Oh, hello there. You must be looking for Part 2 of the Wekfest San Jose coverage. This is it. I got back from Seattle last night after a fantastic weekend with the boys, experiencing yet another amazing Wekfest event in the Pacific Northwest. Man, that show…it’s got some good shit. Just the vibe and energy of the people is incredible. I really hope you guys find the opportunity to experience it for yourselves if you can. You won’t regret it…

With that said, we can dive right into the Wekfest San Jose coverage today. All the photos from this set have been finished since the end of last week, I just haven’t been able to post them up because I’ve been out of town. If it were up to me and I didn’t need to sleep or be a human being, I’d have had these photos posted ages ago. But, alas, I am human and here we are, some two weeks after the event took place…

This year’s San Jose event, like the previous ones, have been a lot of work. And I mean, A LOT of work. I really commend the boys for getting all this stuff done before the show even took place, whether it be building the entire Wekfest display out of wood, folding and packing over 200 boxes the night before roll-in to have gifts for VIP guests, or simply staging the vehicles so that all 400+ cars fit inside the San Jose Convention Center. This requires a full cast and crew of people normally for most car shows but we did it all with a group of under 15 people. That not only speaks to the chemistry this group has, but also their willingness to work hard and see things through. Just imagine that. A small group of guys with regular jobs, relationships, some even with families, all who are dedicated car guys by the way, put this entire show together. And it all went off with little to no issues. I’m very much on the media-side so I don’t necessarily deal with all the logistics of the event but I get to see it from fruition to execution and I continue to be amazed by these guys when I finally get a chance to sit back to evaluate everything. There’s no departments of teams of people doing any one individual task. Everybody just sort of works together like a well oiled machine. It took ten years to get to this point so it didn’t happen over night, but I couldn’t be more pleased with how far we have all come…

We were at one of the guy’s parents’ house that Friday before the show, all of us crammed together in the living room building boxes and packing them for giveaways while there was also a full blown dinner being cooked in the kitchen. I think it was at this point when I really just stopped to think that this whole experience was pretty amazing. We’re just friends putting together one of the nation’s best car shows and we’re doing it all by ourselves. We’re sitting in the living room folding hundreds of boxes while talking shit to one another and having a good time. Some of our wives and girlfriends are even there helping and they aren’t even complaining about it. We aren’t at the club getting fucked-up, we ain’t trying to grind-up on the models that we hired, and we didn’t hire a bunch of kids to do what most would consider to be menial tasks. From top-to-bottom, it’s just us…

And I wouldn’t have it any other way…

Cheers guys, we did it.

Enjoy Part 2. Much more to come throughout the week and then we jump right into the Wekfest Seattle coverage….

While the long line of show cars were rolling into the San Jose Convention Center, I glanced across the street and spotted this mint DC2 Integra Type R just sitting there completely undisturbed…

Hopefully the owner didn’t leave it there over night…

I actually wrote the story for this NSX a few years back for Super Street magazine so it was cool to finally see this build in person and chat with its owner, Jeff Nguyen from Las Vegas…

I love how the C-pillar/rear shoulder of the Japanese Datsun Bluebird SSS coupes look, considering how much more sleek it is than the U.S. counterpart. These cars look so good just lowered with a front lip and a nice set of wheels…

WICKED ONE Racing’s K-series turbo, all-wheel drive converted Honda Civic drag car…

K-swapped Civic running individual throttle bodies housed in a carbon fiber-wrapped engine bay…

Chris from DARKSIDE RACING’s turbocharged GM LS-swapped Fox body Mustang representing San Jose…

The freshly completed engine bay of the Higgins Built Civic hatchback hosting a K-series engine with a Skunk2 Ultra Series intake manifold, Speed Factory radiator, XRP plumbing, and much much more…

This 1JZ-GTE swapped RA Celica coupe has become a regular at the San Jose Wekfest events. It’s definitely one of the more ‘stand-out’ vehicles competing at the show and certainly one-of-a-kind…

Beefy rear slicks tucked tightly under the tubbed rear of the RA21 Celica, which was much quieter than I thought it would be considering how it housed a built 1JZ-swap. It was so quiet that the owner could probably drive this thing around on the street and not get hassled, that is, until a cop pulls up behind it and notices its rear slicks…

It started to get pretty hot outside with the sun beaming down so I ran inside to grab some photos of the GReddy-built Pandem widebody FC3S RX-7 which is actually currently up for sale…

Also parked at the GReddy Racing booth was Kenji’s personal turbocharged Civic hatchback build on its familiar set of SSR EX-C Neo wheels…

After Danny Hernandez was parked and staged by the Wekfest booth, I was able to take a much closer look at his freshly-completed Ford LTD custom coupe…

Heart-shaped steering wheel for the LTD coupe, dubbed “MADLY IN LOVE”…

Plush red interior customized and reupholstered throughout, with the only modern amenity being the single-DIN head unit mounted inside the wrapped center console…

Some of the carefully hand-pinstriped accents on the LTD…

It may not be Hondas anymore but its still BANDITS forever for Danny…

Sheldon’s flared NA1 NSX looking solid with a set of gold-faced BBS LM wheels and a Wings West front lip…

“Money Green” B-series turbocharged Civic drag car from Team Lightspeed Racing…

If I remember correctly, this ratted-out truck is actually a Toyota pick-up with an old Dodge truck shell swapped over it. Pretty unique stuff here and not something you’ll see at your typical car show…

Ray from Team Tronics brought out his black JDM-face Integra with some new additions for 2019. Outside, he’s running a set of Spoon SW388 wheels paired with a Spoon Sports carbon front lip…

In the engine bay is a B18C1 set-up featuring an Mugen air box linked to a custom titanium intake pipe. The radiator is tucked under the core support and up top is a Mugen front strut bar which has been polished to match the equally mirror-like finish of the intake manifold…

Harvey from Tronics elected to keep his DB8 at home this year and brought just one car, the family CL9 TSX bagged sitting on Volk TE37SL wheels…

Having the family car at the show meant the kids could come along and play…

It’s been a few years since I’ve seen Danny Avina’s DC5. To be honest, I wasn’t sure it was still around so it was pretty surprising to see it pop-up at Wekfest SJ this year. The car still looks great with its BackYard Special front bumper, J’s Racing fenders, paired with a Mugen wing and hood…

Streetfighter LA widebody BMW F30 built by the guys from LTMW lined-up next to Harvey’s TSX during staging…

The Lightspeed Racing drag car eventually found its way inside…

Drew’s GM LS-swapped FD RX-7 running RE Amemiya aero and red Volk TE37RT…

Inspire USA’s JZX100 Chaser wearing Origin Labo Racing Line aero with a Blitz front-mount intercooler visible wrapped in heat tape…

Jimmy Nguyen’s Spirit Rei 240SX which is riding on air suspension tucking SSR GTX01 wheels under Car Modify Wonder Glare front/rear fenders…

One of the best engine bays in the building belonged to GJ from ATS Garage and his Honda del Sol build. The bay has been cleaned-up but not shaved smooth, the radiator has been tucked away under the core support, and the custom oil breather and Mugen filter are mounted to the factory battery location by the passenger-side firewall…

TRA Kyoto Rocket Bunny S15 Silvia representing local tuning shop Speed Element at their booth…

DJ Ron not only supplied some of the music that afternoon at Wekfest SJ, but he also brought out his custom widebody Subaru WRX Wagon out for display to represent with his crew, PUREVIP…

Phil’s custom-widened/radiused Lexus LS430 wearing Mode Parfume aero and SSR Professor SP4…

Dell’s Aimgain Lexus IS350 sitting aggressively on WEDS Kranze LXZ wheels with copper faces tucked tightly under custom-widened fenders by Ulterior Motives…

Japan-imported Toyota Crown Royal Saloon bagged, sitting on Work VS-XX wheels…

Varis Kamikaze Toyota 86 owned by Brian Yeung featuring a GReddy turbo kit and Type 24 individual throttle bodies…

The Sköl Wheels booth hosted this Liberty Walk R35 GTR build displaying their “SK2” mesh wheel…

Bright Magenta R33 Skyline GTS-T coupe sitting nice and low on custom Blitz Type-03 wheels…

This Varis Kamikaze-R Toyota 86 was one of the new builds in attendance that I hadn’t previously seen before….

This beautifully-executed custom widebody Infiniti Q50 owned by Chris Cu is yet another fine example of the great metal work done by Ulterior Motives…

Nat Huynh from Endless Projects’ Black Pearl Complete Lexus LS460L powered by an HKS GT-Supercharger…

Streetfighter LA widebody E93 BMW M3 convertible bagged on Airlift suspension and AL13 DT003 forged wheels…

HKS USA FK8 Civic Type R democar owned by Randy from Evasive Motorsports…

Jimmy Nguyen’s H2B-powered Honda Civic EM1 SI coupe running a Mode Parfume/Exceed front lip, J’s Racing fenders, and Desmond Regamaster EVO wheels…

Ferrari Red F30 335 sedan running the Streetfighter LA widebody kit and LD97 forged wheels…

Spoon Sports-themed RHD-converted DB8 Integra sedan with DC2 ITR front-end conversion with a smoothed-out engine bay filled with said Spoon-goodies paired with some Skunk2 components…

Good-looking Infiniti G35 coupe with a GT3 front bumper and SSR Professor SP1 wheels…

No better way to cap off Part 2 of this series with a couple photos of Rowell’s RHD DA Integra and his fantastic engine bay set-up which houses a B17A GS-R engine swap….