Today, instead of shooting cars I thought I’d shoot single and shy Cam (affectionately known as Tassie Cam after our Tasmania trip) with promo girls. :)
He looks very happy, yes?
Out of all the amazing cars there today Christina’s favorite was this bagged MKV Golf.
Totally out of place, but there was a huge showing of low rider style bikes.
Unridable works of art, pretty much.
Sierra Sierra Evo from the USA.
Hankook Evo.
Too many amazing cars to take photos of so I instead decided to bug people by yelling out their names and taking snaps of them as they turned around. “Charles!”
“Tendy!”
World Time Attack Challenge (WTAC) was on today. Perfect weather, bumped into lots of people, felt very much like I was at a rave! More pics here.
Christina and I. Edited image by illektonik
His and hers. Edited image by illektonik
David’s R32.
David’s R32.
Tendy’s Scirocco R.
Suga went for the salad!
Of-course I went for something a lot more naughty haha.
Group shot.
VWGolf.net.au Schnitzel Night (1st Wednesday of every month) last Wednesday night @ the Bavarian at EQ. We had almost 20 people in for dinner and I took the opportunity to finally shoot David’s R32 Golf (he’s been wanting me to shoot his car for ages!). As much as I love taking photos for this blog it’s been strange having someone ask me to shoot their car. I definitely fell short. In the dark car park the GF1 just produced noisy shots. The more I edited them in Photoshop the noisier things got. Thankfully we’ve got John, an amazingly talented Photoshopper on the forums. He worked his magic on 2 of the above images (of Christina’s R32 and my GTI).
Many more pictures here.
& Yeah…
Couldn’t help myself! JDMST Brands T now available.
A sold out event, our own private cinema and we raised $5,000 for the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation!
Narada and John raffled of a bunch of prizes before the screening.
Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation show bag with chocolates inside on every seat.
The vibe in the Hoyts foyer last night pre-show was awesome. 200 car guys, all here to watch Senna, all donating their money to the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation. Good times.
Once everyone was seated and prizes were raffled off, Narada showed a short Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation film which I’m sure touched everyone in the audience. If people weren’t sure that their $25 went to a good cause before, they sure knew it now.
Senna itself went down hard. It’s an emotional film and I’m sure it educated a lot of people about who the man was, how he thought and what racing was like in the 80’s.
More photos form the night here.
MK5 R32 full kit with touch pad e level system from Bag Riders (with help from Jordan Donnelly – love you meng!).
In the mail today! Christina’s R32 is booked in at TOP ONE for installation next week. Crazy shit is crazy!
WTAC is just around the corner, a monster event which sees the worlds fastest track cars fly downunder to clock the fastest time they can around Eastern Creek International Raceway. Even if you’re not into cars, the event’s worth checking out (there’s drift and show and shine events as well). Speaking of show and shine, a mate spotted my GT-R on the WTAC web site, looks like I’ll be expected to bring my GT-R out then?!
jdmst-canibeat-jdmyard meet from ktith on Vimeo.
Just to give you a taste of what our car meets are like. Tasty TITH BROS video from the meet earlier this month. :)
Low car and lip isn’t a problem when this ramp sits dead flush with the ground when down.
-2.5 camber in the rear means the wheels are tucking again. Looks weak, but no rub.
Ever since my last wheel alignment I’ve noticed that the drivers side rear rubs a lot more than the passenger side. I could visually see that the drivers side rear tyre was much loser to the guard than the passenger side rear. It’s bothered me a lot. I just assumed VW’s are built this way but when I was hanging out with Anthony (Carbon Lotus/R36 Twin Turbo Golf owner) the other day he told me that the rear subframe can be aligned, and that most if not all VW’s are out of alignment from factory.
His guys at Spinning Wheel Tyres had done his car, and a few other VW’s so I booked in and today I got my alignment done. Great guys, super quick, heaps of great advice regarding set-up too (I know many of the MX-5 guys use Spinning Wheel).
They think my car has been set up WAY too stiff. I agree but I can’t adjust the rears without dropping out the rear shocks (so so annoying). Will have to do at a later date. For now, straight rear sub frame and no more rubbing in the rear (I dialed the rear to -2.5 like my previous alignment with the CROSS coilovers).
Bulmers with ice at the Argyl.
Tapas treats.
Jordan shooting AP’s R32 Golf.
The QSR bike was towed by this hummer with crazy huge wheels.
QSR bike.
Fat!
Jordan at work.
QSR’s Million Dollar Drag Car. There’s so much gold plating in the engine bay, you have to see it to believe it.
Jordan‘s about to leave to go back home to the states so we thought we’d hang out. He had a couple of shoots to do today. One was Anthony’s Golf R32 which has a twin turbo R36 engine swap, the other shoot was the Queen Street Racing Million Dollar Drag Car and matching bike.