iM Decals
It’s the time of year to give and to get, and what better gifts then illmotion goods!
Boxing Day is less than a day away and we have some great deals in store.
Check them out and pick up some decals or anything else for yourself or someone else too! This is a limited time offer so shop quick!
Make your way over to the STORE now to get your order in.
iM Feature
We’re gonna keep things going with Part 3 of our iM: Re-Up for 2010 to refresh your guys’ memory and for those who may have just started rolling with us, can peep what we’ve been up to earlier on in what has been an awesome year!
|Owner: Steve Eng of The Perfect Dark
|Vehicle: Infiniti FX35
The Perfect Dark, responsible for a lot of vinyl work done on Calgary’s whips whether it be window tinting, car wrapping, to headlight & taillight 3M applications. Steve’s also got the Carbon Fiber wrap game on lock too! If you ever wondered what this homie with sick talent drove, well have a look:
iM Highlight: The Perfect Dark’s FX35
|Owner: Josh Sivadas & Reggie Mah (previous owners)
|Vehicle: Acura Integra Type-R & Acura Integra GSR
The previous owners of these sick tegs have recently sold these vehicles and have moved on to bigger and better things for 2011. Spoiler alert: Josh has moved on to an E46 M3 Cab so definitely be on the look out for that next year!
|Owner: Steve Poyntz
|Vehicle: 1992 2JZ Toyota Cressida
When Steve isn’t out at the track drifting up a storm in his 86, he’s cruising in his matte black, 2JZ powered Toyota Cressida. I stand by my statement when I say this thing is “Sleeper of the Year”.
iM Feature: Steve Poyntz’s 1992 Toyota Cressida
|Owner: Aubrey Amante
|Vehicle: Mazdaspeed 3
It’s very rare that you’ll find a girl in this scene. But when you do come across someone like Aubrey, there’s no denying that the girls can play just as well as the guys. Believe that. The Autoexe front bumper and grille definitely set this speed3 apart from the rest too!
iM Feature: Aubrey Amante’s 2008 Mazdaspeed3
|Owner: Chris Chan
|Vehicle: 2007 Honda Civic Si
A dope set of Works and a DIY Matte Black vinyl wrap on this Civic Si and you’ll know right away that Chris Chan is doing big things for this project. Though still an unfinished project, it’ll be interesting to see what Chris has in store for this Si for next season. We can’t wait.
iM Feature
Here we are on a roll to continue part 2 for you peeps. We will be covering all the features we had covered in the past 9 months for those of you that have just joined us. Those of you who have rolled with us since the beginning, well here’s some deja vu for ya.
|Owner: Dal and Jackie Law
|Vehicle: K20 ITR & Honda S2000
What would illmotion be without Dal and Jackie’s whips? Dal’s K20 powered monster and Jackie’s internet sensation S2k. Attention to detail, parts and function while still pushing the boundaries of fitment and style, both Jackie and Dal have it down. If you’re ever down at the track, you’ll see these guys pushing the limits of their cars. Peep their feature.
|Owner: Davey-Lee Pergentile
|Vehicle: 1987 Porsche 944S
If you guys remember way back when we first started, we had Davey-Lee’s Porsche up and it might not have been the tuner car that some of us are used to, but it is definitely a car that deserves praise. Davey has kept her Porsche in pristine condition and it’s things like this that every auto enthusiast can appreciate.
iM Feature: Davey-Lee’s 1987 Porsche 944S
|Owner: Darren Uong
|Vehicle: Acura RSX
Darren’s RSX is one of the few around town that has been built up cleanly with Mugen’s style. Shortly after getting his new shoes, we wanted to shoot it and be the first to have it up on interwebz. White is right.
iM Feature: Darren’s Mugen DC5
|Owner: Al Patel
|Vehicle: BMW X5
Al’s been in this car game for a long time and we had the opportunity to shoot his X5 before the summer came to an end. Over the years he has been building cars from ITR’s to Nissan Skylines. Even with a family, Al is still in the game in a different form. Baller status.
|Owner: Terence Ng
|Vehicle: Mercedes C230
Terence and his Merc has been holding its own for as long as we can remember and since this past year, he’s been fitted with some new additions to keep it unique while classy at the same time. Terence and his perfectionist attitude helps him build this Mercedes in a style much different than the VIP look that we’re used to… and we love it.
iM Feature
‘March 2010.
8 friends got together and decided to start a Calgary based car crew. When deciding to use the name “illmotion”, it was only a matter of time that these 8 individuals would create a website to bring fellow car enthusiasts from all over the world together and see how cars are modified in Alberta, and Canada in general.’
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With 2010 being a great year for illmotion and over 40 cars featured on the site, we would like to take this opportunity to recap all the cars we’ve featured and highlighted (with links provided of course) since we started illmotion (in no special order, keeping it random).
We would also like to thank the owners of these vehicles for taking the time to come out and do these photoshoots with us. For without the owners of these vehicles, there would be no “illmotion” nor most importantly, a scene in which we can all share this passion we have for modifying and tuning our vehicles.
March definitely does not seem that long ago, and since then we’ve garnered so much love and support from you guys that we can’t wait to get the 2011 season rolling.
Thank you all for a great year. Keep rockin’ with us in 2011 and best believe that bigger and better things are coming up in the new year!
Oh, and Happy Holidays fam!
On to the Re-Up…
|Owner: Romel Tenchavez
|Vehicle: 1985 Toyota Corolla GT-S Turbo
Nowadays, finding a non-rusted, non-bastardized AE86 is hard to find in Calgary. Well look no futher than Romel’s Zenki Turbo AE86 project. Rockin’ a fresh set of Dori-Doris and a Zenki front end (Zenki rear to be installed next year) Romel is on the right track in his pursuit for a one-off Zenki AE86.
iM Feature: Romel Tenchavez’s 1985 Toyota Corolla GT-S Turbo
|Owner: Steve Chan
|Vehicle: 2002 Acura RSX Type-S (DC5)
Steve was definitely on point when it came to modifying his 2002 Acura RSX Type-S. Sitting on a nice set of Advan RGs and sporting Mugen Aero, stay tuned next year to see what Steve has in store for his super clean DC5.
|Owner: Brad Atkins
|Vehicle: Honda Civic SiR (EM1)
SiRs are definitely hard to come by these days, but Brad’s unmistakable “VTEC spraying machine” will definitely snap your neck when he’s rollin’ through the city, or rippin’ it up at the track.
|Owner: Cee
|Vehicle: Honda S2000
Our very first (and unforgettable) ‘official’ illmotion feature, Cee’s S2000 was the definition of “Simplicity is Key”. The black exterior sitting on nicely fitted gun-metallic TE37s just sets it off! Well, it caught our attention anyways.
Honda
For anyone that was paying close attention to the Racecity track day coverage throughout this past summer you may have noticed a very brightly colored, in your face, aggressive drop top that attended virtually every single event. That would be Jamie Fry in his ‘always top down’ J’s equipped S2000. Jamie never misses an opportunity to put all his expensive race ready parts to the test at the track. Damn rights!
Jamie also enjoys rolling around the city snapping dozens of necks daily as he drives this car every single day. To say this car grabs attention would be an understatement. I wouldn’t doubt that it’s caused an accident or two from onlookers haha.
As noted below in the mod list Jamie (as well as Jason Divina who was the previous owner of this car) both chose to entrust J’s Racing with the majority of the modifications for the engine as well as exterior. In particular the uber rare J’s version 1 lip and canards, both of which have seen extensive damage multiple times from pylons, steep curb cuts or small children playing in the chicane. Make no mistake, Jamie is no hard parker.
Rolling on freshly powdercoated Volk Racing CE28n’s the white and yellow color combo pop like crazy!
|OWNER: Jamie Fry
|VEHICLE: 2002 Honda S2000
|ENGINE & DRIVETRAIN:
J’s Racing Tsuchinoko intake
J’s Racing oil cap
J’s Racing rad cap
T1R exhaust
T1R sweat bands
Tien hood dampers
|SUSPENSION:
T1R B-Max 52 Coilovers
T1R anti bumpstear kit rear
T1R drive shaft spacers
|WHEELS:
Volk Racing CE-28n 17 x 8.5
Volk racing lug nuts
|AREO:
J’s Racing 3D GT Wing Type 1
J’s Racing Rear Diffuser CFRP
J’s Racing front half spoiler
J’s Racing carbon fiber canards
J’s Racing version 1 carbon fiber hood
Siebon carbon fiber trunk
APR carbon fiber mirrors
|INTERIOR:
Bride low max vios III
T1R shift knob
240SX
Turn up the lights in here baby, extra bright I want y’all to see this:
All of the Lights – Ptan’s Onevia from Light & Logic Motion Pictures on Vimeo.
Acura
Dumped….. a common theme on all of Justin’s Honda’s.
I’m sure some of you remember previous pictures posted of Justin’s whips, his 98’ champ white ITR here and his old EG hatch here. The locally iconic Civic hatch has since been sold but Justin has been hard at work perfecting its replacement.
Several suspension set ups were installed and tested before Justin settled with the well know and proven ‘Honda-Tech’ slammed suspension set up otherwise know as Ground Controls & Koni Yellows. As you can imagine the ride was adjusted dozens of times until the desired ride height was set. Pictures don’t justify the ride height, shit is crazy low!
Next up was swapping over all the saved interior and engine bay parts from his EG hatch sale. With no time wasted the Momo steering wheel, hub & quick release along with the J’s Racing engine dress up items were installed in short order.
A quick exterior detail and you have a near perfect execution of how to finish off a clean ITR, bring on the functional haters!
|OWNER: Justin Kan
|VEHICLE: 1998 Acura Integra Type R
|ENGINE & DRIVETRAIN:
Spoon gen 2 cam gears (previous owner)
Skunk 2 tuner cam shafts (previous owner)
Spoon 70mm throttle body (previous owner)
Jdm itr exhaust manifold (previous owner)
J’s racing rad cap
J’s racing oil cap
Comptech Icebox (previous owner)
|SUSPENSION:
Koni yellows struts
Ground controls coilovers
Spoon rear strut bar (previous owner)
|WHEELS:
16” JDM ITR wheels
Spoon lug nuts
|AREO:
Optional side steps
Optional rear valances
|INTERIOR:
Spoon shift knob (previous owner)
Momo tuner wheel
Momo hub
Megan quick release
iM Crew Decals
It’s that time again! Showing love for peeps showing love! #nohomo
Thanks guys!
Brian Mendoza
Jesse James
Spencer Hogg
Alex Leslie’s double-layer decal. Blue under the white.
Justin Holden and Harry Mackenzie’s Type R’s 
iM Event Coverage
A good friend of ours, Zack Hafler recently moved to Tachikawa, Japan and since then he’s been living the true JDM life. It’s rare to see shots from true Japanese race events and he has given us the pleasure to have some of the pics he took while he was down at the Tsukuba Circuit during the Time Attack Rev Speed Super Battle on December 10th.
The event was sponsored and organized by Rev Speed Magazine – A Japanese tuner magazine no doubt. The cars competing in this race ranged from A to E. This means cars from straight-up race machines and street legal civics and K-cars like the Suzuki Swift and Mitsubishi Colt’s.
I just wanna take this time to thank Zack for the pics and letting us showcase them. For more information, check out FindingJDM and SpeedHunters for details of the owners of the cars, team names and lap times.
iM Updates
Sorry for the minor downtime for the morning. We were having issues with our previous setup so we decided to change it to a more simple and cleaner look to keep the site working optimally to load pictures and media.
I would like to take this time to thank everyone for the support thus far. We know that winter is pretty lame for those of you that are itching to get in your car and start modding again. We have a few things in store for the new year so that next year, we’ll be rolling out with fresh swag.
As for updates with the shirts, we have pretty much sold out of all the smaller sizes and still have XL’s, XXL’s and XXXL’s left for the taking. Hit up the store to grab some. Buy one to sleep in too!
Thanks guys!
