HIN Santa Clara 2014

0 Posted by Ownagespot - July 21, 2014 - Event Coverage

HIN 2014, what can I say.. HIN is known for throwing big shows packed with flashy cars, great models, and an overall party atmosphere! This year of course delivered! With the exception of a few cars that were not able to make it into the event due to over capacity, this years show was bigger and better! With some big names & cars coming up from Socal & Cencal it made it the event to be at. With this being HIN’s second year at the Santa Clara convention center, they were able to get everything more streamlined & organized from last years event.

Lets begin with rollin. Roll in started in the afternoon which was great for the owners, because for once noone had to wake up early and pack the car and do any last minute prep to make sure you roll up on time.

When we pulled up, we were met with these fresh Z’s

Team Upscale’s two M45’s looking great as usual

Rocking a WIDE set of AME Shallen

Josh’s M45 caught air’d up

William’s classic 510 looking great as always

Lovin’ the new wrap on this Z, can you believe this is static?

John of Endless Projects rolling through

Crew member, Reg’s Minty Protege 5

One of the few true Rotary Rx7s left in the scene

Crew member Jehd showing off his new set of wheels

Roll in took a bit longer to get everyone in to the event, which left only about 40mins to get the cars parked, prepped, and ready to be showcased.

Our crew hustled and was still able to get their cars ready for the mass crowds about to roll in. While I had to run around and get as many shots possible before everyone was walking around

Oh course we had to grab some models to shoot with. So got to shoot with one of my favorite models from last years HIN, Lilly Evans!

So many 8th gen builds are popping up this year

Don’t get to see Euro Projekts out and about so much these days

R33 anyone?

Winston’s M5 gets more and more mods every show I see it at

R S V F O R G E D x S T O P T E C H

Great looking Previa

Chapstick anyone?

This Audi R8 has been making its rounds around Norcal, and getting alot of attention!

Not only because its a flat colored drop top R8…

…but because the doors are completely see through!

Also got to meet another one of my favorite models, Brittani!

#selfie

If only .GIFs were able to be posted, you could witness how awesome Josh’s tail lights are

Team Arkan came all the way up from Socal to show off their great builds

These two GTRs were just killin’ the game!

Liberty Walk & SSRs vs

Rocket Bunny & Volks

Tough decision!

Fuel & Fire came out hard, bringing out their whole model crew to HIN

Got a chance to stop em and get on a few cars

Our friends from Udacha clothing also came out and brought out their sick s2k

Had to snap some photos of these two. They just caught my attention from the minute they rolled in. Its not always about doing flashy and over the top mods, sometimes clean & simple is the way to go

Winner of HINs hottest lighting award last year

Oh hai Anjanett!

VIP’D Out

Custom double stepped anodized Mtechnicas!! Ohhh <3

Endless got a chance to show off some of Sylvania’s new lighting

People were coming up and playing Mario Kart throughout the day out of John’s trunk

Alexis was a natural with the cars

It was also great that our spot was right next to her booth

Onto the awards. Our very own crew member took home a trophy for hottest Mazda 3rd

And our other crew member took home Best Vw first

Congrats to both of em

The next award winners need no introduction. Its no secret that this crew comes out to shows and always walks home with a bag full of trophies! Speedelement