Chapter 7: Hot Import Nights; Jon Makes a New Friend
"Hey Jeff, we goin to Import Nights this year?" asked Hieu.
"Hieu, you even got to ask?"
"You're right man, how many years we been goin now?"
"Shit, been a long time. Must be 3 or 4 years now. Ever since I bought that MR2, I remember that."
"Yeah man. The good old days."
"You know it."
Jon spoke up. "When you guys gonna register us?"
Hieu replied, "Why don't you do it right now? Go to HotImportNights.com. Register us there. Get us about, oh, I don't know, how bout three spots? That sound good to you Jeff?"
"Yup, that sounds about right. Go for it."
Jon went to the computer in the DAiMYo garage office. He came out five minutes later. "Alright ladies and gentlemen, we are signed up. January 26 is the date, Del Mar is the location." Jeff had given his S2000 to Diane when he had fixed up the Ferrari a little bit. The Ferrari was currently running 604.3 horsepower with the parts Jeff had gotten from Koenig. He had been able to pay for the parts they had on it so far with funds from racing, and hadn't had to rip off any trucks yet. When they went for the 800 horsepower, Jeff would need some extra money for that. That is where the trucks would come in.
Anyway, the date was January 21, so they had to get to work making the cars look good as hell for the show. First thing to do was to take out the engines. They had to do this in order to clean and polish the engine's components. Chroming was done to all parts of the engine. Then they had to clean out the interior of the car. Then, they had to clean the outside of the car. All this was done, then the cars were waxed to make them extra shiny. A body kit from Lingenfelter came in on the morning of January 25. "Shit Jeff, you sure you wanna try to put these on your car right now?" asked Jon. "Yeah man, we want the cars to look all pretty for the show," replied Jeff. "Yeah, but if we put the kit on now and the color doesn't match, we'll need to get a new paint job, and it's pretty damn hard to get a one day paint job. Well, a good one at least."
"Yeah, but I need to get it painted anyway. I'm thinkin' yellow. What do you guys think?"
"Damn Jeff, what is it with you and your obsession with yellow cars?" asked Huong.
Hieu piped up. "Don't ask man, need to know basis. You don't need to know."
DAiMYo put the body kit onto the 360 Modena Spider and took it down to the painting place. Jeff had them put a seven-coat Spa Yellow NSX paintjob on the Ferrari. The car was stylin' and Jeff drew many an envious look as he drove it back to the garage to prep for the show.
The exhaust tones of the four DAiMYo cars roared on early on the morning of January 26. They rocketed down the 5 North toward Del Mar to get there before the afternoon rush of entries pulled in to get set up for the night. They pulled into the Del Mar Fairgrounds and parked in the entries parking lot. Jeff and Hieu walked up to the window and asked them where the sites for DAiMYo Racing were located. The guy told them that they were on the west side of the infield (inside the horse track). DAiMYo drove over to their site and set up the cars.
They parked and got out to talk about the distribution of their cars over their spot.
"Diane, the S2000 is gonna be the main attraction to draw people in. We're gonna have strobes placed on it, and maybe we'll throw in some neons—shit! Anybody bring the Neons?" asked Jeff.
"Fuckin A! Who left the fuckin' neons at home!?" exclaimed Hieu.
"Shit, that was me, I'm sorry," said Huong.
"Huong, go back and get 'em."
"Alright, once again, I'm sorry."
Huong jumped in his Supra and ripped up grass as he tore out of there in a roar of exhaust tone. "Alright, now that that's done, let's continue with the layout. Anyone else have suggestions?" asked Jeff. "Yeah man. Let's put the neon's under the cars and put some on the interiors to light up the inside. Maybe we can also put a neon around the license plates. I saw that on a Celica the other day. Looked fuckin dope," said Jon.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," agreed Hieu.
"Alright, let's do that then. How we gonna set up the cars?"
"Well, what we could do, is set one of them up over there…….."
The big night. Hot Import Nights in Del Mar, CA. One of the biggest import shows in the US. DAiMYo had gotten set and had one of the best sites at the show so far. Dom's crew was set up in a site about 300 yards away. Diane's S2000 was drawing people like flies to a horses ass. A huge crowd was formed around the car. Magazine photographers were taking pictures of the car, inside and out. Diane popped the hood and the crowd gasped. The engine was as shiny as a mirage in the desert; hell it was even shinier. Then Huong and Jeff drew the curtain to reveal the other 3 cars that DAiMYo had brought to the show. Another gasp went up from the crowd.
The Supra, Ferrari, and NSX were lined up strategically to show them off. But something was wrong with the NSX. Since the windows were tinted, nobody could see inside, but the fog on the windows blocked the view even more. The car was also rocking for some reason. Jeff walked around to the passenger side and opened the door, peering inside. Jon was lying on his back, Rowena Galam (the hottest damn import model you ever seen in your life) was straddling him; both of their pants were off and Rowena's shirt was off too. "Holy shit Jon! You're a fuckin' Pinoy pimp!" Jeff started to close the door, then turned around once more to get another view of Rowena's tits. "Damn those are nice." Jeff closed the door and told the people to back away from the NSX for the moment, but they could continue looking and taking pictures of the other cars. The neons accented the cars perfectly. The green neons under the S2000 and the Ferrari went perfectly with the cars' colors.
The 360 Spider won the Best of Show award, and Jon's NSX won Best Acura of Show. Diane's S2000 won Best Honda of Show, and Huong's Supra won Best Interior Design for his custom interior that he had designed and made himself.
"Dope show guys, same time next year?" asked Jeff.
"No doubt."
"Hey Jeff, we goin to Import Nights this year?" asked Hieu.
"Hieu, you even got to ask?"
"You're right man, how many years we been goin now?"
"Shit, been a long time. Must be 3 or 4 years now. Ever since I bought that MR2, I remember that."
"Yeah man. The good old days."
"You know it."
Jon spoke up. "When you guys gonna register us?"
Hieu replied, "Why don't you do it right now? Go to HotImportNights.com. Register us there. Get us about, oh, I don't know, how bout three spots? That sound good to you Jeff?"
"Yup, that sounds about right. Go for it."
Jon went to the computer in the DAiMYo garage office. He came out five minutes later. "Alright ladies and gentlemen, we are signed up. January 26 is the date, Del Mar is the location." Jeff had given his S2000 to Diane when he had fixed up the Ferrari a little bit. The Ferrari was currently running 604.3 horsepower with the parts Jeff had gotten from Koenig. He had been able to pay for the parts they had on it so far with funds from racing, and hadn't had to rip off any trucks yet. When they went for the 800 horsepower, Jeff would need some extra money for that. That is where the trucks would come in.
Anyway, the date was January 21, so they had to get to work making the cars look good as hell for the show. First thing to do was to take out the engines. They had to do this in order to clean and polish the engine's components. Chroming was done to all parts of the engine. Then they had to clean out the interior of the car. Then, they had to clean the outside of the car. All this was done, then the cars were waxed to make them extra shiny. A body kit from Lingenfelter came in on the morning of January 25. "Shit Jeff, you sure you wanna try to put these on your car right now?" asked Jon. "Yeah man, we want the cars to look all pretty for the show," replied Jeff. "Yeah, but if we put the kit on now and the color doesn't match, we'll need to get a new paint job, and it's pretty damn hard to get a one day paint job. Well, a good one at least."
"Yeah, but I need to get it painted anyway. I'm thinkin' yellow. What do you guys think?"
"Damn Jeff, what is it with you and your obsession with yellow cars?" asked Huong.
Hieu piped up. "Don't ask man, need to know basis. You don't need to know."
DAiMYo put the body kit onto the 360 Modena Spider and took it down to the painting place. Jeff had them put a seven-coat Spa Yellow NSX paintjob on the Ferrari. The car was stylin' and Jeff drew many an envious look as he drove it back to the garage to prep for the show.
The exhaust tones of the four DAiMYo cars roared on early on the morning of January 26. They rocketed down the 5 North toward Del Mar to get there before the afternoon rush of entries pulled in to get set up for the night. They pulled into the Del Mar Fairgrounds and parked in the entries parking lot. Jeff and Hieu walked up to the window and asked them where the sites for DAiMYo Racing were located. The guy told them that they were on the west side of the infield (inside the horse track). DAiMYo drove over to their site and set up the cars.
They parked and got out to talk about the distribution of their cars over their spot.
"Diane, the S2000 is gonna be the main attraction to draw people in. We're gonna have strobes placed on it, and maybe we'll throw in some neons—shit! Anybody bring the Neons?" asked Jeff.
"Fuckin A! Who left the fuckin' neons at home!?" exclaimed Hieu.
"Shit, that was me, I'm sorry," said Huong.
"Huong, go back and get 'em."
"Alright, once again, I'm sorry."
Huong jumped in his Supra and ripped up grass as he tore out of there in a roar of exhaust tone. "Alright, now that that's done, let's continue with the layout. Anyone else have suggestions?" asked Jeff. "Yeah man. Let's put the neon's under the cars and put some on the interiors to light up the inside. Maybe we can also put a neon around the license plates. I saw that on a Celica the other day. Looked fuckin dope," said Jon.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," agreed Hieu.
"Alright, let's do that then. How we gonna set up the cars?"
"Well, what we could do, is set one of them up over there…….."
The big night. Hot Import Nights in Del Mar, CA. One of the biggest import shows in the US. DAiMYo had gotten set and had one of the best sites at the show so far. Dom's crew was set up in a site about 300 yards away. Diane's S2000 was drawing people like flies to a horses ass. A huge crowd was formed around the car. Magazine photographers were taking pictures of the car, inside and out. Diane popped the hood and the crowd gasped. The engine was as shiny as a mirage in the desert; hell it was even shinier. Then Huong and Jeff drew the curtain to reveal the other 3 cars that DAiMYo had brought to the show. Another gasp went up from the crowd.
The Supra, Ferrari, and NSX were lined up strategically to show them off. But something was wrong with the NSX. Since the windows were tinted, nobody could see inside, but the fog on the windows blocked the view even more. The car was also rocking for some reason. Jeff walked around to the passenger side and opened the door, peering inside. Jon was lying on his back, Rowena Galam (the hottest damn import model you ever seen in your life) was straddling him; both of their pants were off and Rowena's shirt was off too. "Holy shit Jon! You're a fuckin' Pinoy pimp!" Jeff started to close the door, then turned around once more to get another view of Rowena's tits. "Damn those are nice." Jeff closed the door and told the people to back away from the NSX for the moment, but they could continue looking and taking pictures of the other cars. The neons accented the cars perfectly. The green neons under the S2000 and the Ferrari went perfectly with the cars' colors.
The 360 Spider won the Best of Show award, and Jon's NSX won Best Acura of Show. Diane's S2000 won Best Honda of Show, and Huong's Supra won Best Interior Design for his custom interior that he had designed and made himself.
"Dope show guys, same time next year?" asked Jeff.
"No doubt."