HIN Night Shift Nashville CarbonGS & Rollininstyle2004's Documentary

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Well, it’s that time again! This time it is a Night Shift!

Dates:
July 25-27

Events:
HIN Night Shift - Nashville
Import Alliance - Nashville

Day 1! July 25th

The day started pretty early as I started to tape up my car for another road trip! I met up with a few friends from Team ELITE and Club Lexus. Automan (Mark) and two of his Alabama crew came over to join us on Operation Blue Tape! We tried to figure out Automan’s battery issues, which we later determined was due to a bad battery, and then rolled over to R2B2 Motors in Duluth, GA. (Please excuse the mess, they are renovating) We rolled pretty deep. We had a supercharged Lexus GS300, NA Lexus GS300, Volkswagen Passat 1.8t, NA Lexus SC300, Supercharged Acura TL, and a trailored turbo Toyota Supra. These pictures are a collaboration of CarbonGS and Rollininstyle2004’s pictures and documentary.



Some final taping preparations







You know you like the creative HIN on the bumper lol



The ELITE crew that rolled down (Automan, Rollininstyle2004, CarbonGS)



The caravan on the way to our first destination - Hooter’s of Chattanooga



























Discount Fuel FTW!!!



Random cars we saw on the way up








Random boat



Got JDM?





Supercharged TL











Pit stop #1 for petrol



The Supra on the truck

















And the rain set in…













We finally made it to Hooter’s of Chattanooga where we found VIP parking spaces





We all ate and met up with G-perz and 8MYCASH on SSI. Talked for a little bit and headed out for roll in





Traffic sucked bad. We had mad parkage on the highway



We are in TN, GA, then back in TN again!





Pretty scenic drive the whole way






















Yes, this sign does say, “Falling Rocks”! Needless to say we got the heck out of there quick! Stayed in the 80’s the whole way through the mountains and that made for a few cool pics













Jordan and Mark went at it a couple of time, I kid, I kid!

















Then my gas light came on so we all pulled in to get some more fuel



We arrived at the gates around 7:30 PM-ish. Had to sit outside to be classified and registered. This is what we looked like in the marshalling yard













More to come tomorrow from inside the show!!

[tron]

dude im guessing this is what u do for a living?


edit* nice cars btw

[Zodiac]

I like the blue tape, why did u guys decide to do that?

[MachNU]

wow the lexus, acuras, supra and camaro are nice! the camaro being the best!

[manilikecars]

you are a master at that blue tape tony

[boostedb16]

is this picture and all of the first gas station picture's made in dalton off the walnut ave exit? if so thats where i live woot-woot lol.....

[Kasper]

Sweet rides. alot deeper there then to Orlando.. whats up with that!? hope yall have fun... keep us updated...

[VooDooXII]

The tape is to keep the bugs and such off of the car...sort of like those "bras."

Be safe guys

[carbongs]

thanks guys, the update will come either tonight or tomorrow morning. lots of stuff going on. unfortunately one of our friends is having technical difficulties that we are sorting out now.

[Brown Man]

those are some nice cars, i like the passat alot.

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Hitting up the town after roll in was definitely a treat. Nashville is a bright and vibrant city at night. It reminds me of Las Vegas with all of the neons, street performers, and high rise buildings. We managed to find a spot to park out 25 foot trailer truck!



Some of the attractions around us











The Hard Rock Café - Nashville



LP Field



Sommet Center



From inside the restaurant for dinner



We all went back to the hotel and got some rest for out long day ahead.

Day 2

The day began early with breakfast downstairs.











Time for my famous GroatMeal! Yes, the infamous combination of grits and oatmeal.





Mark’s reaction



You know you want some!



After all the fun and games we headed over to the Music City Motor Complex. We were able to move the cars to a better parking position next to the National Guard booth. We started to clean our rides but were getting beat from the constant sun light. Time for a mini road trip to the local Wal-Mart for coolers and beverages!

This is Ron riding “Dirty”



After getting a phone call Ron quickly went from “ridin dirty Ron” to “Pastor/Brother Ron”. That alone could have been the funniest moment of the whole trip! Mr. Slouchy sat straight up, straightened his hat, and changed his tone of voice to a serious one in a split second!

Wally World



Mark handling some business



Our new coolers!





Jordan got some Subway!



Do you have your game face on?



Our set up at the show











ELITE is set to be featured in the new Speed Channel HIN series TV show! The camera crew was out and filming previews of the cars.



Here’s a quick walk around of the show

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We were next door to the model tent







Ron obviously suffering from heat stroke



Time to go say hi to the models





We will see them later on stage.

Mark and his daddy lol (Paul Tolsen)



Toya was there as well! She’ll be on stage later competing to be Miss HIN Nashville reppin it up for ELITE











We had to push the Supra over to the dyno tent.



Ron signing away the liability for the Valvoline Dynojet







Getting strapped down and hooked up





RJ Devera was the MC at the Valvoline booth



Ron got mad props from RJ for the Supra and the expected power goals





The first run registered 140 hp lol but this was at 18 pounds



It was actually a 491 hp run



The second run was 499 hp also at 18 pounds



We turned up the boost to 30 pounds this was the result 788 hp!





Needless to say we won the Dyno event. So what does that mean? More TV coverage of course!









More walking around the show after getting judged

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The BoostMobile Stage and HIN Go Go Dancers













The TV crew came over to film the team



Jordan forgot his shirt. So, he was Tony for the hour







Toya was also getting ready for the HIN Model Search Competition







Signing release forms



Lights! Camera! Action!











Somehow I was cut from the whole deal but whatever. No need to dwell over it. At least my shirt was part of it. Congrats to Ron, Mark, and Jordan! I can’t wait to see what they did with the footage!

Paul’s car





Clean





Crazy Mini with 2 motors!



The model search competition

DJ Hustle-Lin in the house!







The hosts









Then the show got interrupted for a short concert









Mark was undergoing a culture shock



There was a Booty contest for a T-Shirt! Lol Dis for Duc (Duc) jumped on stage for this moment of fame!











Awaiting results



He wins! Lol



Back to the ladies















Ron was awarded $500 from Valvoline for the dyno competition



Awards were given out.

Jordan - Hottest Wild Volkswagen
Mark - 5th place Wild Lexus
Ron - I don’t remember what you got

We headed out for roll out





Headed out to IHOP for dinner

















We headed back to the hotel, but the parking lot is as far as we got. Mark’s ride was having issues. The bags weren’t filling with air. We had to leave the car there and decided to head back to the rooms to sleep and sort it out in the morning.

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Day 3

Ron went home the next morning and we all checked out at 11 AM.





Rolled over to IHOP where Mark’s car was.



This is what Mark’s car is sitting like, permanently for the moment.



We got started by getting a ½” plug for the tank in Mark’s car. We concluded at first that the left compressor had died and we wanted to make sure that the tank was still getting air from the right compressor. After we did that we noticed that there wasn’t much air at all in the tank.









We then concluded that the other compressor was on its way out of the door. We made a quick run to Home Depot and got ready to fabricate something makeshift for the tank to receive air from a normal air sourced compressor.

This is what Jordan and I came out with:

Hose
Valve opener/closer
Fittings
Adapters
Pressure gauge
Teflon Tape

Me putting it together.









Installed the gauge



Was able to find a Firestone close by and they were very helpful. Our little fabricated part worked the 1st time! Here’s the result!





So Jordan and I got ready to head home. Mark was ecstatic about the fix and was dying to get home as well. We all parted ways and it was time again for some rolling shots. This time = NO TAPE!

























































Jordan’s ride back at home



Mine too



All in all it was a great trip! See you all next time!

[Kasper]

hey bubba.. none of the return home pics showed up. But awsome pics all the same. hopefully next year.

[carbongs]

hey bubba.. none of the return home pics showed up. But awsome pics all the same. hopefully next year.

just give it a few minutes, or hours lol depending on your connection. there are alot of pics. they are there i promise. and they are some nice shots too since we don't have blue tape all over the front ends.