Pictures from Tuner Galleria 2011

Tuner Galleria was back at the Chicago World of Wheels on March 5, 2011, and just a little bigger than last year. The more significant part was that the cars were given their own area upstairs rather than being stuck in a corner. There was a nice spr…

Pat’s Toyota Matrix

The Toyota Matrix isn’t modified that much in the import scene so it is more likely to stick out. This, 2003 Toyota Matrix XR, stood out to me because of it’s many subtle modifications. The Matrix is sporty in stock form for being a a four-door hatchb…

Touge Factory BBQ – September 12, 2010

Here are some of the pictures from the Touge Factory Barbecue. Every year they have this open house where everybody comes in to show off, hang out, and eat. There were well over one hundred cars and many of them were RWD or AWD (Touge Factory’s specia…

Rain Drifting at Fuji Speedway

Yuta Akaishi posted a great set of his pictures on his blog of a drift event that took place last week. The event took place at Fuji speedway and was thrown by T-50★Japan at the drift course. There are so many pictures that it is split into three…

RPM Car Show in Chicago 2010

I went to the RPM Car Show in Chicago last week and you can see all my pics here. This show was being marketed as a HIN-killer. I was skeptical, but I go to every car show anyway. The first bad sign was the rain. I had my umbrella, but they made me leav…