Leave it to Der to stress and take months trying to figure out how to fit his TE37 wheels on his EK only to change them a week after he makes it work, lol!! Sometimes things fall into place and happen unexpectedly which is exactly the situation here. Not gonna lie, dude was stressed! But an immaculate set of wheels just popped-up out of nowhere and Der leaped at the opportunity. The Mag Blue mismatched Volk wheels were never going to be the final phase of this build regardless so it wasn’t a difficult decision to ditch them. After the new wheels went on, Der decided that the weekend was a perfect opportunity to bring the car out for the first time!!…
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Finally! Some Major Progress On Der’s Civic Build!!…
It’s been a while but we are back with some major updates! After coming back from Japan, I took some time off just to recover and get back into the swing of things here at home. There wasn’t a whole lot going on so I just stayed lowkey and hung out here at the shop. Before Der met up with me in Japan, he actually was at the shop every weekend working on his Civic. A lot of big changes happened while I was gone so when I came back home, I came back staring at almost a completely different car! Over the last two weekends, we finally started on something that he had been dreading; installing his Safety21 roll cage. The main thing was getting all the parts over the to shop but once we did, Der tore his whole Civic apart again so we could fit the bolt-in cage. I thought it was easy but I also spent most of the afternoons watching sports and only jumped in when he needed a second hand, lol. If you’ve been wanting to see what’s new with Der’s EK, this is the episode you need!
Read MoreDoghouse Garage Meet 2021 Coverage…
It seems like there is something going on every weekend these days out here in Southern California. I wouldn’t say it’s a bad thing, because people seem to be staying safe and what not, but I do find myself just a little bit reluctant at times to be out and about too often, if that makes sense. I think maybe just being a little bit older now I’m just more precautious. When I was young, I’d probably just say ‘fuck it’ and go to everything. The want for content would triumph my own best interests at times and I’ve adjusted my expectations over the years. The only reason I’d go to something now is to either support my friends or other car enthusiasts who have supported friends in the past. It’s more for relationship building and seeing people now than just trying to flood the feed with photos…
Read MoreWekfest East 2019 Coverage… Part 2…
Photos and Words by Joey Lee (@Stickydiljoe) It felt different this year. I know it felt that way to me but it’s interesting to hear that the people who attended the show this year also felt a similar sentiment. It’s weird though because I didn’t think this day would ever […]
Read MoreWekfest East 2019 Coverage… Part 1…
Photos and Words by Joey Lee (@Stickydiljoe) It’s rare for me to go back and look at some of my old posts. Today, however, I thought I’d look back to last year’s Wekfest East coverage to see what I had to say. I guess I just don’t like looking back […]
Read MoreThe Beasts of Wekfest East – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #26
After taking a few weeks off from our big Los Angeles event, we fly to the East Coast to spend some time in the Big Apple before the Wekfest East event in New Jersey. Yasu has never been to New York before so we wanted to make sure he had […]
Read MoreWekfest Seattle 2019 Coverage… Part 3 of 3…
Positive momentum. That’s what we’re in the midst of right now. We’ve only had three Wekfest events up in Seattle thus far and we’re on an upward trajectory. I was having dinner with Ken from Wekfest earlier tonight and I was telling him about how the excitement for this tour […]
Read MoreWekfest Seattle 2019 Coverage… Part 2…
Before I started putting this post together, I went and took a trip down memory lane, pulling-up some of my older posts back when I first started traveling to the Pacific Northwest. Those were very different times. Back in 2013, I was knee-deep in magazine print work, often looking for […]
Read MoreWekfest Seattle 2019 Coverage… Part 1…
I wanted a slightly different approach this year covering the Seattle Wekfest event. The previous two shows had been pretty amazing content-wise but I always remember the roll-out being so much more memorable than the set-up phase of the show. Perhaps that has more to do with the stress of […]
Read MoreThe Best Of The Pacific Northwest – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #24
Wekfest Seattle has been one of my favorite events since we started doing the show up there three years ago. Every year it seems to be getting better and there is just this great buzz around the show in that area. It’s a real exciting time. It’s so nice to […]
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