Late night JDM

Today is a good day. Diana took delivery of her 09 Fit and took it out for a quick mini photoshoot. Funny thing is, when she bought the car, they decided not to do the $1000+ protection package but wanted the undercoating done. So when we went to pick it up, her Dad decided to go with it. However, that would've meant she would have to leave the car till Wednesday before she could pick it up.
Diana was devastated.. BUT, after sulking and complaining, we took it home and decided to do it at a later time hahaha

Onto our JDM hangout..
There are two quick shots of her fit.. we'll try to fit a proper shoot in on Wednesday with more time





Now for the fun stuff..
The shoot was supposed to be for Jordan's Mazda3, but with the night being so nice and so late in the year, we decided to call up Punit, JC, and Arif to come join us behind Speedtech. Arif suggested we put try on his TE's to Diana's Fit.
Whaddya' know? Looked absolutely sick. Thanks to the many hands of all of us, we got the cars up, wheels off and swapped and all back to normal again within 10 minutes. Thanks to Arif for the test fit and everyone else to get it done.

Pics..

Arif's car up and wheel off


JC working on getting the car up and wheel off


Diana's stock wheel off and ready for TE mounting


JDM pose intermission


Flushness..


One wheel on.. DAYUM


See more of Diana's Fit here

Jordan's 2008 Mazda 3

Well, after much re-scheduling, we were finally able to get a shoot in for Jordan's Mazda3. Believe it or not, he had a Mazdaspeed3 before this. Must have been tough giving it up, but I guess he's got bigger and better things in store for himself. A nicely done up Mazda3 - clean and simple.. onto the pictures



NextMod Lipkit




See more of Jordan's Mazda3 here

Project: Fit Begins!

Well, Diana finally got her hands on a new car. The 2009 Honda Fit Sport.. we are gonna do this ish up like mad. Except it's gonna take a little more time than most because it seems clothes and shoes are more of a priority LOL

We stopped by Speedtech cause they had the GE8 T1R springs in stock for a sick price so I was bugging her all day to get them.
What's next?!?!

R.I.P. Voldemort

T'is a sad day today. Before dinner, Voldemort - my Bicher was fine. Laying in the corner of the tank like he always does. Chillin' - what he does best.
A few minutes after supper, my Dad says "Uh oh.." and all I hear after is my mom saying "oh my goddddddd!"

I run down and there he is, laying with his stomach up and a big chunk taken out of where his heart is. Inside? His heart is gone, all that's left is the guppy he ate a few hours ago. That's why he was so bloated.

The suspect? Hitler - my Red-Belly Piranha. His first victim was my Pleco, the algae eating fish. Now, the Bicher. There is no stopping him.

Well, here are some pictures. They are not for the squeamish.

Hitler hiding in the back with Voldemort up front..


The victim


The murderer

SoFaking Fresh Vinyl

Eric finally picked up his decal from Van and gave me his second one which is sick. Finally got to finish off my rear window with this decal. Unfortunately, I applied it off center X_X
Now I gotta find something to put in front to make it look less off hahahaha
Still sweet though

Bride Wat Bride Wat

Got some quick snaps of Eric's new sick Bride seat today. This thing hugs like no tomorrow.
Can you say "Ready to Dorifto!"

If you look closely in some of the pics, you can see his drift button. :D







Ooooo.. Bride Rails...


Don't forget to check out his blog to the right in my links
SoFakingFreshh

Loud and Proud Pt.2!

Well, after what seemed like a long wait.. the downpipe and testpipe are now installed. Props to Eric for helping me out with the install like always. He gets things done haha

After a while of figuring out how to fit the 02 sensor socket on and getting the EGR tube to fit properly, we made it.

We fired 'er up and it is louddd. We drove for a bit and it was kind of farty and ricey which was pretty disappointing. BUT on my way home, I puffed a huge black ball of smoke and the farty sound went away. It's still slightly there, but it sounds 100x better now. I <3>

Pics

The stock piping off

Eric working on getting the defouler on

The downpipe attached!

All done!

And how it looked after a while of driving. I took it for one hard rip to see how it was.. Woooo

Back from Vacay!

Well, I've finally come back from a long tiring week from San Francisco. The family went down for a wedding, but the wedding really only lasted an evening.. the rest was all fun and games. We went down to Sacramento for some outlet shopping in Vacaville, stayed in San Jose for a little, drove down to Los Angeles for Disney Land and drove to Desert Hills for more Premium outlet shopping. We also visited the Winchester Mansion - a crazy weird place where we took about a mile tour of the mansion and then a behind the scenes tour of the basement and all the sheds.

I was hoping to accomplish a lot of money spending, but it turns out I am too picky and I only bought a few things haha.

Well, here are a few pictures of all the places we went..

Golden Gate Bridge

A picture of the window built into the floor of the Winchester Mansion.

The crazy jellyfish at the Aquarium down at Pier 39

The wedding

P-Unit's Slammed JDM DC2

Punit's teg is so clean. It's even a garage queen during the winter which makes me totally jealous because my car has to take a beating during our crappy ass winters.

He just got the Work Meister's not too long before this shoot. Recently he put on his CF hatch and his ASR brace. Hopefully we get another shoot in before summer is over.

Future plans? HELLA FLUSHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHH

AWD Evo X Monster

I remember when Jason was talking to me about getting a new car. He goes through cars like it's pocket change. Here's a quick list he just gave me

2000 Cavalier

1996 Jeep cherokee

2004 Rsx type s

2000 S2000

2003 Eclipse rs

1998 Acura 1.6 el

1998 Civic si coupe

2002 S2000

2002 Crv

2006 Wrx

2004 S2000

2008 Caravan

2000 Acura 1.6 el

2006 Civic LX

2008 Civic si turbo

And now.. 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X

It was a crappy day, but we decided to do a shoot anyway and good thing we did. The rain gave this car such a nice look, the overcast was perfect and it on top of that, his car was mint.

The great thing is Jason didn't care if I beat the shit out of his cars, he insisted I do.

It's been a while, and he still has it... surprisingly. haha

Arif's EK AKA Hollie

Ahh, Arif's beloved Hollie. I personally don't name my cars and certainly don't refer to anyone's car by a name.. but for some reason, it just seems normal for me to call Arif's car Hollie. hahaha

Anyways, This is his car in its most recent state. "Paul" brackets for his wing, TE37's, and the Cusco cage were his latest additions this year. Gutted and slammed.. shiiiiiiiettttt

His car has gone through so many changes, but I think this is it's prime.

J's Racing Honda S2000

Well, I've decided that I'm gonna post a few of my pictures of other cars that I haven't posted yet. Gives you guys at least some enjoyment while I'm gone :)

This was from when I shot Terence's S2000, Jackie tagged along and I decided to get some snaps of it. Attention to detail, quality parts, it doesn't get any better than that.

J's what J's what

Loud and Proud!

Well, after a last minute splurge because I was bored and wanting to spend money I didn't have (LOL), my WR test-pipe and down-pipe came this evening. I was scared it wasn't going to come before I left for San Fran tomorrow.

Oh yeah, I'll be gone for a week, so the blog won't be updated for that time. Hopefully I'll have something cool to post up from there when I get back.

Anyways, now that I have full straight piping all the way through, hopefully it'll open the car up a bit more. I can't wait to hear how it sounds. Yeah, I'm ricey and I want it loud. LOL

Here's a couple of quick shots of the test-pipe.





I'll try to have some sound clips and pictures up when I get it installed once I get back.

Volkswagen GTI MKV PHRESH

Ricky's brand spankin' new GTI MKV fresh off the lot with less than 100 clicks on the odo. Got to do a late night shoot with him and his girlfriend in the rain. Both of 'em were good sports through it all even when it was pouring which is always nice when you're trying to shoot alone. Got some decent shots.. I haven't shot at night for a LONG time which made it kind of difficult cause I was kind of rusty.. but in the end, I was pretty happy with em. Here is a preview of some shots..







See more of Ricky's GTI here

WFC sticker!

Finally, after almost a month.. my WFC stickers came in. I decided to use white instead of red cause it seemed to be too much red if I had used it. I decided not to get the member number.. but I'm #098 if anyone is interested haha
Here is a pic as promised.

Graffiti Walls Rule

Well, Prashant sent me his link for the photos he took on his new Canon 5D from the shoot on Saturday evening and we found a sick place with graffiti - something very hard to find in this city.. I thought the perspective, angle and edit were perfect. It is now my new wallpaper on my phone and Mac haha.. Too sick.

Thought I'd share. Thanks to Prashant for the pic!

Rainy Day

So all the big plans for today were cancelled due to a crazy, out-of-no where tornado and storm warning. Last night at about 1AM, the rain was pouring, the hail was falling and the streets were flooded within 5 minutes. Such a shame cause I was really looking forward to going to Sylvan Lake and the waterpark. BAH.
Oh well.. instead, we hung out at Tita Restie's at lunch time and the gang decided to hang out at the park nearby. As usual, we try to get some group pictures in cause we don't have many of em.. so here are the two of my favourites from today.

Dani and Keify sitting on the slide. I liked this picture haha