This past weekend, I had the chance to check out Wekfest LA, thanks to my friend Joey Lee, aka Stickydiljoe, who invited me. Joey had something special lined up—the debut of the first street version of the Voltex Racing GR86. Along with the car, there was a collaboration t-shirt release to commemorate the partnership, which…
Photos: Ryota Iwaida / Unripe JP Golden Week is the longest vacation period in Japan. With four national holidays happening in a week’s time, the Japanese usually take the time off to ease up their personal schedules. For fitment/clean-style automotive enthusiasts, the break from the traditional routine is synonymous with one of the most anticipated events…
Wekfest comes back to Hawaii for their 6th show in the Islands. This show kicks of the Wekfest 2016 International tour. Only the cars that passed the pre-screening process were able to enter the show, which means only the top cars weather it’s a European, Japanese, Domestic builds are being shown. Wekfest was held at…
A little late but our good friend, Ryo Kaneta, of USDM Freax magazine fame, sent me these photos from Wekfest Japan. As expected, Wekfest has chosen to host the event at Port Messe Nagoya. The Japanese came out to represent lovely and only brought the best. Ryo’s photos should give a good glimpse of how they…
After recovering from the post processing blackhole that was Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 (http://fatlace.com/2015/01/tokyo-auto-salon-2015/), I managed to do a quick cruise by Wekfest Hawaii 2015! Year after year the Aloha State shows off their true Elites, and this year is no different! This Revision Audio creation came to the show pretty much straight from the…
Our friends at Super Street just released this recap video from the recent Wekfest LA event in Long Beach. Check it out. http://vimeo.com/97730309
The other day I was having an interesting discussion about today’s car shows and the standards the community has set. Gone are the days where anyone could enter just because they showed interest. In its place are rules and an understanding that competitors really have to bring their best foot forward which this culture demands.…
Every year, Weksos Industries takes their annual vacation to the island of Oahu. This year the Wekfest crew invaded the Neil Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall in full force with mainland representatives from Airrex, Autofashion, Canibeat, Dayuum, Super Street, VIP’d Out, and Vossen among many others from all across the country and the world. But as…