As you witnessed in the
first part of coverage from the
Bay Area AE86 meet at
One Toyota of Oakland, the gathering was a great mix of both
hachi rokus and other machines. While more and more cars rolled in, it became harder to pay attention to each car individually. And, although it seemed as if there was almost an equal ratio of AE86s to dope non-AE86s, everyone remembered what car the day was commemorating.
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Posted by: Sam Attal | Aug 26, 2011 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 22R-E, 4AG, 4AGE, 8-6, AE86, Andrew Bohan, Bay Area, Boost Logic, Celica, Celica RA28, Cipher Garage, Corolla, Drift Day, GT-S, Hayashi, Helix, HRE, Initial D, Kenny Chow, Kouki, Levin, meet, MotorFix, oakland, one toyota, One Toyota of Oakland, Sam Attal, San Francisco Bay Area, slideyourride, SR5, Superlite, Supra, takumi fujiwara, TE37V, Toyota, truck, Volk TE37V, wagon, wes ong, Work Equip 01, Zenki | 10 Comments »
Over a year ago, when you heard the phrase 'It's JDM Yo!' you would just think of a bunch of Japanese cars with parts from Japan following a trend. Now, as soon as you hear it, the first thing that comes to mind are the hot models and
Tony 'It's JDM Yo' Lee with his posse at every major car show representing. The meet turned out more like a car show but with free entrance and in and out privileges for both people and cars. With vendors, food trucks, free
NOS Energy Drinks to quench your thirst, and lots of eye candy the day went by without a hitch. A raffle, emceed by Tony and Miss Natalia Marie from NOS, was held and proceeds went to help fund
Big Abe's daughter Sophie's funeral cost (if you don't know who Big Abe is, he's the guy with the big ass rim hanging from his neck). I have to give a big shout out to Big Abe for showing up to the meet after going through what he and his family had to endure.
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Posted by: Mike Kim | May 22, 2011 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: Abraham Ceja, AEM, Anthony Do, Arnel Ortiz, BBS RS, Big Abe, Bisi Ezerioha, Bisimoto, CCW Wheels, Chivas Sotelo, Chumpot Chansonthi, Civic Si, conversion, Corolla, CR-Z, EG Hatch, EG Sedan, FC RX-7, FD2 Civic Type R, Garage Vary, Honda, Hybrid, Infinit Wheels, It's JDM Yo, jdm, Mango, Mazda, Mazdaspeed 3, meet, Miata, Mike Kim, Mikey Cristi, MR-2 Turbo, Natalia Marie, NOS Energy, nos energy drink, NOS Energy girls, Panasport, Phaze 2, royalorigin, S=, Scion, Sprint HArt CP-R, SSR Mesh, stance, SW20, Terry Pham, Tony Lee, Toyota, TRD, Turbonetics, Type C, Universal Air, VIP Style, Work Goocar, xB | 14 Comments »