Here's a link to our recent Toys For Tots car show.

http://www.forumshawaii.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=268091

At the top is all the pics i have of the Rotaries. Unfortunately no 7s showed up today, oh well. I know another one of hte RX owners had a camera... and i'm sure he'll post his pics up soon.

Also, the shameless myspace plug on my pics isnt a plug for my myspace page, but its a half *** attempt to prevent people from using my pics on their pages. At first it was flattering... but now its just gotten really annoying and has pissed me off like no other.

that is all

-hS

 

Wow, looks like a huge turnout! All for a good cause too, I like that.

 

yup, the cars all met up at one of the beach parks and then the drop off point for the toys was down the road on the opposite side of waikiki.

With the amount of cars and toys we had... we pretty much shut down the Waikiki strip. While in traffic I saw some JDM tourists snapping pics of my car. LOL!!

-hS

 

Awsome photo's BigO.
Love the pictures of that Chevy.. what year was it?

 

i like the license plate on the evo that said "8urv8"!! I wish I could put that on my 8!!!

 

now why would anyone want to do this to their evo!?!?

 

^^^ cause its JDM... lol..

looks like it was a lotta fun.... any racing after that?

 

Clavius,
I have no clue

DeeDub,
I guess that home-made matte spray paint is really popular out here. You see it often with a lot of the s13/24s. Why he did that on a new car though is beyond me. I think if it was redone to a professional matte paint finish it would look real nice. Nonethless... that evo is FAST so i guess it really doesnt matter.

whoneedspistons,
it was a really controlled event with police and news crews there. The organizors and participaints went out of their way to ensure we put our best face forward... and hence no street racing.

-hS

 

Heres some more pics taken by one of the local P5 (which evidnetly means Protege - I had to look that up) club members.

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showt...97#post2824497

-hS

 

a professionally done matte black finish is indeed sick...but that isn't..there are many of those paint jobs all over so cali...reason being = just being cheap..hahaha

 

looked like a great show for a great cause!

 

i saw a matte black STi in one of the import magazines. it looked super clean.

Dude, you should go for a matte red!! LOL
ok, maybe it doesnt work well on all cars.

-hS

 

i think chrism should go with a matte red =( hgahahah

 

Man I miss Hawaii. Nice pics.

 

That Protege Owner (BeNegative) posted more pics on the site in my second link. Some cool shots of the parade going through Waikiki and it also really shows how huge the turnout was.

Good Times.

 

I just noticed he got a picture of me about to begin operation leg-humping. I was using the 8 as bait (like always).

 

score one for BigO! NICE!

 

Man it's sad what they did to that Evo... Just to make up for it here's a better example of a flat black Evo.

 

A better question would be, why do Evo drivers always look so sullen and angry? Lot around where I used to live, being close to Buschur and all. Not a happy bunch.

 

There seem to be two breeds of Evo owners. The ones that recognize the brilliance of the cars and are true enthusiasts. Then there are the ones that buy them because they think they're going to rule the streets and they usually are total tools. I would imagine many of the tools are the carshow types. Most enthusiast Evo owners I know wouldn't even think of entering their car in a car show and putting heavy stereo equipment and useless mods like bodykits on their cars.

 

That matte black paint looks excellent. Unfortunately everything else on that EVO looks hideous.

-hS

 

LOL!! The owner is actually the one sitting on the other, not the guy giving me the look of death. HA!

Both guys are actually pretty cool. I think the pic just came out odd.

-hS

 

You know.. now that i think about it... i can't even remember who that girl was. D*mn It!!
i was really out of it that morning. That pic was taken about 15min after i woke up.



-hS

 

I love the AMS evo..lotsa engineering went into that build and it shows it on the track. Probably one of the better tuned evo 8's by a U.S. company.

 

yea the ams is pretty nice, and very fast on the time attack