Spoon GE8

Surfin' FitFreak and saw this. I think this is the only picture I've seen of it that made me want a Fit for myself even more. gad dayum.

PuuuurrrPLE

To ease some of my anxiousness about summer coming and having all this god damn snow god to put on car parts, I chopped Diana's Fit.
I think I'm most excited to see her car the most cause it's something new and different. Sure, I'm excited to get my car out and to see everybody's ride, but in the end - it's the same car with new back to school clothes.
It's exciting when someone gets a new car cause they start fresh and it's something new to the scene.

I guess you could say this is something that you could look forward to for Diana's car this season.

Hoping to get at least a pair of mugen visors, tint, and the T1R axle-back.

ZE KGB VILL VAIT FOR NO VUN!

Cause this was the funniest part of my day today.

100th Post!

Woooot

Anyways.. talked to Dave over at Screamin' Paintworks and like always, he always comes through when it comes to needing a part brought in right away, refinishing a lip to brand new, or in this case - a custom paint job.
Talked about bringing in some House of Kolor shades of purples so Diana could pick one and get 'er done. Turns out, he can do it cheaper than powder coating. Good thing too, cause I was worried about the lip of her wheels being in a 400 degree oven for an hour no matter what anyone says haha

I'm so excited that they can bring in House of Kolor paint. Now I want custom paint for my wheels $_$
So far, Diana has settled on the Violette Pearl. Now that I see them all together, I think it's the nicest shade too. What do you guys think?

I also found more pics of the RSX I posted in the blog before. SO GANGSTER.

House of Kolor Pavo Purple Metallic

Found this while searching around for info on powder coating wheels..
This has got to be the sickest combo for blaze orange metallic even though it's so out there.
Funny thing too since this the exact same thing Diana's wheels will look like come summer time.
She's just gotta make up her mind on what shade of purple she wants and I think we'll be getting them done in a month or two.. just in time for summer. AHH I'm so excited.

My First...

The Del Sol was one of my favourite cars back when I was younger. Since then, the liking has dwindled down but when I was browsing NWP, I saw this Del Sol. It's rare to see a nice Del Sol these days cause everyone is into S2000's, EK's, and DC's.
This dude took a J's wing that was supposed to be for an EK and modified it to fit his Del Sol properly. The J's canards were also modified to fit his car.
Ah man, I can't wait till summer..

Spoon Spoon Spoon

There are some photographers out there that really take their time with their pictures. They'll shoot something and in the end, only have a few pictures to share with you because they are so picky and perfect, that it's all you get.
Nike SB'd/Sean Klingelhoefe is one of those photographers.
You've probably seen tons of his pics of you are into the import scene and just never noticed. He was the one that shot the evasive voltex S2000 I blogged about a few posts down and he also shot this super sick Spoon S2000. Loved this shot cause it was just pure black on white contrast.

New Wheels, Anyone?

GAD DANG, I was checking out JDMEGO's blog and he posted the new Wedsport SA-55m wheels with the black/blue finish and I died a little bit inside from envy.
I love these wheels cause they resemble the Advan RZ so much and to have the sick finish like that is a bonus.
Ideally, I'd like to try and get these wheels with the red/black this summer if I have any dough left and nothing to spend it on.







18x9 +20?! Yessssuhhhh

Back to the Future

Reeewinddd!!!
So, I miss summer so much and I miss how my car looks during the nice seasons that I decided to go back and dig up some old ass pictures from the beginning and the phases it has gone through.
From the beginning you can see my crappy ass photo skills with a lame 8 year old Canon 3.2MP P&S to some of my better pictures. To be honest, I would never want to revert the car back to how I got it on the first day haha.. EMBARRASSING.

Day one. Cleaned, polished, waxed.


First summer
HFP Front lip, HFP rear lip, Mugen Style Sideskirts, Tint, Greddy Ti-C, F&F Type II Coilovers, WORK black lugs, TWM M1 Abrams knob, JDM FD2 Shiftboot, Nokya 3000k DRL, Eurolite 6000k HID's
Work Emotion XT-7
17x7 +43


Next season
Got the Recaro SRD's from ITR, Carbon Fiber trunk, VHT tinted tails, RAYS red lugs, New kicks
Gram Lights 57 Maximum
17x8 +45


Previous season - 2009
Nardi 330mm deepcorn steering wheel, HKB Hub, NRG quick release, Weapon-R Testpipe and Downpipe, T1R purple lugs, another set of new wheels Volk TE37, this time FWD stagger
17x8.5 +40 (F)
17x7.5 +30 (R)


Shot of the interior and how it used to be. Plain Jane and super boring.


Spiced up with the Recaros (note the Mercedes Terrell Signage) and the Nardi wheel


With that said, I got rid of the TE37's again and got a new set coming, stepping the sizing up again and trying to keep up with the crazy game that everyone is starting to get into. Got a few new exterior pieces to add and some new legs for the car to squat low on. Be sure to check in once spring hits! I'll have a sick photoshoot once I get all the stuff on.

Blue Day

Was surfin' around the NWP forums and stumbled across these on the volk/rays wheel thread. The color on the SE37's is SICK.
A couple pages before that was this sick Evo. I usually like STI's and Evo's with the big wings just cause I find the body is bulky and it needs something to even it out. I love the integrated extended decklid. Saahweeet

Free stuff is not always good

Well, just found out my hit counter for my blog just crapped out. So much for all my hits since the beginning. Some of you may be saying "who the hell cares?" but it's nice to see how many visits you get to see how far you've come after a certain amount of time.

I recently just moved over to google analytics which I know for a fact probably won't give out on me half way through the year haha

Just thought I'd rant about that.

Voltex S2000

Voltex finally came out with a full kit for the S2k which is totally sick cause it's pretty much reminiscent of the Subaru STI and Mitsubishi Evo kits. The wing, rear diffuser, and sideskirts pretty much all transfer over. The front bumper is a crazy 3 pieces with air ducts inside leading into the engine bay. These are the only shots that I've seen on the net that have been an official shoot. *Drool*

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

...Who's the fairest one of all?

haha I came home tonight and had this urge to take pictures. I decided to go ahead and try what I've been wanting to do for a while.. I thought it turned out alright.



"I practiced making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course." - Jim Carrey

School is For The Weak

And I am one of the unfortunate few. Had to go get my textbooks for my 2nd last semester and I have never been hit so hard before with the prices of textbooks. No used books to buy, which means I have to purchase all brand new ones.
The problem with that is, I usually don't even use the textbooks, I just get them in case.
This semester's damage: $604.85. One more semester to go and I'm freeeeeeeeee!!!

FML



On the other hand, the weather is so refreshing lately, especially after a tough, cold December. All week is supposed to be above 0 which is better than nothing. I can't wait till spring comes. X_X

JIC Magic FG2

Grabbed this off one of the forums I'm on a while ago.. Can't remember where though or who shot it, but the dude had TSX's Spoon'd out too.
Love this look.

Artsy Fartsy

Been experimenting with trying to have some other things in my pictures to add depth or something. Maybe I'll have a new shooting style by the time spring comes around.

ha.

Nudie Update!

With the lack of nice weather and the future of putting on any mods for the car looking bleak, I decided to post up an update of my nudies I posted up a while back.
Since then I've been wearing them every day and I picked up a pair of ecru embo organic slim jims with the white stitch. I've been looking EVERYWHERE for these and haven't found them in the cut that I wanted. Well, what do you know, we're browsing and it's there.. had to get em.

That just means two pairs to work on, which makes it more exciting!!

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. With Christmas and New Years, it was getting hectic with the family with parties and such. The weather here is still anything but nice. I can't wait until this snow is gone and nice weather comes again. I've got parts all over and no where to put them =(

Happy New Year!

Been a little late in the blogging but, I can't let January 1st roll by without a blog.
What a year it has been.. lots of ups and downs, but like every year, we get through it and put it behind us.

For me, I think I accomplished lots within my personal life from meeting new people, taking more chances, and standing up for what I believe in. I've managed to get better at photography which I swore I would do, I have been able to get my pictures published in Import Tuner and Schmap maps. And I'm also a resident photographer for intunedonline.com which I'm happy for.

I think the last year has been a good step up from the daily grind I used to know. Hopefully the new year brings better opportunity, more challenges, and success to everyone!

Big thanks to my family and my girl for all the support whether it's for my car, my photography, or just being me. My friends for the leg up's, advice and most importantly, their friendship.

Happy new year everyone!