Japshow Finale 04/10/09 – Part One

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Yesterday was another great day! Up early to meet up with the Honda Culture boys to get my stand pass for Santa Pod, I thought I was running a tad late but it turned out I was one of the 1st to arrive – which meant a perfect opportunity to snap a few shots of the HC cars arriving!

As usual, everyone that was on the Honda Culture stand had put the hours in prepping their cars and making sure that the stand was going to be the best Honda stand at the show. And it was… but a long way (but more on that in part 2)!

Tegboy's EK9

Even though I was sure I was going to arrive last at our meeting spot, I was there for a good hour and a bit before we all left for Santa Pod. During this time I had a good chat with everyone there including James (Tegboy) about his recent (and damn good) feature in Banzai Magazine. I photographed his car just before it was put back on the road (click here to see more photos). As usual this EK9 drew the crowds and I am still yet to hear a single bad word about it.

Sundip's VIP Accord

As usual Sundip’s accord was looking clean as hell as it rolled up to the meeting point…. This car is really starting to get a lot of love that it deserves with a lot of American forums linking to the photos I have posted of it previously.

After everyone had arrived and stand passed had been handed out we all convoyed to Santa Pod and set up the stand in order to show the cars off best. This took a bit of shimmying and moving juggling cars around a bit but in the end the stand looked hot (best at the show?) and those perfectionists could set about polishing their cars a little more. I preferred to wander round taking photos!

Final prepping!

Cutting the plates loose for that clean look...

There will be more photos to follow but for the time being check out the small batch that are online already by checking out my Japshow Finale Photos here

My top photos

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Not much of a post for those that follow this blog religiously, but for those that don’t (shame on you!) here is link to a set of my favourite photos from this year taken by myself!

If you want to see the rest of the set please check out my Flickr set here

South Mimms Honda meet 09/08/2009 was EPIC!

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Just before leaving home to attend a Civiclife staff meet before the regular Honda meet began, I saw that the number of attendees was up to over 140 on CL alone. I reckon the actual number of Honda’s was over 200 and filled the whole corner of the South Mimms car park. With the superbly high turnout you would expect a few great cars but in truth there were tons!

Meeting up with the regular Mimms attendees was superb with the Honda Culture crew showing some of the fresh Honda’s that they are known for and those crazy Northern bastards who take on the epic trip down South for this meet every time! It was good to see some people bringing their kids to the meet and letting them get their 1st experiences of a truly laid back meet.

Car of the show for me was Welz’s clean EF, and to be honest it seemed that almost everyone who I spoke to seemed to agree! If you want more info on this car check out the build up thread on CivicLife here.

As always, click the images above to see the rest of the photos taken by me yesterday or click here. I have more photos to edit but to be honest I wasnt feeling the photography yesterday – was more in the mood to chat to people than be anti social and go into snappy mode!

South Mimms Honda Meet tomorrow!

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My EM1 is running better than it ever has since I owned it, and I can’t wait for tomorrow! For those of you not lucky enough to have been to a South Mimms Honda meet here in the UK, check out the links at the bottom of this post for previous meet photos. Its always such a good atmosphere, so laid back and there is ALWAYS a solid turn out! Over 150 different Hondas are expected tomorrow (I’d actually take a guess that over 200 will show up) and its always a great chance to catch up with people that I only ever see at these meets. Honda Culture will have a huge group at the meet tomorrow, and as always I’ll be rocking my HC shirt to show the love!

If you are able to get to South Mimms tomorrow night I seriously suggest you take chance to see the UK’s best Honda’s all in one place. Check out the list of attendees on CivicLife here

Wallpaper Wednesday #9

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This weeks wallpaper offerings are taken from the Honda Culture Milton Keynes meet from a few weeks ago. Matt’s super clean EK4 Civic rocking his Enkies (now been replaced) and Sundip’s superb VIP Accord that has been getting tons of attention so far this year! The quality of cars at the HC meets is always top notch and its very rare that even one low grade cars shows up!

As always, if you see a photo on this blog that you would like as wallpaper, leave a comment and it might be put up the following Wednesday!

Honda Culture MK Meet 19/07/2009

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Tonight was a night I have been looking forward to for a while now, as it was the latest Honda Culture meet over in Milton Keynes. I always enjoy these meets as they are so chilled out. Its as much about standing round and catching up with mates as it is about the cars. Thats not to say the standard of cars in attendance isnt high, but the cars are only part of the reason that you go – which is a unique thing for me these days!

The superb “summer” weather we have been having lately put paid to the planned BBQ a few of us were looking forward to, and perhaps even kept away some of the less hardcore HC members as the number of people today was not a match for last time. For the Record, when it rains we have a back up location that is covered (and also a great place to take photos) so even if the weather outside is frightful – the HC meets are ALWAYS delightful!

After the rain got a bit heavier, we moved to “Location B” which meant the camera could come out again!

Even with less people at the meet, tonight was great fun and as always – I can’t wait for the next Honda Culture meet! Keep an eye out for Honda Culture this year – things are ramping up nicely!

As always, click on any of the photos above to be taken to the rest of the photos on my Flickr account, and if you would like any of these (or my other photos) as high resolution wallpaper, please let me know via email or the comments below!

Japshow @ Santa Pod 2009

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Yesterday was an early start for me, but it turned out to be well worth getting up early for. I was planning to meet up with the guys from Honda Culture but actually arrived at the meeting point about 30 mins before they were due to arrive. Normally this half hour period would be a great chance to grab some much needed sleep, but on this occaision I actually ended up meeting up with a few of the guys from CivicJordan.co.uk who had also arranged the same meeting point. Within an hour about 30 Jordans had arrived along with about 35 cars that were due to be on the HC stand. Not a bad start to the day! Seeing such a gathering of Jordans was a true joy to behold as it is rare to see so many together.

On arrival at Santa Pod, I was expecting there to be a huge queue to sit in but I was pleasantly surprised at being able to stream through and straight to the Honda  Culture stand. As soon as I took my 1st stroll around the show with Lex from AceImageUK it was clear to us that this was going to be a good day.

I was truely impressed with a number of cars at the Japshow this year, and even being as unbiased as possible 2 of the best cars at the show for me were on the Honda Culture stand – namely Tegboys EK9 and Sundip’s VIP Accord. If you havent checked out Tegboy’s EK9 build up then you seriously need to do that right now, because for me (and many others) it is the best EK9 (and possibly best Civic in general) in the UK right now. More pics of Sundip’s slammed Accord will be posted on here shortly.

I was pleased to see the drift action pulling such a huge crowd, but would like them to put on a better track for the skidders next time. One of the best and most unique things about Japshow is the quarter mile action, and yesterday I was loving the mix of competitive runners, RWYB and Jet car runs. I will post my drag action shots in a different post later this week.

Thats it for part 1, but in part two I will be taking a closer look at the Quarter mile action as well as the other (non Honda) cars at Japshow.

If you would like to see the rest of the 1st batch of photos from Japshow then you can do just that by clicking this link – Japshow @ Santa Pod photos.

South Mimms in the Sun!

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Very few people get as excited as I do about the South Mimms services on the M25, but when you have been to a host of Honda meets at this particular location – you know how good the day will be! Yesterday was no exception, in fact it was one of the best meets I have ever attended!

The weather was incredible yesterday, and with everyone in such a good mood there was a very high chance of win with this meet!

I didnt take as many photos as usual, mainly due to being too busy showing off some new wheel designs. The photos I did take can be found here – South Mimms Honda Meet Photos

Honda Culture Milton Keynes Meet 07/06/09

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Yesterday I took the (usually!) short trip to Milton Keynes to meet up with the HC lot, and as usual we had a great time! Despite several short downpours we spent most of the night at the usual location, apart from a brief detour to a multi-storey car park to get some shelter.

The range of cars in attendance at this meet was great, and as expected at a HC meet the quality of cars was superb. I love seeing owners taking pride in their work and this was epitomised by the owner of the white CRX you can see below. I didnt catch his name but he was clearly very proud of the outcome of al lthe time and effort he had put into the project.

It was great to see so many the relaxed atmosphere continue to carry on in the spirit of Honda Culture, with everyone (almost!) more interested in parking up and talking to each other than doing the usual chav car meet standard – parking up with your music cranked up or bouncing off the rev limiter! The HC meets are all about chilling out with mates and talking cars/projects/life etc – this is what makes them great! A small group of dedicated Honda enthusiasts that live for their cars and are proud of their lifestyle.

I didnt take as many photos as I would have liked, but the ones I did take can be found here – Honda Culture MK meet photos