The “EK” Civic

The successor to the EG Civic this is another home run in they styling department at Honda. While the EG Civic was more subtle and smooth, I believe the EK to more bold and aggressive. This is my 2nd favorite Civic hatchback. Another thing about the EK civic is that it came in a Type-R trim. So if you were in the right region of the work or knew some people who knew some people. You could get a Civic that was ready for the track, but also street legal, from the factory!

So In high school I got my EG civic my junior year. Shortly after, my best friend Sean got an EK civic. We had a lot of good times driving everyone around, going to the mountains and hanging out, and filling up our cars with band equipment and playing shows. As you know I crashed my civic, but my friend Sean still has his. These cars will always remind me of a time when I was young and free.

-Oliver

Ballin On A Budget.

So a few months ago I heard that XXR was releasing some new wheels in pretty good sizing. The word was they wouldn't be available till mid April.  Today I was browsing Zilvia.net to see if anyone had mounted these wheels. I came across this S14 rocking some new 527's:

18x9.75 +20 with a 5mm spacer.
These wheels look great and you cant beat the price. Coming in at a little under $600 for a set of four these wheels are stylish aggressive and affordable. Considering purchasing these for my S14.
-Oliver

Been doin work

Well oilver has been making alot of posts lately but i haven't found time so much. Work and what not has kinda gotten in the way. But i am happy to say that i finally got my garage cleaned out and i am back to doing some long time work on the coupe that i have been putting off. Been working on the engine bay and trunk mainly. tucking wires and cleaning things up. Managed to finally relocate my battery. Here are a couple pics of the trunk

I'll be posting some future updates on my coupe within the next couple weeks

- Garrett

The GC8 Impreza

The GC8 Impreza never came in a STI trim in The United States. Instead we got a 2.5 litter naturally aspirated motor, and a version called the 2.5 RS. If I can remember correctly (I’m not a Subaru guy) the WRX, and STI versions, came with a 2.0 litter turbo, and in Japan the 2.5  N/A was never offered in any GC8 chassis. This car has been a long time favorite of mine. The styling is very aggressive, with the giant fog lights and the functional hood scoop, well, functional in the Japanese versions. This compact all wheel drive coupe is more at home on a gravel course than on the street in my opinion.
I’ve only driven one of these once, It was in high school and an older Japanese guy that I was in a band with had one. He let me drive it around the block once, but i didn’t really get a feel for the car. I wish I could have taken it on a mountain road. The GC8 Impreza is on my list of cars to own. One day, one day.
-Oliver

I Have Too Many Blogs.

So I meant to update this blog Tuesday as to why I wasn't going to the Sonoma drift event. I wrote it out and posted it but it was to the wrong blog. I'm such a ditz. If your interested in that blog entry its here. It wouldn't make sense to post it because I'm talking about this past wednesday in the entry.
-Oliver

All Business Life

So me and The Crew rolled  out to the Vallejo meet again this last Wednesday. There wasn't as much as a turnout as last week, I'm guessing because it was so cold. So, next week Wednesday there's a big car show/ drift demo at Infinion raceway in Sonoma. All proceeds will be benefiting relief for those who need it in Japan. Check it out here:

 

Our very own Stephen and Garratt were approached to be in the show last night. That's always nice.

After the meet we headed to Starbucks to get some coffee, then to 7-eleven to get some doughnuts and then back to Garratts house. We hung out in his garage and talked about the show next week and plans for our cars and stuff like that. Then the guys busted out their bikes and started getting a little crazy. I recorded some of it:

Always good times with those guys. Look out for coverage of the Sonoma drift exhibition next week. It should be pretty exciting.
 -Oliver