jkrate buildup thread: Roxy

good lord

2008-11-12T05:22:00.000-08:00

http://video.kenblockracing.com/embed/small/204/9183/

Nice shots

2008-10-20T10:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to texer Pf3il for clueing me in on some great shots of Roxy. And yeah, I know I know, it's like the Roxy show lately but fuck, there's no news to talk about due to the winter slowdown so =p haha

Anyways, check out this dude's site. He has some great shots here =)
http://www.mizenkoltd.com/gallery/6106844_TcdYK#383807552_RHUaA

Getting some coverage on vortex

2008-10-17T14:30:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the shout out in the write up!

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/article_2512.shtml

get some

2008-10-16T08:27:00.000-07:00

http://www.wheel-whores.com/merchandise.html

Roxy getting some love

2008-10-15T09:13:00.001-07:00

So my old buddy Stoner, who has to have the COOLEST job in the world as chief editor for a damn car magazine of all things, hooked me with some love on his site today.

I gotta admit, for the dumbest, most painful mod I've done so far, it sure has gotten the most reception haha

http://www.garagemagazine.com/?p=350

Episode #7!

2008-10-07T05:54:00.000-07:00

There isn't really anything entertaining about this one either but it's fairly exciting for me. This could very well be the garage that starts everything and I'm pretty stoked about it. Here we are in a recession, banks are failing, the Dow drops down to like 25 and here we are, buying up some garage space.

Prudence be damned!

Episode #7: Garage Spaces and Shiny New HD Cameras from krate motors on Vimeo.

teaser

2008-10-04T18:07:00.000-07:00

http://www.kratesupply.com

So um I've been bored

2008-10-03T09:49:00.001-07:00

So I applied for a vimeo account and got accepted wheeee... And made my own channel if you all wanna watch the new videos in HD (yeah I got an HD camera coming btw *snickers*)

Anyhoo, that's all. http://vimeo.com/kratemotors

I just found the greatest car on the internet. evar.

2008-10-02T13:43:00.000-07:00

And I'm in love. It's as old as I am, it's in retardedly good shape and I just sent the owner a modest offer for it.

*sigh

Oh snap! Episode #6!

2008-09-30T20:08:00.000-07:00

Um, we're pretty sure we are going to offend a minimum of 12 people with this one. Sorry guys.

H20 wrap-up 2008

2008-09-30T12:15:00.000-07:00

pic courtesy of freeze plug. thanks!

This H20 was awesome. Plain and simple. I think the main reason I liked it so much was that the car was done (for now) and I was fairly happy with how it was running and looking to finally just breathe once again. So much fucking work and stressing out and everything all to be done at the same exact time. My body was screaming it was so exhausted. No sleeping for two weeks can do that to a person.

Man, what a difference a year makes. Honestly. To look back at how Roxy was last year compared to this year and then throw in the fact that I got married, finished up numerous multi-level websites, put a turbo on, flew down and took a train back from freaking Florida to get Roxy, made a 40-page magazine and 13 month calendar for my mom, GOT FREAKING MARRIED, etc etc etc. Then tack on putting everything together for Roxy in my freaking kitchen, all the while making it a point that I didn't give Kate another ruined summer and actually enjoy ourselves for once, I'd say I was fairly satisfied with my level of productivity.

I was finally able to just enjoy OC even with it pissing down rain the entire time. being able to go out and cruise. Being able to go to GTG's and meet friends and drink and talk shit and run on the beach at midnight. Everything I wanted to do last year but was too stressed to do.

So anyhoo, next stages? I'm not sure. I am dabbling with the idea of putting an interior back in and defiantly finishing the bay along with doing something about my stance haha (sorry Ethan)

But anyways, here are some pics. They're Roxy heavy but this is her blog so fuck it if you don't like it. Video coming soon.

Ok, first off, I LOVE this Caddy. I am going to steal every idea he had in his bay. It's the most beautiful bay I've seen in years. Crazy props to the owner.

Got a nice idea for Kate's bay:

Roxy stole some looks at the MK1 GTG:

And finally looked low haha

Baller:

High larious:

We had a great day:

Kate and I won some awards:

After the rain:

kate made new friends at dinner:

Mike (tattoo24v) is artistic:

I got a birthday crab with a candle sticking out of it's back:

And the girls stopped for some photos:

Wheee, it's that time again...

2008-09-27T08:59:00.000-07:00

All in the details I guess

2008-09-22T18:59:00.000-07:00

Long story short. I was intoxicated on the back deck looking down at my center caps. I noticed the "VR" could look like a "JK" when filled in the right spots with metal filler.

Yada yada yada, done and done... custom initials centercap. nice =)

when will these wheels be done?

2008-09-21T19:07:00.000-07:00

Oh yeah, and we stripped the wheels last minute. For a third time.

tick tock

2008-09-19T19:48:00.000-07:00

Hmmm updates

2008-09-17T06:06:00.000-07:00

I has none.

Maybe this:

But that's about it.

Well, maybe this:

But the rest is a secret.

More crap this weekend when I get out of work hell.

New tires bitches!

2008-09-09T16:19:00.000-07:00

oof

2008-09-08T13:34:00.001-07:00

Teasers are lame

2008-09-07T19:35:00.001-07:00

So here are the wheels... almost done!

And a sweet-ass video with new and improved features such as... Music! and shittier editing skills!
(F-it... I'm not a video maker here people. This is my third one so stop hating hahaha)

p.s. If you click on watch in high quality under the view counter you can, well... watch in high quality. Der.

well, that worked out well

2008-09-03T17:36:00.000-07:00

<3 krylon and 2000 grit

p.s. need to polish bolts so don't hate on the rust stylez ;)

So tired

2008-08-29T19:06:00.001-07:00

15 hours in and I am beat. Been sanding these bitches down since wednesday. I'm not into tooting my own horn or anything but it's a wonder how easy it is to refinish wheels. These wheels were BUSTED and now look 9.5/10. Imagine what I could do if I knew how to tig haha

Anyways, they aren't close to being done by Bugout on Sunday but I'll give it the college try. They're all wetsanded for paint but it's been too humid to spray outside so I lost a night of curing time tonight =\ Then I need to paint tomorrow, put them back together, lower my coils, paint my rear rotors and THEN put the new seats in, new carpet and clean everything up for the show.

Not gonna happen but at least I'll be pretty much ready for H20 in a week. Then it's on to my moms project, another week of personal art projects that need to be finished stat let alone everything else including prepping Kate's car for H20 too.

Wheeeeee...

Annnnd one more to finish out the day

2008-08-28T05:50:00.000-07:00

I swear, the frequency and non-funny videos will definitely come to a slow trickle in the very near future. This is just like when you learn what sex is and know you can do it anytime you want. I give our video making career a month tops haha

Oh snap! Number onepointfive!

2008-08-27T20:40:00.000-07:00

everybody loves free shit.

2008-08-27T18:49:00.000-07:00

email me at kate@ohkate.com with your address and I will promptly (sort of) mail off stickers to you.

oh yes, jkrew... master of all things timely

2008-08-26T11:37:00.000-07:00

So I heard about this new thing called youtube...