Since acquiring the 180SX I’ve been researching and deliberating for some time the path I’d like to take for future upgrades. Eventually I settled on the ever popular low-mount GT2871R setup and have been working towards sourcing the necessary parts … Continue reading →
“Thinking back now, I would still take the ridiculously over-the-top body kit era over any of the garbage you see today. At least back then people used creativity to stand out and didn’t take short-cuts to make themselves “cool” and subsequently call everyone “haters” if they didn’t agree or called people out for the short-cuts they took to be the next bandwagon trend hopper.
Do most people follow the scene (what's in with the crowd) or just build what they like which may have some semblance to the current trend. Of course it's not quite black and white but...
I consider myself a part of the latter.
Last Sunday a couple of friends and I made the trip down South to attend stancemovement’s latest meet. A couple pics of my 180 were snapped and it highlighted even more how much I need better wheels.
In all a great lime (basically having a great time amongst a group) was had and I finally got some pro pics which show the true colour of the paint.
With the local scene a few years behind, Trinidad is now catching up with the stance (pun very much intended) already adopted by many abroad, that is reasonably clean rides with maximum fitment or which may be better described as minimum fender and ground clearance.
We have the guys over at stancemovement quickly closing that gap and bringing events like free meets which were unheard of in T&T up until recent times.
Here are their clean and still somewhat functional Honda Accords starring in an all local production from the recent Mass Meet – Throwback Sunday.
Started working around 10pm on installing my Kouki tail lights which I had set aside for a while now with the new, freshly painted lower panel. After much Mothers plastic polish for the tails, scraping of silicone (damn you painters!) along with butyl rubber sealant, installing with fresh material and wiring in the lights I finished 4 hours later.
I still have to install the carbon fibre centre garnish cover I have waiting here, probably after I get the centre brake light surround in black (damn you painters!).