Tag: Stance Nation

  • Tokyo Auto Salon 2017 | Event Coverage

    Tokyo Auto Salon 2017 | Event Coverage

    Tokyo Auto Salon 2016 was so awesome, Abbitt and I decided that we would come back again. After months of looking at tickets, the price finally dropped down to $465 round trip. We decided at the moment, 5 months before TAS that we were going.  That gave us time to convince a crew of nine people to go to Japan with us. Why did we commit so early for Tokyo Auto Salon? Because it is one of the best car shows in the entire world. When you go to SEMA, you probably go through a see of vendors to find a car that you will like. At TAS, 75% of the cars are cars that you will make your pants wet. That’s why Japan is an island, they build such cool cars that guys get so wet that they surround themselves with water. If they stopped building cool cars, they would be reconnected with China and Korea again. So make sure you bring extra pants to TAS!

    Check out the backpacks, they had extra pants ready.

    Entering TAS can be overwhelming, it’s just like using the train here during rush hour. Your butt is going to be touched.

    Sick S15 from UP Garage. I’m sad I didn’t go visit one on this trip.

    Someone forgot to tell Wanli that the Step Up trend died in 2010 when Channing Tantum decided not to do Step Up 3. Also check out that FRS, it looks like such minimal effort for a TAS car. This is the wanli booth I have criticism for at TAS. Say that fast.

    Caught this guy in the left corner salivating over this Lexus IS.

    Glad I was able to check out the T-Demand GS in person. So flawless.

    Crazy how most of the crowd was here for the models instead of the cars.

    How Ariel from the Littler Mermaid would’ve modified a car.

    Never thought of Nankang as a performance tire, I’ve always thought of Nankangs as cheap and easy to stretch. They need to sponsor the stance scene in America.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the cars of the future looked like this van. Those headlights are so ridiculous.

    Glad to see BN Sports back on the map at TAS. In my opinion, they make the most stylish kits for drift cars. This FD is what I needed to see at TAS for my SC, such a big inspiration to work on my SC. This is what I miss about the car scene in the states. I haven’t seen a car that inspired me in a very long time. It’s been a influx of the Pandem kits and AIRLIFT combo on a majority of cars at meets and shows in the states.

    How to get the attention of 100 Japanese men, put a girl on a stripper pole. Ya’ll know you guys have Soap Land and Pink Salon right?

    Wish we went on a Friday because this was what my view consisted of 90% of the fucking time.

    Fuck The Police in a good way.

    You know when looking at this car it looks pretty basic, but Spectra Grafix picked a really good car to show off the quality of their products. Look at he curves, the basic bumper with no fog lights and wheels with no design, so you can just focus on the paint quality only.

    Big boss Nakkan putting on a HOODRATstuff sticker on the Old & New Porsche. Thanks Nakkan! It’s a big honor that you put our sticker on.

    Is it a chrome wrap? Nah son, it’s paint.

    Man this Crown from Aless would be perfect if it didn’t have the chicken wire bottom grill. Chickens aren’t suppose to be in coops, they’re meant to be free.

    Next level show queen trailer.

    More chicken grille. #chickenlivesmatter

    This widebody Miata NC tho. Man that rear does it for me, I wish the front fender went down more towards the bottom of the door.

    Spotted Sara being a star girl at the Old & New x Spetra paint booth.

    Aimgain bringing the heat with a whole range of cars kitted with AIMGAIN. This is the new Stance Nation x AIMGAIN collab FRS kit.

    My God this FD is absolutely amazing. It’s called the Humbul and fuck it made me humble about my car real quick.

    The new Pandem R32. It looks pretty cool, I’m waiting for the 10 other people who pre-ordered the kit and to see it in 10 different colors at the same meet to decide if I’m in love or not.

    God damn is all I have to say about the AIMGAIN NSX.

    Liberty Walk Lexus LS? Wow.

    Visited Ty from Hectopascal at the GMG booth and met Diana who ends up taking my phone to text random shit to Sara.

    It ended up being Sara and Diana’s lunch time, so we met up with Sara at the food court for some fast ramen and soft serve.

    We escorted Sara back at her booth and I thought it would be a good time to shoot her.

    A hoard of Japanese men ended up falling from the sky and got in the way of my shots.

    I didn’t really like how the wide angle made Sara look, so I decided to see what my portrait 55mm lens that I got from Russia could do. I love how these came out.

    Varis GTR on Advans. This is the kit I would get if I owned a GTR.

    Man FDs were catching my attention very easily at TAS. I think it’s a sign for me to go buy one.

    I can’t believe Vertex brought out their SC to TAS. This SC is fucking goals.

    *heavy breathing*

    Got to be on Joey‘s live stream and show everyone how awkward I am in front of the camera. 

    I hope the rivets on this kit are strong enough to hold her weight.

    This girl was trying to give away lanyards, but everyone was zooming so close to her tits that they couldn’t see what was in her hands.

    Awesome to still see an Aristo at TAS.

    Wish I owned this car when I was playing Pokemon GO. 

    TAS even had a concert hall where the pineapple pen guy performed.

    Recaro seats are so comfortable, they made this room into a movie theater with Recaro seats only.

    Abbitt checking his phone to see if Mace and Maui are working or not.

    Another year of amazement at Tokyo Auto Salon! I hope you enjoyed the photos and I recommend everyone to go sometime in your life. My tickets were only $465 round trip when I checked early in August. It will be a memorable experience for any car enthusiast. Check back to see all the tourists stuff that we did.

    -NGUASS

     

  • Our Favorites at Stance Nation | Car Feature

    Our Favorites at Stance Nation | Car Feature

     As you are well aware, last weekend was the Stance Nation x Nisei Show Off car show held in Los Angeles. The event coincided with the Nisei Week event in Little Tokyo where everything JDM was going on that weekend. We gave you the full gallery of photos from this event, but now let’s high lite some of our favorites from the show.

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      This kouki S14 was looking extremely flawless for a car that could be almost 20 years old.
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     The S14 was sporting a full Vertex kit with a combo of ganadors and a subtle JDM S14 kouki wing.DSC07378

    This sport S14 looks like to be boosted with the ARC inter cooler and to complete this aggressive sport look it is planted on some Volk TE37 in magnesium blue. Loving the overall execution of this build!
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     The next car would be the host of this event, Elvis’s Scion FRS. For a car that is fairly new, this car is completely whored out in my opinion, so when a build like this comes along and shocks and awes us, you know there’s something special about it. DSC07760

     Besides being completely suited up with an Aimgain kit, this FRS is also rocking one of the first set of Stance Nation Edition CR2P in 18s. He also added some serious stopping power to his car with the 326 Power brake kit.

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      Boosted and able to be used as the ultimate daily, this is just another of Elvis’s memorable builds.

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     This next car is one of the coolest CRX’s I have seen in a long time. The simple metallic grey and black trim makes this car look so classic and it should considering this car is about 20+ years old. I’m not much of a Honda guy, but I can see that a lot of effort was put into the engine bay.

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    This CRX was also rocking the Work Meister CR01. A wheel that I want, but I have no car to put it on.

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     This next build, I have a major bias on because I’ve seen it go from a rolling shell to this Rocket Bunny S13 with a 2jz-gte. DSC07564

    There is so much custom work done to this car, it is ridiculous. From the e-brake to the custom front bumper mounts for easy removal to the fuel cell this car literally has it all.  DSC07562

     What’s next for this car? To upgrade from car shows to drift events. DSC07509

     This car comes from MV Wraps by Mike Vo. Mike has been killing the Lexus game in his GS300 and now he has a new platform and that is this LS460L. Mike is all about the one-off kits and he didn’t make an exception for his LS460L. Mike is rocking a custom front bumper probably molded from a bumper that isn’t meant for his car with a custom wrap that Mike does all by himself. Check out all of the accents! DSC07504

    Mike’s LS460L is rocking some sick VIP Modular wheels as well to complete his VIP theme.  DSC07496 A boss ass one of a kind VIP build. Good job Mike!

     

     

  • Stance Nation x Nisei Show Off 2015 | Gallery

    Stance Nation x Nisei Show Off 2015 | Gallery

    Check out this photo dump of this past weekend’s Stance Nation x Nisei Show Off all photos by Minh Nguyen(@nguminh).

     

  • Half Moon Bay

    Half Moon Bay

    After our tourist adventure in San Francisco, we headed to nearby Pacifica, CA to meet up with Elvis Skender, owner of Stance Nation and his SRT8 Dodge Charger. From there, we cruised for a while, searching for a good location to shoot/film his car. We ended up at a sweet spot by the pier at Half Moon Bay, CA. Shooting was pretty difficult because it was so FREAKEN cold and windy! Minh and I occasionally sat in the car so we didn’t freeze. Shavi beasted it out and filmed the entire time, like a boss. Check out the footage below.

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    Very lovely spot
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  • Wekfest 2012 – San Francisco

    Wekfest 2012 – San Francisco

    Sunday, February 19th, 2012 was the day of the highly anticipated Wekfest 4 by Weksos Industries. This Northern California Automotive Show did not disappoint one bit. People from all over the country came to the San Francisco Bay for this event.  There were just good vibes all around. The amount of spectators at Wekfest was just crazy. We got to catch up with some old pals and we also got to meet a lot of new people! There were just good vibes all around.

    One of the two hangers at Fort Mason

    Cars rolling into Fort Mason
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  • A Day in the Bay

    A Day in the Bay

    The day before Wekfest, we decided to venture around San Francisco city. We journeyed into the city looking for some good food. We also decided to act like tourist and take pictures of everything. Our initial plan was to get some Sushirrito (a sushi burrito) , unfortunately they are closed on the weekends. We were “hella” bummed out.

    We ended eating at a random Tri-tip joint, which was pretty good.

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  • 5 O’Clock in the Morning.

    5 O’Clock in the Morning.

    After Vinh’s shoot, a couple of the guys and Jennifer went to guppies and kicked it for a long ass time. We were pretty hungry and were all craving M&M a local donut shop by my house that sells bomb blueberry donuts and this awesome thing called the “WORKS” (not the wheel company). It’s kind of a far drive from where most of us were, but when we found out Neel and Nick have never tried it we had to go. For the first time, in a long time there was no line at M&M it was probably because it was 3:00 AM. We bought our food, got the orgy in our mouths and let the sex digest in our stomachs. While watching everyone eating, I thought it would be cool to do a photo shoot in front of M&M and since Nick rarely gets his car shot I used his car. By the time the night ended it was 5:00 AM and all we did was kick it, no alcohol and drugs. Weird huh?

    Wei’s S2K on the verge of a complete make over. Check back for progress…

    David pointing at the random security guard pushing a shopping cart.

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