if i wouldnt of placed i still would of enjoyed the event, but i wouldnt of agreed with the judging. i walked the lot (as i always do) to size up my competition, and i knew there were two tC that should of beat me (not including munch cause i knew he was gonna get best of show), and thats exactly how it happened. the two tc's got first and second wild, and i for third wild (so i placed 3rd over all), and im happy with that. the guy who judged the cars did a great job, and i believe everyone that placed deserved to place. in a car show, alot of it does have to do with the quantity and quality of what you have done. i personally have alot of ish done to my car (IMO), but i need to fix two things with my car that bug the hell out of me. the majority of whats done to my car is quality work and products (not pepboys crap). and i can say the same for the cars that beat me. in your case, your car looks nice, but for shows like that, you need more then a lip kit and wheels to place. as for the scion community... you need to know the right people IMO. there are good people to hang with, and others that arnt. i personally have my group that i like to hang with, and i am willing to expand that. but i know a few people who id rather stay away from.

 

Judges seemed a bit rude too, but i think mainly everyone was tired from the previous nite, ah well no worries another show just to mix it up with the normal stuff.

 

its the same guy that judges at e-town all the time. that one white guy, i forget his name. he judges the cars fast, and doesnt like to be talked to while judging, and i can respect that. he has alot of cars to judge, and remember different things about them. he was nice to me, but i cant defend him if he was rude to you sap =\

 

that's what I'm saying, quality should matter not quantity. I could easily spend 30k cash on my tC and get all the prizes then. But what's the point of that? I'm making my car into what I like not what judges like. And I don't only have a lip kit and wheels, I spent over 4 k up to now on the car; lip n wheels/tires took only 2k. I'm sure that if there was a category for cleanest tCs I would have easily placed (that is if the judge has some taste - which is rare in this sort of business). I saw yr car and you while u were talking to the guy with the video camera I didn't want to interrupt, but I would have expected some of you guys to come over and at least say hello. That honestly threw me off cos I was pointing at people to my sis saying their name to her and at the end of the day she asked "so all these ppl you told me about...don't they say hi to you?"

 

claudia i didnt even see you. and thats the gods honest truth. i saw sap for a few minutes, but i didnt see you. and i appreciate that you didnt interrupt when i was with urban racer on cam. so sorry for not saying hi, but like i said, i didnt see ya there =\

you should build your car how you want it, thats what its all about. i do the same, i build my car how i want it. but in the show world, BOTH quality AND quantity matter. If you want to or expect to win at shows, be prepared to spend alot more then 4k on your car (atleast for larger shows). ive got way too much money wrapped up in my car... so much taht it makes me sick. and i plan to spend a good chunk more in the next coming weeks

 

all good next time I'll dress in neon green

I guess I should stick to smaller shows for now then. Not that I necessarily want a prize, I just wished more people paid attention to my car. I've done most of the modding myself so it's my sweat in there too not only a shops'.

 

yeah, when you have shows like that, its hard to compete. even for me at times =\

 

What's up Mid-A?

So since you have nothing to do on the 21st of July, you can come to the event @ Patuxent Greens Country Club that day... w0rd?... w0rd!

 

I ordered my TRD springs and struts from TRDsparks yesterday and I know I will need an alignment once they are installed but should I take this to my dealer for install or should I see if someone less price-rapey could do it and then just get an alignment from a place?

As an aside, I had Eibach Pro springs and Bilstein shocks installed on my Firebird years ago at the local Mineki(sp?) and an alignment done there. I forget the exactly cost, I think somewhere between 300 and 500.

 

I got them installed and then aligned by Ptuning

 

Got my accelerator pedal sensor in, i dont have to worry about going 50mph on 95 anymore

 

Ptuning is a hike from howard county though

 

what was wrong? the car said you were going faster than you really were?

 

Aye, that it is. Plus, I want to get a good price for the install.

 

sensor would go out preventing me from getting any thottle. happened 2 times on 95 lol.

 

well thank goodness thats fixed...could've caused you an accident.

 

i keep hearing about a local silver turbo tc.
he's supposidly quite quick in the 1/4
he'll come up in a conversation like "oh tcs are slow, except actually there's this one really fast guy i saw in a silver turbo tc"
anyone know him and what he's done to his car? or if you're on here, feel free to own up and say hello

 

what area? the only turbo silver tc i know about is Ken in NoVA

 

i still haven't seen ONE turbocharged tC- must be blind or something...

 

dude, i see at least 3 a week
they just keep popping up

ashiva, local to rockville? baltimore? frederick? southern md?
have not seen or heard of another turbo'd silver tC except ken's
not saying it doesnt exist, but hes probably one of those i only bring it to the track type of ppl and can only run in the 1/4