrong Fitment Crew and had a blast. This was probably my favorite event so far this season and I will make a point to attend every event they put on because it was just an all around good vibe.
Both my girlfriend and I shot a number of photos and she was able to get her’s edited before me (big surprise I know) so here is a little taste of the meet through the lens of Elle Marie Photography.
Photos credit of: Elle Marie Photography
I like Volvos and I love low riders, but together I’m not 100% convinced it’s a good idea.
What 90% of the population thinks be-damned though since this cardomain member decided to throw caution to the wind and build the low rider he always wanted out of his 760 Turbo estate.
You have to commend him for the guts and follow through if nothing else, I kind of wonder what this car would look like with the stock interior a single color paint job, no eyelids, and different wheels.
But with all that done then it wouldn’t be this car…. well at least it hits a good 3 wheel.
I added two new sites to the blog roll not too long ago and have not had a chance to properly introduce them so here goes.
ShiftJDM is a JDM blog run by Sacha, one of my twitter friends, from Germany.
He’s still working on getting to a layout functioning 100% but he has not been slacking on keeping the content flowing. Once you get tired of reading what I have to say check him out.
Chris Hoare, who’s a great photographer in his own right, has got a new project going with a group of photographers/writers called NotSoStock.com it replaces what was previously Automotive Exposure.
Brimming with original content NotSoStock.com is shaping up to be a big player this year.
They are also putting on Poke & Stretch here in Ontario along side the Toronto Wrong Fitment crew tomorrow at Dave and Busters.
The weather looks good so I should be there, I drive the mazda3 with the large ‘Sunday’ sticker on the windshield if you are checking for me.
With Julian hitting me up yesterday about his car and his boys s2000 I got reminded of some of the other readers rides that have been emailed to me.
Bryan’s bagged Thunderbird always sticks out in my memory because you don’t see these too often and his is a real thing of beauty.
That’s it for today, I’ve got a busy weekend of house hunting, photography shows, and bmx ahead so good thing I thought ahead and got a draft ready for Monday!
When I posted this clean as hell Ae86 in my event coverage of Gumball 3000 here and on a few local message boards people couldn’t get enough of it.
Well in what seems to be an ever growing trend the owner stumbled upon the site and linked me to a picture of his car along with some more info.
Here is what the owner, Tryte, had to say about his car:
The car gets tracked regularly through the summer. I have swapped in a blacktop 20V into it for more power. The rest is suspension tuning.
I actually host track days at Mosport DDT. We have one coming up in a week on May 23rd. The other two are on July 18th and September 12th. Here is a link for more info.
While I can’t make it out on the 23rd July 18th is looking might tempting… hmmm
Julian hit me up with some news from Cali, some good some and some bad. Unfortunately his super clean, low, wrx wagon was smacked up by another car, but don’t worry, it’s currently going under the knife and should be back looking great with some new additions in no time.
Until then he sent me some pics of his friend Arsen’s S2k that’s killing the streets on custom painted Work Emotion CR-Kai’s.
Work Emotion CR-Kai in a Custom gray.
Front: 17×8 +47
Rear: 17×9 +44
Coils: F2 Type 2 coils.
Shout outs to Us Versus Them and G.T.S Familia!
Julian is going to hit me back soon with some more updates on the status of his wagon and what’s going on with the rest of his homies out in Cali
Jon Gandy over at Up-shift.net went to the College Park Tuning Show and snapped these pictures of a dumped Golf sitting on Bentley wheels.
Being a good guy and knowing that I am a big fan of low, and an equally big fan of wheel swapping, he sent them over to the Stance Is Everything email address, once I took a look I knew they would have a home here.
Be sure to check out the rest of Jon’s photos over on Up-Shift.net
Those of you who pay a lot of attention both here and on twitter might know that my girlfriend drives a Kia Soul 2u (the one without the flashing speakers), she’s had it about a year and it draws a surprising amount of attention for a stock vehicle, a lot of which can be contributed to it’s unique shape on somewhat rarity on the road.
However after watching me look at, and write about, cars almost daily for the past year has made her begin to wonder what her car could look like with a bit of a drop and some aftermarket wheels.
The nail was firmly placed in ‘I will never modify my car‘ coffin when she joined the Kia Soul Forums and found the following car lowered on a set of 17s.
While a lot of Kia Soul owners, for whatever reason, go overboard with decals, spoilers, and aftermarket rims at stock height this owner decided to drop his on a set of wedsports and call it a day.
The height looks very livable for the summer and winter and the only downside I see to this setup was that it was achieved via cut springs, however with a little digging I discovered that H&R makes a spring setup for this car.
While I don’t see these cars picking up as much of a following as Scions have I’m pretty sure a few more tasteful ones will be popping up on the internet now and again, why not?
Now the only really problem with this plan is she want’s me to pay for all the mods…
Rolling shots are really an art, whether meticulously planned or a random snap out of a window they always have a way of bringing out the best parts of a car and minimizing the worst.
Maybe that’s why Rolling shot appreciation threads can be found on virtually every car forum on the net, here is my homage.
