Wek Fest Chicago 2011 Part 2: The Show

Alrighty back with part 2 of the Wek Fest Chicago coverage.  Sorry for the lapse there, dealing with family stuff.  I promised to keep updating regularly and I'm trying hard to hold to that.  This doggy will pull through!

Saturday morning came all too quick for some of us.  While a few got up bright and early, a few of us were not so keen to wake up after a night of partying and consuming adult beverages (read:  hungover).  After Nam and Jared came banging on our hotel rooms at 9am to add to our already head-splitting migraines, we attempted to roll out of bed and get ready.   Once outside, we were greeted by chilly temps and rain...good ol' rain.  Not just a little bit of rain either...we're talking like torrential down pour.  So, not only did we have to deal with downtown Chicago traffic, but the rain made it even worse.  Still, we made it to the convention center without any incidents, even after yours-truly got soaked helping prevent the registration tent from being blown away (why they had the tent outside, I have no idea).  Oh, and also for any that are reading this and attending Wek Fest Dallas (or any indoor show for that matter) please remember the gas rule.  They were checking vehicles.

Okay, enough talk, onto the pictures.  We showed up at the tail end of the roll-in so everything was pretty much setup.  We wiped down our cars quick (a good detail makes a world of difference), and did some last-minute detailing along with applying any necessary stickers before parking up and walking around.

View from the front of the venue looking back.  Pretty solid turnout. 

This FB was sick. 

Harlequin! 

 ProjectX line-up

 Seen It! brought out their crazy k20 swapped Rabbit truck and this dope Ruckus.

 Great fitment!

 Definitely digging the Hondas that came out.  Loved this EM1.  I'll have more Hondas in Part 3

 The i'mSTANCED line-up

 Drew's Mini filled in for Jared's i30 since it was rear-ended the week before  =(

 Andrew's G35 with freshly painted front and sides.

 Nam's tC rocking its new stance.

 My boring LS, haha!  Wanted to do a few things before the show, but it just didn't happen.

 Back to the other cars like this sick-ass Sorcery wide-body NSX.  It's turbo'd too.

 Euros were definitely well represented.

 Junkhouse

 Loved the Weds on this S13.5.

 Junkhouse had a huge section and took home best team representation.

 Good to see this matte orange GTI again.  Saw it a few years back at the Eurowerks show in MN.

 Because...

 Clean FC.  There were a lot of FCs at the show.

 Touge Factory x Rocket Bunny S13...teh sex.

Gonna close it out with a shot of Synth19's NSX from JDM Chicago.  Such a clean example of one of my favorite cars.

I'll have part 3 up tomorrow....promise.

Wek Fest Chicago 2011 Part 1: Video

I have a been so busy since getting back from Wek Fest Chicago which is why the updates have been lacking.  Not only did I shoot coverage for this, my own personal blog, but a few other sites as well.  I'm going to break up the coverage into multiple parts since I'll be posting a bunch of stuff from my crew.  i'mSTANCED brought 5 cars to the show.  The show was last minute for a lot of people so we didn't roll out that many cars.  Still, it was a great time, and the drive out was a blast.

Our man Noui shot this video of the drive out which will be the coverage for part 1.  Might be asking why I have the stock wheels up front on the LS.  Well, that's what I get for deciding to wait till the night before to swap wheels.  I put all 4 stock wheels on the car the night before, and when I went to torque them down, the rears actually popped off the spacers.  I didn't want to mess with the spacers at all since they are the kind that bolt to the hub, so I put the 19s out back and kept the stocks up front since my fronts have more camber wear than the rears (odd I know since I run like -5 or -6 degrees out back).

Anyways, check out the vid!  Noui's getting pretty good at this video stuff

RKC Monday Meets (5/2/11 & 5/9/11)

Looks like the post got deleted when blogspot was updating.  The RKC MN Monday meets are back on again at MAPerformance.  If you have free time on Mondays, come check them out.  The cars this year seem to be better.  The meets are pretty laid back, and a good way to spend an evening.  While the lot at MAP is not the best, they offered a temporary location since RKC losing their old spot.  Hopefully they'll have a new spot soon.  Either way, MAP has been a great host.  Anyways, enjoy the pics.  Link to gallery at the end.

The i'mSTANCED crew had good representation

 Clean S14.  Heard it got shot for Super Street

 Can you tell I like this G?  Shoot coming soon!

 New turbo on the Supra.  Shoot this weekend!

 Bagged

 That GTI again!

 Friend AJ brought out his Maserati

Check out the gallery!  Monday Meet Pics

MN Cars & Cafe, May 7th, 2011

Well, Saturday brought out the warm sun and tons of cars to the Minneapolis Auto-Motoplex for the monthly Cars & Cafe event.  I was up bright and early to roll the LS400 out and snap some pics.  My friend Janik informed me that the MN G and Z crew were going to be out in force, and he wasn't kidding!  He was there in his G37s sedan, 6spd, and his dad brought his 09 Corvette.  Another G that was out, debuting his new Work T1s, which belonged to my buddy Lance was looking better than ever.  Keep an eye for an exclusive shoot soon.  Anyways, enough with the words, I'll let the pics do the talking.  Oh, and check out my new Facebook page for my photography!  NL Projects

Lance's sexy G37

 Janik's G37 sedan

 My friend Carl brought out his STI rally car

 Oh hai

 i'mSTANCED Max and Ethan

 Ethan's crazy GTI

 MK2 crew was reppin'

 The color of this Bentley had me floored!

 More of Lance's G37...yeah, I like it just a little...okay, a lot

 Infiniti M taking the big-body fight to my LS, haha

 Dana's turbo S2K

 My buddy Eric's new GT2 Porsche...since his TT Lambo is back at UGR.  Must be nice, lol

 That Mini again!

 i'mSTANCED Erik went and dropped his car some

 Tristan from Further Performance rolled out his newest toy

 This E46 M was hot

 VS-XXs + E90 = WINNING

 Janik's father's LS3 'Vette.  Atomic Orange is such a nice color