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Old 10-11-2016, 01:57 PM   #12
TURBOTOD
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Member#: 97130
Join Date: Sep 2005
Chapter/Region: SCIC
Location: San Diego, CA
Vehicle:
2004 WRB WIDE STI
COBB/TIC/CUSCO/DSS/TSSFAB

Smile I don't say Blah-Blah-Blah...

Quality fab work is something that unfortunately has been dying off, and quickly becoming "something of the past" I believe in our specific community.

Take a look back 8-10 years. Our community had really hit it's stride, and the word of the Subaru and it's capabilities were spreading like wildfire. Come that point we had how many builds pasted to print? Chris Dunbar's Hawkeye. Will's JDM Peanut in Seattle. Brain Child's bugeye legend on the east coast (versions I an II). Dmoney's Blurple Bugeye. Clark Turner's original JDM V7 swap. The list goes on, and on and on... Some truly remarkable builds.

For a brief period the community had set it's sights on the TA world and it seemed like everyone was getting in on the fun. Remember the all carbon fiber bodied build that 3Dyne did for COBB? Or how about the TOMEI/CUSCO STI that Tarzan brought over? The ZeroSports car? Element Tuning STI? TIC NASA build? Racecomp? Topspeed?

Now the shift of focus has made it's way back to the quarter mile. V8 Bait, Jr, IAG and Prime Motoring are consistently feeding new updates to the social media beasts, and pushing the limits of what is physically possible for our 60ft times and total eclipsed passes (Remember Big Valley's STI out of San Juan back in the early days?). Willall Racing has completely redefined what is "possible" for an EJ257 based engine design, and it seems like Mitsubishi has finally thrown in the towel with keeping the fire of redesigned engineering pushing forward (death of the EVO platform).

Personally speaking, I'd love to see a swing back towards people doing large custom builds again. Hell... I know I'm speaking out my a_s right now, but I'd love to have some representation here in the Southern California area. Seriously. What is currently here? Nearly every single place that comes to mind is more simply focused on items that can be installed, not fabricated.

I can tell you that if I were closer to you guys, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to take my car to you guys for work. It would be amazing to see a company with a stellar reputation of work performed, step up to the plate to tackle this market.



Sorry for the rant.

Peace
-TurboTod
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