Friday, February 20, 2009
White Power!
It's not every day that you get to see a clean and properly built VIP Inspired car, and to have two of them together is something that truly can't be missed. The Lexus SC300 (Toyota Soarer) and GS430 (Toyota Aristo) that you see below are prime examples of how VIP cars should be built. Clean, classy, and best of all low, these two white beauties are a true representation of the art of building VIP Cars. Owners of the cars Ben (SC) and Chris (GS) are two friends of mine that I've met at various Lexus events. Together they founded a small elite car crew called "Garage Club." Keep an eye on for these white beauties and enjoy the pictures courtesy of Ben.
Friday, February 13, 2009
back from the BAY!
What's goin on blog readers, well for those who aren't in the know...I was up in the hypebeast city, aka SF last weekend with Team Supastar for J's Gathering, aka Wek'fest. The pictures I posted were stolen from Cody's camera because I, being the smart person I am, forgot my SD card for my camera in my laptop, so Cody's pictures will have to do.
Without further adieu, here ya go:
Upon leaving, I sat shotgun a custom hardtop Miata, unfortunately, it was raining when we left, and to my misfortune...the hardtop leaked...a lot. haha, the weather stripping that was used came from a convertible, so water was leaking in everywhere...AWESOME!
To top it off, the car had just been painted, and the masking job done by the shop was pathetic to say the least, so there was clear coat over spray all over the windows, that sure made navigating in the rain enjoyable =]
It took us 3 hours to get OUT of LA, literally 3 hours...w t f.
When we finally left LA, the roads cleared up and we were good to go.
Only in the middle of nowhere can you find 100 Octane Gas, too bad Jon didn't really fill his car up with it =P
Group shot at the first stop
The Miata and Nicul's Jetta
That front end of Nicul's Jetta was blue tapped like there was no tomorrow, and the paint still got scuffed up a bit. Thats why you get a clear bra =]
back on the road, Cody and I were in the Smart Car, and Cody had me take a picture of the nav....kind of pointless when there's only 1 way to go...
Finally after 9 hrs of driving or so, we got to the edge of the city. Paying at the Bay Bridge, what a pretty sight!
waiting. . .
We finally crossed the bridge to get into the city. This picture came out looking pretty sick, given the point and shoot camera that Cody had.
So after a long night of driving, gassing up, and avoiding the shitty SF roads, we FINALLY got to the loft we were staying at.
Unfortunately, we had 10 people staying in a 500 sq ft loft, you do the math.
Needless to say it was just a lil cramped, and with a majority of the team members being f'ing loud ass snorers, most of the team didn't get much sleep
Eventually we all woke up and went and dropped some of the cars off at Jtown. Then we went to eat breakfast at some hole in the wall called Little Croissant, or something like that. Regardless the food was cheap and pretty good
Leo (in the blue) didn't get any sleep the night before, so you could imagine she was pretty damn tired, PLUS she was sick...no go
After breakfast, we went to a local carwash and got the cars all washed up, and spent the remainder of the day going around the city. Eventually we would go to Ron's sister's apartment which was right by Fisherman's Warf.
Fisherman's Wharf, here we are.
Yea, that's me...thanks Cody, lol
We were starving, so we decided to grub on some Fisherman's Wharf classics:
clam chowder bowl, calamari, and oyster shooters. Yum!
After the wharf we went back to Ron's sisters apt, where we were able to go on top of their roof to see the night skyline. The following are some gorgeous pictures of the view
3 Pictures cropped together, I'd love to just look out at that and contemplate about life
Simply breathtaking
At the bottom of Golden Gate Bridge
This picture was taken at the very top of the hill where the old base used to be.
Needless it say it was FREEZING when we took this picture, but in the end it was well worth it =]
Jon's T-shirt is decieving, he was SUPER cold...lol
Driving across the bridge.
our display at Wek'fest
This GS was SOOO gangsta!
Mad negative camber, seeing this thing parked is one thing, but seeing it roll was even crazier!
and...that's it, hope you enjoyed the show!
Without further adieu, here ya go:
Upon leaving, I sat shotgun a custom hardtop Miata, unfortunately, it was raining when we left, and to my misfortune...the hardtop leaked...a lot. haha, the weather stripping that was used came from a convertible, so water was leaking in everywhere...AWESOME!
To top it off, the car had just been painted, and the masking job done by the shop was pathetic to say the least, so there was clear coat over spray all over the windows, that sure made navigating in the rain enjoyable =]
It took us 3 hours to get OUT of LA, literally 3 hours...w t f.
When we finally left LA, the roads cleared up and we were good to go.
Only in the middle of nowhere can you find 100 Octane Gas, too bad Jon didn't really fill his car up with it =P
Group shot at the first stop
The Miata and Nicul's Jetta
That front end of Nicul's Jetta was blue tapped like there was no tomorrow, and the paint still got scuffed up a bit. Thats why you get a clear bra =]
back on the road, Cody and I were in the Smart Car, and Cody had me take a picture of the nav....kind of pointless when there's only 1 way to go...
Finally after 9 hrs of driving or so, we got to the edge of the city. Paying at the Bay Bridge, what a pretty sight!
waiting. . .
We finally crossed the bridge to get into the city. This picture came out looking pretty sick, given the point and shoot camera that Cody had.
So after a long night of driving, gassing up, and avoiding the shitty SF roads, we FINALLY got to the loft we were staying at.
Unfortunately, we had 10 people staying in a 500 sq ft loft, you do the math.
Needless to say it was just a lil cramped, and with a majority of the team members being f'ing loud ass snorers, most of the team didn't get much sleep
Eventually we all woke up and went and dropped some of the cars off at Jtown. Then we went to eat breakfast at some hole in the wall called Little Croissant, or something like that. Regardless the food was cheap and pretty good
Leo (in the blue) didn't get any sleep the night before, so you could imagine she was pretty damn tired, PLUS she was sick...no go
After breakfast, we went to a local carwash and got the cars all washed up, and spent the remainder of the day going around the city. Eventually we would go to Ron's sister's apartment which was right by Fisherman's Warf.
Fisherman's Wharf, here we are.
Yea, that's me...thanks Cody, lol
We were starving, so we decided to grub on some Fisherman's Wharf classics:
clam chowder bowl, calamari, and oyster shooters. Yum!
After the wharf we went back to Ron's sisters apt, where we were able to go on top of their roof to see the night skyline. The following are some gorgeous pictures of the view
3 Pictures cropped together, I'd love to just look out at that and contemplate about life
Simply breathtaking
At the bottom of Golden Gate Bridge
This picture was taken at the very top of the hill where the old base used to be.
Needless it say it was FREEZING when we took this picture, but in the end it was well worth it =]
Jon's T-shirt is decieving, he was SUPER cold...lol
Driving across the bridge.
our display at Wek'fest
This GS was SOOO gangsta!
Mad negative camber, seeing this thing parked is one thing, but seeing it roll was even crazier!
and...that's it, hope you enjoyed the show!
Art at its Finest!
Saw this from Team Supastar forum
one of the team members posted this from the original post on the Miata Forums. The artwork that this guy does is amazing, his attention to detail amazes me, and his models are cleaner then most cars out on the street. I hope you guys enjoy some of his artwork, and can appreciate his skills and craftsmanship
Artist: Chris Lee
Car: Mazda Miata
Artwork:
Drawing, pre-design work
Look at the attention to detail, heat wrapped headers and turbo
The Bondo bodywork looks as if it were of a real car shell.
Fully completed
R33 GTR at its finest
ITBs....NA > Turbo
This is just a small portion of the overall selection, for the remainder check the original post at:
Team Supastar Forum
one of the team members posted this from the original post on the Miata Forums. The artwork that this guy does is amazing, his attention to detail amazes me, and his models are cleaner then most cars out on the street. I hope you guys enjoy some of his artwork, and can appreciate his skills and craftsmanship
Artist: Chris Lee
Car: Mazda Miata
Artwork:
Drawing, pre-design work
Look at the attention to detail, heat wrapped headers and turbo
The Bondo bodywork looks as if it were of a real car shell.
Fully completed
R33 GTR at its finest
ITBs....NA > Turbo
This is just a small portion of the overall selection, for the remainder check the original post at:
Team Supastar Forum
Welcome to my Blog!
So for those of you reading, Welcome! This is my first attempt at trying to start a blog, and its going to be mainly full of my rantings about my days/weeks and the random shit that happens to me as I go through life. Also, there will be a fair amount of automotive goodies, after all; I am the founder and co-owner of bSpecMagazine.
So a little about myself: Graduating college student, Car Enthusiast, Asian. That about wraps it up for me, I'm just your typical car guy who wants to pursue a dream in what he's passionate about.
Now that you know a little about me, let's get to something deeper: what is bSpecMag all about? It is an online magazine, much like Jtuned.com, that caters towards B-Segment vehicles, often referred to as "sub-compact" cars. Cars that fall under this category range from the Scion line up to the Nissan Cube, Smart Car, Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, and the list goes on. I've always been fascinated with cars, and over the years, I've come to realize that most cars had recognition through magazines. Looking at publications like Import Tuner, Superstreet, Euro Tuner, etc, readers could seasily ee the niche market that each magazine is targeting for. However, the only thing that's been missing over the years is the B-Segement covereage. There has been one attempted by Siphon magazine to cover this culture, but they fell short big time. This is why I've made it my duty to give recognition where it is due, and show the world that these little Micro machines can really show off all they've got!
The official launch date for the site will be on April 1st, so be on the look out! That's it for my 1st post, I hope you stick around to see what else I've got to offer =]
disclaimer: this is not my car
Source: Rimtuck.com, photo
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