I put a lot of pressure on myself when it comes to my ride. My quest for perfection will never end. At first, I just wanted a nice ride. I got that in 07. I was really happy, would get a lot of looks from people but I grew bored. I realized it wasn't even close to a Japanese build but it was real nice under US standards. I did a few things here and there and was happy with the outcome. Everything was done in preparation to the next major round of mods. That's when the PresiBent came into reality. I honestly didn't think it would be well received on the message forums since it was so different and against most peoples belief systems. The people loved it and the build up thread grew out of control. I didn't like driving it daily because I am not that social of a person when I am sober and people at every light wanted to ask questions. It had a real Strong presence on the road that can not be captured in pictures.
I sent my friend Dominik a copy of the Rides magazine that I made the cover of while he was in Japan in 2008. Luckily, it got there before the king of sedan event. He told me he had a hard time getting it back because it was being viewed by so many people that he lost track of where it was last. He even told me that VIP style was very interested in the car as well as the owner of K-Break. I finally realized my dream, I had gotten the Japanese attention. Dominik even worked on getting me a feature which would have been then biggest achievement of my life. I guess everything in my life has to be a challenge. The opportunity would be blown due to the fact that I had never received the pictures I had taken from a photographer. It was hard to swallow because it was out of my control. What made it worse was that my car was in horrible shape after words. I couldn't just go and take new pics of it. My bumper was damaged, my fenders got messed up due to an electrical issue (car had to move while it was slammed on wheels) and two rims had to be repaired because they were not drivable.
I recently was reminded of what could have been in this months current VIP style car magazine. My car and I are in it but not as a feature. It was pictured in the K-Break section which is for entertainment purposes (which is why I had the lines cut into my hair). That section is basically of anything that has something funny or entertaining to do with K-Break or the charismatic owner.
Just so you believe me that I had no good pics of my car, look at the neon green grass. Dom took what he could find. Instead of complaing about my missed chance, I am just going to make sure the next opportunity I get will land me an even bigger feature then I would have gotten in the past. Stay tuned because I am on a mission to get a full feature in VIP car or Style magazine.
P.S. Just to kill any speculation, I am not competing with anyone in the states. Hopefully, everyone that deserves a feature will get one. Although it would be a tremendous honor to do it first, it won't effect me as long as I eventually get in there. Good luck to all and keep modding.
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