To get a better feel for the East Coast at Wekfest this year, we added two major things this year, one of them was model Faith Marone (because these guys love their models) and the other was inviting the guys from PRIME NYC to host their own special display. Faith was brought out to the event as more of an “ambassador” so she just walked around and chatted with people, encouraged others to interact, etc. I think it was a good thing. Being that these guys are so focused within their own bubble, it made sense to have someone there that was familiar with the community and its people from out there. It wasn’t difficult to have her there, and I didn’t talk to her, but she seemed nice, so I think it worked out well for the show. PRIME, for those unfamiliar, is probably the biggest media outlet from that area covering the automotive tuning scene. They do a great job of hosting events, covering events, and generally just being the people to try to continue to push that community forward. I’ve been following their work for some years now and when the idea came up to have them host their own display, I thought it was perfect. Prav and crew are very connected with enthusiasts there so we had no doubt they would bring a solid collection of good build to the event. I didn’t actually take any photos inside the event this year so I can’t really show you what they all brought out, but trust me, it looked great. They even had their own special awards to present to that group of guys for their car builds throughout the years. Also worth noting is how thankful we are of their patience that morning. Their whole display area was supposed to set up at the very end of the morning because they had a section by the loading area specifically for them, and these guys were there since the early morning just hanging out, shooting, and chatting with people. We didn’t get them in until right before the show started and these guys were so organized and helpful. Everything went smoothly the whole layout of the show worked-out really well…

While all that was going on, I was outside shooting as much as I could. There were cars any and everywhere so I tried to shoot as much as I could during that morning. In this section of photos, you’ll see more of the cars from EMOTION rolling in, some from Tough Club, some other really good builds that came pouring in that morning, and we close with a few photos from one of the other top car clubs from this area, Team Regiment Zero. If you like RX-7s, there are some good ones from them. There are still more photos to come as well, but we should be closing things out with a total of three parts. Enjoy and thanks for giving it a thorough look…

Johne Santos’ SW20 MR-2 from Team EMOTION on 3-piece Work Meister wheels. Also very cool to see the Bomex side mirrors on there…

Right behind the cockpit is a 3S-GTE motor which sits inside a cleaned-up engine compartment…

Cristian Loza passing through in this Mugen TSX…

Audi R8 looking solid on BBS LM wheels…

Jason Pham and his award-winning Vertex S15 Silvia from EMOTION…

From this angle you can see the color-shift in the Midnight Purple paint…

One of my favorite photos from the morning, the entire EMOTION line-up together in the staging area…

3GS Lexus also from EMOTION crew on custom Work Meister S1. Not 100% sure on what kit this is, I believe it is Onestar or something similar…

Chris Rios’ turbocharged Integra wearing complete Mugen aero, classic Mugen side-stripe and all…

So glad to see this car still alive and well in 2018…

Joe Cheung driving Nawshin’s NSX on TE37SL…

Will Wang’s another guy from the EMOTION crew to have previously won the “Car of the Festival” award at the Wekfest East shows…

Check that V-mounted tucked radiator peeking out from the Mugen front bumper…

Dave Marino’s silver Civic hatchback running a Mugen SS front lip and 16×8 Mugen MF10…

The East Coast events always have a pretty solid turnout of Supras…

Ferdi Rivera couldn’t stay the entire day because he had to attend a surprise birthday party but he did cruise by in his Integra Type R in the morning to help out with staging and set-up…

Stock-body FD3S RX-7 on concave-face Advan Racing RG-D2…

Ferrari 458 Italia looking good on Volk TE37 Ultra…

VVision SC430 on Work Meister M1 wheels owned by BKnate…

This SC is actually from the West Coast and was built and painted a few years ago but now resides on the East side…

S2000 running Circuit Garage flares and a Spoon (or Spoon-style) rear diffuser…

Subaru Forester slammed and looking great on bronze TEs…

The guys from Tough Club with their flags out representing strong…

Itasha-styled IS300 sedan that was set to be displayed in the Prime NYC “Concrete Originals” section of the Wekfest show…

Widened and bagged Subaru WRX STI from Tough Club running some interesting vinyl on the windshield…

As I always say, you can’t have a car show without at least one Supra wearing Ridox aero so I guess it wasn’t a surprise to see this build, which if memory serves correctly, was also present at the SEMA Show last year in Las Vegas…

Volkswagen Jetta coupe bagged on BBS wheels with a white roll bar and custom checkered interior…

Shyam’s PY ITR wearing the Mugen package that I saw just a day before at the Eibach Philly meet…

Chris Panchoo also cruised out to the Wekfest event with Shyam…

Huge rear diffuser on this FD, check out that oil cooler peeking out under there too…

This yellow IS300 was slammed to the pavement on custom Work Equip Anhelo wheels…

More of Cristian from Canibeat’s Mugen TSX with Spoon Sports front brakes and bronze Volk CE28…

Drew Evans and his custom Liberty Walk G37 sedan arrived to defend its 2017 Car of the Festival crown…

Artsy ass photo of Cristian’s TSX just because I thought it would look cool…

Interesting vanity plate choice…

J’s Racing-equipped GD3 Honda Fit on 15-inch Desmond Regamaster EVOs…

Chris from Mezurashii Mob’s CR2 Accord sedan…

I captured some photos of Carlos Restos’ Civic at the Eibach Meet but couldn’t pass on the opportunity to get some more while it was parked outside during roll-in…

Spectacular turbocharged B-series set-up in a completely smoothed-out engine bay…

Another angle, here you can see the intake-side and just how clean the engine bay is even in the areas where you’d typically tuck and hide stuff…

The interior of Carlos’ Civic with a custom center gauge panel mounted under the radio…

Typically I’d say it’d be better to run box flares to match the straight lines of the Subaru body but this is actually a pretty good look, especially with TE37V wheels…

Toyota 86 from Tough Club on RS Watanabe wheels….

Chris and his Championship White NSX on staggered Desmond Regamaster EVOs…

Big Wasp Composites front splitter mounted under the ASM front bumper on this AP2 S2000…

Gutted Civic sedan track car running a custom front splitter and vented hood…

Andres’ C-West equipped Civic coupe representing Hasback…

Another of Ferdi’s Integra Type R and his paint-matched Spoon Sports front lip and J’s Racing bumper duct…

Red BNR34 Skyline GTR on Nismo LMGT4 wheels from Team Regiment Zero…

Here’s the blue vinyl-wrapped NSX that was also at the Eibach Philly Meet just a day before…

FD3S RX-7 wearing RE Amemiya aero along with some pieces from R-Magic. This is the same FD that also showed-up at the Wekfest Florida event last December…

Jesus Lopez’s FB RX-7 with a large single-turbocharged 13B Rotary set-up with a Pro-Jay Super Duty manifold…

Looks like the engine bay has been cleaned-up even more this year, with the radiator being moved forward, now tucked under a panel by the core support, with titanium piping for the intake manifold and turbocharger…

Liberty Walk Porsche 997 on black Rotiform wheels to match the contrast pieces on the front bumper and rear wing…

Rear angle of the RE-adorned FD RX-7. Holds true to something you’d see in Japan, which I think was the original intent…

This FD owned by Jared from Team Regiment Zero was running a rare Zesty Racing front bumper…

The guys from this crew sure love their FDs, all styled very differently as well…

From left-to-right, Mazdaspeed GT-C front, Zesty Racing front, and OEM JDM Efini RX-7 face…

There’s Part 2. Still more photos to come, so stay tuned!…