Taking a small break from the H2Oi coverage, I’ve been wanting to post this video up for a while now. With one of my brothers being a big fan of the 350z, I like to follow the trends and new projects from around the country/world. As most of us know you can go with a pretty aggressive wheel in the back. It’s almost mandatory that you have AT LEAST a 10.5 wide rim in the rear to even be considered “hellaflush”. Minty Z was a car I didn’t like when I first saw it. Mainly because of the color of wheels he first fit to the car, it just looked too trendy. The polished/chrome VIP Modular he is rocking now, looks absolutely sexy on the mint colored 350z. It also helped that he is static and slammed beyond the floor. Props!
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We should all know by now that Japan does everything better. More proof of this is the Civic (I think) slammed on fender flairs and a set of SSR’s. This thing is just bad!
Looking through some recent show coverage, this Beetle really caught my eye. Nimbus grey and Copper plating is a pretty good looking combo. Definitely different then what your used to seeing with these slammed air cooled cars. Looks pretty damn good.
Being raised in the Bronx, the Acura Legend was easily the most popular car in the hood. If you were gangster and had super swag, you definitely were driving a Ac Legend. When I saw this picture I was automatically drawn to it. Especially in the ever-baller deep purple color, this is a winner. I wonder how a mint slammed Legend would do in the hood now? It would definitely have the OG’s looking.
Besides being completely shocked seeing this car, the first thing that came to mind was that this Chevy Cobalt looks plain mean! Props to the owner for really thinking out of the box, and stancing out a Cobalt of all cars. I mean damn, just look at it. Looks like he’s rocking some sort of Volk TE reps and hopefully he has the hood off because he’s done some serious engine bay mods. I know the potential this car has horsepower wise, but who would’ve thought it could LOOK this good.
Once in a while we all think about what cars we would buy if we won the lotto. I’m sure, being driven around in a Rolls, would run through your mind. But for people like me, we just can’t keep anything stock! I came across these photo’s of a Phantom slammed on it’s air ride suspension. Just think, wouldn’t it be crazy to see this thing stanced out on 24’s? Talk about jaw dropping. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before it happens. Until then we can only use our imagination.
On saturday I attended the Formula D drift show at Wall Speedway, New Jersey. I have been going every year for the past three years now and it never disappoints. It’s always an exhausting day with a combination of blazing sun, free unlimited NOS energy drink, inhaled exhaust and tire smoke, and lots of cheering for our favorite drivers. I really enjoy this event because every team garage is open to the public. You can walk right up, check out what’s going on and if you lucky, get a autograph. It’s just a great overall atmosphere.
It seems like the long wheel base V8 cars are completely taking over. Unless the driver was perfect, the turbo 4’s just couldn’t compete. Having said that most cars had LS swaps. It’s pretty nuts to see how popular that motor has gotten and seeing what cars it’s being thrown in.
On to the pictures. As you can see my camera SUCKS! Don’t worry a DSLR is soon coming.
Attendance really seems to grow from last year. Which is great.
Caught some of the cars lining up for top 32 before heading back to the stands.
A little top 32 action. Yes, the pictures suck. In this round half the cars seemed to either brake or get into an accident.
After the top 32 I made my way back to the pit/vendor area to snap some pics.
After seeing pictures of seeing this car at SEMA, I never thought in a million years I would see it in person. What a treat! The car is absolutely INSANE! The pictures don’t do any justice. The front lip makes it pretty undriveable, but freak it. If you have GTR money, you have money to replace the front lip every thousand miles. This car is obviously a trailer queen.
Like I said, the V8’s have completely taken over.
Some battle damage and an interesting jean material dash.
I was really disappointed in the number of show cars compared to last year. The AE86’s engine bay looking incredible.
Another shocker and treat was seeing Vaughn Gitten’s completely custom Mustang. This car is build to supercar standards.
My favorite car/driver from saturday was Daijiro Yoshihara’s S13 w/LS power. I want to eventually build one exactly like this.
There was a small Ruckus crew out. I gotta say these scooters have a lot of potential.
These teams go through tires like there is no tomorrow. Literally hundreds of tires were taken home as souvenirs.
We headed back for opening ceremony and a shot at the top 16.
A couple more action shots. The winner saturday was Conrad Grunewald in his 2011 Camaro.
After the event we chilled in the parking lot since there was a ridiculous rubberneck at the exit. This RSX was absolutely beautiful!! Pictures really don’t do justice for this car and how it looks slammed and stanced. I want one!
Here is a horrible shot of Lyron and his Legit RHD 1JZ Soarer. Such a nice drift machine.
A couple other nice cars I spotted in the lot.
Overall it was a really great show. Can’t wait til next year.
I almost forgot to post this up. There was a crew of Amish at the track and I could help but take a snap of this dudes stance. HAHA props to them for coming out though.
Highly modified aircooled beetles have been around for ages. But for many reasons, you rarely, if at all see these Porsche 356 so highly modified. I have to say, this flat grey example slammed on it’s balls makes me want one BAD! btw, The green Bus in the background is nuts too!
Who would have thought that you could make a Mazda MPV soccer mom van could look this good? Of course only a Japanese could pull of such a thing. This was taken in the USDM jam in Japan. Its basically a show where a bunch of people mod their cars with “USDM” style. I think they pull it off better then we do lol. De-badged and slammed on some Work Meister wheels. I gotta be honest. I’d rock it!
I have been lucky enough to be seeing a couple of these newer TL’s modded. They look REALLY good, I have to say. Can’t wait to start seeing some serious stanced out TL’s. Below is a great example of it’s potential.
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