Hyundai

Last night was the usual Beyond meet on the upper parkade of Chinook Center and I was bored so I decided to come check it out. It was my first time out in almost a year, and the last time I was out was back when I still had my STI. To be honest, I personally wasn’t a fan of going anymore just because it started to get kind of cliquey. Not that people are trying to do that on purpose or anything, it’s just how meets usually end up being. People gather in circles and it’s tough for newcomers or other people to join in. The turnouts were also pretty small – usually there would be a full line of cars, and now it seems to have doubled!

It was an exceptionally good turnout last night and lots of different varieties of cars. That’s something that I enjoy seeing and I think it’s even more refreshing because it’s been so long since I’ve been to the meets. Met lots of new peeps, saw some others that I haven’t seen in a long time, but overall a pretty good night. I know they hold the super meet every year so I’ll most likely make my way to that one as well since the turnouts are usually pretty big and include a lot of cars you don’t necessarily see all the time.

Moving onto some of the pics that I got that night. I know later on in the night, some other guys showed up but it was pretty dark and I had put my camera away.

Starting off with Rich’s WRX. Not even a week since I shot this and he’s already on different wheels. What a guy.

Ryan O’Hara’s EP3 looking clean as always.

Corey O’Hara’s new project S2000 – you might remember seeing it at the show & shine.

Alex Markovic and his immaculate Integra also showed up last night. Shoot of this coming soon to a lifewithjason near you.

A pretty clean BMW 1-series on WORK M1R’s. A little drop and it’d be set!

Ryan Tsang’s Hyundai Genesis Coupe.

Jackie Tong’s NSX on some good ol’ Advan RS’s – you probably know by now, but if you don’t – he’s the owner of Zero Limit Automotive.

Steve Chan’s Mugen RSX slammed on mag blue TE37’s

A shot of Regina George. Picked the shittiest parking.

A very clean 7-series. All it needed (and it was screaming for it) was air suspension and a better non-BMW park job. It would have easily been the sickest car at the meet last night (for me, anyway) if it was just dumped and sitting on the ground in a proper parking stall. The colour was fantastic as well.

Justin Kan’s dumped and static TSX on Enkei NT03+M’s

Brad Atkin’s K20 EM1 on nicely contrasting orange TE37’s. Brad – give your keys to someone so I can shoot this.

Errol Tan’s Amuse S2000. Errol – take Brad’s keys and get someone to drive your car so I can shoot both of them.

Adrian Perry’s boosted B18 EJ1 on some new shoes! Volk CE28’s. I believe he’s still on the fence about swapping them but I get the feeling it’s going to happen.

Alex’s Integra looking clean as usual. There’s just so much to say about the car… I’ll save it for the shoot.

A GTR that is apparently pushing upwards of 800+ hp? I didn’t confirm it, just what I heard. Still clean though and in great condition.

Ray Dumitrescu’s STI Sedan on WORK M1R’s.

SO CLEAN. Didn’t see the owner though…

Noel Egger’s S14. I think he had an issue with his hood and hasn’t been able to get it fixed yet so he rolls without it. Still looks sick.

Derrek Poyntz’s super clean Integra.

A wild R32 suddenly appeared.

A pretty cool FD RX7. The aero/styling is very 90’s but it still works pretty well today.

A minty convertible S13

Simple Evo X on RPF1’s

John King’s JDM front end conversion CSX. I still love this look.

Kyle Hugo’s EK on Regamasters

A dumped Saturn. This thing is crazy and it might not appeal to everyone, but he did a pretty good job.

Anthony’s special edition Scrion FRS. The “Silver Ignition” colour is probably the nicest colour for the FRS. It’s got a few extra bells and whistles that the regular FRS doesn’t have like the HID headlights and LED DRL’s. Good job Scion.

Derrick Ho’s Integra. It’s shouldn’t be news to any of you anymore. Good to see him out and about.

A rear shot of Errol’s Amuse S2000

JC’s Lexus CT200h – again, clean as always.

A very clean and awesome BMW on Rotiforms. I think upon closer inspection…

It’s an M3 engine swap? Not sure… Feel free to correct me.

A shot of some asses.

A rear shot of the 7-series. So sick. However, I’m sure the 20 minutes of idling was unnecessary…

A shot of Adrian and Alex’s cars together…

Alex’s rear window rollcall… I particularly liked the “noooooo monicaaaa!!!” one. hahahahahaha

Duncan Yu’s boosted civic.

I’ll end the post here with a shot I took in the corner of the Prius and the longest fucking car ever and the rest of the peeps in the background!

Seems like it was just a few weeks ago that I posted coverage to the 2012 Auto Show as I was editing these pictures. For the last 4 or 5 years now, Diana and I have made an effort to make sure we go to the show and walk around since I get free tickets from work. I go to snap pics, and she goes – I think I mentioned this before – to get as much free stuff as she can. Occasionally she’ll make a comment about a car or something she likes but when she starts to see the giveaways, there’s no stopping her.

Anyways, yesterday was my appointment to drop the LS off at Lexus for a full on maintenance and fluid flush as well as two campaigns/recalls that were never done. I’m getting them to do everything from oil and brake fluids to the three cabin air filters to spark plug replacement and drive belt. A result of which now costs over $1100. X_X The spark plug replacement wasn’t on my to-do list since they quoted $680 something but I got a call later in the day saying since they’re already in there with the recall work, they’d just charge me for the plugs so I said “what the hell”.

The other thing that came from it was my bangin’ rental. For those of you wondering why I didn’t get a Lexus as a rental – I was told I needed to be part of the VIP program – one that you can only be a part of if you bought the car from there. So – they hooked me up with a rental instead and paid for it. Part of me wonders why they didn’t just give me one of their cars to save that rental fee… but whatever. When I got to the place, I was supposed to get an Altima but it was going to take about 20 minutes to clean so I opted for the 2013 Chevy Cruze instead…

Here’s the bad boy. Super small compared to the LS – but it’s kinda nice to be a little more peppy and nimble during turns and stuff. I don’t hate it…

The interior shot I got on the way there. Not too shabby – I do miss the heated steering wheel and seats in this cold weather though. There is about 5000km on the car, so it’s brand spankin’ new and it takes FOREVER for the engine to warm up.

The tickets we decided to try to use. I didn’t notice until the day of that the little print said “good for one weekend adult admission”. I brought them anyway and as we approached the parking gate, I made a bet with Diana that they wouldn’t let us in with these tickets because of that print. So I made a deal with her that she could pay for parking and I’ll pay for admission (LOL). So she pays the $15… we get to the inside gates and hand them the tickets – all the while, I’m like “oh man they’re gonna say we can’t use them”. And bang – we’re in. Needless to say, Diana wasn’t too impressed with me. I got her dinner later LOL

The same display Subaru seems to like putting up every year. Still cool though. I also noticed that people like to touch shit – like it’ll give them a better understanding of the car or something. I hate when people touch shit. lol

The BRZ – I actually love the BRZ more than the FRS the more I look at them. The headlights and rear are way nicer.

Minus the nasty stock wheels.

Over in the Jaguar booth. I’ll admit I was never a fan of Jaguar up until maybe a year or two ago. They just never appealed to me because they were so old man-ish. Now they’re just killing it.

Check out that rear!! VIP tray. Too crazy.

Killin’ it.

Killin’ it. The XK is my favourite.

Awesome front end.

Range Rover had sick cars this year as well. I’m over the Evoque though.

Brembos were huge on this.

Hyundai was another one of favourite displays. They’re creeping up slowly and they’re doing a really good job with design and presence. The new Genesis coupe with the new front – I love it.

And finally – the two cars I think I loved the most of the show. The Equus and Genesis Sedan. These two sedans can become extremely sick platforms for a K VIP build. Hyundai wins in the luxury sedan at this level.

Inside the Equus. It feels somewhat like the LS – lots of the components in the LS and where they’re located are similar in both the Equus and Genesis. It does feel a lot cheaper but for $50,000 less than a fully equipped Lexus, this thing is crazy.

The two side by side at the back of the Hyundai booth. LOVE.

The Genesis sedan. Front is just too awesome – they also did a really good job with the LED headlights.

Front quarter. The lines are similar to the Equus, but could you imagine either of these dumped on air with some sick 21’s or 22’s?! I want.

Veloster was also pretty cool looking.

Moved on over to Lexus. Ultimate gangster SUV.

Love the blue on this CT.

The new IS350 – I personally love that new grill. Diana said it looked too busy, but that would look deadly in the rear view.

IS-F. Another car I’m kinda over… haha

The ES hybrid – way better than the previous gen ES. Doesn’t look so cheap haha

F sport accessories

The GS – I said it last year and I’ll say it again – the best front end design ever.

And finally the flagship – LS. Not much has changed interior wise, except they’ve added new gadgets, a bigger screen and better looking dials. For the most part, it’s the same thing. The exterior is also more aggressive, but it doesn’t look as big as the previous gen. It doesn’t “look” like the flagship sedan anymore but it’s definitely still awesome.

Scion had a great set up like always with the custom widebody FRS on Work Meisters. Pretty nice.

Better view of the front quarter.

Interior shot – gutted and caged.

Rear quarter. Love the full red tails. I hate that altezza’s start to look like they’re coming back for some reason. Subaru impreza hatch – for example…

The fitment in the rear. I feel like they could’ve gone with a lower offset and a better disk to get more lip. It really isn’t that much for a widebody.

The IQ. Also – off topic, Scion also has legit lighting for their vehicles. lol

Another full shot of the FRS

Frontal.

Moved over to Toyota. The new Avalon looks pretty cool too. Thought they got rid of it… Which they should. And give us the Toyota Crown.

New Rav 4. Kind of looks like a mammoth from this view. Almost looks like the MDX.

My favourite van – the Sienna. Toyota did something awesome when they designed this because it’s a tuner’s dream. Even the options from Toyota is awesome – blacked out headlights, lip kit, wing…

FJ – been the same for a while.

Right on over to BMW. The X6 – another awesome SUV. As a matter of fact – I want an SUV now because of how much they’ve improved over the years. They looked like beefed up versions of their sedan brothers.

Rear of the 750i. I love the 7 series as well – but I feel the same way about the new flagship sedans of every maker – Audi, BMW, Lexus, Mercedes – they look smaller. Almost hard to tell them apart from their lower models at first glance.

Front quarter of the 750i.

Front shot. Could be a bit more aggressive, but they got the rear right.

The best one on display at their booth – the new M6 in a matte finish.

Front quarter shot.

Carbon roof!

Rear quarter.

The headlights. It looks like a lot of the companies now are going for the LED headlight and the squared bottom/top shape projector. Not sure if it has to do with achieving a cutoff with LED’s or maybe just coincidence.

Over to the Mini booth. The Paceman was pretty big.

Sick rear diffuser. Looks like the BRZ

The Nissan Bang Bus – according to Diana.

The 370Z. This still holds a soft spot in my heart and when I saw it again – I wanted it. It’s just massively wide that I would love to slap some 20×12’s on the rears. Diana took a seat in it and she doesn’t really like it. She also looks tiny in it… haha

Not a fan of the convertible at all but it’s still awesome.

GTR black edition.

Now onto Porsche. The Panamera – equipped with roof rack and all.

Awesome.

Cayenne. Another awesome SUV.

911 – couldn’t get a good shot of it, too many people lol.

Another gem that Diana found at the Porsche booth. I’d like to point out at this point that Diana is literally like a scavenger ant at the booths. While I’m snapping pics, she’ll wander off and circle the booth for things to grab. LOL and if I happen to move on too quickly, we’ll end up having to go back for her to try again. Living the life.

The new MDX prototype. Check the headlights.

Close up. Again, squared off projectors.

The new Acura RLX – same headlight LED design.

LED tails as well.

Nice front. Acura seems to be kinda pushing out a bunch of models that can’t really be slotted anywhere or are in the same class and it’s kind of confusing – maybe because of all the letters but there’s the CSX, ILX, RLX, TSX, and TL. hahaha

Another one of the booths that I enjoy going to is Audi. They always have a nice all-white set up. The A4 wagon.

The S6 – the ugly duckling in the middle. Not actually ugly because it’s awesome, but this one was sold to some lucky SOB.

Carbon console.

The Q7. Diana wanted this one.

Matte black Aventador. While awesome to see, the gating off of seeing these cars takes away from the attraction. I understand the point, but when I see it – I care less. lol