CarbonGS and Automan Hit Wold of Wheels Birmingham 2008 Documentary

[carbongs]

So, I will be keeping everyone up to date via this thread each day that I am here in Alabama! Automan (Mark) and his lovely wife have been very gracious and have put me up in their house for this trip! Thanks guys, your hospitality is unsurpassed and is greatly appreciated! It has been a very long day and I anticipate a very long weekend after today's events. I will update later in this post. Let's start off from last night while I was prepping the car for the show.

As many of you know I am the decal king! lol as far as ELITE and SSI goes. :eekfinger I have an upcoming photoshoot with Tunerzine.com hence the sticker on the front and rear. Alvin and SuperStar Customs did a great job and worked OT hours to get my prject done in time! Thanks guys! Here are some pictures Alvin took late last night after the completion of the install!

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After a very short night's sleep, I woke up to my dog barking at the top of his lungs at 5AM!!! There was no hope for more sleep so I began cleaning my car in anticipation for the show. My dad and I went back to the shop to pick up my GS4 and bring it home, had some issues with the radiator that needed to be fixed. By that time it was 9:30AM and time to roll out to Birmingham.

Traffic was horrible at the downtown connector and Interstate 20 wasn't any better. I finally arrived in Birmingham at Caveman Motorsports, where Automan's car was just under 3 hours. GA state patrol also pulled me over right before the AL border. Reason = stickers on my rear windshield and he said that the Tunerzine sticker was reflecting directly at him from the sun! I showed him my itinerary and the trophies in the front seat explaining that the car was a show car and I was on my way to the World of Wheels Birmingham. He let me go and even told me good luck! Nice guy!

Some pics of the signing outside and inside. I thought it was pretty interesting so I took some pics. Caveman = barbaric? lol would you want a caveman working on your car?

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I watched as they put Automan's car back together!

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Hours later they finished and here was one of the results

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Got a chance to go grab some grub with Automan at the fine dining of Taco Bell and cleaned up my ride when we got back.

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We headed to the show at 3:30 and got there at 4PM. There were a few complications as far as registration goes but needless to say we both got in after a long and persistant waiting period. I don't want to go too deep into detail about the matter since it involves a few individuals of higher power.

More pics will be up tomorrow!

[Crazy Asian]

FREAKING A!!!

[carbongs]

lol just wait till you see the pics tomorrow night! camera battery charging NOW!

[Crazy Asian]

your insane. Mind if I borrow 700 dollars? LOL I saw your car, remember that day with the crazy accident up on Buford with that school bus and everything. I was that Honda Prelude.

[rollininstyle2004]

Oh no...its only the start of the season and Tony already has more decals then last year...LOL

Looks hot man...and Mark's tucking the rear like that is just beautifu :goodjob:

[carbongs]

your insane. Mind if I borrow 700 dollars? LOL I saw your car, remember that day with the crazy accident up on Buford with that school bus and everything. I was that Honda Prelude.

oh yeah, i remember that. i was making a stop at the howard brother's harware store and you were trying to leave the parking lot. clean ride bro! $700 bucks? do you take monopoly money?


Oh no...its only the start of the season and Tony already has more decals then last year...LOL

Looks hot man...and Mark's tucking the rear like that is just beautifu :goodjob:

lol this is my 4th show this year! lol yeah just wait till i post pics tonight! mark's car is the sex right now! :goodjob:

[TicketRedBB6]

Damn that's nice man. A show car that is very clean and non-riced out is normally hard to find:goodjob:

[Sammich]

my lord man...whats teh reason of me even doing my car...

[xlilvi3tx]

that is one hot lexus...

[carbongs]

hey i appreciate all the kind words!

[Johnny Chimpo]

Man that car looks good, keep up the good work.

[carbongs]

thanks man, apprciate it

[changaroo]

got the tunerzine decals already mmm? haha very nice :)

[carbongs]

^ yup thought i'd give them a shoutout! least i could do!

Well, here are the pics from today!

Mark's car

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Pics of my ride today

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I basically got tired of taking pics, will have better ones tomorrow of all the other cars and festivities!

[carbongs]

i don't wanna take too many pics of my ride, i'mma let changaroo handle that next week!

[K20Z1]

would u get mad if i steal ur car? :D

[Slow Motion]

You don't have to steal it......... He gives rides for $125 and you can drive it for $300.....its a good deal for the ride trust me....:goodjob::goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob:

[bb4pimp]

that is one nice a$$ lexus it is clean as hell bro

[ThAixGuYx2k7]

Lookin' good man! I'll have to swing by the shop and get a better look! =P

[carbongs]

would u get mad if i steal ur car? :D

just a little bit! lol don't get any ideas!


You don't have to steal it......... He gives rides for $125 and you can drive it for $300.....its a good deal for the ride trust me....:goodjob::goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob:

lol you managing my business? lol


that is one nice a$$ lexus it is clean as hell bro

thanks i appreciate it


Lookin' good man! I'll have to swing by the shop and get a better look! =P

anytime bro, i'll be back monday

[carbongs]

well today was an tiring day! woke up very early to the great smell of sausages in biscuits! thanks to mark and joi! lol got ready to roll out but here are some pics of the place i get to stay at free of charge. trust me everyone, this place is way better than the sheraton and the service is superb!

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got dropped off at the show and we went straight to pictures! don ison was there again with his heroes truck. look for my full feature on that vehicle soon. i am getting all the information together now. some pics for now.

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more pics of the show

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the NOS energy drink girls were very friendly!

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back to more cars

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updates on mark's car. check out the guage pod

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the rotrex unit

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and some more pics of the slammed gs, looking good mark!

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that is all for now. i must get some sleep, off to go fishing with mark in the morning before the show! heck yeah! tomorrow is also judgement day, we'll see how well we did

[rollininstyle2004]

Good stuff man!

Is Mark's car layed out in the front? It doesnt look that low up front? The rear looks awesome, but id love to see the front like an inch or two lower.

[carbongs]

Good stuff man!

Is Mark's car layed out in the front? It doesnt look that low up front? The rear looks awesome, but id love to see the front like an inch or two lower.

it is layed out all the way. needs to have an adjustment with either the upper control arm or get smaller width wheels to lower it more. it is sitting on the bolt right now hitting the tire up front.

[carbongs]

Went fishing this morning with Automan before the show in his awesome neighborhood! We caught some great stuff out there and it was a nice time to relax during this stressful show weekend.

This is what we used to catch our bass!

Yes, a Fat Free guppy!

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One of the lakes we fished from

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Automan's catch of the day, a 4 lb large mouth bass!

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My catches of the day

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then we went to the show, took home our awards, came home and decided to do a photoshoot!

Click below

http://www.importatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?p=36511932#post36511932