When I was working on last weeks e30 touring Theme Tuesday I came across this really nice e30 coupe. These pictures are nowhere near new since I have seen them before (2001 2002 maybe?) but I don’t like this car any less now than I did then.
This e30 just goes to show how far ahead Europe was (and arguably still is) and that nothing is new these days just old stuff done differently.
I’m going to assume these pictures originally came from e30.de but I found them on vortex.
I’m not sure what’s going on so far this year but I sure hope it continues as this is the third clean, local, s2000 I am posting in the past two weeks. Last year I can’t really recall devoting a post to even one.
Today’s contender is also wearing Volks and comes with a bonus STI.
If I had to choose one car today it would be the STI no offense to the s2k owner but I love Subaru STI’s!
The full shoot of these cars can be found here
If the past two weeks have been any indication of the caliber of cars that are coming out of the GTA this summer than it’s going to be a hot one, I can’t wait.
JDM rides member, xxbvanxx, hosts weekly Sunday night meets in the Square One mall parking lot here in Mississauga. This year the kick off meet was promoted about two months in advance and highly anticipated.
As Sunday April 25th finally rolled around the weather looked like it could be a problem, but it eventually cleared up long enough for 200-300 cars to gather for about 20 minutes before being told to leave by the local Police department.
Essentially every message board and car ‘club’ in the GTA had heard about this event which made for what could have been one of the biggest free, spontaneous, meets I can remember going to since the days of the ‘Rona’ meets in Woodbridge.
Had we been allowed to stay it could have been a pretty good meet but with the tomfoolery that eventually went down it’s not hard to see why we got the boot (see list of things not to do at a meet at the bottom of this post).
The most ironic thing about the Police kicking us out is something that JDM rides member Pistol Pete said:
I find it hilarious the 5-0 wanted us to leave, Because you know….having 300+ cars on the road is much better then having them all parked in one spot.
It’s funny cause it’s true, anyway, enough talk for now, here are some pics:
-Race into/out of the parking lot
-Pop your blow off valve every 2 seconds (ya you’re boosted we get it)
–Blast Beamer Benz, Bentley or any other commercial drivel (actually don’t blast anything at the meet itself)
-Leave your alarm on if it’s super sensitive to bass/exhaust (as people ignore the things above and will set it off over and over)
-Chirp other people or the cops when hidden by the anonymity of being in the crowd (tough)
-Act like your car makes you better than anyone else there
-Sit on / lean on / suspension push test anyone’s car without permission
-Be a douche
It would be really awesome if one day the ‘tuner/jdm’ crowd had a weekly free place to meet like the Applewood Plaza muscle car crowd does but as long as a few idiots keep doing the things above it’s not going to happen any time soon.
/rant
More pics can be found here as well as here by a photographers who were a little more ambitions than myself that night.
I’m going to admit something today, I know next to nothing about Mitsubishi’s, however I do know when a car looks good (at least I think I do), so with little more than a love for nice/mean looking cars and an internet connection I complied today’s Theme Tuesday of proper looking Lancers/Evos.
Some of you might remember this e46 m3 I threw up awhile back in a post titled “Just Right“.
Well this time a non M owner has come through to show us that with this chassis sometimes less is more.
Every modification done to this car has been executed with the oem plus look in mind and therefore the final look is nothing but class.
The owner of this believes that he has struck the perfect balance between daily driver, head turner, and occasional track rat and by looking at these pictures and *mods list I am inclined to agree.
*Mods:
-OEM MTech2
-Bilstein PSS10
-VMR V713 Wheels, 3.62 LSD
-Smoked LEDs/Corners/Sides
-Gruppe M Style Intake
Shadowline Trim
-Matte Black Kidneys
-OEM M3 Steering Wheel.
It looks like Toronto area s2000 owners have something to prove because this is the second s2000 I have found in as many weeks sitting on dope ‘real’ wheels.
Last weeks clean white s2000 was sitting on Volks while this weeks yellow beauty is sitting low on Work VS-XX wheels.
The rest of these shots can be found at Scott Santoro’ss Flickr
Today’s WTF Friday is a perfect example of what happens when a car owner has a decent chunk of money and no real taste.
Yes, I am sure we have all seen examples of this before, but, this one I found particularly alarming since the rest of the car isn’t over the top with ugly.
If these wheels are more than just a one off production for someone with way to much money let me know.
Otherwise I am just going to assume this guy went down to a custom wheel shop and got these made for some obscene amount just so that he can make sure everyone knows that he really does drive a Porsche…
There are two meets for this weekend on Sunday, and if it doesn’t rain I should be able to do both.
The first is an optionjdm meet in Markham (12-4 is what I heard) and the second is just the first weekly meet at Square One for jdmrides.ca (should be similar to the TM3/Next mod meet but without the free food).
In store news the white standard (small) URL stickers are sold out along with the white “I Like ‘Em Dropped sticker”.
I will probably place a new order relatively soon but before I do I am going to do a post asking for some feedback in regards to colors and sizing so I can get you guys what you want.
Let’s take it back to this stuffed Lexus, I know it’s been around a few times but I still dig it:
Got a bmx contest tomorrow, so let’s hope I don’t get worked.
This could have easily been a WTF Friday post but I don’t think that would have done this build the justice it deserves, this is honestly one of the craziest things I have ever seen done by a privateer and obviously I am not alone since jalopnik along with a number of message boards have already given it props.
When a talented 27 year old Quebec native combines an EG chassis Civic with a GD (I think) chassis Subaru on a shoestring budget of less than 6k the internet stops and says “mother of god“.
More information on this build can be found over at Honda-Tech
I saw this car in the Mazda3Forums aggressive fitment thread and immediately realized that this is the look that I am after for my car, a reasonable daily drivable amount of flush mixed with a nice stance.
I have quite a few of these same mods already so I just need to get my fitment a bit more on point and I should be looking pretty legit…
The vitals on this set up are:
Wheels: Enkei RPF1 17×9 ET45 (+5mm spacers in the rear)
Tires: Federal 595 SS 215/45-17
Suspension: Bilstein B8 shocks, Eibach Sportline springs (1 ring cut F & and 1.25 ring cut R)
Bodywork: Rolled fenders
For me this means that my 7 inch wheels are way too narrow and my next set (which I have been passively looking for) needs to be wider or have a lower offset (my current will be ET38 Monday which is an improvement but still.)
I could also probably get by with 45 profile tires as oppose to 40s with my next set as well. Finally though I am on the same springs as this 3 owner I have not and will not cut my springs as I would rather, eventually, put on some coil overs and really dial in my setup from both a performance and aesthetic perspective (I am on Sportlines and Yellows now for those keeping track).
Either way it was great to see this.
After the E30 M3 Theme Tuesday I basically had to do this one. A lot of you were looking out for this so hopefully you enjoy the group I was able to pull together for this.
I want a Touring really bad now, this is not a good thing (financially).
