Monthly Archives: December 2009

Polished, for the very first time. More pics here.

Photo by Matthew Mead.

In 2005 I did a logo design and web site for Autopia, an automotive leasing start-up company, Jeffrey was at the wheel and he was also into cars, he had a WRX if I remember correctly and I spotted a GT4 playstation set-up in his home office too.

A few weeks ago I saw a white BMW parked a few streets down from where I live, it turned my head as it had Autopia graphics all over it (I get excited when I see my work offline, in public spaces). I ran into the BMW again, this time on tight street. I blocked him and wound down my window and said “Hey Jeff!”. :) Turns out he’s living around the corner from me and he’s still crazy about cars as the above picture from the last Circuit Club day shows.

PS: His company is doing great, which is awesome news!

Since I had no internet yesterday I thought I’d get some wheels fitted to the ED Civic. I had decided on the OG-San’s which I helped un-pack at JDMyard last week.

Spotted on the way to the tyre shop. Great name for a shop guys.

Spotted this rad car on the way to the tyre shop.

The ED, slammed low and ready for the new wheels.

15×8, my god they’re fat. Nervous… will they fit?

Oh yeah!

Got dish?!

195/45 tyres are sooo stretched to avoid rubbing issues.

I’d love for the car to be an inch lower but unfortunately the HKS coilovers are wound down as low as they’ll go.

Turns out the previous owner converted the rear drums to disc brakes, nice. I hadn’t even bother to look.

So needs a front lip now.

In other news Christina has been learning how to drive manual in the ED. We’ve found a great place to learn near Botany Bay, it’s quiet and it’s a bit of a circuit too with lots of giveways and stop signs. We’ve had 2 nights out there so far and she’s getting the hang of it quick smart, a few more weeks and she’ll be able to drive me home in a manual car when I get too drunk to drive! :p