Import Alliance Spring Meet 2014 Coverage…A Few Quick Snaps…Part 2….


What’s up everyone… I was finally able to procure some more photos from this year’s IA Spring Meet and after going through the Formula D Long Beach photos, I was finally able to find time to post them up. This time around, I didn’t have to do any editing because our guest photographer for the day, Brady Lankford, already did all of the hard work for me. Brady is a first-timer here over on The Chronicles but I was happy that he contacted me because he’s got some skills. I really enjoyed his work and was happy to post them up. The guy took so many photos that it ended up being distributed to a number of different media outlets but luckily, he was able to save some for The Chronicles…

Like I said in my previous IA post, I wish I could tell you more about it but I wasn’t able to attend. I had originally planned on going but work was just so crazy during those two weeks that I just wasn’t able to. Thanks to Eric Badis and Brady Lankford, we all get an opportunity to see what the event had to offer. I think it is a little late now to find some more photos, as you’ve probably seen them everywhere else, so this will probably be the last post regarding the event unless I stumble onto some really great photos that can’t be turned away. Enjoy the shots and I’ll do my best to describe what you’re looking at. Thanks for viewing…

If you missed Eric Badis’ shots, click the link below to check it out. This show is so vast that it is hard to capture all the cars in attendance so when you have varying points of view, often times you see a lot of cars that aren’t captured by the other photographer…

Import Alliance Spring Meet 2014 Coverage…A Few Quick Snaps…

Thanks to Brady Lankford for coming through with these shots and I look forward to seeing what he has to offer in the future…

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K-swapped Civic SI coupe resprayed in orange on 949Racing wheels…

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A clean Midori Green EK…

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Matt Tucker’s EK9 CTR K-turbo never needs any introduction…

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Bradley Lafayette’s K24-swapped JDM Integra Type R is fast becoming one of the more recognized Integra builds in the nation. I had a chance to see this thing in person last year in Texas and it is a really nice build. Looks even better now with the color-matched J’s Racing front lip…

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OZ Racing wheels on an FG2 Civic Si coupe…

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Blake Kaufman’s S2000 on BBS RS wheels…

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Ethan Hamilton’s DC5 RSX…

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Bobby Edenharder’s clean turbocharged Midori Civic hatchback. Really nice job on the engine bay…

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The rear half of Hamilton’s RSX….

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NA2 NSX on Advan Racing RZ….

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One thing I’ve noticed about the import scene on the other end of the coast is how popular the FA5 and FG2 Civic platforms are. Here in the West, you see them modded but not nearly in the same amount as you do out East. Maybe it has to do with the Honda community over there being much younger than the guys out here…

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Another of Blake’s S2000…

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I found this Civic race car pretty intriguing…

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EF on re-released Enkei Apache II wheels…

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Don’t see very many orange DC5s around…

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One more of Hamilton’s DC5 with BackYard Special front…

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Wilder Bowers’ RHD EG Civic. I like how everything has a consistent flow with this build….

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K-swapped Civic coupe sitting on old school Epsilon wheels…

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FA5 Civic dumped on SSR Professor SP1 with Mugen rear spoiler, rear, sides, and a Mugen-style 09-10 front lip…

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Black EM1 coupe on 16-inch Volk TE37…

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Suzuka Blue S2000…

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A young child learning early on that form doesn’t meet function as the cambered rear wheels of his Radio Flyer are rubbing on his resting hand…

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Hammered Benz coupe on old school AMG wheels…

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Pretty unique paint choice on this Integra. I like how the Mugen stripe is airbrushed into the paint. The Chargespeed front lip and Mugen Gen. II wing are a nice touch….

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DB8 Integra sedan with a carbon kevlar Spoon-style front lip…

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I always thought the R34 GTS-T coupes looked really odd compared to the R34 GTR. Like when you see a hot girl and when you look closer, you realize its the slightly less attractive sister…haha…

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JDM RPS13 180SX Type-X looking good on color-matched Brada forged wheels…

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A couple photos of Wesley LeBouef’s K-swapped EK9 Civic Type R wearing a First Molding front lip and bronze Mugen MF10….

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Turbocharged K-swapped CR-X that you should be seeing in print very soon…

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The orange coupe that you saw at the beginning of this post striking a pose on the track at IA Atlanta…

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Closing out this post with a shot of Bradley’s Integra Type R all taped-up and on the way home…

That’s a wrap folks. Thanks for looking!…

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7 comments

  1. Any idea what kind of lip that is on the EF on the Enkei’s?

  2. Wow. You are changing the world Joey, Thanks for all the great work!!

  3. Absolutely Fucking Awesome!!! Import cars rule man!!!

  4. I thought Bradley’s R was one of the best Integra builds when I saw it at Wekfest TX last year, but now its gotten even better with the paint matched lip.

  5. Thought Bradley’s R was one of the best Integra builds when I saw it at Wekfest TX but it looks even better now with the paint matched lip.

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