Tailored Seattle Video Coverage by Speedline FilmWerks Happenstance Productions and StanceWorks, got together to bring the Pacific Northwest Tailored. A premium automotive fitment gathering held in Seattle. The guys over at Speedline FilmWerks put together this awesome video of the event. Its a must...

FFP Video Shoot Behind the Scenes at the Shoot Photography by Oliver Ledesma As many of you know, this week was Art Basel Miami and our friends over at FFP [Fuck Fake Parts] were having a video shoot in the graffiti covered streets of downtown. They invited State of Stance down to take a peek so State of Stance photographer Oliver Ledesma jumped in his S2000 and headed down to grab some behind the scenes snaps. The location and timing of this shoot did a great job of engulfing the Miami underground style. The art filled walls, the rattle cans littering the sidewalks, and the beautiful ladies [Stephanie Suarez and Devin Navarro] that added...

From Puerto Rico with Love Brotherly Love Photography by Andy Ramirez On thanksgiving, we gave you sneak peek at the Corsa Brother’s ’95 Tercel. One thing we love seeing on State of Stance is builds that bring people together. This is one of those. Two brothers, Eric and Omar, aka the Corsa Brothers, put some serious brotherly love into this car and it is nothing short of an eye catcher. A true daily driver, this little Toyo has heart. Attackworks widened the rear fenders to hug the rear fitment just right and some custom suspension trickery ensures that this is the lowest static Tercel on the island. Due to its daily driver...

Absolut Golf Swedish Built, German Styled Photos by Hjalmar Car culture is global. No matter where you go you will find a car scene, and where ever you find a car scene you will find a stance sub-culture. Its in the stance sub-culture of Sweden that we find today’s featured car built by Richard Håveland. Richard, known to his friends as “Mingan” (yet he won’t tell why) not only owns this ’98 Golf IV 1.6 SR, he is also the proud owner of a ’78 Golf MK1. His passion with VWs started around 2009. It was around that time that he saw his 1st German styled car. Since then he has emulated that German styling...

New Zealand Goes Sideways D1 Round 2 | Pukekohe Park Raceway, New Zealand Photos by Jamie Walker Just in case you haven’t noticed, over the last 11 years drifting has grown far beyond what most expected. From its grassroots days in the back-streets of Japan, to professional racing sanctions at some of the world’s most renowned tracks. It has literally taken the world by storm. Keiichi Tsuchiya wanted to bring this adrenaline filled artistry to the masses; and with the help of his creation D1GP along with other professional sanctions such as Formula Drift, that was realized. It wasn’t soon after that amateur and grassroots...

Back to Work Tony’s Slammed S2000 Photos by Viet Dang of Wreckless Productions It has been a crazy 3 months. Since Sept rolled around we got slammed with event preperations, car builds and various projects. While we have been hard on bringing you coverage from events all over the globe, we have been a bit backed up on car features. Now that the holidays are starting to near their end and the beginning of a new year reigns close; its time we get back to some serious work. We are hunting down cars near and far for State of Stance features. Let this be a sweet teaser as we get ready to rock you with the hottest the scene has to...

Have Greens with your Turkey Tuned-Life X State of Stance Photos by Andy of Tuned-Life Our good friends at Tuned-Life sent us these teasers of a upcoming shoot. I have to say that I do like what I see and can’t wait until they send us the full set along with more info on the owner and the car. Stay tuned… tuned-Life that...

Our good friend Alex sent us this video of a nice and clean slammed Golf and we had to share! Check it out!!!

Build your own RallyKor And Terrorize the Streets  A lot of us would love to drive a street-legal rallykor, nonetheless build it ourselves. Truth be told that there really is no substitute for building something with your own two hands, especially if that something is an awesome car. Helping you build a car that doesn’t explode and, you know, actually exists, is Phoenix’s Local Motors, whose Rally Fighter & Build Experience assists visiting enthusiasts in assembling a street-legal hill climbing, jaw-dropping, neck breaking machine under the direct supervision of their expert builders over the course of just two three-day...

Chevy Ride & Drive Camaro COPO Released Photography by Chris Cruz At this year’s SEMA event, Chevy invited a small group of us to their press release ride & drive. We had the opportunity to test drive the new 2012 models on a closed cone course and we were also given a 1st hand look at what’s to come from Chevy in 2012. We were lucky enough to be asked to park our Flat6 Motorworks X State of Stance Chevy Sonic at the event. I just wish we would have been able to get it on the cone course, it would have really let up test out the Federal tire and Ground Control suspension combo. Some of the other Sonics on display...

SEMA 2011 | Part 2 The Outdoor Show Photography by Chris Cruz The thing about SEMA is that it is so grand in scale, that it is at times hard to ingest. Not only does it consume all three structures of the Las Vegas convention center, but it also claims the two large exterior parking lots adjacent to the two main halls. It’s this exterior section that has a collection of consumer show cars, mixed in with shop cars, mixed in with the famous motorsports exhibition section. While walking through these areas you sometimes find it unbelievable that these cars are not in the convention center. So here is a look at what could be found...

SEMA 2011 | Part 1 Some whips, but mostley hips. Photography by Michael Alvarado What can be said about SEMA? By definition it is an industry trade show founded in 1963 by a group of guys that loved building cars; Roy Richter, Ed Iskenderian, Willie Garner, Bob Hedman, John Bartlett, Phil Weiand, Jr., Al Segal, Dean Moon, and Vic Edelbrock, Jr. They called it the Speed Equipment Manufacturing Association aka SEMA. In 1970 it was changed to Specialty Equipment Market Association, still retaining the SEMA acronym. Since its conception it now consists of over 6500 companies worldwide. While originally it is designed to be a week of networking...

Photos by Tony Mo Photography Simply Clean has to be one of my top 3 favorite events in Florida. The, location, the people behind it, the attendees, the cars… all great and when rolled into one place, all make for an amazing event. It truly is one of those events that I feel will become an annual tradition. Here are some more pics from the event.

Photos by: Austin Carmody The 3rd annual Simply Clean event took place this past weekend at Route46. Route46 has played host to a basket of automotive events, but none like Simply Clean. As the sun started to crack over the Florida sky, Nik and his staff where already hard at work to ensure that this 3rd annual event was more organized and more streamlined than last year. From everything I heard, his plan was a success. The event saw a numerous attendance and large support from the automotive community, manufactures and vendors such as Titan Motorsports, CCW, Discount Tire Co., “WE”, State of Stance, ILDS, SSP Vinyl, HighwayStar...

Our friends at Speedline FilmWerks have released the final episode of their 6 part series covering Wuste 2011. Check it out! Episode 6 :: The Project...

All this SEMA talk has caused a lot of late night sessions at the shop, running around all day and several sleepless nights. I’m sure people outside our scene look at us like we’re crazy. Why do people like us do it? Why do we comb the net in search of car pics and videos? Why do we spend all our money on our cars? Why do we drive almost anywhere for a meet? Because we are all car people and we share a passion. It’s that passion that connects us, unites us and builds this brotherhood that we call motorsports. No one exudes that passion more Nakai-San. Over the last few days he’s been working non-stop on a few RWB...

It seems that no matter how many times I see white on white, I always smile. Maybe it’s the bias side of me, since I used to own a white delSol on white wheels; or maybe its the fact that white on white is just timeless and clean. Either way, when I first saw these pics from our friend Ross of ILoveDrivingSlow, I smiled. Xavier Suarez from Tampa has worked hard to get this Civic Si sitting just how he imagined it should. CCW came through with crisp clean white classics and fully polished lips. Well done Xavier, well done! For more on Xavier’s Si visit ILoveDrivingSlow and check out their upcoming WinterFresh...

Our friends at Speedline FilmWerks have released episode 5 of their 6 part series covering Wuste 2011. Check it out! Episode 5 :: TST

Formula Drift 2011 This 2011 season of Formula Drift has been to me the most exciting to date. Becoming a media sponsor for the series was extremely exciting for us here at State of Stance, as we have watched this series grow from its roots to a full-fledged professional racing sanction. Ryan Sage and Jim Liaw along with their team have dedicated numerous amounts of time and effort to make sure that each season is even better than the last. Founded in 2003 as a sister company to Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that brought D1 Grand Prix to the United States, Formula Drift Holdings has kept our automotive passion alive by...

Formula DRIFT Round 7: Title Fight Results; Daijiro Yoshihara Wins the Championship and Tyler McQuarrie Takes the Event Victory Long Beach, Calif. – October 8, 2011 – Formula DRIFT returned to the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale for the final event of the 2011 season. Daijiro Yoshihara in the America’s Tire / Falken Tire Nissan S13 won the championship, while Tyler McQuarrie in the Falken Tire Nissan 350Z took the event victory. Round 7: Title Fight concluded the most successful season in Formula DRIFT history. The sold out crowd eclipsed attendance records for the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale and is now the largest Formula DRIFT event...

Our friends at Speedline FilmWerks have released episode 4 of their 6 part series covering Wuste 2011. Check it out! Episode 4 :: The MK5s

Last Sunday two of our Co-Founders, Sergio aka Cheo and Geoff aka Fafa, spent the day with the Hard Parked guys and Jose SanLuis captured it for all of us. For more from HardParked and from Jose SanLuis, check out his youtube channel...

  It’s been about almost 2 weeks since the Summer Meat Meet and everything is starting to sink in. It was amazing to see so many people and cars turn out for the pure passion and love of cars. We here at State of Stance as well as our good friends at Hard Parked feel blessed to have such a strong following and fan base. It really shows the rest of the world that Florida (esp. South FL) is a huge part of the automotive community. We didn’t take an official count as we don’t really care about that kind of thing, what we focused on was to achieve a laid back, fun environment for people to enjoy other’s build, share...

Our friends at Speedline FilmWerks have released episode 3 of their 6 part series covering Wuste 2011. Check it out! Episode 3 :: The Show

Our friends at Speedline FilmWerks have released episode 2 of their 6 part series covering Wuste 2011. Check it out! Episode 2 :: The BMWs

Words by: Leo Diaz Photos by: Nick Mendoza We were lucky enough to be invited to the private premier of the upcoming and highly anticipated Forza 4. If you’re an XBOX360 owner, I know that you are counting the days until the release of Forza 4. A very thought out continuation of the Forza dynasty, this sequal by Turn 10 Studios has an estimated Oct 11th release date and boasts a big list of new features. Don’t worry; you’ll be able to import your Forza 3 profile, allowing you the ability to transfer certain credits and gifted cars from your garage. Of course the catch is that the amount allowed is based on how long you...

Our friends at Speedline FilmWerks have put together a 6 part series covering Wuste 2011.  Look here 1st to see each episode as it drops! Episode 1 :: The Mercs

Have a great weekend!

Photos By: Ryan McCrae Words By: Leo Diaz Every now and then some of the stuff that crosses my desk is just ok, some is pretty rad and then some is just jaw dropping, eye popping, sik. To me, this MKII built by brothers Brook & Jayden Miller is one of those jaw dropping, eye popping sik cars.   It has a rat rod feel, yet embodies the rebellious youth of the Euro scene and then of course this mean little bugger rides a static 20mm off the ground, all day, every day!   Here is this MKII in action captured through the lens of Ryan...

It’s been a long, hot summer and its time to BBQ and have some fun. So wash your wheels, comb your mustache and bring your appetite. The State of Stance, Hard-Parked Summer Meat Meet is here! When: October 1st 2011 Where: Markham Park | shelters 4,5,6 & 7 Time: 11am to 4pm Cost: $1.50 per person to enter the park – HardParked Car Limbo contest – BeardLife Mustache & Beardist contest – HighwayStar Garage Hot Dog eating contest – Raffles & Prizes – Vendors & Sponsors Visit and Like our >> facebook page << for updates and news on the BBQ. For vendor or sponsor information please...

Photos by: Hector Chacon Words by: Leo Diaz Car owner: John Power As I sit here looking at this feature, I’m cursing the Florida weather that didn’t allow me to publish this until now, this late in the afternoon. This was supposed to be a “morning wood” feature.. Oh well, ish happens and it happened this morning. But not even the worst weather was going to stop me from bringing all of you this eyegasmic S2000, creatively shot by our good friend Hector Chacon. Hector was kind enough to give us two sets, I was planning on releasing the sets separately, but since I delayed enough, I thought it would be nice to just...

I know I’ve said it before, but I’m always excited to hear from Luke. He recently emailed me to tell me of his latest video that he posted on Miaham-Media. And as per ususal, it never dissapsoints. Cinematography and words by Luke Huxham When we are not busy shooting client work we like to shoot some personal projects with our friends and our buddy Shinji just happens to own a RWB 964 named “Good Hills Speed”. Like all RWB’s customers Shinji-san is passionate about his Porsches and is a very humble, fun and kind hearted person. We asked Shinji-san “Why do you like RWB?” and Shinji made sure to tell us the most...

Cinmatography and words by Luke Huxham  We spent two days living and breathing RAUH-Welt BEGRIFF from morning to midnight to put this piece together for Fatlace TV. Nakai-San from RWB creates some of the most unique Porsches in the world, this film captures the heart and soul of RWB, a Japanese based workshop that has been in business for 15 years. A unique style will always cause divided opinions but no matter your preference the passion and dedication that Nakai-san has for his work can not be ignored. Want to see how a short film like this comes together check out our “Behind The Lens” post to see how the magic happens! We would...

Over the recent years, wheel companies have popped up all over South Florida faster than self-serve yogurt franchises. Nessen Forged however, did things a little differently. Since its inception, proprietor and good friend Jonathan Cruz, took his time and did not rush the startup process. He mentioned to me in a meeting over the weekend that he did this because he wanted everything to be perfect before he introduced the brand to the open public. Also stating that he was not looking to reinvent the wheel, just make it fresher and better. What caught my eye about Nessen is the fact that Jonathan is an active member of our automotive...

While we all waited for the 4th installment of Ken Block’s Gymkhana series, I know that I did a back flip as soon as it went live. So with no further a due, Ken Block and Gymkhana 4!

Car: Lexus GS300 Owner: Kam Vaswani Word By: Leo Diaz Photos By: Rsellos There is a lot that can be said about the owner of this Lexus; Kam Vaswani. Kam is just like you and me in that he loves cars, loves modding and loves our scene. Then again he is nothing like you and me in the fact that he sees this lifestyle as a series of challenges in which he only wants to conquer. Oh, and conquered he has. He built this masterpiece because, “…thieves never get me down.” After having his K20 EG stolen and most likely stripped to shreds; Kam didn’t give up. Taking 1st Place at HIN Miami in the EG meant he could build a car that was...

Some time ago, Speedline Film Werks reached out to State of Stance with their most recent work. It is a film featuring Ben Thomas and his B5 Wagon. After seeing the clip I knew it was something I wanted to share with all our readers and fans.  I hope to be sharing more of Speedline’s work in the upcoming future, but for now, we are very proud to exclusively debut Ben’s B5 as seen by Speedline Film...

Owner: Youssef Ch-hab Car: 2003 VW Golf GTI Words & Photos: Austin Carmody If you are part of the car scene in Tampa, Fl. then you already know this car. I myself have seen this car plenty of times at local events but had never met the owner. Luckly for me, I met Youssef Ch-hab at the perfect time. Just before our shoot, Youssef bagged his ’03 golf GTI and installed the R32 front bumper. He mentioned to me that this is just the begining of the car’s complete make over. OEM R32 side skirts have been ordered and Youssef is now debating between the OEM R32 rear bumper and a 20th AE rear valance. Being a self proclaimed...

If you’re into building cars and into driving cars, then you know how important the proper seat it. It is the only thing that truly connects the driver to the car. While building my car I was given the opportunity to install a seat from STÄTUS, courtesy of Flat6 Motorworks. The seat, a STÄTUS Ring GT in black leather with a carbon fiber shell, was fitted with a 6-point harness with a cam lock system; also from STÄTUS.          The thing about this seat is the details. From the soft, touchable leather down to the stitching; not a single detail was overlooked. The leather outer grabs the carbon fiber shell as if the two are one....

We’ve had the amazing opportunity to be a Media Sponsor for Formula Drift’s 2011 season. It has been an unforgettable experience and has given me the chance to meet some of the coolest people in our industry and around the globe. This last event was different, its been a very long time since I have had a camera in my hands and even longer since I’ve done so for motorsports. Considering I’ve spent the last year behind a computer looking at code, writing articles, sending emails and packing and unpacking booths; the best parts of this last year have been meeting so many of you, either at events or at our booths....

When is come to cars, minimalistic is not always the best building approach to get attention. But then again, builds should not always be about getting attention. Some builds are about the reflection of the owner. Some builds are about beauty through simplicity. Anthony Stagliano did just that with his ’04 Lexus GS300.      Rolling on VarrsToen ES 1.1.2 Hyper Black (19×9.5 +22 / 19×10.5 +22) and Achilles ATR Sport (225/35/19 front, 245/35/19 rear), Anthony’s car looks sinful as the fenders ever so gracefully snuggle the tires courtesy of Megan LP Coilovers w/ custom front RCA’s. As a resident of West Palm...

Nick Weber and his father are the sole principle of Nick’s Customs. A shop based out of Jersey that builds good ‘ole bare hands, torched, cut and welded rolling art. So it’s no surprise that Nick’s 1946 Chevy Pick Up is nothing short of a masterpiece. I called Joe to let him know I was coming up to chill with him at the next Formula Drift event at Wall Speedway when he says to me, “You have to see this truck I just finished shooting!” And after a quick pic he shot over to me my first reaction was; “Please tell me you shoot it for SoS..” And so here it is, Nick’s beautiful creation,...

As many of you already know FormulaD will be here in our backyard on June 3-4. Along with FormulaD, Fatlace is presenting their Slammed Society event. Let’s show them some love and show them how the East Coast does it! Get your car registered NOW! Click here to register your car. All the SoS Staff cars are already registered, so clean your cars, pack some sunscreen and come hang out with us. Bring your car, coverage is going to be insane and of course we’ll be looking for the next SoS Featured Car. Registration Packages: Basic || $35.00 || Registration for you, your car, and one passenger. Silver || $60.00 || Same registration...

The NSCRA has teamed up with State of Stance to bring you Round 2 on May 22nd. State of Stance will be coordinating and operating the NSCRA Car show, Flawless Expo. Is your car built Flawless? Then bring it down to PBIR and show it off, there will be high end awards with specialty awards sponsored by State of Stance and CCW. Schedule: Gates open: 8am Tech open: 9am Qualifying round 1: 10am Qualifying round 2: 12am Eliminations round 1: 2pm Car show registration: 9am Car show judging: 9am-5pm Car show presentation: 5:30pm Live music by DJ Rincon, entertainment by Krush Models, Jessica barton’s Model Lounge   Show...

Formula Drift is packing their bags and making the trek to South Florida for Round 3, Invasion!  They will be holding the event at Palm Beach International Raceway June 3-4th. You know that State of Stance will be there to cover the event and to hang out with our friends from Simply Clean at their booth. We’ll see you there! To get your tickets visit FormlaD. To resgister you car for Slammed Society visit...

This entire royal wedding buzz has me going crazy. Royalty this, royalty that, but what is royalty if you are not rolling around in true VIP fashion? This stunning build by Nax Whitmore is the answer. This is VIP! This is royalty! This is how I’d roll if the world was looking at me.   We arrived at the shoot and set up, then Nax told me he was going to air down the car. I was like what? I though he was already aired out… Then he procedded to say, “but just a little cause my lip touches the floor if I go all the way down…” SIK! No stone has been unturned on this most gorgeous peice of art. From 20×10...

Just an amazing spot put together by the guys at MB and I thought I’d share. This is what happens when you take MB engineers, an SLS, Michael Schumacher and some of the most amazing tunnels in British Columbia. Have a great weekend, from all of us at State of...

Here on the East Coast we do things a little different than the Left Coast. When it comes to music, we prefer fist pumping house to urban hip-hop. When it comes to fashion, we choose button downs and dress shoes to tees and Birkenstocks. When it comes to women, we prefer a brunette in a mini to a blonde in jean shorts. And when it comes to winning, we choose Volk Racing over a tiger blood induced roof top, weapon wielding escapade. Sorry Charlie, we love you anyway! Miguel’s TL is the perfect example of this. Sitting low and wide on 19×9.5 +19 and 19×10.5 +17 Volk Racing SF Winning, his rim tucking escapades through the city...

There are infamous tracks that challenge drivers with their technical turns such as Laguna Seca’s corkscrew and Tsukuba’s inside hairpin (help Japan). Then there are tracks that seem to be built by gods that take drivers with concrete concentration and iron guts to drive at limit. These tracks have claimed their share of cars and drivers such as Nurburgring (save the ring) and Pikes Peak. Those of you that know me know I’m a nerd for in-car cams. I love studying the lines, steering angles, shifting and such. But this is not about me, this is about Jeff Zwart and his 911 GT3 Cup Car as they broke the Time Attack 2WD class...

Edward Perez hit me up and told me he had some snaps of an E92 that I just had to see. I looked at the first picture and I knew I wanted to showcase this masterfully shot Varrstoen E92 belonging to Carlos Castellano. I love the fitment, I love how clean and simple it is and I love all the shots by Edward. Keep an eye on Ed as he’ll be doing some more features and event coverage for us in the future. For more of this gorgeous car please visit Ed’s...

In the scene, there is no wheel more coveted than the always infamous BBS RS, a classic mesh design that has surpassed the years and remains ageless. Morphing from a vintage build to even the most late model cars, it continues to catch our eye. As did these two black beauties both sporting the mesh goodness so sexy that I think they beat Charlie Sheen’s Goddesses. Hailing from the West Coast of Florida is Sam Hussein. Sam’s tC is unlike many I’ve seen. While most Scion owners go the route of flashy mods and car show builds, Sam went the opposite direction and built a clean and simple ride that sits low and wide. Once...

Words by Leo Diaz Photos by JoseSanLuis Armando contacted us here at SoS regarding the RPM Event that State of Stance and Simply Clean are promting for this upcoming weekend. After some emails back and forth, I cought a glimpse of his GLI and asked him for more pictures… and he delivered. Beautifully shot by JoseSanLuis this prestine GLI shows what its like to be clean in the the dirty south. Sitting on fully polished CCW LM20s the stance is on point. Clean and polished against the rough and rugged backdrop. Well done Jose!   For more pics of Armando Enriquez’s GLI, visit JoseSanLuis’...