What happens when you take one of the automotive tuning community’s most esteemed wheel brands and combine it with the likes of Super Street magazine? Well, probably a whole lot of things like ads and shit but you also unexpectedly get a car meet that no one ever thought to do. Why? Because everybody loves Rays wheels, Volk Racing and all, and most meets already have tons of cars on these fantastic wheels. The great minds from both brands decided to host a special tribute gathering for the Japanese wheel company and eliminated everyone else who’s cars didn’t rock Rays-manufactured wheels. Normally I’d imagine you’d get some people who were incredibly butt-hurt because they couldn’t bring their non-Rays wheels wearing car builds out on a nice sunny afternoon, but Rays Engineering is so highly-respected that people would actually come out just to show support…

There are definitely times when you would go to a meet or show and say “everybody is on TEs here” but that would pretty much hold true on this particular day. People love their TEs, man, myself included so this car gathering was right up my alley. It’s like taking all the riff raff of Rotas and XXRs out of the equation and having a quality meet with nice cars sitting on some of the best wheels ever produced…

Put this on the list of “Most unexpected and probably also the most unnecessary car meet of the year that literally everyone would go to”. Why? Well, easy. Because Rays made the TE37. And the TE is one of the best wheels ever. CEs aren’t bad either, and ZE40s are also great. I can do with less hot pink Gram Lights 57whatever wheels but hey, some families have ugly ass cousins and you can’t really do anything about that. Don’t get me started on the TE37 Sonic either…

Here are the photos from the meet. Thanks to Mackin Industries and Super Street magazine for hosting. Steve Lim from Mackin, if you’re reading this, every time I see you, you tell me that I should stop by for lunch. One of these days I’m gonna randomly pop-up at the office and it’s gonna happen whether you actually want to have lunch with me or not, lol…

Okay, enjoy the photos people…byeeeee….

Robert Chew’s Rocket Bunny NSX making a rare appearance in 2018. These days the Chews have so many other projects going on, including a Tesla Model S upcoming, that it’s difficult to pull the NSX out of the garage for some sunlight…

Jonny Grunwald’s Pandem RX-8 build running the full TRA Kyoto kit paired with an RE Amemiya hood, bronze Volk TE37V Mark II wheels, and a Lucky 7 Racing Bridgeport Renesis II engine…

Custom one-off titanium front bumper attachments mated to the front over fender and lip…

Amir Bentatou’s RS Future K20 turbo-powered NSX that we just recently featured on our SLB 2018 Vlog…

Kyle Padelford’s MCR BNR34 Skyline GTR made an appearance on Volk TE37SL…

Always was a huge fan of this Datsun 510 build that I typically encounter at the annual Japanese Classic Car Show events…

The Chasing Js-built 1974 Datsun Sunny “Hakotora” truck powered by an SR20DET swap and aggressive 15-inch Volk TE37V…

Gabe Cruz’s ‘Rival Machine’ Honda S2000 build…

I totally missed seeing Luigi’s new FK8 Civic Type R at this year’s SEMA Show but was able to finally see it at the Rays Tribute Meet…

Taylor’s UCF20 LS400 is one of the more unique builds I’ve seen this year running Volk TEs and a retrofitted BN Sports kit originally meant for an IS300…

F80 BMW M3 sedan on new Volk Racing TE037 6061…

FK8 Civic Type R wearing new Varis aero, KW suspension and Rays Gram Lights 57CR wheels…

Brian from Mackin’s Varis Kamikaze 86 which we have seen plenty of in 2018…

Lucky 7 Racing’s brand new Pandem FC3S RX-7 build was yet another car I missed-out on seeing at this year’s SEMA Show. Good thing I came to the Rays Meet and was able to get a good thorough look at it…

Also fantastic to see a cleaned-up 13B Rotary engine inside with a v-mounted intercooler set-up and all…

Another photo of the twin-charged Varis Kamikaze 86 from Jade Motorsports…

I haven’t seen Chris’ BB6 Prelude in awhile so it was a pleasant surprise to see it turn-up at the Rays event…

Teddy Timoteo’s Civic build running an Arios front bumper and Volk CE28N…

Jenvey Dynamics individual throttle bodies with custom coolant swirl pot and hard cooling pipe created by Wisecraft Fabrication…

An overhead view of the K-series ITB set-up in Teddy’s Civic…

Jenvey throttle body horns that just clear the hood of the Civic hatchback…

Autofashion USA hosted a booth for some of our Japanese friends from Mode Parfume and more, along with their Mode Parfume GaMu widebody S2000 build…

The famed APEX’i FD3S RX-7 drift car hasn’t made a public appearance in quite some years since it competed heavily in the Formula Drift series but it is still looking pretty fantastic these days…

Super clean Civic hatchback with EF9 SiR front face and J’s Racing front lip…

K20 engine swap inside the cleaned-up and re-sprayed engine bay with some one-off hand-crafted pinstriping on the valve cover along with a custom intake pipe and core support plate…

No car meet in SoCal would be complete these days without an E46 M3 on concave Volk TEs…

Carlos’ Honda S2000 Club Racer wearing an ASM front bumper and Voltex over-fenders…

Infiniti F50 Q45 wearing a complete Mode Parfume aero kit bagged, sitting on Rays Versus Variance wheels…

Silver NA1 NSX sitting on traditional staggered white Volk Racing TE37…

Big Mike not only MC’d the Rays Tribute Meet and took care of the marathon raffle that was happening throughout the day, but also had his Prelude build on display front and center…

A couple of engine bay shots of Big Mike’s Prelude, which hosts a ton of custom fab work throughout, to end this series of photos…

I can now breathe a sigh of relief after finally getting all these photos up from the past few months. Wekfest Florida is this weekend and it is the final show to close out the 2018 season. If you’re in the area, make sure to stop by and check it out! See you guys there. For those who aren’t, happy holidays to everybody worldwide! Stay safe and enjoy!!…