My buddy Ayo Andrsn just published his most recent set of this Plum Crazy Purple Dodge Challenger on Vossen 22″ VVS-CV1 wheels. Check it out:
Well, better way late than never, right? Part 2 of our 4 part installment of following Stewart Leask during the end of the 2011 season comes from the XDC finale at the Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Stew worked all through the night getting his car all buttoned up for the event the following morning, and was still making adjustments when he arrived the morning of the practice session.
During the practice session, it was discovered that the car was absent a functioning e-brake. While not, essential for drifting, this meant Stew had one less tool in his arsenal to allow for mid drift corrections, or as an aid in deceleration when approaching the lead car in tandem. As the day went on, it appeared as if the lack of an e-brake wasn’t hindering Stew’s ability to rip up the course at all.
Dope video of a couple Honda Accords rollin’ on 20″ Vossen’s. Check it out
This car is no stranger to our website. Over the last year or so it’s graced the front of the blog multiple times. For those who aren’t familiar, this Chevrolet LS1 powered Nissan S13 coupe belongs to a good friend of mine here in Texas, Stewart Leask. Hanging out with this guy as much as I do has more than likely doomed my financial future due to the constant inspiration from watching him build this car over the last year or so, reminding me of how much mine is lacking. Recently Stew noticed that at some point his strut tower started collapsing away from the stock location. Once he pulled it back straight he made the decision that that wouldn’t be happening again.
This is how the front end looked before the rebuild:
With the deadline for XDC Dallas only months away, Stew immediately dove into the project starting with cutting off the front end from the strut towers forward and tube framing it. A custom replacement lower tie bar was fabbed up to go in place of the weak stock counterpart. To beef it up even more Stew added corner gussets for it to grab more of the OEM frame rail. The frame rail was then later capped off for additional rigidity. In addition to the lower tie bar, the fender wells were cut out and tubs were put in their place. To ensure that the strut towers didn’t move again, a massive gusseted triangulated strut tower bar was fabbed up and installed.
A close friend of mine John Deltoro, had traded in his old mk4 for something new, even though I loved his car there comes a time with anyone who’s involved in the car game to, “Get something new”. Luckily he found this G35, I’ve always been a fan of the body style and the exhaust note they carry.
It was only right that John fitted a crazy set of wheels under these fenders. An by crazy I don’t me a tacky colored wheel with a retarded sized tire just to make it appear to fit.
If there is one thing I know about John, he knows his offsets, widths, and tires. With the new VIP modulars just fitted, You can bitch about the fenders all you want. The car still sits amazingly clean for stock body and “massaging” the fenders to play nice, John also maxed out his rear camber settings which only threw salt in the cut for this fitment. With some time, Money, and patients, I know it’ll be flawless. Fitting 20×10′s and 20×12′s isn’t something you just bolt on usually… Kudos to my dude John.
This past weekend Dallas / Ft Worth hosted one of the highest quality car shows around right now; Wekfest. My good friend Sy Pham got some cool video footage of the event:
Switching it up with some film photos:
…it’s over. The buildup for this year’s H2O International was, to say the least, a bit more uncertain than in recent years. Rumors flew all summer that the show wasn’t happening and, well, you know how the internet Chicken Little’s handle unfounded rumors…
At any rate, this year’s H2O weekend was one I won’t soon forget. After arriving in Ocean City early on Thursday only to see the streets already crawling with VWs, I knew that we would be in for a good time. And as the horde continued to grow, seemingly by the minute, I knew that this year’s turnout was going to be one for the record books. And it was. From seeing the Convention Center parking lot packed quite literally all day and night, to the line of cars snaking its way up and down Racetrack Road trying to get to MBS on Sunday, the streets were flooded with European goodness (oh, and all that rain, too). Anyways, enough words from me, on to the photos. Here is just a taste of what H2O meant to me photographically, if you want to see more, click here.
