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  1. SPOCOM USA San Mateo recap and pics

    May 1, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Events, Featured News, Misc

    For those that didn’t go to the SPOCOM show, you missed out on a nice show. The show wasn’t too big, it wasn’t too crowded. Definitely the ladies out numbered the cars, it usually is a given though. Some of your favorites like Christine Mendoza and Elissa Alva were in attendance. Unlike Hot Import Nights, there were no flashy lights, no rice rockets, all the cars were tasteful. If you didn’t know, there were a couple of screening events for cars to be in the show, and I know a couple of people whose cars were not chosen to be placed in the show, so the cars were hand chosen.

     

    The day started off early,  I met up with some folks before we all headed to San Mateo for set up.

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    Roll in for setup.

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    Just to show you how big the show was.

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    and one of my favorites Elissa Alva was there.

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    oh there were cars there as well ;)

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  2. SPOCOM USA

    March 29, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Events, Featured News, Misc

    Hey everyone,

    You’ve heard about it… and here it is… SPOCOM USA is here in NorCal and here is how you can save…

  3. Memory Fab BBQ 03.14.10

    March 15, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Misc

    Thanks to the guys at Memory Fab for inviting us to their warehouse for a nice BBQ. The Memory Fab warehouse was unbelievable. Never have I seen so many sets of wheels, to that BBS RS wheels. Dave, the owner of Memory Fab, is for sure the NorCal wheel king. If anyone and I mean anyone that is looking for rare wheels, MemoryFab.com is the way to go. Later on in the day we started to take some photos, many of the cars pictured you may know, as they are huge in the NorCal import scene. Here are some of the pics, for the whole album visit http://CCastro.SmugMug.com


  4. STANCE Coilovers for the AE86 and JZA80

    March 10, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Featured News, Misc

    We are proud to announce that we now have, in stock, Stance coilovers for the AE86 Toyota Corolla and JZA80 Lexus SC300/400. For pricing call 650-624-7467, but act quickly these are in limited quantity. We also carry other makes and models of Stance coilovers, please call for your make and model.

     

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  5. Wekfest 2010 Photos!!!

    March 1, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Events, Featured News, Misc

    Alright, I got the photos on the site, check out the gallery or just flip though pics here… your choice. On another note, I just found out that Matthel’s LS1 RX-7 received 3rd place Mazda, CONGRATULATIONS!!!


    Just to recap for those that missed out… The garage was PACKED, lots of music, lots of people, and a ton of cars. You also have some familiar faces like Lisa Kim Flemming and Ashley Vee. And also, NEVER have I seen so many people with DSLRs, it was crazy.  Anyways on to the pictures…


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  6. Brian’s ASM S2K Photo Shoot

    February 28, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Misc

    Since everyone has waited so patiently, I am happy to post the pictures from Brian’s shoot. These pictures were for his display board at Wekfest (those pics should be up soon). Anyways here you go… also don’t forget to take a look at our photo gallery.


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  7. Another teaser…

    February 17, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Misc

    Finished up Brian’s photo  hoot this evening, if you want to see why we are being so secretive about these shoots, come and join us at Wekfest in Japantown on the 28th and see for yourself… ;)


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  8. Camera Rig Test

    February 14, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Misc

    So today we made a camera rig for rolling shots, thanks to the help of Jimmy Uy. Here is a test shot with the rig…

     

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    Don’t worry, better pics will come with time, this is just a test.

     

    How did we do it? Well we acquired some suction cups, 10ft in piping, and a ghetto camera mount (will be replaced soon with a magic arm).

     

    This is pre editing

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    with photoshop, you want to clone out the pole and do whatever touching up you want to do. This again was a test, I know the picture isn’t perfect.

    Stay tuned for some awesome pictures in the near future.

  9. The Shop Vintage Video

    January 28, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Misc

    I was trying out a new iPhone app called Vintage Video, I recommend this app if you are a camera/video person like me.


  10. Brian Lee’s ASM S2K

    January 12, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Misc

    This evening at The Shop, we had Brian Lee over with his ASM S2K. He needed a photo shoot of his ASM S2K for the up and coming wekfest event, where Matt and his LS1 RX7 will be showing alongside Memory Fab. Here is a little teaser for everyone, more pictures will be posted once the car is complete, so stay tuned…

     

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