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Old 11-11-09, 12:38 PM
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Default Kyoei USA Representin' AZ @ AutoFashion's VIP Festival in San Diego

So Jin, Kareem and I had a nice long weekend with over 1000 miles of driving. I rode in Jin's LS and Kareem drove his GS. First we left Thursday morning to go to SEMA in Vegas which was weaksauce. Show was about half the size as previous years. We found a thread on VIPstylecars.com about a VIP meet in Vegas at 8pm Thursday night so we checked that out. It was pretty rad, there were roughly 30 cars that showed up. Bunch of Vegas locals and a lot of Cali cars that came up for SEMA. The people were really cool and gave us a warm welcome even though we were from outta state.

Last but not least was the main reason we took this trip. AutoFashion's 3rd annual VIP Festival in San Diego. Words can't describe this meet. It was just plain sick. Wheel fitment and suspension stance was on point with every car. Cali guys roll hard and so does Vegas. Most of em on air suspension but still a lot on coils ridin' slammed all day every day. Authentic REAL wheels were in effect and I saw maybe 1 or 2 cars rollin on "cheap" wheels. Pretty rare to see that kind of stuff here in Az but out in Cali its the "norm".

Anyways, I won't ramble on too much but if you want to read a lil more about our adventure, check out the Kyoei BLOG HERE.

Here are some of my favorite pics from the event, I still have a LOT more to edit at home....

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Some pretty baller cars there, nice shots! And yea, SEMA was pretty week this year unfortunately.
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It was great VIP meet! Hope we can have VIP Style car meet in AZ soon.
So who want to go to VIP Festival next year from AZ?
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Seems pretty crazy in SD
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Wow that looked like a ton of fun, I'll try for next year. The cars look great. Maybe the car will be closer to being done by then. I'm already planning for it now .

Awesome shots BigC

What kind of disposable camera did you use, Kodak or Fujifilm?
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Wonderful visual evidence of what looked like an extremely good times filled event Chris! I'm right in there with Cesar, hopefully the "other" white GS out here in AZ will be ready soon for fun stuff like that!
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It was definitely a great time... I won't miss this next yr. Obviously, but shocking the Y33 was the car of choice.
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Awesome work Chris! You got mad photo skillz.

I need a four door.
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Originally Posted by mex lex

Awesome shots BigC

What kind of disposable camera did you use, Kodak or Fujifilm?
Sucka you know how I roll.....iPhone 3GS y0!

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Awesome work Chris! You got mad photo skillz.

I need a four door.
Thanks Sarah......lets do a shoot when you get that SC. I'll even take pics of the car too if you want
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Great Pics...good to see your using that iphone for other than ordering Starbucks coffee....
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^ amazing lol... but did anyone notice that there aren't any shots of women in the pics. It was heartbreaking so so sad.
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awesome pics for those that didn't go. Thanks!
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Chris, you are a beast with the camera!


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