Ultra Box 2002

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Mar 9, 2015

The first time I spotted this car it was via cell phone photos embedded in a comment thread over on SpeedHunters. Instantly spawning a sub conversation of its own myself and many others were hungry to see more.

Not wanting to do this car the disservice of a two photo post I waited until a few photos of the interior and motor popped up before posting it here.

Patience turned out to be the key because Focus Geek and Yama-Channel spent a significant amount of time shooting this car at Osaka Auto Messe, and as expected it’s a through build from bumper to bumper.

ultrabox-2002-6 — Weber Carbs have found their way into the refurbished engine room

ultrabox-2002-14 — Hayashi Racing Type CR wheels have found themselves under the large flares and the gold instead of black accents work really well with the British racing shade of green paint

ultrabox-2002-13 — The exhaust and wing are two very unique features of this build

ultrabox-2002-12 — Certainly not everyone’s style but it is clearly exactly what the builder wanted

ultrabox-2002-9 — As is usually the case with Japanese builds, the fab work is on point

ultrabox-2002-7 — The interior might be this cars crown jewel however

ultrabox-2002-4 — From the dash to the seats it is very tastefully done and isn’t modern in the sense that it ruins the cars vintage vibe

If you want to see more photos of this car they can be found on Focus Photography, Yama-channel , and the Ultra Box website and Facebook page.

Fat And Flush: Redrum

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Mar 5, 2015

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Another s2000 for the ‘category Dave keeps saying he will update more often but never does’. This one hails out of Australia and after spotting it on JDMrides.ca, I was able to track down its original source of Oh Fuck It’s Monday (amazing blog name).

Flared fenders, Amuse front bumper, Mugen hard top, Volk Racing RE30 wheels, BC coils and the all important 235/40 and 255/40 Federal RSRs enable this car to strike the perfect balance function and form.

The full feature is here if you’d like to know more.

Winter Wednesdays: Abominable Snowman

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Mar 4, 2015

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This local car owned by @hemans4 popped up in my instagram feed thanks to Fitted Lifestyle and I knew it would be perfect for this week’s Winter Wednesday.

Not quite sure the wheels, but the specs are 18×10.5 with 225/35 all around et10 up front and -5 in the rear.

Static.

Theme Tuesdays: Lettin’ The Sparks Fly: Part 4

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Mar 3, 2015

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Drew a blank this week thinking of a new theme, so I’m falling back to familiar territory with part 4 of the ‘Lettin’ The Sparks Fly‘ series.

Today it’s true what they say, if sparks don’t fly you’re too high!

lexusspark — This is absolutely one of my favorite dragging pictures every, no clue why it took so long for me to add it in this post

groupsparks — This would make an awesome desktop background if the resolution was greater

sparks_6 — I love the complete lack of expression on the faces of all the occupants. Stone cold ice grills.

sparks_5 — Things I didn’t expect to see throwing sparks for 100 Alex. More info is here

sparks_13 — Little bit of scraping on the race track via Stance | Works

sparks_3 — When people think of scraping usually minitrucks are the first to come to mind, but lowrider guys do it too

sparks_7 — This site is long since dead unfortunately

sparks_1 — Japan once again schooling everyone

sparks_14 — Sub frames are wear items when you’re this low static

sparks_12 — Pretty sure this is this trucks second inclusion in the series

sparks_9 — Looks like this was a good night!

sparks_11 — Fairly certain this is @es10ban who’s also on his second time in this series of posts

If you’ve missed the previous entries in this series you can view one, two, and, three right here.

Equipped Photography’s Import Face Off Aftermeet

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Mar 2, 2015

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Equipped Photography‘s Nate Powers sent over a few photos from a small meet he set up after Import Face Off in Gainesville Florida.

Mostly a small gathering of a few Team NVüS cars along with a very wide Subaru that has been popping up all over the place lately.

@spaceking‘s Subaru

This very wide 2012 STI is the shop car of Florida’s own Elite Force Motorsports. In addition to the body work, suspension and CCWS it’s got a built motor and a GTX3082R snail.

The overall look of the car is pretty unique, and perhaps not for everyone, but it fits right in with 2015’s trend of up-sizing literally everything.

Thanks once again to Nate for sending in a bit of what is going on in Florida, you can check out his IFO coverage here and the full set of photos from his little get together here.

WTF Friday: Nok, Nok. Who’s There?

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Feb 27, 2015

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Next do the Swift Car Club Nokturnal has some of the weirdest vehicular creations to ever dominate the points based car show scene.

I’ve yet to come across any car with a Nokturunal banner that has been ‘par for the course’ so to speak, and one modification ‘Nok seems particularly fond of is putting Rolls Royce front ends on everything.

The first example of this was a RR clipped Monte Carlo spotted in 2012 at CSCS event in 2012, then again later at Importfest that same year.

In an effort out do themselves they recently did a similar front end swap to a Scion XB creating what they are calling the ‘Nok XB’.

This conversion flows perhaps slightly better looking than the Monte Carlo above, and if nothing else seems to be executed better as this time around the fenders and bumper are separate units.

The interior follows suit with the colour scheme, save for the steering wheel, buy I can’t help but wonder how uncomfortable those seats probably are.

All in all points for effort, as the work appears to be of decent quality, but aesthetically it’s a swing and a miss for me. You?

Event Coverage: The 2015 Canadian International Autoshow – Pt. 2

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Feb 25, 2015

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The Canadian International Auto Show officially concluded on Sunday and as of now all of the vehicles have either returned to their owners, or are on the back of trucks to continue their press tours around the globe.

Today we take one final look at the cars of 2015 before hunkering down and gritting our teeth through the cold weather until the Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo.

cias-2015-pagaini-huyara-1 — Picking things up right where we left off with a few of Drake’s photos of the Pagani Huayra

cias-2015-pagaini-huyara-2 — A behind the scenes look at this shot, I should pull up my pants.

cias-2015-pagaini-huyara-4 — This car truly is art on wheels

cias-2015-bugatti-type-37 — You can’t appreciate something like the Huayra without hat tipping to the vehicles of the past that paved the way, like this Bugatti Type 37

cias-2015-la-ferrari-dt — Robert Herjavek’s (Shark Tank) LaFerrari was positioned in the north hall and quite a crowd favourite

cias-2015-scion-nextmod-frs-dt — Nextmods Varis FR-S was parked in the Scion Canada booth

cias-2015-toyota-lemans-dt — Toyota’s Toyota TS030 Hybrid Lemans car

cias-2015-nissan-blade-glider-rear — Another look at Nissan’s BladeGlider zero emission concept. Looks like something out of ‘Tron’ in this photo

cias-2015-peel-P50 — Ripley’s brought this Peel P50 Micro car in all of it’s electric four horse power glory

cias-2015-subaru-concept — Subaru’s Viziv II concept which is actually a five door despite looking more like a two. It’s considered a ‘Future Generation’ cross over.

cias-2015-wp-pro-brakes — Saw blade rotors on a Honda/PASMAG collaboration project

cias-2015-alfa-romeo — LED tails are rapidly taking over from their incandescent predecessors, I for one welcome our new efficient light emitting overlords

cias-2015-detomas-pantera — This room never fails to deliver year after year, this year a show room fresh Pantera was playing the corner

cias-2015-ford-rip-rod-1 — A look at the front of the Rip Rod thanks to Mr. Nolte

cias-2015-infiniti-q-80-inspiration-concept-1 — A few more shots of the Q-80 Inspiration from part 1, if Infiniti plans on moving anywhere near this direction in the future things look promising!

cias-2015-infiniti-q-80-inspiration-concept-2 — OEM VIP luxury

cias-2015-jaguar-1-dt — Jaguar always manages to bring out a few classy sedans to the show

cias-2015-jaguar-f-type-4 — Jaguar’s new contemporary classic, the limited run, F-Type Project 7

cias-2015-jaguar-f-type-3 — Love these handles!

cias-2015-jaguar-f-type — Jaguar states this is the most powerful car they have ever produced, a top speed of 300km/h means plenty of people will see this view if the driver likes the loud pedal

cias-2015-kia-gt4-stinger-fe — A closer look at some of the details on Kia’s GT4 Stinger concept

cias-2015-kia-gt4-stinger-rear-34 — Kia ought to hop off the fence with this one and release it to the masses, if Hyundai had success with the Genesis I see no reason why this can’t

Theme Tuesdays: Ford Crown Victorias

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Feb 24, 2015

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In an effort to be the home for photos of damn near every outside the box platform or niche lowered vehicle, this week’s Theme Tuesday is dedicated to the Ford Crown Victoria.

With so many Police Interceptors making their way into public hands many of these cars throw back to their service days in styling, but there are a few that buck the trend and go their own route.

Kick things off with this Crown Vic that was built by Ford many moons ago

crownvic6 — The Fire Breather under the hood

crownvic8 — The story goes that this car was driven at essentially one event then taken apart soon thereafter when Ford pulled the plug. Anti climactic end to what looked to be a decently performing car

crownvic10 — Interestingly enough the car above was not the only ‘vic, or in this case its Mercury cousin, on BBS (or maybe BBS styled) wheels

crownvic4 — Chose this one purely based on the name of the article, the owner even calls it an obese Mustang with a ton of potential in the feature article

crownvic9 — One of only 18 ‘Cobra Vics’, these were originally built for driving schools before ending up in Private hands. More info is here

crownvic14 — Grand Marquis drag strip terror

crownvic13 — Police themed lowriders have been around for years so a Crown Vic model is not a huge surprise

Now that I think about it I have never seen this car again

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — This car came up several times when searching for modified Crown Victorias

crownvic5 — Apparently it was painted later so it could also be this car, but it also might not be…

crownvic3 — A non black, white, or blue, example at H2O a few years back

Kevin Quezada's Crown Vic which was shared on the Facebook page — Kevin Quezada’s Crown Vic which was shared on the Facebook page

crownvic11 — Nice touch with the antennas on the trunk still, I bet a lot of people would pull over for this one

crownvic16 — Spotted at Lone Star Throwdown this weekend by Todd Robinson , tried to find more pics but nothing yet but when I do I will add them here, the rear specs look super wide

crownvic15 — I think from here down this is all @steelhoover

crownvic12 — He’s done a wicked job with his!

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Worth A Watch: The Black Pearl

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Feb 23, 2015

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With Lonestar Throwdown taking place last weekend one might say I’ve had trucks on the brain, and while bouncing around various sites looking for my fill I remembered Mo of the Scraped Crusaders sent by this video of Crogy’s Dodge Ram I meant to share.

Bagged, bodied, blacked out, spike lugs, and tons of sparks. Worth watch.

WTF Friday: Ski Free

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Feb 20, 2015

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A friend of mine added me to a somewhat local buy and sell Facebook group that is a virtual endless source of entertainment.

Racing lawnmowers, three wheelers (the banned ones), ancient snowmobiles, clapped out pickups, hodge-podge home-built go karts, and boats that look more suited for land than water are just a few of the things posted there.

While the above may not sound all that unusual, a few very peculiar things also show up there on a regular basis. Like, oh, say a Ford Ranger equipped with tracks and skis.

A regular, somewhat modified, high km ’94 in stock trim this Ranger changes into the perfect vehicle for (and I quote) “driving out to the fish out with all your stuff” when the custom-made skis and tracks are added.

The video below shows the Ranger in action and while it’s not about to break any land speed records –I can’t imagine the 4 cylinder is happy about the added weight– it does seem to work as intended.

If this piques your interest it is also posted on kijiji for $3000.

STANCE IS EVERYTHING

STANCE IS EVERYTHING- EST 2009 -

A Japanese Limo Lost In Canada

Rolling Like A G: A Datsun 240Z On 305s

Street Track Life: An E46 M3 With A Turbo Surprise

Spec’d Right: A Perfectly Balanced Silvia S15

Breaking The Mold

Ultra Box 2002

Fat And Flush: Redrum

Winter Wednesdays: Abominable Snowman

Theme Tuesdays: Lettin’ The Sparks Fly: Part 4

Equipped Photography’s Import Face Off Aftermeet

@spaceking‘s Subaru

WTF Friday: Nok, Nok. Who’s There?

Event Coverage: The 2015 Canadian International Autoshow – Pt. 2

Theme Tuesdays: Ford Crown Victorias

Worth A Watch: The Black Pearl

WTF Friday: Ski Free

S.I.E.