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  • West Collective 2015 | Seventh Annual BBQ

    West Collective 2015 | Seventh Annual BBQ

    The homie Erik invited me to slide through his fam’s annual gathering for some hangs, some meats, and some turnups. It was a hella chill environment, it wasn’t too hot (thank God), and there was nothing but good vibes from the West Collective fam. We did have some pigs rolling through lurking on our activities – about three squad cars deep. I didn’t get photos, but we handled it pretty well. Ahem…THANH! Lol jk.

    Jimmy and Erik – the boosted Civic couple ?

    It doesn’t look like much is going on under those trees looking at this picture. Step a little closer, and you’ll forget you’re even at this park – that’s how I felt, at least.

    That’s why! If you don’t know, now you know…Damn it, Joe! LOL.

    Shouts to the homie $lopps for the golden drank – it definitely was a Privilege.

    Volk Racing CE28’s left and right. Squad goals, for sure.

    Wait, Volk Racing TE37’s left and right, as well! Squad goals x2. Love this color combo on Thanh’s 4-series.

    Break that neck, homie! Break it!

    More CE28! This is my favorite look on Robert’s DC5.

    Big daddy bauwse 7-series, baby! I’m a sucker for the big body lux-life.

    It’s fun to do bad things with, Jimmy, even if it goes way overboard. On to the next chapter, my brother.

    “From up top baby! Money don’t sleep – NO IT DOES NOT!”

    Being that I do both video and photo, it gets pretty confusing to switch back and forth debating whether to capture a moment with one or the other. I always try my best, especially that I am intoxicated 98% of the time I’m working. If I didn’t snap a photo of your car – my bad. Lol. It ain’t like I won’t see you guys again anyway. TFTI and thanks for the hospitality. ‘Til next time, famz!

    -Celso Nimo

  • He Said, “BAGS ARE FOR GROCERIES”

    He Said, “BAGS ARE FOR GROCERIES”

    Hello Everyone! I haven’t blogged on this site for so long that I pretty much forgot how everything worked. Well, actually, I don’t think I ever learned how to use this site properly in the first place, so it doesn’t really matter. But anyways lots of awesome things have been happening to me within these last couple of weeks. I recently picked up a new camera and lens so I was pretty excited about that.

    But forget about all my bullshit talking and let’s get into the badass shit. The car you see below your pupils belongs to a good friend of mine that goes by the name of Zack. As soon as I picked up my new camera, he coincidentally purchased some wheels for his LS400, so me being the excited one with a new camera, automatically asked him if he was down to do a photoshoot. He happily agreed so we set a date and time to make it happen. Unfortunately the first time Zack and I met up, I had decided to use my crappy Canon UV filter on my 24-70. This filter sucks ball sack and I have no clue why I used it, so all the pictures I took came out blurry as fuck. I was really upset but Zack said it was cool and would let me re-shoot it the following week. We shot it again the following week, and this time I had my new 16-35 with me. It was my first time messing with a wide angle lens, and all I could say is, it is super awesome!!! I am still learning how to use it so some of these pictures may look a little weird and that’s because I was positioning the car the wrong way for a wide angle, but I’m still learning so don’t scrutinize me please!

    This LS 400 is one of the lowest, if not the lowest, static LS400 state wide. Zack decided to do something a little different, he wanted to go with a VIP style car but also rock that sporty look at the same time, and this is the result. He decided to run a custom set of Rotiform SJC’s in sizings of 18×10-23 and 18×12-13, yup rub your eyeballs and squint a couple of times cause those specs are correct. Zack decided to match those with a set of KSPORT COILOVERS, not bags. You will understand why I caplocked coilovers. He also had his exhaust straight piped so this thing sounds like a monster. The car may look a little janky at the moment but it is still in its beginning stages, so don’t even judge it yet. He has paint and legit body work in the works already. He also has a set of studio RCA’s coming in so you will definitely see this thing cambered out “back to the future style.” Believe it or not, he also plans to lower the car some more. I told him he’s crazy, but that’s Zack, he will push it to the absolute limit.

    Zack does all the work on his car, and let me tell you, he puts a new definition in the word “HOODRAT.” Zack does not give a single fuck when he works on his car!

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  • The Return of Celso Nimo

    The Return of Celso Nimo

    So our friend Nimo decided to bring his Accord back from the dead. He decided to debut it on the day of the University of Irvine car show.

    The morning started off pretty early. The plan was to meet at Minh’s house around 9:30, but like usual everyone was running late. Even Minh was running late and he lived there!

    The show started at 10 o’clock, but we did not mind, because we knew we would be showing up fashionably late. Once I arrived I immediately started shooting.

    The first car I shot was Jimmy’s Civic always breaks my neck, especially because of it’s crazy negative camber.

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