The Good, The Bad, and Life in General

Crazy times these days man. Let’s start with the good. I finally found a solid job I’ll be starting in one week. Same thing I’m doing now, the atmosphere seems pretty relaxed and for the first time I’ll have health benefits. No more working for a spoiled little backstabbing brat (looking at YOU Patrick, you fucktard little douchebag bitch I know you keep tabs on me here). For a going away present my friends at work treated me to a surprise weekend getaway at a cabin down in Hocking Hills, how cool are they? Friends like that are priceless and make life worth living. Sitting in a hot tub in the middle of nowhere was just what the doctor ordered.

In more good news Aaron was nice enough to get in touch with me and send along some latest pix of his chopped xB that has been racking up the trophies in the In Progress categories. I always love hearing from folks I’ve met through the blog and seeing the amazing things they come up with.

Epic box Aaron!

But, as is so often is the case in life, it ain’t all good. Most people would probably be excited about a new job, but truth is I’m a nervous wreck, I was at my previous job 15 years, it was my life, I’m leaving more than a job, I’m leaving my family, a life style, and those great friends I spoke of earlier. It will always break my heart the way it all went to hell these past 6 months. And being the new guy at my next job, I’ve got my dues to pay, starting with the shifts nobody else wants, etc.

Aaron had some bad news too, after all the work that went into his chopped xB it took a pretty good hit on his way home one night.

Now THAT is a kick in the nuts, I can’t imagine what Aaron is feeling, hell I’m on the verge of tears. But he is one hell of a fabricator, if anyone can come back stronger than ever it’s Aaron, but it still has to be one powerful blow to the morale.

And in even more bad news, for the second month in a row we’ve lost a metal god, Ronnie James Dio passed away due to complications from stomach cancer, he was 67. I only had a chance to meet him briefly one time, but he was the nicest, most approachable and polite musician I’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to.

Simplicity

Making a statement by showing restraint, powerful stuff.

You Know Why I Like This Teg?

Because it’s like a best of album, it condenses the last 10 years of trends into one tasty package. The Rando body kit and two tone paint take me back, the front end conversion adds that JDM touch, and the modern low and wide stance brings it right up to today.

Bomber Hood 2.0

Well, we all learned the vinyl was a complete disaster last week, so this week we’re trying clear coat. Will it hold up? Will it keep the rust at bay? Who knows, I’ll let you know next time it rains. If you dig it check out all of Rob Schwager’s bomber panels on his site, killer stuff.

North West Meet

This first black one is just absolutely killing me

Well That Was Stupid

So like I posted the other day my hood was done and I planned to do a clear vinyl wrap on it to keep it from rusting. It was a solid plan, except for the part I didn’t think about. The bare metal gets really hot in the sun, and it gets down to around 45 at night, these heat cycles made the vinyl bubble up ever so slightly in the sun, and then when it cooled off condensation formed in the tiny little spaces left. Every cycle the bubbles would get bigger, it only took 3 days for it to look like complete shit. Sooooo tomorrow I’m taking it off, putting the stock one back on, removing the vinyl, touching up the paint and trying it again with a spray on clear. I wanted to avoid this because I just don’t see the clear sticking to bare metal, but the vinyl idea sucked. Here’s how bad it looked after 3 days. If I can just make it last one summer I’ll be happy.

Moon Eyes Street Car Nationals in Tokyo

If it weren’t for some of the lisence plates this could almost pass for an american Good Guys show

I Can’t Wait

to see a CR-Z in person

FUCK Thieves

To make things worse Honda thefts have been on a steep incline here lately, one victim was Jon’s old sedan that he worked so hard to make it perfectly match his CTR, which is DUT’s old car. It was recovered in better shape than expected, but I know how hard it is to get past that feeling of pure violation when someone has stolen, robbed, or vandalized your car.

In better news one local Honda thief was killed joy riding his new acquisition after losing control at high speed. If celebrating his death makes me a heartless bastard so be it. Like I said, FUCK thieves, so FUCK him. The real tragedy is that the fool ran over and killed a 74 year old man in the process. I’m sure he would agree with me, even if most of you don’t.

Speaking of Accords…

I ran across this tasty treat a couple days ago. It looks great but white wheels always give me flashbacks of how much of a pain in the ass it is to keep them clean lol