Tag: noel barnum frs

Noel Barnum’s GReddy Turbocharged Varis FR-S In Photos…

Totally forgot I had these photos on my desktop with all that’s been going on lately. Businesses are starting to open back up, the whole country seems to be divided on social issues, and people are starting to ignore that there is a pandemic happening still. Meanwhile over here at the office, I’m just trying to stay busy and maintain a business while still very much focusing on everything that is happening in the world. 2020 has been pure insanity for everyone but I’m hopeful that we are returning to at least some bit of normalcy. It’s a ‘new’ normal, I guess you can say…

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Noel’s Varis FR-S Turbo & We Finally Work On My IS300…CHRNCLS Vlog 2020 #16

Man, there have been a lot of red cars popping-up at the shop lately… On this episode, we finally pull my collection of Japanese Altezza parts that I’ve been collecting over the years out of storage to install on my IS300 Sportcross. A Zero Auto Factory prototype vented hood came over stateside recently so we had to make sure it fit on U.S.-model IS300s because of the 2JZ-GE engine we have here. A few days after that, my good friend Noel Barnum came by to hang and chat so we do a deep dive into his incredibly well-built Varis widebody FR-S which is equipped with a GReddy turbo kit.

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SEMA 2014 Coverage…Part 3 of 3…

This SEMA ’14 finale probably has some of my personal favorite photos of the week-long event. It’s cool seeing all the great cars inside and capturing them with my camera but to be perfectly honest, it’s a bit of a pain in the ass shooting inside the convention halls. There […]

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SEMA 2014 Coverage…Part 2…

Today’s SEMA ’14 post showcases some more variety from their annual event. Sure the show was heavy on all things Rocket Bunny and widebody this and that but if you really take the time to walk-through the show, you’ll see a ton of great stuff that isn’t. I told myself […]

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SEMA 2014 Coverage…Part 1…

I love Las Vegas. The annual SEMA Show is always hectic but Las Vegas provides a nice little getaway after all the work that goes into planning my yearly anniversary event. Walking the show and doing coverage is quite a bit of work but everything that happens outside of the […]

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