OTWeb Video: WekFest Pre-Meet by Mark Razmandi.

Posted on September 23, 2011 by David

Another great video arises…

We almost missed this video that was posted on our Facebook page. I just so happened to browse through what FB thought was spam, and found this awesome video made by Mark Razmandi. Enjoy!

**edit: Apologies for all those trying to view the video through their mobile device, it will only play in non mobile versions, i.e. computers**

Mayday Garage x Baker Tuning: Pre-Wekfest meet from Mark Razmandi on Vimeo.

Don’t forget to look below this post for our final part 2 on the Wek’Fest Pre-Meet! We’ll see you on the Lonestar Run October 14th at 10am!
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com

Event Coverage: Wek’Fest Pre-Meet at Baker Tuning part 2.

Posted on September 23, 2011 by David

In part one of our coverage, I just posted a bunch of pictures, cause I was just wanting to throw out a small portion of our pictures before the internet got flooded with others.

So now I’m gonna throw out a LOT more photos so our readers can see what went down.

Ronald's 1JZ powered FD was turning all sorts of heads

And here they started to roll in and it wasn't even time for meet to start!

The Powerful and Fabulous PowerFab G35. All show, and all Go.

Yes, people weren't just sitting by their cars...

The Strictly G'z crew showed up in strong numbers.

If you guessed this FD had a non-rotary motor, you guessed right.

The crowd listens as JohnP calls out Bingo Balls.

Jk. He was calling out names in our free raffle for swag, but on weekends JohnP does play Bingo

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OTWeb Video: Wek’Fest Pre-Meet Clip by Dennis Nguyen.

Posted on September 22, 2011 by David

Something cool we found on our MaydayGarage Facebook Page!

Big thanks to Dennis Nguyen for shooting this quick clip of our event!
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com

JTran Studios Summer Meet ver. 2011.

Posted on August 18, 2011 by David

JTran Studios, named aptly after it’s owner, Johnny Tran (not the guy who got narc’d out), has been a positive driving force in Houston’s Tuner scene since owning Wings West Touring wings were cool. As such, this local North Houston shop which houses an AWD Mustang Dyno and work-bays-a-plenty, has seen it’s fair share of different types of trends fall and rise. Something I absolutely admire about JTran studios is it’s “Total Tuning” mindset which is very common to see in tuner shops in Japan. What is “Total Tuning”? In a word, everything. Suspension work, big brake conversions, interiors, sound systems, aero work, and of course engine modifications that are include, but not limited to; forced induction, dyno tuning, fabrication and serious engine builds. Some shops concentrate on only one or two areas, but the folks at JTran Studios “get it”, and the cars that come from this respective shop are typically cars that we see setting the bar at meets and shows here locally.

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Deja Vu: Greg Lilly’s “Matte Hulk” Impreza WRX STI

Posted on July 19, 2011 by JohnP

Yup, that is no typo, for a third time Greg Lilly graces our page with yet another RICETASTIC build, a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Look familiar?

That’s right, Greg’s STI has been here before, and in case you missed the feature, check it out here!

The first time we featured this Subie it was dipped in black and sat on SBC finished SSR SP3s. 19×9.5 +35 NR Disk up front and 19×9.5 +35 SL Disk in the rear with a slew of other modifications that made his STI sit pretty. Now, if you don’t know all that much about Greg, or missed his first feature then I’ll fill you in on a little fact about what he does on a daily basis. Greg owns a graphics and vinyl shop called Underground Graphics here in Houston, and as of late he has been experimenting with some new products. This time around, one of these products just happened to be some matte green 3M-vehicle wrap…

Backing up a bit, after our first shoot with Greg’s STI, he had decided that it was time to put the car up for sale and move on to a new platform. But after minimal luck selling, he started to get the itch for a change. So a few weeks ago Greg called me and told me that he was going to be giving his STI a new look and that 3M wrap was going to be the major components for the change. Now I am pretty certain that everyone that comes across our blog is familiar with, or has seen this wrap on cars before. I have to admit I was at first a bit skeptical, but when I saw the new look in person I was nothing short of impressed and I knew that a shoot was to commence.

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Max Res Mondays: Holy Jeebus.

Posted on July 11, 2011 by David

Taken by Khiem at this past All-Team Bash 4, this Fancy red Lexus LS was sitting pretty along with the other Refined Elegance folk. You can’t tell in the picture, but it was about 104 degrees outside, and when you add in the wind chill factor, it comes out to be about 112 degrees. Texas is hot, but still not hotter than the cars, so remember that. As usual, click on the photo below to get your fix for your overly enormous screens.

Oh you fancy, huh?

–David–
David@maydaygarage.com

Event Coverage: The 4th Annual All Team Bash

Posted on June 28, 2011 by David

Four years ago one man had an idea. An idea that translated into the single largest car meet that Houston now sees on a yearly basis.
Kimo, head honcho for SunWorks, a local Houston area car club that now has spanned over the nation through different chapters, brainstormed an idea that would unite Houston area car clubs for one event. Instead of competing with each other to see who had the best rides, he envisioned that clubs would get together and get to know one another, and instead compete for who had the best barbecue. The meet was christened, “All Team Bash”.

Holy Jeebus

G's up, Ho's down

Dem Asses

You KNOW they're hot.

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Event Coverage: MaydayGarage Does Wek’Fest Cali Style!

Posted on June 10, 2011 by David

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Weaksauce is defined as something that is incredibly lame, weak, or uncool.

WEKSOS, the creative minds behind the now legendary WEK’FEST car shows in California is the exact opposite.
Confused? Don’t be.
What started as a small gathering of the best whips on the west coast has outgrown it’s NorCal roots, and now is set for a four city, nationwide tour starting with Los Angeles, home of the greatest cars this side of the Mississippi. Actually, the event was held about 30 miles south of LA in Long Beach, which made this particular venue that much more eye-popping. WEKSOS also collaborated with world reknown car culture/lifestyle aficionados, FATLACE, originators of the coined term “HELLAFLUSH“. Together, these two wonder teams are hell bent on world domination as all tuning eyes of the world focus on one corner of the globe, southern California.

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Full frontal of the Five Axis GS

Mike G and Pworld(Preston) from Function and Form

German pride!

Japanese Pride!

DPK*Ryan(Rywire)

Root Beer Dreamin'

DPK*Alex(Sheepey) unveiling of his new turbo setup.

Smile!

An S14 even Mayday Mikey approves of

JP, his wife Sopha and one of their 3 little ones.

Jeremy and Erick In the Function Form booth.

Unfortunately, all of the MaydayGarage guys were tied up doing other things during this weekend, so we definitely were not out in full force, however, our resident Honda expert, Andrew got a chance to fly out last weekend for both Wek’Fest and to visit his homies. Armed with his trusty Canon 50D and a small handful of lenses, he was able to capture his side of the show. This is his story as told in pictures. **Warning** If you’re viewing this from a mobile phone, you will not see everything, cause I’m sure your phone can’t handle 100+ photos!!**
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Event Coverage: Coffee and Cars, April Edition

Posted on April 6, 2011 by JohnP

Coffee and Cars, our monthly exotic fix of high end cars and enticement, occurred this past Saturday and was special in a couple of ways. First, it was the new venue that the event was being held at, Vintage Park, right outside of the north side of Houston. A large welcoming venue, with café’s and restaurants to entertain the crowd, seemed to be THE new home for the event. After a little bit of trouble finding a permanent spot, Jorge and Bill, the organizers of Houston’s Coffee and Cars chapter, hit a homerun on this one.

Dreary skies, light rain and 200% humidity were the welcoming factors for Saturday, definitely not turbo weather, I haven’t broken a sweat like that since before the winter started.

But Mother Nature’s forces didn’t keep the fans from coming out. There were EASILY 600 plus cars that came out which is a testament to the hunger that Houstonians have for great rides.

The New Home.

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Event Coverage: TX2K11 Night Meet and Bikini Contest.

Posted on March 25, 2011 by David

Coffee and Cars happens every month, and it’s been getting bigger and bigger with each meeting. And if you’re a morning person, Coffee and Cars is definitely something you don’t want to miss, but what if you’re a night owl? Where do you turn to? What is THE meet to be? Unless you’ve been hibernating for the last few years, everyone that lives in Houston knows, you CANNOT miss the TX2K night meet hosted by HPD (Houston Performance Driving, not Houston Police Department!).