Just another BRZ?

Without a doubt, the Toyota 86 (Subaru BRZ/Scion FRS) took the world by storm. The sales may have not met global expectations per se, but it seems as if I see a ton of these driving around on a daily basis. With that said, one particular BRZ that I noticed locally was the focus of today’s small feature. AC picked up this particular car from pure curiosity. Although the numbers on paper may not be that impressive, a simple test drive may change your perspective. Within 4 months of AC’s introduction, his S13 was parted out and the BRZ became a reality.

Aggressive wheels aren’t typically feasible with the BRZ unless some modifications are done. AC decided to embrace the Honda-esque available offsets and go with a set of Work XT7’s. When you are limited to offsets in the +30 range, I particularly like going with wheels without a lip.

After the wheels were set, AC looked at other aesthetics. “My original plan was to run the Rocket Bunny version 1 lip kit (without the over fenders), Work 11R wheels in SBC ,and a TRD wing. Went to my buddy Ray for advice but it turns out the car will just be like every other one on the road. Then I started thinking I always loved JGTC and GT style cars. I wanted to create something along the GT style for the BRZ.” Thanks to a few unlikely sources, AC was able to obtain an APR GT300 GT wing and also an Evo 8 diffuser. The diffuser needed some work to fit right, but I suspect you’ll see others attempt to re-create this look.

The car came with a injen intake and a no name exhaust. AC swapped out the intake for a GReddy unit and also procured a Buddy club spec 2 exhaust. Some other engine dress up parts went on the car and finally a full stance suspension kit.

Future plans for the car would be a bucket seat, Tomei Diff and eventually a GReddy turbo kit. “I would like to get new wheels and over fenders. To finish the GT style look I want a Charge Speed carbon hood and APR canards. Finally, I want to run a Cusco 4pt roll cage or 6 if I save enough lol. My mind changes a lot but I will keep the GT style look.”

-jdmchicago

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Honda Tuning- Suraj’s 1998 Civic LX

Here are some bonus photos from Suraj’s Civic shoot. Although this feature was just released, I shot last year in Detroit, Michigan. To be honest with you guys, I’m not too happy with this set and felt super rushed at the time. Strobing a car takes time and I believe we only had about 1.5 hours to shoot this car (interior/exterior/motor/details/etc). I typically like to take my time but we were under some weird circumstances this day. If this was a local car, I probably would have scrapped the entire set and started over. Considering Detroit is 4 hours from me, that really wasn’t an option.

So let me give you the background story. When there is a car from the Midwest being considered for Honda Tuning, Rodrez (editor of HT) usually sends me a message. I definitely appreciate being one of his “go to guy” in the area, but sometimes it just doesn’t work out due to driving time and my schedule. For this particular day, I lined up two cars to make the trip worthwhile. After finishing the first car earlier that morning, I called Suraj and we agreed to meet in Downtown Detroit.

I’ve been to my share of American cities and heard that parts of Detroit could be considered “unsafe.” I didn’t expect prime downtown real estate to look as impoverished is it was. There were a few times I felt I was going to get either car jacked or solicited. haha

Prior to the trip, I asked a few Detroit natives on some location recommendations. This old theater converted to a parking lot seemed like a great backdrop for an automotive shoot. If this doesn’t scream Detroit, I don’t know what does.

We were naive and thought we could simply drive up to the location and shoot. A hostile security guard wasn’t too happy when he saw us unloading our gear and hustled us to give him whatever cash we had on us. Surej, you seriously need to have more then $2 dollars on you. The security guard literally said, “You can use the place for an hour.. how much money you got?” We scrapped together whatever change we had and handed it over.

Recently I found out that this theater is actually a pretty popular location and companies are spending $5,000 or more to use the space. Luckily for us, it only cost is $23. Anyways, here are a few bonus shots. Please pick up the June 2014 issue of Honda Tuning for more photos and the article. -jdmchicago

Dem Model 5’s (Wallpapers)!

There are certain wheels from Japan that will always have a timeless/classic look. One wheel that fits this description is the AVS Advan Model 5. Unfortunately they have been discontinued for some time now, and replacement or similar styles always seemed to be missing something. I’ve been fortunate to own a pair of these and don’t plan on ever selling my 18/19 setup. Click on the Marga Hills widebody NSX and GP Sports S15 for a 1920×1280 wallpaper. Special thanks to Rays and Yokohama for these high quality press shots.

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