Lance, the owner, of this crazy S2K is a straight up car guy! As a kid, Lance became fascinated with the import world watching his older cousins wrenching on Civics. So naturally, over the years the RSX Type S, was the target of Lance’s obsession. In a moment of clarity, he realized that the RSX would become common, as common as the Civic or the Integra.

That’s when it hit him…..the S2000.

At the time, ten years ago, the S2K wasn’t seen all that often, it was the car that Honda fanboys dreamed about. Once, Lance acquired his first S2K it quickly became the benchmark for every car he has driven since.

And rightfully so, front engine, rear drive, and Honda’s excellent handling; can do nothing but make your appreciation grow for the car.

This is Lance’s second S2000, the first one was sold to make way for an E46 M3.

Another driver’s car, and arguably the last real drivers M3.

Not even the engineering of the M3 could fill the void, Lance was longing for the S2000.

Like many of us car guys, Lance decided to return to his roots. He got another S2000 for daily use.

The M3 was reassigned to weekend duty; until the fateful day, his Honda was hit, that trip to the body shop was the beginning of this amazing transformation.

With the help of Nick Phewphad, of NP Autocare, Lance’s dream was about to become reality.

Nick refused to skimp; he pie cut the fenders, and quarter panels. Using fiberglass was not an option metal body panels were welded, this far more time consuming, but well worth the outcome. Nick Phewphad, is a true craftsman.

The original color picked for this car, was blue; a blue that is normally adorned by Lamborghini’s. Another customer’s truck showed, Lance a true blue that he needed. The attention to the fine details is meticulous; much like its inspiration. Lamborghini uses dark gunmetal, which can give the resemblance of Carbon fiber, Lance has done the same with his S2K.  Lance wanted to channel his inner RWB (Raugh-Welt Begriff), with the wide body. Hence the non-stretched, extreme camber look that is ever so popular today.Thank GOD!!!! I am all about expressing yourself but, I am not a fan of the Hella Flush game.

“I went the opposite and did wide-aggressive wheels with wide tires as well. I’m also into the slammed look but wanted the car to still be able to corner hard and be drivable. So, a lot of time and emphasis was placed on function as well as looks. Everything had to be balanced out.”

YES!!! Thank you Lance. I couldn’t have said it better myself, since the S2K is his daily driver. Drivability had to be at the forefront, until the M3 is back up and running.

While Lance’s mod list is pretty impressive, he still has more plans for the S2K!

Including a wire tuck, shaved engine bay, and forced Induction on deck

With this Honda looking like it does now, I am sure Lance will do nothing but continue to impress with his future mods.

Keep up the good work Lance! We look forward to seeing more of your Honda S2000 in the future.

Lance would like to thank:

“Nick Phewphad and crew over at NP Autocare for all the time and body work done to the car. If it wasn’t for his patience and willingness, I don’t think I’d have such a unique car.”

Mod List:

ENGINE

– GReddy Spectrum Elite Catback Exhaust

– K&N OE-Replacement Drop-In Filter

EXTERIOR

– BMW San Marino Blue Metallic Paint w/Gunmetal Gray Accents

– NP AutoCare Custom Sheet Metal Wide Front/Rear Fenders

– Sorcery Front Bumper

– Shine Auto Project Side Diffusers

– Racing Factory Yamamoto Rear Diffuser

– Mugen Hardtop

– Tamon Design Rear Spoiler

– CarShopGlow Rear Tail Lights

INTERIOR

– HKS Shift Knob

– Full Audio System…

– Pioneer DEX-P99RS Headunit

– 8x Morel MT250 Tweeters

– 2x Morel CDM880 Midrange Speakers

– 2x Morel Elate MW6-Ti Woofers

– 2x Sundown Audio 8″ Subwoofers

– JL Audio 1200w GMAX Subwoofer Amplifier

– JL Audio 600w G6600 6-Channel Amplifier

– JL Audio 600w HD600/4 4-Channel Amplifier

SUSPENSION

– HKS Hipermax IV-SP Coilovers

WHEELS/TIRES

– Work Meister S1 (3pc)

– Anodized Bronze Lip

– Matte Gunmetal Face

– Gold Hardware

– 18×9.5 +11

– 18×11.5 +11

– Falken 453 Tires

– 255/35/18

– 295/30/18

– 25MM Rear Spacers

With so many dope photos from Springfest 2015, we decided to throw up a Part 3. As always, we enjoy capturing the essence of the enthusiast and the crowd. From the car builders, the fans, the children who will be the next-generation of passionate car lovers, the models and the talented photographers who bring car culture to the world. Plus, we have more photos of some incredible rides from Springfest!

Photography by Chinzo Photo (Brian Chin).

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East Coast Bash 2015

Celebrating 13 Years of ClubLoose and 50 Years of ETown, East Coast Bash 2015 went down on May 23rd and May 24th with a whole bunch of drifting during the day on the track and partying all night at the track-side bar, Sneaky Pete’s. For our coverage, we divided it into two parts. Check out the full tire-shredding coverage below, then head on over to our other coverage post, “East Coast Bash – Pits and People”.

Photography by Chinzo Photo.

Click HERE to go to the other part of our East Coast Bash coverage – “Pits and People”

East Coast Bash 2015

Celebrating 13 Years of ClubLoose and 50 Years of ETown, East Coast Bash 2015 went down on May 23rd and May 24th with a whole bunch of drifting during the day on the track and partying all night at the track-side bar, Sneaky Pete’s.

For our coverage, we divided it into two parts. Scroll below to check out “East Coast Bash – Pits and People”. Then head on over to the second post, “East Coast Bash – Kill All Tires”.

Photography by Chinzo Photo.

Matt Petty taking care of business.

Darren Balico and the SNTRL S14 having fun all weekend.

The homies at Flipzco holding it down at East Coast Bash, as always.

Ted Solano’s beautiful and famous FD, parked up at ECB.

Super Clean AE!

Baloney Kids!

This Fozzy was breakin’ necks all day.

You can never have enough tires.

Formula Drift driver, Chris Forsberg, checking-in at East Coast Bash.

Geoff Stoneback in between tire-shredding sessions.

Kenny Cano and Los Goonies always doing their thing at ClubLoose!

Hello Honda City.

Hert Eugene Jr. in the building!

The awesome Bear Dellinger hangin’ at East Coast Bash 2015!

Click HERE to go to the second part of our East Coast Bash coverage – “Kill All Tires”.

Springfest 2015

Sumospeed’s Springfest 2015 brought out fine examples of tuner life from the East Coast. After covering the roll-in and the outdoor part of the event in Part One of our coverage, Part Two takes you inside the Virginia Beach Convention Center where there was serious heat in the form of some of awesome rides. A mash-up of builds; stance, street, drag, drift, exotic, VIP, old school and new school were well represented throughout the show.

Enjoy the photo coverage by Hacks Photography !

Springfest 2015

Sumospeed’s premier East Coast event was once again buzzing for months leading up to the June 6 event at Virginia Beach Convention Center. The hybrid indoor/outdoor event was a great time for all that attended. It brought together enthusiast from various areas of the eastern seaboard thanks to its central location. Awesome cars, beautiful weather and the beach! Sounds like a perfect weekend to us.

With a good number of awesome photo coverage by Hacks Photography (Amanda Hacks) and Chinzo Photo (Brian Chin), we have divided the coverage into two parts. Part One has the roll-in, including some show-prep, vendor-setup as well as some photos from the outdoor area of the show. Part Two – Indoor coverage, will be live tomorrow night. Enjoy!

Rolling into the show with style.

Super clean S13!

SNTRL S14 in the building.

Euro + JDM Love.

JDM Classics. <3

Spirit-Rei Odyvia Convertible FTW.

We love our Drag Imports.

Bug-eyes age so beautifully.

S-chassis was well-represented.

Meanwhile, here’s are few highlights from the outdoor section.

FORMULA DRIFT Round 4 is coming to New Jersey at Wall Speedway on June 26 and June 27. For Tickets and more information, CLICK HERE.

An awesome birthday present to spend the day covered in sand and sweat trying to get the shots you all crave.

The day started off with practice and warm ups. The Supercar class of cars are where you see all the stars you know of. Ken Block, Tanner Foust, and Bucky Lasek to name a few.

There is also a class of up and comers in the Supercar Lites Series. The Lites cars, and drivers are no slouches. They also go into corners, and takes jumps with no fear.

Here are some words from Red bull themselves: “Austin Cindric made his first race with Olsbergs MSE count in GRC Lites, taking a commanding victory at the season-opening round in Fort Lauderdale. He defeated fellow Lites sophomore Alejandro Fernandez and teammate Oliver Eriksson to earn the first victory of his career.”

“Ken Block broke his streak of bad luck in Red Bull Global Rallycross season openers with a statement victory in the 2015 kickoff round in Fort Lauderdale. Block, last year’s championship runner-up, held off fellow 2014 title contenders Scott Speed and Nelson Piquet Jr. for the victory.”

With this being just part one. I highly suggest you tune into SNTRL.com for more coverage.

It’s been a while since I have posted, but have no fear, Mr. Clive is here. Since the last post I have lived in Oklahoma City and am now in between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. For those keeping track I started in Chicago, then moved to OKC, and now reside in South Florida. Moving for me is nothing new, this last one is move #12 in my thirty four years on this earth, and I have been a gear head for 34 of those years. Anyone would think car life must be awesome in South Florida compared to OKC, which I have to say that I was pretty excited about that part of my move. Being that the scene was small for tuners in OKC, it was primarily a muscle car market. Now there is nothing wrong with that and it gave me a chance to see classics in shape that you could only dream of in Chicago area. An advantage to it being a small scene in OKC was that things were very easy to acclimate to. The people were friendly which reminded me of my earlier days in Hudson Valley, New York and Tucson, Arizona. So remember, I have moved 12 times. If you name an area I have probably lived there.

Now on to Florida Present day: Due to all the connections I’ve been able to make, I was able to reach out to Ravi of V2Lab’S/Fakesafari fame. After a late night messaging session he pointed me in the direction of Atlantic Street Movement (ASM). At this point I found their Facebook group, and begin to check things out. Seemed like a scene all too familiar, people asking questions, poking fun and enjoying themselves with endless meme. What made this familiar was that it reminded me of an early JDM Chicago forum just starting to bring exposure and create a community in which people can network. I remember the growing pains that Ginash and Co. went through in setting up meets. Those times might have been simpler since the public wasn’t too hard on tuners in comparison of today.
 

Having found a group, I now went into observation mode, straight 007 style. Or shall I say in the words of Wu Tang “Creeping in the shadows!”. I had a chance to go check out the Nurotag All-Stars show to assess what was out here and also to see what “So Flo” had cooking. Around here there are some very nicely built cars, some purpose built, and those still working things out. I was getting more excited, and proceeded to spot some future feature victim’s. At this point I had been itching to get some shutter clicks off and do some editing. After seeking out a couple of people and reaching out to them, nothing panned out. My first thought was “Damn, people are that stuck up here? It’s going to be tough”.

Time to regroup, and rethink my approach. After talking with Ravi and Khris (who runs ASM) it seemed a lot of people refuse to bring out there pride n’ joy unless trophies can be won or cars judged. This was totally different to me being that I am a member of a large team in a different city that can’t wait for a day of 50 degree weather to bring the cars out, drop the tops, and hit the tracks. 

After all this I had a chance to attend an ASM meet. Now remember at this point I have never met anyone in south Florida face to face. Upon arriving at this event, once Khris and his lady Elizabeth had the pleasure of meeting your boy it was hug’s and dap like I have known them all along. A warm welcome and a hope for a brighter future. This BBQ meet was great, people playing beer pong, cars coming and going, some super fresh, some needing a little help, but it’s all good. Most of the pictures attached to this article are from said BBQ. 

It seems SNTRL down south has some large potential, and I look forward to bringing the people, cars, and lifestyle to you. It’s a totally different world here. I see Ferrari’s, McLaren’s, and Lambo’s just about every day.
 

In the weeks to come I will be travelling to Orlando for Formula D coverage and whatever else I can get my camera into.

 
In the gallery are shots from NUROtag All-Stars Miami, Enjoy:

Call it whatever you like, liveries, vinyl stickers, or decals its all synonymous with the car community. Used to rep’ a crew, a frequented blog or as sponsorship promotion, stickers are great especially if done right. Last year, our very own Edo designed the Itasha style theme for Darren’s drift S14 and it came out amazing.

Personally, I love collecting stickers of brands I support but I’m always hesitant to put it on my car in fear of having it too cluttered. One boy who loves stickers probably more than me is Bubby Everson. Unfortunately he has been diagnosed with Cytomegalovirus (CMV) which he contracted at birth. Despite treatment, the disease is a terminal illness. One thing that can help him through his illness and its stickers. His birthday is coming up on February 11th and he isn’t asking for something impossible and knowing the car community probably has plenty of stickers lying around consider sending him some! His parents have setup a PO box to receive mail. Please see below to send something to lift his spirits on his birthday.

Attention: Bubby Everson
P.O. Box 1142, Graham, WA 98338

For more information please check the original new piece.