To start things off in Southern California, Toyo Tires and Super Street put together a car meet and calendar launch at Boden AutoHaus in Costa Mesa, California. One of the biggest automotive events that was free for the masses in a long time. Check out some highlights from this event below:
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One of the biggest automotive gatherings on the eastern seaboard is H2Oi, and it is coming soon on the first weekend of October; celebrating its 18th year anniversary. Mazda Fitment, Royal Origin, and Wrong Fitment Crew are proud to collaborate on this years H2Oi Meet Up 2015 in Ocean City, Maryland!
Date: Saturday, October 3rd 2015
Time: 1:00pm – Whenever
Location: 123RD ST. & COASTAL HWY (VISIONS DAY SPA PARKING LOT)
Be sure to check back on the day of the event for any updates on the Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/424003801144063/
Come meet and greet fellow automotive enthusiasts, enjoy some cars, and socialize. Be respectful to your surroundings and those around you. Be smart. Have fun.
Another day in Sydney, Australia, and Alan from AL Captures from Melbourne, Australia was still in town and was nice enough to take me around. We started out our day at a photo shoot and then drove into the city to check out some good food and a few typical tourist spots.
That is right. That is their Burger King.
Seeing my favorite Pepper Lunch here was a nice surprise, but still wouldn’t eat something I can already get back home.
Somewhere in downtown Sydney.
Alan: Thank you for hanging out with me down there. Truly appreciate the hospitality. Let me know when you are over the big pond.
Some weird bird.
Finally to the main location, Mr. Crackles. This spot is known for having crispy skinned succulent meats mixed with their dishes.
The crispiness.
Slow roasted 5 spiced pork belly with Vietnamese style salad inside a long roll.
Delicious and filling. Not real big on onion rings, but these were really enjoyable for me.
Fully laid out, and slammed on the floor.
Going through Harbour Bridge.
I am sure most of us have seen this on television at the 2000 summer Olympics, the Sydney Opera House.
The actual Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House all in one view.
Some Southern California love down under.
The city life in Sydney was really impressive. Definitely, one of the most lively and busy cities.
Ended the day in the city with some Golden Gaytime.
If I were to go back to Australia, I would definitely love to see more of the country; probably Melbourne area, the coral reefs, or what the real outback is.
Just another day in Sydney, Australia. Jacob with the white Mitsubishi Evolution VIII on RSV Forged RS10D picked me up with his buddy to take some quick pictures, and just hang out.
It sure did feel a bit weird seeing everyone driving on the right hand side, and drive on the opposite side of the road.
These RSV Forged RS10D made me miss my old TMBs. Gotta love a good looking true directional wheel.
Simple equals clean.
BCHPLS, rim to fender fitment.
After hanging out and shooting pictures, a nice Australian pig decided to pull over and cite Jacob’s Evo for basically everything. I have heard the stories and first hand accounts of the Australian automotive regulations, and it really is the worst. You really just gotta pay to play to enjoy being an automotive enthusiast anywhere in the world.
Hope you enjoyed the photos.
Throwing it back to one of the most memorable events/trips to enjoy different automotive culture than what I am used to in Southern California. Also, took me awhile to edit through the pictures as I rarely do take pictures, however, I recently picked up a Sony A7II with the kit lens, and it has motivated me to shoot more pictures as well as video of course.
DAY ONE: We arrived in Helen, Georgia very early in the morning, and already got greeted by familiar faces, and a lot of different quality ones.
A lost SoCal tribesmen came to greet us as well.
Through my network over at Mazda Fitment, I recognized Nate’s Miata parked in a random parking lot. Definitely as lovely in person as on the internet.
The new finish on the OZ Turbos was a nice touch to the new vinyl wrap theme.
On this trip, I told Ryo he had to come out to an East Coast event before he went back to Japan. Definitely glad he took my word for it, cause he was blown away. Ryo you will be missed!
This VW stood out amongst the rest. Liked it a lot.
Alex Goldstein’s E92 M3 On BBS RS2 wheels. Got the pleasure of shooting this car, which you can see later on in this post.
Another Mazda that I recognize through my network at Mazda Fitment. Also, got to meet the owner, was pretty cool.
Absolute love the direction Chris has had with this car of recent. Always well done through nearly all the stages of this car.
The south has some amazingly smooth roads and awesome twists. Really wanted a proper car to take it on a nice spirited drive here.
Southern beauty. Found this random pond/lake. Definitely not the nature we are used to in Southern California.
This E46 M3 had an excellent blend of style with the Weds Kranze LXZs.
One of a decent number of Miatas at SOWO. This one on AME made Fatlace FZERO1.
Another euro that blended a different style to the mundane usual stuff you would see on a euro.
This is a husband and wife pair right here. Both into some rad vintage euros; the bug and the bus.
Something I am more used to seeing back home.
Loved the fender to lip of the wheel fitment. On point fife.
DAY TWO: We stayed at Chris’s cabin about a few miles out of Helen, and came back the next day to continue exploring Helen.
Behind that door was bad things.
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I have seen a few pictures of this in the past floating around from Southern Fresh. Finally get to meet Justin and his LS400.
Kyle’s 326power’d out GS300. Got to shoot both of these later on as well.
The Risky Devil yacht. AJ bought this down from Arizona to Chicago to Georgia.
Found an awesome spot to shoot the cars. Here is Alex’s E92 M3.
Loving the southern back drop. A nice different scenery that we are usually used to in SoCal.
Horse friends.
Kyle’s GS300 enjoying that southern air.
It’s Fun To Do Bad Things.
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Love the rear end of this one with all those lines and details. Kyle just needs to insert the tips ;]
Justin’s LS400. Custom wide body.
Love the aggressive boss presence this has.
Those fender cuts. Love it.
Got to enjoy another East Coast trip with Ryan and his WRX. This time around the car has changed quite a lot since then.
Always a pleasure to enjoy Ryan’s southern hospitality.
DAY THREE: On the last day in Helen we were back in town seeing what was left. Still a good number of cars and quality stuff laying around. This Miata was on point with the BBS RFs.
The iconic Walking Dead location. Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta, Georgia from the sky.
And back home to SoCal we went. Definitely loved this trip and event. The vibe and feel is different than H2Oi, and is definitely an experience I will continue to try to repeat.
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It’s that time of the year where we make the journey from SoCal to Las Vegas to enjoy a weekend of fun and sin. This time around we collaborated with HNRS LV clothing store to bring ENJOY SIN. We had food provided by Fuku Burger to supply their awesome burgers, and raffles provided by our sponsors to anyone that attended this free event.
Thank you to everyone that came out and enjoyed themselves. Hope to see everyone again next year to enjoy some more sin!
Special thanks to our sponsors:
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On today’s food adventures, we took out your woman crush Wednesdays, Sara and Hayle to eat some delicious wieners.
The ladies getting mesmerized by the wieners.
First time Sara wasn’t ready for a photo and Vinh was.
Hayle also always alert for a photo op.
Dogzilla one of my favorite food trucks of all time. I’ve been eating here since 2010 when they would be stationed in front of Sam Ash on Beach blvd. Crazy how fast time passes, but their food is still amazing.
Sara telling us about her patients who get worms in their vagina’s right before our food came out.
I got the spicy dogzilla combo with an egg on top.
How it looks with no egg.
I hope when you google image search Sara Choi this photo pops up.
Some more shots of the deliciousness.
It’s a wiener party.
The next stop would be Porko Rico BBQ. Get it? Puerto Rico – Porko Rico.
When bae is about to buy you food.
I got the pillager pulled pork. The center was flavorful, but the bun was over bearing and dry. It made it hard to consume after a while and I just ended up eating the center only.
Vinh got the captain porko fries which was the better option among our two orders. They really mastered slow smoked pork here at Porko Rico BBQ.
Last on the list was Meow Meow Cafe, we’ve been here a couple times in the past and it was amazing, but I heard from Alyssa who lives down the street that this place changed ownership and is not as great anymore. Well, she was right…
Anyways, it was cool to put our phones down and just update each other on our lives.
Hayle trying to live in the moment.
Hayle missing bae.
Back on their phones..
Then Shavi arrived and everyone won the lotto. Yay!
Tra House has come a long way since it opened back in 2012. It use to be strictly a boba shop and then out of no where evolved into a full blown restaurant. Tra House is known for making Vietnamese dishes with a little twist to it, so if you’re a Vietnamese food fanatic and you eat here you’re going to be mind blown.
This is my favorite photo ever.
Garlic shrimp noodles. Pretty basic, but the shrimp was on point. I just wanted some dry noodles to eat.
Chicken vermicelli with egg rolls. Can’t go wrong with this combination.
When Vietnamese people think meat with baguette bread, they automatically think of banh mi sandwiches. When ordering this dish we did not expect it to come out like a pizza. Pretty good.
Crispy rice with Chinese sausages. We were expecting a bowl of fried rice with sausages. This was a pleasant surprise and also good.
Bo Ne. A slap of steak with tater tots and a fried egg. Taste delicious.
Great place to have dinner and the place has a nice vibe to it. Also the drinks here are really good too. Try the New Yorker.
Vinh’s garage is where most of our cars have been worked on or fixed and usually we come back the next day because we messed up on something. We’re not perfect, maybe Instagram makes it look like we have perfect cars, but we don’t. It actually takes a lot of work to build a car that we would be happy with. A suspension drop, wheels and a lip kit doesn’t really count as a build for us. It’s definitely a start, but what separates the car scene kids to the true enthusiast is the attention to detail and the never ending thirst to build a complete all around car.
From Lexus to Nissan now Subaru, Vinh is trying to catch them all. He has always been able to build some unique cars with his simplistic style, every car he has built had it’s own way of grabbing your attention without it having something crazy to it.
Vinh’s room mate, Bryan’s M5. Shit’s packing heat with 500hp.
Henry’s freshly bagged GS on Loc’s Work CR Kais. They’re for sale for $1,900.
Today’s project is Abbitt’s Subaru, we were getting it prepped for a tune. Abbitt is not about the details of his car, if it works and looks good, it’s fine for him. He still builds some pretty cool cars though.
Love/hate relationship for Vinh and building cars. He likes building cars, but he hates being broke from buying the parts.
Henry was trying to fix his air leaks all day. #airproblems
John’s been a rut trying to sell his Work VS-TX. Seems like people now a days don’t want to be a gangster.
Holy camber, Batman!
Sunsets and slammed cars. Even though cars can be a headache, nothing beats seeing your hard work put into a car with the sun setting in the background. Do it for the love of the build instead of Instagram likes.
