Thursday, September 16, 2010

-N1 Concepts Sale x WeKsos Day Fail-Part II



So here's the second part of that epic day. After some of my friends saw the previous post, they said that I have too much spare time, and that I need to get a car ASAP.
Looking forward to get a car, but won't leave the posting.

So here's where we went to weksos, I think I mentioned part of it in the last post, but I rushed through it since I was falling asleep and needed to review some chemistry staff. So for some of you who don't know what Weksos is, here's a brief info about it.
Weksos Industries sells automotive performance products for Japanese cars, especially hondas. They are the retail for many aftermarket companies like Spoon, Mugen, Vision, J's Racing, BYS, Apexi, and so many more. So if you have a honda and want to get some nice parts for it hit them up, either Kenneth, James, or Adam will answer, these guys all have hondas, and clean ones.

Anyways, so we took off with a huge disappointment that N1 didn't have anything for Irvin, or Edson. We were heading to Weksos to get the ASR subframe brace and some LCAs for Irvin's coupe, which is already sitting on some new F1's type II. Car has a nice stance, yet is missing something so it can look perfect.
This time I drove with Irvin, apparently this guy listens to some metal, he didn't even told twice when I played some of my music, old punk, and some metallica of course.
Down the way I snapped some pics of Edson's halo EG. Once we got to Weksos, the first thing that we noticed was Adam's integra, a really nice integra, so simple yet so sexy.
Once in the store, Tarci started taking pictures of the whole store, and every single thing that was in there. I think the guys at Weksos even expected an interview from him, and maybe thought that he and I were from some ghetto newspaper or something like that, exclude this blog.
After some minutes of hesitation Irvin decided to talk and ask for parts. We looked and looked around the store, I fell in love with the limited edition steering wheel from Vertex. Once the transaction was over, we walked out, and again we all appreciated the black Integra. I still remember the cherry smell that the car had, and the windows were not opened to say that it was the air re-freshener, no, that even smelled good from the outside.
We hit the road again and headed to Edson's house to install the parts. Once there, we didn't lose anytime, we had some issues on putting the car in the air. I can't still believe how unsafe we were, looking at the pics you'll see what I mean. We were completely idiots and still we got under the car, except for Tarci and Edson's gf.
One of the bolts tried to give us a hard time, but it was just matter of seconds before Irvin got mad and beat the shit out of the bolt.
I remember we could hear Irvin under the car saying:
"ah motha fucka, who's your daddy now, ahh bitch, shiiiit !!!??"

Done with the yada yada and on with the pics...
P.S most of the pics on this post were taken by Tarci, there a couple that are mine.

Tarci took this picture. Yes this is me with Tarci's shades. According to Tarci I have the creeper look, and here I was creeping someone. I guess he's right since he's the pro at it.
Edson stretching, and trying to show off his muscles.

Picture that Tarci took.

I definetly took this picture. Irvin by himself spacing out looking like an STD prevention ad or "Use a Condom" campaign to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
Tarci's pic. N1's EG I saw this car last year at infineon running low 10s. Car is a beast.
Tarci's, interior shot of the rhd Scion box thingy.
Tarci's, Edson's EG-again.
Tarci's, Irvin's coupe, and Tarci's dream truck inthe back.
A really nice DA, sitting on Mugen MF8s. This car got a rhd conversion, has a wired tuck engine bay, rollbar. Clean overall. I'm in the background listening the owner saying how hard is to shift from first to second on a rhd car.

Yeeeaa boy!!!

I don't know why was I smiling there.


Me walking next to the clean teg that smelled like cherry.


Tarci's view of the coilover
Now on a Toda Cam Gear
Heading back home and Irvin driving next to a bmw, it looks that he's beating the shit out of the bimmer.
An hour later at Edson's place, of course I was rocking the NWP tee.

Car is about to flip, but don't worry we had everything under control.

Safety inspection, indeed was safe enough for the three of us to be under that car.


Epic picture of Tarci and I putting together the LCAs and the subframe brace.


How it was supposed to look.
So Tarci and I decided to txt our acquainteds to let them know we had put together the ASR with the LCA's
Irvin making sure it looked right.
Left to Right: Irvin, Edson and I (thug life going shirtless) and Tarci being a creeper at its finest!

Me fighting with one bolt.
Random shot of Edson's rear suspension setup.
Me shaking the hand of the proud owner of a whole new suspension setup.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

N1 Concepts Sale Day-FAIL


Couple of my friends and I were waiting for that day to come. As some you might already know I'm carless at the moment, yet I haven't lost the passion for them. Edson and Irvin were the ones who were actually looking forward to do the "shopping."
We woke up early and headed to San Anselmo to visit Johnny at his workplace, some expensive coffee place.. Everything was smooth until I went in and let go the door, the stupid thing slightly hit my camera, I was so mad and started swearing.
In the same way, I felt out of place, bunch of Hispanic kids walking into a yes, hella expensive coffee place at a white rich town is just funny and weird...hella weird.. We didn't blend at all, specially when this kid called Tarcicio, a really dark mexican kid (he says he is 19 or 20, but looks like a short 29 year old) who looks like a pedophile creeper who will even rape the man of the house walks in front of the group with a papparazzi camera. Literally everyone was looking at us. Oh yeah I forgot to mention Irvin, short Salvadoran, with a round head. This mother fucker swears like nobody in the world. Every sentence has a bad word and gives the feeling he is always mad, except when he laughs.
I think even our white wash style in some of us, didn't even blend, it was that rich white. Luckily Johnny saved the day. I'll post a picture of that kid, one funny kid. He called me a fag (in Spanish) as soon as he saw me. I'm pretty sure he did the same thing with everyone. We were supposed to meet Edson at the place too, it was easy to find him in the middle of the white crowd. He got some food, and finished it all as everyone looked at us.

Tarci having some breakfast burrito, guy was so hungry that almost ate his fingers.



Edson and his gf having some white bitter coffee, people looked at Edson how he ate his food with out the help of any eating utensils-fork.

Then Tarci decided to have some bitter coffee too, planning what to creep next.
That short dude with "city" hoodie is Irvin, right there where you see him he was swearing, maybe on how Edson walked next to him, and I quote "watch it bitch, walking like a fag, swear mother fucker" Irvin.



As we left, we divided in two groups, I went with Edson and his gf in the EG, while Tarci went with Irvin in the EJ coupe. A green also "halo" status paint, but a bit brighter than Edson's.
As we drove away and into the freeway towards our destination - N1 concepts- I realized why everyone loves Norcal, we all are connected by three bridges, even though one of them is not that popular-cough richmond bridge-is awesome for taking pictures. I snap a couple of panning shots of Irvin's coupe, which is starting to look clean. Can't wait for that kid to get more parts.
After a long drive we arrived and the place was still close, minutes after they opened. We went in, Edson and Irvin and Tarci went if the place was the ToysRus for their edge, just to find a big disappointment. They didn't have shit for their cars, nothing. We hung out for a little bit, looking around the store, couple cars that were outside, I talked to some "cat" who might sell me his red hatch. Tarci went wet when he went creeper status on taking pictures of couple of racing cars that they had in the back. Irvin ended up buying a CTR grill, then we bounced to WEKSOS. Once we got there, Irvin couldn't even talk I had to order for him, so many cool parts and no cash. He bought the ASR subframe brace and the LCA for his coupe. James was really polite and friendly, as we walked out we appreciated the beauty of a clean integra that was sitting outside. That car smelled good even from the outside, it was a show status car.
We headed back to Edson's house where we intalled all that JDM crap into Irvin's car, shit was a pain in the ass, but that would be part II because, Tarci has all the pics of that.


Irvin always serious, and swearing at Tarci for being...I don't know a creeper?
Trying to figure out who has a the biggest head, of course Edson won by a bid difference.
Edson was so excited when we got to N1 that he even popped the hood like if he was at a meet or show, and it was only a Sale day that no one attended.

Tarci the creeper, pedophile 29 year old. This fool has a dream of buying a chevy truck and pulga the shit out of it.
Showing the middle finger, when I told him to stop giving me the creeper look. I'm serious you gotta watch out for this guy.
Some old school JDM bike at N1.

Spoon word, Edson wet his pants. I used to be like him.
Tarci looking down and thinking nasty about the chevy truck in the background.

Heading to Weksos, and Tarci doing his things in the back seats.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Perseids Meteor Rain/ Shower Part II


I'll make it short, I texted some of my friends to let them know what was going on, and then headed out with my cousins to pick up a friend that wanted to go and take pics.
As we got to her house she flake, kind of disappointing until she told me I could use her tripod. We headed off to park in the cuts, where there were no city lights, I set everything and started to take pictures. We hadn't even spent 10 minutes at the place when the sprinkles of the park turned on. I had to rush out of the place, we all got a bit wet, but I was just happy that camera was still dry. After that episode we headed to china camp. We were barely starting to see the stars when some mother F... appeared out of the blue. I mean, we were in the middle of China Camp, an state park aside from the city, which is quite hard to get to by just walking, and yet we were still in the cuts and this guy appeared asking for water.

I was taking pictures of the hill, I took at least three shots of the hill with the road, and the sky, and then I heard the steps on the gravel. I thought on graving the tripod with the camera and have it ready as a weapon. There was no moon that night, just the stars so it was quite dark for me to see. Right after the steps, I heard the guy saying "whats up" and asking for water. I of course told him I didn't have any. My cousins saw him and we saw how he disappeared in the dark. Weird people out there.

In the last two pictures there's a variation of shadows, I guess the shadow is the guy.


Chloe complaining she was too tired to go.


Mario and Chloe petting some old blind cat.

The first location, slightly out of focus.
random shot
Jose, Mario and I playing with the camera.



This is where guy appeared, he is not in the picture for some reason.


The last shot of the night with out meteors whatsoever.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Perseids Meteor Rain/ Shower

So here are the pictures of the Perseids meteor rain. I will post the story later.
I know there are no meteors haha.



Monday, August 2, 2010

Sunglasses + Louie (FX show)

I love sunglasses, and I have quite a few. Surprisingly for those of you who know me, the dominant brand in my sunglasses collection is Vans. They just came out with a collection that has an unique pattern, they have "tiger stripes" in different colors, these and the ones that have the checker on the side are my favorites.



Just part of the collection

Rio Red.
Zebra Blue.
Spicoli 2





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Louie

We all love comedy shows right, and nowadays there's a bunch of them out there, but sometimes their way of fun is missing something. Some of them are just stupid, and not funny at all; the script is poorly written or actors are just too fake. About a month ago FX came out with their new show- Louie. The main character of the show is a comedian who appears at a local comedy show every friday night, and on top of that he's always sourrounded of unique events. Both when he talks in the comedy show, and the events are hilarious.
I like how the show is funny and sometimes throw a little bit of critique to some governmental and private organizations out there.






Small clips of the show.