It's all in my head

So I haven't posted in a while cause I've been really busy. Nothing special, but with life in general. Good news is that my custom lights are finally coming in and it should be here by Friday. Their schedule to be installed on Monday and I'm pretty stoked! My Jun mirrors also came in last month as well and they really make the car stand out. I'm having another photo shoot with Stephen (SH Studios) on the 19th along with a white 2009 R1. He did an awesome job on my first shoot, so I had to use him again. I'll be sure to post up pics in the gallery once I'm done.

My car is also entered in theMach V Mega Colossal Meet & Charity Car Show IV on August first and I'm expecting to do well. It's not a huge car show, but it's for charity, so what can I say. Oh, if you're wondering what the lights are going to look like, check out the youtube video below. It should set my car apart from all the other Evo's in the area. Peace!

Update on August 25, 2010 at 11:01 PM by Dexter

If you were wondering whatever happened to these lights. I did receive them in the mail, but the lights were damaged during shipping. I did send them back CinCity where they fixed, but the lights where damaged again when I received them. I ended up just getting a refund and decided to pass on the whole deal. They do really good work, but they should really take a second look at their shipping procedures. It would save them and their customers a lot of headaches as I heard this is a common theme with them. Oh, well, onto the next project.

The day started with me almost missing the 12:30 showing of Star Trek. I miss calculated the time it would take me take me for me to get there. I did leave until almost noon to what would normally be 30-40 min drive. I popped the car into "S-mode" and got there in about 20 min. I rode the car pretty hard and it was either because of that or when my car put on the dyno that I noticed that my rear diffuser of my driver side exhaust pipe had melted! Then on the way home, a clamp from my upper intercooler pipe became loose and I lost all boost. Had to fix that when I got home. I guess you have pay to play right?

I got to Mach V pretty late. Most of the cars had left by then and the only people that were left were the ones waiting to go on the dyno. The car ended up doing 259HP 7 262TQ, which I don't think is that bad considering I only have a catback exhaust. I'll throw some pics from the dyno in the gallery and you can watch my pull below. By the way, Star Trek is a movie definitely worth seeing!!!

Update on May 11, 2009 at 10:47 PM by Dexter

Here's a follow video of the Mac V dyno meet.

Stephen of SH Studios is one of the most professional photographers I've ever worked with. His camera is an extension of himself and it shows with the quality of work he's produced. He's mindful of the type of shots your looking for and passionate about his work. If you're looking for a photographer with a unique and artistic style, then look no further. I highly recommend him, no matter what your occasion may be. Samples of his work can be found in the gallery.

Dropped my car off at Mach V Motorsports in Dulles, VA to have some work done. The plan was to get a carbon fiber front lip, side skirts, and carbon fiber side spats installed. You could only imagine my dismay when I got a call from Dan over at Mach V to let me know that they couldn't install the side skirts. Looks like the side skirts I bought of eBay were the ones that already came on my car from the factory. I was hoping to get the side skirts that come with the stock body kit. I guess it serves me right for not reading the eBay auction thoroughly. I'm hoping I can at least sell the carbon fiber side spats (they were suppose to be used with the side skirts) on a local Evo forum to make back some of the money I lost. The only good thing to come out of this is that my car look 10 times better with the front lip installed.