JDM Cars

"So Sam, tell me... how would you describe your car?" "Ummmm... A horribly obnoxious frame-on-the-ground static daily driver" Over the years of my automotive adventures between writing, photographing, and attending events all over the states, I have met and befriended incredibly talented and skilled enthusiasts; and the occasional crazy cool kids. Sam Sapula is without a doubt one of those oddballs that you just cant help but buddy up with, and his STI is a car that is as maniacal as it is astounding. Talent, skill and straight up lunacy is what makes both Sam and his car impressively unique and quite truthfully, a reflection of each other. Read More

Well, it's that time of week again; where clocking out gives a much more appreciated time away from work. Weekends are when we get projects done; wheels mounted, tires stretched, and stance all dialed in. To send you off into this weekend, Taylor Robinson provided us with a couple shot's he took of Paul's Skyline rollin' down the highway. Sitting on a set of 18"x10.5" Panasport G7's, this particular Skyline exemplifies a simple, yet tasteful aesthetic. Thanks for the pictures Taylor! Read More

The end of April is an exciting time for automotive enthusiasts in the Southeast. Builds from winter start to emerge and shows begin to pop up almost every weekend. For some, this last weekend in April may be their first car show ever, while others have been in the game longer than they've had a license to drive. Experience has taught us which car shows to not miss because of the quality and which ones to go to just to have a good time. Import Alliance Atlanta and Southrn Fresh's Welcome to Atlanta pre-meet are perfect examples of when those two factors come together. Read More

Since 2010 LTMW (formerly LTBMW) has been hosting annual meets at their shop. My first experience with their meet was last year where I arrived very late. Majority of the cars were gone but the ones that remained were of high quality. It was then that I knew I had to make it on time to the next one. When I arrived to LTMW I was glad I didn't miss it. This meet had not only surpassed my expectations with the cars that attended but also surprised me with the variety as well. Read More

Just last month was Version Two Laboratories’ (V2LAB) Mystery Meat 2 in Orlando . You are probably wondering what the ‘Mystery’ part is all about. It literally means you do not know what to expect. One could walk down the streets of Downtown Orlando and could run into anything from raised Donks on 26s, track monsters, and VIP’d out rides. To say the very least we saw it all that day. Read More

We were supposed to be over Hondas by now. At least, that's what they told us. We've no doubt heard it all, lame riffs on "wrong wheel drive", tired "rice-burner" cliches, and "tin-can" jabs. But as we've grown up, we've evolved. Our Civics have been replaced with Accords, S2000s, and Elements. Our lifestyles have changed, but we've all found models that suited our needs or wants within the Honda brand. Read More

Well, I'm not sure about you folks, but it has been a very wet April. That's not to say we can't take some awesome rollers of some serious cars though! This week's #PMR comes from Khoa Nguyen who shot Rami Qasem's S2k. Rami is currently sitting on a staggered set of CCW's, 18" in diameter, a healthy 10" in the front and 11.5" in the rear! Despite the weather, this thing still looks good moving! Thanks for the shots Khoa! Read More

HONDA DAY events cater to the vast Honda enthusiasts gathered together to celebrate anything Honda. Honda Day comprises of two events; one on April 13 and 14th at Atco Raceway in New Jersey, and one on August 10th and 11th in Englishtown, New Jersey.  This was my first time attending Honda Day, and I was really overwhelmed at the amount of people that were in attendance last weekend at Atco.  I've been thinking of visiting the E-Town event since I was told that the English Town event packs even more spectators and vehicles. Would be interesting to see. Originally I did not attend the event with the intention to provide coverage, however as I walked and checked out the vehicles that were present, I naturally wanted to capture the imagery and lifestyle and share it with our viewers and followers.  I managed to snag my buddy's Canon T3, a far cry from my usual gear, however it did surprisingly well!  Special thanks to Jason Cao for letting me use his camera, and the whole PSI crew out of Rochester, NY who I drove up with.   Also helping me with this one was Hieuy Truong from AZN photography in Rochester who assisted by providing some juicy wide angle shots to give us a different perspective. Read More

We all hear stories of “those kids down the street” with the car(s) that wake up the whole neighborhood. Well, for the neighbors adjacent to the Taylor family, those kids would be Nick and his twin brother Nate. Both Nick and Nate grew up wrenching on cars before they could even drive; helping their father build and modify cars became a huge influence on their involvement in the car scene now. Nick, the owner of this beautiful Miata gives us an inside look at the story of his slammed little roadster, and his inspiration behind his build. Read More

I have to say, this is probably my favorite #PMR to date. I reached out to Chadwick, who, as most of you probably already know, is the man behind transforming our cars to look like Micro Machines! Well, Chad was kind enough to collaborate with us and send over some of the rolling shots that have been submitted to him for the Fundraiser for Cory Burgess' fight against Cystic Fibrosis. Many thanks go out to all of the participants and donations this fundraiser has received, it's so awesome watching an automotive community come together for such a good cause! Also, a big thanks to the photographers of each image, without you, these images would not exist. Don't forget to check out the #Shrinkallthecars Meet put together by Jess Kang with help from Chad Kreiling and Katie Buehl this weekend in Philadelphia! Read More