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Last post for Driven 2013. See the side bar on the right to see all the other posts if you just tuned in. Just finishing the last of my shots with the wide angle and I walked around quickly to take shots with the 50mm. I said it before the show and I’m hitting myself because I’m saying it now – I should’ve taken more shots. X_X

It’s just such a long ass day of loud music and taking pics that by the end of it all, I don’t feel like even picking up my camera anymore for a few days. Oh well, I got some good captures. Let’s go ahead and end Driven 2013 officially.

Some ratchet stuff going on over by the ZR auto booth. All the dudes on the right snapping some pics… lol I wanted to get a full pic of them, but that would be too obvious. I actually probably look just like those guys.

I didn’t get as many pictures from the Autodream booth as I had hoped. For some reason all their cars were facing inwards and then groups of people were all on the inside so it was awkward to take pics. I did manage to get this clean 240 – unfortunately from the back – but still clean.

Chrome wrapped Lambo. Not feeling it… but better than most wraps at the show.

The new Maserati MP12 was unveiled at the show. Pretty crazy…

Clean 240 from Autodream on some aggressive Meisters.

Another Evo X on RPF1′s and a Voltex wing.

Tommy’s BMW M3 and Bike.

Devon’s EG hatch

The mean girls. JC, Punit and I. God, I can’t get over how good they looked beside each other all clean. Great combo.

JC’s CT200h and Melyssa Grace

She did a great job posing btw. Her presence was definitely different than all the other models there during the show, it was great shooting the few shots I did with her.

Ass shots with Rich’s 24-70L. I love car shows because my car will never be that clean all year round again.

JC’s CT

Punit’s GS. Killed the fitment. Not too much poke, not too much camber.

A quick shot of my trunk set up. I threw in my LV belt for extra brownie points for the show LOL. Steve and Barb are making their way to Hong Kong – so I asked them to pick up a pair of LV belts for me there to strap the tank down permanently. Right now, it’s held down with cheap fabric belts I got at H&M lol.

Shot of the rear. While it does go low, I know it can go even lower. I gotta play with it sometime this summer but for now I’m quite happy with how it all fits.

Phil’s AE86 looking mean.

Derrek’s engine bay.

Derrek’s Louis Vuitton shift boot. It’s actually a real Louis Vuitton bag that was cut up to make it. He said his mom’s bag was getting old and started to rip, so he sat there with a stitch ripper and took out all the original stitches and stitched it back together into a shift boot. I told him he should’ve brought the cut up bag for proof that it was real since it’s an older pattern. Love it.

The Honda S600. So good.

Tommy’s engine bay in his M3.

Tommy’s wheel and brake set up. BBS FI’s and Brembo BBK

Zeeshan’s engine and valve cover.

Michael’s Mazda3 fitment.

Phil’s engine bay and ITB’s

Phil’s CCW fitment

Another shot of Regina George.

Nikki’s Air Runner trunk set up.

The hat that Naomi got for JC. Mean Girls – “You can’t sit with us” hahahahaha fitting.

Justin’s dumped TSX.

Prashant’s C63 AMG

In the Scion booth, they had a driving simulator set up. Looked cool.

Awesome low rider truck on Accuair. The finish was awesome.

Another.

An Integra from BC. Super clean.

Unfortunately, the shot I got of the red Civic was blurry so I’m pretty disappointed about that, but here’s a dual shot.

Better shot of the black Integra. Love everything about this car from the wheel choice to the fitment.

Reggie’s interior looking great.

Another type R with a beautifully finished TE37. Love the colour.

Reggie’s Type R. This is another amazing car that you have to see in person to appreciate. I wish I got more shots of it. The decals and the placement all works so well. There isn’t a single thing about his car that I didn’t like.

A full shot of the yellow Type R.

Ending part V with Melyssa Grace and Regina George.

The end!

Thanks for sticking around! Apologies to those that I missed shots of. I’m looking forward to next year and hoping that everyone comes out even better than this year. I know I’m already looking for new parts to help complete the big booty sedan.

Is it wishful thinking that I hope there are no more just-wrapped cars entered into the show next year? Or is there any bets on a new trend? I’m hoping that the VIP scene grows from now until then. I just hope it doesn’t grow into something where everybody thinks they can buy an big body sedan and then slap some Rota’s or Varrstoen’s on them and think they have a VIP build. We’ll see I guess…

Until next time!

Let’s start part IV right away! Again – out of order, and not in the mood to really put them in order, so if it looks like it skips, you’ll most likely see it somewhere near the bottom or middle of this post somewhere. Everyone just wants to look at cars anyways

SUPER clean

Alfred’s WRX on XT7′s in the WSC booth

Chase’s Subie. Super clean and the paint is glossy. Love it.

Jory’s STI

Jimmy’s crazy 2JZ 2GS on Rotiforms

Ray’s STI Sedan on Work M1R’s

Daniel’s crazy BMW M3 GT on his brand new BBS’s

Super clean 2GS on Meister S1R’s

Giuseppe’s Skyline looking good as always

Jimmy’s LS430 with his Accuair trunk set up. Congratulations to him for winning best VIP that night! I’m super stoked to see someone else locally do VIP up how it should be done. I spoke with Jimmy for a good half hour to 45 minutes that day bouncing ideas off of each other for ideas on building a VIP platform. A great build for sure.

Full shot of his LS430. If I could own a LS430 for a DD, I would totally get one. I should think of selling the Civic and picking one of these up.

The fastest GTR in Alberta.

ZR Auto’s exotics

A nicely put together Skyline on Meister S1′s. His decals changed this year *I think*. Looks great though.

Not really feelin’ the two tone, but still clean overall.

An awesome S14 with a great overall presence.

Beyond’s C63 Black Series on ADV1′s

Tunerwork’s Ford GT

Danny’s STI Hatch. This IMO had the BEST paint in terms of absolutely no swirls or marring at all. Danny did a great job putting this together and is by far one of my favourite hatches with a legit Chargespeed carbon lip kit and TE37SL’s. So good.

Nick’s GTR freshly lowered.

Tunerwork’s Cayenne. Gangster

A very nice Evo X from 780 Tuners. His wing was also demonstrating it’s capability to move up and down. I forget the name of the wing, but I did look into it when I was looking at getting one for my STI back then but the “look” of it didn’t do it for me, even though it’s great wing.

Jules’ Ford Focus looking good on her new Rotiforms.

My dream still exists. Loved this Nismo 370Z on TE37SL’s. I hope to still get one of these…

Nice to end it off with super clean bimmers all around from Project Technik.

Part V should be the last of it… Coming tomorrow!

Part 3! Continuing on with the goodness. About half done now!

I will say this – after wandering outside the illmotion booth, I noticed that there are a handful of cars that are done exceptionally well from the wheel choice, to their aesthetic mods, right down to the paint condition and cleanliness. The reason I say that is because I saw a comment on one of the forums that this show is not that great for two reasons: 1) if you’re a registrant, you’re paying $45 to park with the same group you park with at the Beyond meets at Chinook every Wednesday, and 2) if you’re the audience, you’re paying $17 (or something like that) to come see the same group you could see at the Beyond meets at Chinook every Wednesday.

That kind of attitude is pretty bad, but the premise is legitimate and I totally get it. There are some cars that were totally stock except maybe tint or painted stock wheels. That’s still stock – regardless of whether you’re car was over the “$45,000″ retail or whatever that excused you from having modifications. Personally – I could go to the dealership to see them if I really wanted to. But at the other end of the spectrum, we’re all car guys and I get that too. Everybody starts from the ground up, but I wouldn’t put my car in if I was still on the ground, if you know what I mean. It was slightly annoying taking pictures of cars that had a full wrap done on stock suspension and wheels – that seemed to be the common trend this year – and not because it’s a bad thing, but because it doesn’t generally interest me and it’s not interesting to edit and post.

Blah anyways – I sound like a hater again. But really – don’t mind what I say. I am just trying to speak from a different perspective and I would like to see quality cars with time, effort, (and money) put into them if I’m paying something like $20 to come see them. Nonetheless, the quality is slowly getting better year by year, and it’s great to see. Just think – if you’ve saved $1000 for your Rota’s, then you gotta save just a little longer for some Volks. Maybe.

*Note: Kind of out of order since I uploaded them. But it doesn’t really matter lol.

OK let’s start off with a flashback pic. As I was walking by, the video that Corey did of my STI last year was playing so I took a dual shot showing the both of them. God, I miss the STI sometimes…

J Swap Civic that hasn’t been running for I can’t remember how long now. At least it looks good.

The red NSX that also hasn’t changed for who knows how long…

Ah one of my favourites. 350Z on a set of SSR SP3′s. I love these wheels along with the MS3′s. SSR killed it. Super clean car too.

Cory Reinhardt’s track prepped Miata.

A pretty clean  Subie – it doesn’t have the dreaded Subaru paint syndrome.

Black edition GTR

One of my favourites from the VW Close to Home show.

Supra on Gram Lights with the titanium coated lip. I’ll admit that I loved this finish about 4 years ago when it came out, but for some reason now they aren’t as attractive.

Clean Datsun except for all the stickers on the back window. All the way down the right and left side and center. You could stand there for a good 5 minutes reading them all.

Bagged GLI

Another from the close to home show.

Don’s Golf R.

Not sure what was going on with this one. Flashing LED’s, doors and trunk wide open most of the show. Not great for photo ops.

Another shot of the “Nazi VW”

I know shit all about bikes but I do know this was bad ass. Full carbon fiber panels and everything. Maybe it’s the ricer in me but this was great. haha

Scion FRS. Had dirty ass wheels though…

Varis kitted Subaru hatch. First one I’ve seen locally since I sold mine. I wish it were on real RE30′s though. Unless I am mistaken…..

Pretty nice Evo X on RPF1′s

I’ll end if with this for today…

Part IV tomorrow!