the exterior transformation of my car is still yet to take place. i ordered Volk Racing TE37 16″ White from Upgrade Motoring. Thanks to Glenn of Upgrade Motoring for all his help and time, these guys are pretty cool and I recommend them if you’re looking for Rays wheels at a great price.

Because of the size/color/lug count, the wheel is not held in stock locally and had to be special ordered from the motherland. It should be about 30 more days before they get here! I haven’t picked a final tire to go with it just yet but Glenn gave me a list of what he recommends. I still haven’t decided between a brembo big brake kit 16″ (they’re the only ppl who offer 16″ big brake kit upgrades), or just painting my calipers red and upgrading my pads and lines and rotors independently.

Thankfully, my JDM ITR optional side skirts and rear valances have arrived and are in good shape.

** this is not my car, im merely showing a shot of what the side skirts look like on my car

** this is not my car, im merely showing a shot of what the rear valances look like on my car

I am still waiting to hear back from Password JDM regarding my JDM ITR front end conversion w/HID. The last time I spoke to them they informed me the cargo was being held at the ports by custom and they have no definite ETA but to keep checking back.

I still need to get a new wing and side mirrors as my driver side mirror was molested and horrifically tackled to the floor by a homeless bicyclist. In the meantime I need to start finding out which shops I want to get estimates from. I’m probably going to be without my car from about 3 weeks to a month . I will be having the front end conversion body work done, shaved doors, swapping of my stock to itr wing, adding side and rear skirts, installing new functional side mirrors, then a beautiful paint job in championship white! yes thats right, honda’s very own racing white! weeeee!

This will pretty much be the last of my exterior changes to the cars. the interior changes i am going to be implemented are changing to a short shifter with JDM ITR shift boot and shift knob (still debating if i wanna spend 200 on an authentic titanium oem knob, or 30 for an aluminum replica or go with a different brand). i am still debating between JDM ITR Recaro red seats or just purchasing new aftermarket sparco seats. I am also still deciding which pedals I want to go with. Possibly two-tone coloring the interior with red suede as well…

This year is pretty much going to end with just cosmetic and suspension changes. Next year i’ll start with engine drive power mods. I’m sure my “plans” will change as they keep doing from month to month. See you on the streets and tracks!

last weekend we had a failed attempt at camping. christian wanted to put together a camping event at good ole’ san onofre. that night was just like oldschool back when david use to organize camping efforts and we’d head off to a random destination with no reservations or plans, just wood, food, fire, people, and blankets. i really miss those days.

turns out, during the summer the campgrounds are packed. the reservations need to be made at least 6 months in advance (or so we were told). we even tried bribing the little prick with over a hundred bucks to just let us in and he wouldn’t budge. in the end we gave up, 4 cars and 9 people in tow and headed back to Joel’s for an impromptu in house barbecue.

redemption!
christian has reservations via his dad for san elijo state beach park. we will be taking over the camp from sunday the 3rd until monday, july 4th!

there will be lots of food, booze, fun, fire, and good weather (we hope) so stop on by! if you cant get past the reservation fags just give me a call on my cell and we’ll get you in.

15 more days till hawaii! we’ll be flying out of LAX around 7pm PST/4pm HST, arriving in Hawaii around 10pm.

Irene’s wedding is the following day on the 16th. We’ll be in Hawaii between July 15-24 weeee. This will be my second time back.. in 9 years.

It is quite the pity that I don’t really have a lot of friends back there aside from Irene. I mean I do but i think a few have moved away, and the few that are still there, I cant get a hold of. It’s amazing for how small the island is, nobody keeps in touch.

I will get to see my sister and boomer, my pops, brother and my adorable nephew!!! I can’t wait to see them!