It's time for more coverage from Saturday's Hellaflush III meet in the San Francisco Bay Area. I was a bit surprised at the mostly positive reception the first post got, considering how this month's features have been polarizing the readers. Are the athletes and fashionistas (as termed by Rod) finally starting to get along?
Love it or hate it, here's some more flushness for you guys.
Function and fitment don't have to be mutually exclusive, as modeled by this super clean Evo X. The de-winged backside is another nice touch on this car.
Another mildly-done and universally appealing car to get things started - a second generation NSX with BBS LM's.
I still can't believe that just five or six years ago Toyota Cressidas like this were seen almost exclusively as unwanted relics from the '80s.
The roof rack, the rusted hood, and even an external oil cooler. This EF Civic has it all.
I really love the aero kit on this Z33, now if I could just remember who makes it...
2009, the year of pastel colors and roof racks.
I don't think I've ever seen a current generation Civic sitting lower than this Si sedan. Something about this body style makes it look so right sitting on the ground.
The popularity of Japanese wheels has seems to have exploded among Bimmer owners. This blue 3-series on Work Meisters was one of many BMW's with JDM rollers.
The simple four-spoke design of the Work Equip 01 is such a nice match with the styling of the first generation xB.
Believe it or not, this tan-colored EG Civic was actually one of the finalists for the Speedhunters pick of the show.
We really liked the rare Chevlon wheels, polished to perfection.
S2000 owners came out to Hellaflush III in large numbers. This AP1 on custom-painted Enkeis was part of a big group of S2K's lined up together.
This is the first time I've seen a Mazdaspeed3 done with the flush (but maybe not hellaflush) look. Not bad at all.
There were a lot of Subarus at the meet, but this one seemed to be drawing the most onlookers. BBS LM's have a tendency to do that...
Those who have been following Speedhunters since the beginning will recognize this Z as one of the first cars we featured back in the spring of 2008.
Linhbergh and I weren't sure what to think when we spotted this old Nissan Maxima with a strange bumper cover ziptied onto the front end.
Parked amongst the group of vintage cars at one side of the parking lot was this SR20-swapped S12 200SX.
This street-driven S13 can also be seen sliding around at west coast drift events like the Ziptied All Star Bash.
I'll finish up with this wild Lexus SC that was driven up from SoCal for the event. Look at those rear fenders!
More from Hellaflush III on the way, for now let the debate continue.
-Mike Garrett