Wrapping up our year-long nationwide Super Street X party romp, we finished the festivities back at home in Los Angeles. Held at the renown Garden of Eden nightclub in the heart of the glitz and glamour that is Hollywood, Super Street along with the help of Usual Suspects, Bluefizz and 21XL filled the club with the finest of partygoers, many of them industry friends. Flowing and helping keep the crowd going was our "X" party partner in crime, NOS Energy Drink.
Big ups goes out to Jerry, Rishi and the crew from Usual Suspects and the entire Garden of Eden staff for putting together our hottest party. And a special thank you goes out to all who made it out to our "X" parties, you guys allowed us to end our decade of decadence in proper style. www.usualsuspectsla.com; www.drinknos.com; www.garpot.com
The Top 10 Top Ten: Rare Jdm Wheels
So you think you're a wheel whore. You have the uncanny ability to spot, identify and call out a rim in a darkened HIN hall at a hundred paces. It won't get you girls but it sure impresses the dudes. Hell, you may have even owned a set of some treasured three-piece wheels that were from the '90s. No one, however, can call themselves a true JDM connoisseur unless they've owned a set of these ultra rare and very old school wheels. Need help finding them? Do as we do and call the old school fools at Takumi Project
(www.takumiproject.com).
How To Drift
New for all you literate, bookworm types is How to Drift by Paul Morton. Using a "bookful" of words, How to Drift is part novel-part guide that goes over all aspects of the new motorsport; going into its beginnings, grip driving techniques, drift driving, and all the way to choosing and building a drift-capable ride.
If you're not one for words, Paul Morton packs the book with pictures including a build-up of the popular 240SX. As a bonus, the last section entails a complete step-by-step SR20DET swap from start to finish.
Published by CarTech, you can pick up the softcover book for $24.95 at their Web site. www.cartechbooks.com
Word On The Street...
...It's just been heard that Rays Engineering (manufacturer of Volk, Gram Lights, Lexion, G-games) is going to be a technical partner for the Williams Formula 1 team. Let it sink in, Rays wheels in F1. Originally tested for the '08 season, because of the level of craftsmanship, Williams pushed for Rays products for the upcoming '07 season. Like you didn't need another reason to break your piggy bank for a set of Volks. www.mackinindustries.com...
...ESPN has announced that the lucky-thirteenth X Games will return to Los Angeles for its fifth consecutive year. Held over August 2-5 and with Rally Car Racing returning, make sure to "X" the dates on your calendar. www.expn.com...
...American Racing, manufacturers of brands such as Motegi and RO_JA, recently acquired forged rim makers Weld Wheels. Congratulations on a job, er, weld done. www.americanracing.com...
...In news of the posthumous, new Tupac single-kind, the founder of the largest tire company, Bridgestone Corporation, Shojiro Ishibashi (1889-1976) will be inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame. From crafting shoes to creating tires in the '30s, he's sort of like Al Bundy-but successful. www.bridgestone.com...
...A collaboration rivaling that of peanut butter meeting jelly, Eibach Springs and Koni Shocks have combined forces to develop an engineered suspension system using Koni's Frequency Selective Damping shock technology with Eibach's Pro-Kit springs. Kind of makes you wonder why they haven't done this before. www.eibach.com; www.koni.com...