CT200h

iM Random Snaps: MDM Visuals LS460L & CT200h Shoot

MDM Visuals: LS460L & CT200H Shoot

Words by: JC Tenchavez
Photos by: Mike McConnell of MDM Visuals
Vehicles: Lexus LS460L // Owned by: Jason Hoang
Lexus CT200h // Owned by: JC Tenchavez

A few days ago, Jason sent me a text informing me that Mike McConnell from MDM Visuals wanted to shoot his car. Without any hesitation, I immediately agreed to come along with him as I’ve seen Mike’s photos on Instagram (@mdmvis) and was super stoked to witness one of his photo shoots in person. Fast forward to the day of the shoot, Jason and I met up with Mike and his friend Jesse, who was playing the role as the chase car for the rolling shots.

As this was my first time meeting Mike and Jesse, I’m happy to say that these dudes were super chill and easy to work with. As this was the first time Jason had someone shooting his car, it was actually kinda weird to have him chillin’ with Jesse and I since I’m so used to doing photo shoots with him and he’s always taking pictures; but at the same time it was pretty refreshing to have him relax and have someone else shoot his car for once!

The part that surprised me the most during the shoot was Mike asking if he could shoot my car as well! Luckily, my car was clean and ready to go (it usually always is, working at a place with access to a car wash FTW!) and I just could not pass up on this opportunity! Long story short, we hit up two different locations and did rolling shots in transit from the first location to the second location, and finished with more rolling shots before we parted ways.

A big thank you to Mike and Jesse once again for the shoot! The pictures came out amazing as I expected from Mike, and with the sun getting ready to set at the time we were shooting, there’s no denying the fact this was all part of Mike’s master plan for the shoot!

But instead of continuing to talk about it, here’s a few of the photos that were taken by Mike…

NOTE: This is not the official feature for our cars, please stay tuned for that later on this year! Our cars are far from finished, as we are very new to this whole “VIP” thing. So please enjoy an MDM Visuals look at what we have done so far!

Starting off at the first location with Jason’s bagged Lexus LS460L on 21″ SSR Vienna Merisia wheels!

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First location, featuring my CT200h lowered on Work VS-XXs that were previously on my 10th Generation Corolla XRS.

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Now moving on to the second location, continuing with the CT…

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Second location, featuring Jason’s LS…

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Rear shot, with Jason and I chillin’ in the background
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Moving on to the dual shots, which Mike absolutely killed! Check out that sun set!

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Now onto our favorite part of any shoot, the rollers!

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Rollin’ together!

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Gonna end it with another roller of Jason’s LS! Hope you enjoyed these photos as much as Jason and I enjoyed the shoot!

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For more photos from this shoot and other shoots taken by Mike McConnell, check out the MDM Visuals Flickr page HERE

And be sure to “LIKE” MDM Visuals on Facebook: MDM Visuals

Thanks for looking!

Honda

iM Highlight: Danio’s NSX

Since Dan’s last feature, a lot has changed. And by a lot, we mean Dan has made a switch up and is back so to speak with a completely new platform. The last car you may remember from Dan was his infamous S2000 (Featured HERE). Since then, Dan felt the need to move on from his S2000 and after a brief moment owning an E90 M3, Dan has found himself back to his Honda ways with undeniably every Honda Fan boy’s dream car, the NSX.

Although still a project in the making, Dan has quickly gotten to work on his NA1. Found on the exterior of his NSX are the NA2 Side Skirts and NA2 Rear Valence, fitted with the ’97 Front Lip. On the inside, Dan’s attention to detail is found with his Science of Speed center console, and an NSX-R horn button suited to match with his Momo Tuner steering wheel, Momo hub and titanium steering wheel bolts from Baller Bolts. An ARC Tear Drop Shift Knob and Recaro Pole Position seats can also be found in the interior of Dan’s NSX.

On the performance side of things, Dan’s NA1 sports a Taitec Header paired with a test pipe and Gruppe M Exhaust. A Prospeed Stage 3 Chip and RDX injectors are also implemented for a little more power gain.

The highlight of Dan’s NSX is found in the suspension, wheels and tires department. Dan definitely wasted no time getting his NSX lowered the “Level ONE way” (aka SLAMMED with no cares given, haha) on an 18″ set of Volk TE-37SLs wrapped in Yokohama S.Drive tires. All achieved by a set of BC Racing Coilovers and a custom spring rated set of Swift Springs.

Because this is still an on-going project for Dan, we definitely cannot wait to see more from this NA1 in the future. Looking at what he’s already got done, there’s no denying the endless possibilities that are in store for this project!

In the mean time, enjoy these photos taken by Alex Lu…











EXTERIOR
NSX NA2 side skirt
NSX NA2 rear valence
97 front lip

INTERIOR
Recaro pole position leather
Buddy club seat rail
Momo tuner steering wheel
Momo hub
NSX-R horn button
Baller Bolts titanium steering wheel bolts
ARC tear drop shift knob
Science of Speed center console

PERFORMANCE
GruppeM exhaust
Taitec header
Test pipe
Prospeed stage 3 chip
RDX injectors

SUSPENSION
BC coilovers
Swift springs

WHEELS.&.TIRES
TE37SL
18×10 +40
18×10.5 +22
Yokohama S.Drive
225/35/18
255/35/18

Acura

iM Random Snaps: Cruise to Banff

With the busy week that was ahead of us prior to Sunday School, a few of the homies decided that it would be a great idea to take a little break and enjoy our cars by taking them out for a little cruise to Banff. The best part of the cruise? Corey was able to get more practice with his camera and get a few rolling shots of our cars on route to Banff. Check it out!


JC and Gopesh sitting pretty at the meeting location


Errol, Brad and Jackie’s cars chillin’.


The rest of us obviously did not get the “Red Shirt, Grey Shorts” memo. TFTI guys.


Ready to roll out!


On the road, Steve was up first!


Brad rollin’ like a SiR. Haaaa get it?…moving on.


For some reason, Gopesh doesn’t look too happy. But his car looks so dope rolling!


Errol and his Amuse kitted S2000!


Took a break halfway, Adrian’s EG Coupe ahead of the pack. Super clean.


Everyone parked off to the side, enjoying the view.


Punit’s GS on his super wide AME wheels.


Back on the road, Ryan’s always clean EP3!


Adrian rollin’. We definitely gotta feature this car soon!


Zero Limit Bawse Jackie T. and his NSX before it’s transformation!


Alex’s super mint Integra GSR!


Steve’s RSX with a beautiful view of the mountains!


Aldo’s S2000. Surprised he’s not dancing here! LOL!


Those AMEs when they’re rolling though!


Ryan’s Genesis Coupe rollin’ on Vossens. Throwin’ up the deuces!


Ending it with a rolling shot of JC’s Prius. Errr I mean…CT200h rollin’ on Work VSXX wheels. He probably only used less than a quarter of a tank of gas to get to Banff and back. LOL!

With summer closing in it was definitely refreshing to get out and cruise! Hopefully before summer comes to an end we can get out one more time and do this again! Thanks for lookin’!

For more pics check out our Flickr set here: Banff Cruise August 2013

Donation

Sunday School 2013 – Wrap Up

With another successful Sunday School event behind us, it’s time to wrap up the event coverage and finish off with some more good news! The astounding support we garnered from this years show helped us raise a total of $2500.00 for a great charity, The Lupus Society of Alberta, in addition ATB Financial helped out and added $500.00, bringing our grand total to $3000.00!

Every year the team here at illmotion strives to give back as much as possible to the community and support charities which hit close to home, and with the continuous support of our now huge fan base we are able to achieve this. Because of this we want to send out a huge thank-you to all of our supporters and to everyone who does what they can to support our scene.

All of the goods purchased at the show went quick, but if you missed out head on over to the store to get your hands on it before we sell out.

If you would like to donate to The Lupus Society of Alberta please click HERE.

iM Event Coverage

iM Event Coverage: Sunday School 2013 (Part 4)

The final segment of our event photo coverage is here! Enjoy the pics and stay tuned for a wrap up post with details about the day and the results of our fundraising efforts to the Lupus Society of Alberta!

If you’ve missed any of our coverage you can see them by clicking the below links:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

On to the final set of pics courtesy of Richard Kratz & Bill Mackenzie!






























And that concludes our photo coverage for this year’s Sunday School Show & Shine!

For a complete look at the iM Sunday School 2013 Photo Set on Flickr check out here: iM Sunday School 2013 Set

iM Event Coverage

iM Event Coverage: Sunday School 2013 (Part 1)

And just like that, our third installment of our Sunday School Show & Shine series is over.

But before we begin with coverage from this year’s Sunday School Show & Shine we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our sponsors who made this year so successful. First off we’d like to thank Beyond.Ca, Poorform, Tunerworks, Car2Go, Autotech Performance and Security, Zero Limit Automotive, Autodream, Canada Motorcyle, Calgary Auto Spa, Concept-1, Compact Tuning Lab, Stampede Toyota/Scion, South Point Toyota/Scion, Charlesglen Toyota/Scion, 1st Gear Auto, SpeedOptions, Top Speed Auto, Lithium Autosport, Matrix Motorsports, Country Hills Toyota/Scion, Drive Clean Calgary, Fineline Customworks, Icon Tinting & Graphics and last but not least Vex Performance for sponsoring this year’s Sunday School Show & Shine. With the support of all the local shops in and around Calgary you guys are the reason Sunday School gets better and better every year.

Next, we’d like to thank all those who came out to help during set up and those who were out to assist us during the entire show. A big thank you and shouts out going out to Ryan M., Gopesh, Steve, Justin, Alex and Adrian during set up/roll-in, our friends from Poorform for hooking up the DJ/Audio Equipment, illmotion’s own Aldrich Evangelista & Poorform’s Jimmy Bailey for providing the tunes, and Waffles and Chix for coming out and providing food & drinks. We also gotta give a HUGE thanks and mad love to Carla and Barb for manning the illmotion booth for the entire day alongside Punit and JC. We owe you guys big time for all your help!!!

Finally, we would like to thank all of you. Because without you guys coming out and supporting us whether you registered your car for Sunday School, came out to check out the show, donate to the Lupus Society of Alberta (in loving memory of Lanein Reynoso and those we’ve lost from Lupus), or picked up some illmotion merchandise, without this support from any of you guys, Sunday School would not be as successful as it has been since 2010.

In regards to this year’s Sunday School Show & Shine, the combination of super hot weather (3rd year in a row), good beats, good cars, and amazing people coming together for a good cause definitely made this THE show that everyone will be talking about for a while. This year’s show was without a doubt the busiest one out of the three shows we’ve put on and we can’t help but applaud the Calgary car scene and the caliber of the cars that are coming out to make Sunday School better and better every year. Quality is definitely starting to make more of an impact at these type of events and it was certainly evident at this year’s show and shine. With that said, there’s no denying the stress and difficulty our judges had choosing their Top 15 cars for Sunday School 2013 but we would like to congratulate those who were awarded! The Top 15 “Honour Roll” list is as follows…

illmotion’s Sunday School Show & Shine 2013 “Honour Roll” list (in no particular order):

Alex Markovic – Zero Limit Automotive – 2000 Acura Integra
Pat Tan – Nissan 240SX
Phil Tan – Toyota Corolla AE86
Derrek Poyntz – Acura Integra RS
Terry Wu – Speed Options – 98 Acura Integra Type-R
Tim Lee – Speed Options – 92 Honda Civic EG
Reggie Mah – Circuit Soul – Rocket Bunny FR-S
Daniel Kowall – Poorform – BMW M3 GT-R
Joe – Top Speed Auto – R32 Nissan Skyline GTS
Carver Karch – Calgary Auto Spa – Chevrolet Silverado
Cody Duthie – 91 Nissan 240sx
Kristopher – 2011 Chevrolet Camaro
Nathan Fucile – Autodream – 95 Nissan 240sx
Cory – Compact Tuning Lab – 91 Mazda Miata
Mike Marble – 2006 Kawasaki ZX6RR (Bike Award & Prize)
Joseph Dunderdake – 1997 GSX 1000R (Honourable Mention Bike Award & Prize)

We can’t stress enough how successful this year’s Sunday School was and it was all because of you guys so thanks once again everyone! We can’t wait to do it again next year!!!

Let’s keep things moving with Part 1 of our Coverage from this year’s show…

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Be sure to check back for more pics later in the week.

Sunday School

iM Sunday School Show & Shine 2013 – Event…

With Sunday School now less than a week away, the team at illmotion is working hard to put the finishing touches on the day.

Now onto some details for the day!
-Roll in begins at 10AM sharp, please show up as close to 10AM as possible, but not before, so we can get all the cars into the lot in an orderly fashion.
-If you are parking as a group, roll-in as a group please.
-We will not tolerate any horse(power) play, which means no excessive revving, spinning of tires, or ‘showing off’. If we see anything like this you will be asked to leave.
-Any garbage from food/items that is brought onto the premises or purchased from the food trucks is to be placed in the trash. We want to keep this place clean!
-The draw for the prizes will be held through out the day so get your tickets into the draw early!
-“Honour Roll” awards will be announced at the end of the show so stick around to see who will win.

That’s all! We will see everyone August 18th!

iM Event Coverage

iM Event Coverage: Importfest Toronto 2013

Importfest 2013 took place last weekend in Toronto and the best of the best from the Toronto area were on showcase once again. Also wanted to congratulate the Level One homies for taking home some awards, Dan with 3rd place baddest NSX and baddest stance (static), Steve with baddest EK Civic and DC for 3rd place baddest Golf.

Enjoy! And be sure to check out the link at the bottom of the post for tons more pictures from the event.

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More pics can be found on our Flickr page HERE