desired_speeds

for winning Best JDM N/A at JDM revolution at Japan town parking Garage in San Francisco today.

J-SpecTL

iTrader: (1)

congrats! do you know how many were in your class? from past experience, prob not. way to rep 1gen TL.

desired_speeds

I have no idea how they judged. All I know is that the judge is a tuner from Japan that didn't know too much English. The car show was small, prolly around 50 cars only. The JP GS400 won 1st prize.

Go90go

I did a quick recount and figure about 60 or so, maybe 70 cars were entered in the show, and about 25+ were NA. There were alot of rotations where people would leave early to have a car replace them, then come back. Many people called their friends after showing up and had them come and register during show hours. I've heard that some people were not happy that I won but they forgot what the title was. The trophies were for true representations of cars back in Japan, not this "USJDM" bullshit. How else do you explain a bone stock FC with a rebuilt stock turbo winning best vintage? Oh, and if my buddy had actually entered his Sprinter for judging, he would've gotten it easily!

I talked to the judge for awhile before he was called away to take care of other things, and I talked to the event organiser. According to the organiser, he was as surprised as me when my name was on the list for the award because about three hours into the show, the judge stopped looking at cars in depth. He told the organiser that he already knew which cars were going to win which classes. I was worried because mid-demonstration, he glanced away for a second and walked off leaving me to explain it to another crew member not involved in judging. Same thing happened to the GS400, and that has us shitting bricks.

In any case, sorry for the grumpy face in the photos, I had a bad headache from lack of sleep, exhaust fumes, noise, and ugly "models".

~Cheers~

P.S. My direct competitors were a crew of RHD EF Civics, an an auto RHD S14 with R32 tails, . <- Shitty paint, too.

P.P.S. Whoo hoo! 2800 posts!

desired_speeds

hey... maybe # fititi was your lucky number. :P

Go90go

HA! He already had an idea when I was #fitifi! I have no doubt that today # fititi was a special spot. After all, those ugly, scrawny, buck-toothed, underage "models" skipped my car after Silas' and went to Wilson's, haha. That saved my car from ending up on some pedo-forum's wallpaper gallery. Man, they were straight-up BAND-AID. Damn, haven't used that since high school, haha.

"We just coming prom Manila in da Balikbayan box with lots of Kleenex and Kotex inside. I porgot to buy Nair so I didn't do my lip, kuya."

They were horrible. Their photographer saw my car and stared at it for a minute, then said, "Look, a Honda sign." That's the future of the United States,.

~Cheers~

Go90go

Found a pic of the RHD Civics and RHD Integra:



~Cheers~

KrayzieDxC

nice..great to represent . i think i see a dent on the driver rear door.

i always love driving those tegs.

Aman

:noob: what does RHD stand for?

and congrats, Go90Go, this is the first time i've seen pics of your car outside of your avatar.

I bet you can't wait to get two of the same tails too, lol kiding.

TLin401

Congrats! Your corner and bumper lights are bright as hell!

Go90go

Thank the great taxi cab driver at the gas station for that one. It's in the hinge area and while I was able to pull out the huge dent, it's creased over there and that can't be fixed.

Thanks! RHD stands for Right Hand Drive. The reason I have two different tails is because I was hit on the left side, shattering the Inspire tail there. Some people have said that it suits me to have one amber and one clear because it represents my Asian side and my European side, haha. There was a big thread with pictures of the accident on here.

Thanks, they are drop position lamps. As everyone explains them, their show my car's heartbeat, the heartbeat of Japan. Each corner pulsates together slowly, then they start to fade in and out independently of one another, giving the front end a "kira-kira" appearance.

~Cheers~

P.S. Both the taxi and the truck that smashed my quarterpanel and taillight were Fords. I hate those things.

Go90go

For those who were wondering what my door puddle lights looked like, I found a picture:



~Cheers~

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

congrats to go90... way to represent the 1st gens!!!

korrupted

Congrats, GJ!!

meazz1

you go Go90!!!!!!

Go90go

Thanks guys! Means alot amidst all the hate I've been getting!

~Cheers~

TLin401

If you have hate then you gotta be doing something right.

Go90go

I was reading that in someone's sig on SupraForums! I've talked to a few buddies since I've been a bit bummed about all the talk going around. These fools think I don't hear about it and shit. Two of my older buddies that have been doing shows and judging for awhile both said (almost verbatim) the same thing:

"Not to knock on JDM, but these days, any one of these JDM kids can go online and order JDM parts and have a JDM car in a matter of weeks, if not days. They don't know the true meaning behind it all. A real JDM-themed car circles around hard to find, rare, and exclusive parts. Your car has alot of these parts, and it's a rare car to boot. They are just pissed off that they don't know what kind of car yours is, and you won. They're thinking to themselves, 'I got all these JDM parts like amber corners, and that guy's stock!', because they don't know that every part on your car is, in fact, JDM."

Hearing that from two of my good friends today has helped me out quite a bit. I really felt alot better after getting off the phone with them today.

Thanks for the love, guys.

~Cheers~

desired_speeds

you sound all butt hurt over nothing.

KrayzieDxC

^ hahaha

seem like the judges know what too look for.

wheres the pic of the GS?

Go90go

Here it is:



I liked it alot.

~Cheers~

KrayzieDxC

^ thas nice!

ljmushock

damn that thing is clean as hell... love the inspyre... wish I still had my 1gen TL

DTPTL

sorry to ask, but what do you have on your car that won you the award? a couple of emblems, visor, grill and stock s2k wheels? oops, forgot those super cool LED lights.

Go90go

The first and only 3.5L motor in a UA chassis, the aforementioned emblems, visors, grill, lights, door sills, shift knob, valve stem caps, Tanabe suspension, aforementioned S2K wheels, but unlike most other Hondas, I'm running the rears, not the fronts, wrapped in Bridgestones. Sound system tucked away as to look stock, no el-cheapo components for my lighting anywhere, custom made puddle lights in the doors, and the fact that I have hung with C5-swapped EGs through turns and straights.

What most people don't understand when judging the UA1/2/3, is how rare ANY part of it is. Considering a total of under 80,000 were made during the entire production run of all trims and engines.

~Cheers~

phee

iTrader: (5)

rwd?

Blazing GT

clean....thats the nicest first generation I have ever seen

KrayzieDxC

^ Fwd

phee

iTrader: (5)

so what exactly makes your car so fast? its a nice lookin beast btw

desired_speeds

3.5 RL swap

TLin401

This is the thread for his engine swap. https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=3.5+RL

Go90go

Thanks, Blazing and phee!

Right now weight is a big issue and besides the problems I have with the drivetrain right now, I'm getting slower and slower. I can't even break a 90 trap anymore, but hopefully one I replace my bent axles and wheel bearings, I should be able to beat my old times. I want to see how much time I can shave off removing my passenger seat. Weighing 4K lbs. really sucks, haha.

~Cheers~

FYM!

nice and clean car, but i dont possibly see how it can win best JDM

BronxAcuraTL

only 80,000 TL's 1st gen were ever made? wow limited quantity~!

desired_speeds

best JDM n/a first one and only 3.5 in a tl. thats for the n/a part. and plus all the shit he brought back over from Japan that he installed on the car.

vas25tl

1.) Congratulations!
2.) Does that red legend have 3G TL wheels on it?
3.) That GS is SICK!