Gallery>> Hellaflush 3.5 Part 1

Buttonwillow racetrack is a good three hours to the two major metropolitan areas in the state of California. It literally is in the middle of no where; the only things around the track are farms, cows, farms, and more cows! Knowing that, it's quite a sight to see such a crowd at a racetrack so far away from anything. Hellaflush 3.5 was held at that racetrack this past weekend, and it drew quite the crowd! 

The Hellaflush meets are generally known as an informal car show filled with tuned automobiles that usually have no interest the hunting of speed! But the event at Buttonwillow was more so of an automotive festival than a hard parking extravaganza

At one end of the racetrack there was some serious drifting…

…on the other end, there was some serious gripping…

…and in the paddock area there was some serious hard parking! 

On this blog post, I'm going to primarily focus on the hard parking side of things at the event. Take this very clean (and flush) Honda Accord. It is a perfect example of a hellaflush car: slam it, fit some crazy wheels under stock fenders, add a roof rack, and (dare I say it?) put on hella stickers!

I love this VIP'd out GS300 that is owned by Christopher Phan. The headlight upgrades are especially cool! 

Check out this fantastic execution of two tone on this WRX. I've never seen it done before, and I do like it. Also, there's that signature hellaflush roof rack again!

This IS300 isn't particularly my flavor, but I do give it credit that it has flare, originality, and the owner's own personal touch. Imagine this car as a rolling graffiti wall. 

The owner had some colored paint pens available so that anyone can stop by and add their own little personal touch to the moving wall of art. The car is like a rolling art installation in that sense. It travels to where ever it goes and people in those travels express themselves onto the car's hood. I have to admit, its a fantastic premise!

Out of the field of late model Subaru, Mazda, Hondas, Lexus, and BMWs, this yellow 1974 KE20 Toyota Corolla stuck out as a show favorite for me. The lowered stance and Celica-Supra wheels are relatively simple mods, but it went a long way for this little car. Love it!

I just love the vintage '70s lines and design details that these old cars have. There's a definite charm to these classics.

There were cars outside of the show are that are pretty cool too. This WRX wagon is insanely low! I think even lower than the cars that are actually in the show! Props to the car owner for that.

Oh, there's that roof rack again!

Here's the man that made this event possible. Here's Mark Arcenal, of Fatlace, looking rather smug about on the issue of the turn out of the event. 

Let me indulge in my love for all things Miata for second. Here's an NB8CE Miata that I immediately fell in love with when I first saw it. It is pretty much completely stock, but lowered on Tein Basic. The wheels are a fantastic, and very rare set of Super Lights. Those two very simple mods make an almost stock car into something very special… 

Here's an earlier NA6CE model of a Miata that is much more fixed up than the previous car. This little jellybean is lowered on V-Maxx coilovers, and is rolling on a set of 15×10 Panasport wheels. You can see the extreme rolling and pulling of the fenders to fit that ostentatious size of a wheel under the fenders! Engine work is basic but effective enough for the everyday butt-dyno. It has a full Racing Beat intake, header, and exhaust system. The car has been resprayed with a custom pearl teal color. It stood out
quite a bit against the backdrop of the grey clouds that day!

This is a Miata that follows a completely different school of thought from the two previous cars. It is a full on go-kart of a track dog with wheels, sticky tires, roll bar, and a front splitter. At this particular moment, this Miata was the lead car for the lunchtime parade lap that everyone can participate in.

It was fun seeing all those super slammed cars putting around the race track…

This Fatlace Lotus Elise was sitting pretty in the show area.

On the opposite end of the track, there was a pitlane full of grip machines. Berk Technologies brought the super seriousness machines out to show and play. This serious looking Nissan 370z just looks furious! I wasn't a fan of the 370z when it was first introduced. But as I saw different tuning companies start to rice out the car in various ways, they quickly grew on me. I'm a full believer of the 370z's styling now.

Here's the Berk Technologies Honda S2K heading out onto the track…

So, there were designated areas for the hard parkers, designated areas the grippers, and on the end of the track was an area designated for the drifters. I instantly fell in love with this two tone S13 Silvia that was sitting in the drifters pit area.

Sliding in that newly restored white FD RX-7 is Formula D driver Calvin Wan. He didn't participate in the team drifting competition but he did drift the course during free practice. He definitely showed the more grassroots drivers what level you have to be at to compete in FD. Calvin drove like he always has: just solid in everyway.

We'll end this post with a photo of Calvin drifting away in his very clean FD. Let me assure you, it sounded as amazing as it looks. Stay tuned for part 2 of the Hellaflush 3.5 coverage where you'll see some wacky antics from the Team Drift Competition!

-Linhbergh

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1

these are some sweet photos.

Adam approved. lol

2

Ahhh, HellaFlush is so useless. If you want a parking lot queen, go VIP. Evos, STis, and Zs weren't meant to sit there and have roof racks put on them. That's just my opinion, though. Great coverage.

3

lol ricks wagon....



its an rs not wrx linhbergh :]

4

I Agree with you Francis. I really don't think they should be slammed either. UNLESS it's an EVO 10 and the new STi lol.

5

Oh, and bad weather seems to make great photos. :)

6

love those 'minilite style' alloys on the first miata, the green one - i do like the Corolla, and in that oroigial issue colour i never thought growing that these types of cheap & cheerful cars would have such a massive fan-base and following decades later, we used to laugh at 'folks' who had them way back when!! love the lotus too with those graphics - nice.. Scoobys (WRX) with roof racks??!! you'd never see that in the UK - unless the owner is "a mountain climber who plays the acoustic guitar" but this one looks tough - FD drifiting.. niiice - one day i'll have to try this drifitng lark - it looks fun!! Great post!!!

7

very rare set of superlights??hahaha *starts business selling superlights from australia to america*





love the photos man

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HERRRAA PLUSSSSSHHHH

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FD RX-7 is Formula D driver Calvin Wan - WALLPAPER!!!



Either image, both good!

10

Stanceworks did an exclusive on that white accord. belongs to keith cheng.



http://www.stanceworks.com/exclusive/?p=4

11

just in advance for any and all hellaflush haters:



yeah we've all heard it before. the dumped suspension and tire-rubbing fitment arent anywhere near ideal for racing. slammed cars often have much higher performance potentials that may go to waste (ie_ Evos, STIs, S2000s, Zs, etc). its difficult to live with on a daily basis and a red flag for referee-referals. blah blah blah



but what if you dont really care about any of that? what if clean style and individuality are what you want more than anything else in your ride? then it makes perfect sense to slam good-looking cars like the Z or the S2000 at the slight expense of capping maximum performance. theres plenty of tracked street cars and stoplight racers out there-- not that there's anything at all wrong with them-- but hellaflush is what's new, what's radical, and what looks good. it's a new movement in automotive style and haters can, as always, kindly shut up and move out of the way.



http://www.youtube.com/user/DRFTmonkeh

12

Wallpaper of the second pic, please!!! Very nice! Cool ambiance.

13

also dont hate on the yakima. those things are dope. you can carry whatever crap you can tie down on them, and they only add to a car's character. props to mark arcenal and fatlace for turning the offset-is-everything mentality into a nation-wide phenomenon (and for reppin the bay hella hard ahah).

hella <3 NorCal



http://www.youtube.com/user/DRFTmonkeh

14

More of the black z33 next to the grafitti lexus please!

15

What type of headlights are on the Lexus GS300? Are they LED headlights? Or just a cluster of small projectors with the lamp behind them??

16

2nd to last photo needs to be a desktop!!

17

The lights on the Lexus GS are from the Infiniti Q45...it's retro-fitted. Google it and you will find it.

18

hey linberg, great shots. can i ask what lens/es you used? the sharpness and depth of field are realllly making these pop. especially the photo of the hood drawing.

19

MELS TWO TONE COUPE! WOO!

20

So what's up with Hellaflush cars and roof racks anyways?

21

in the first pic, 3 cars from the front, is that sube wagon on corvette saw blades?

22

I love Miata's just as much as you, Linhbergh, if not more...but these are some ugly examples. If anything, that green NB is the only nice one. And i hate NBs.



That Fatlace Elise is pretty dope though.

23

You can keep your roof racks and stickers! A few well executed cars though...

24

Damn Linhbergh.... sick photos yet again!!! Nice job man!

26

Can anyone spot out the rims on that 370Z? Those look sweet...

I wan that!

27

Please put the first photo of S2000 in deskops,PLEASEEEE! It looks soo pretty and agressive!

28

I love those Mustang wheels on that two tone S13. :) Nice post man!

29

@cruelheart - thanks, love dis hating =D



@linbergh - awesome photos! lovin' dat vip-gs

30

so yakima racks are for hellaflush now...what a tool...



these people(myself included) have racks because they bike or snowboard and need to carry them. anything with hellaflush is always regarded as a stereotype.."and there's a roof rack" there's some stickers"



that's stupid..that's like looking at any tuner car and saying "there's an exhaust" "there's some wheels"



stick with your normal cars speedhunters and let the people who actually know whats up deal with hellaflush and the fitment side of the game. normally your stuff is good lindberg, but not today.

31

@ DRFTmonkeh: Hellaflush is NOT expressing individuality when everyone is trying to do the same thing.

32

I don't mind the style of some hellaflush cars (since thats what it is, a style). Except for the ridiculous camber that just unnecessarily wastes tires on some, most look pretty good. But PLEASE for the love of god STOP SAYING HELLA to describe everything, you sound like a bunch of 5th graders!

33

to reiterate what i just said, this is what you remind me of. and thats NOT a good thing

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/150895

34

Wait I know I didn't read that the Berk Technologies 370z was being referenced as "riced out"? That is quite far from "riced out".

35

what do you drive then robert? a completely homebuilt car with diy mods, or a cookiecutter tuner like everyone else??

36

its was a pretty fun day out there hella chill for the mostpart.



me and my homie were kinda trippen with dudes like matt calvin and justin just hanging around lol



37

@tim there DPE they looked stupidcool in person too!

38

no BMW love??? I want pictures of the BERK 135i!!!

39

Best picture I have seen of a 370 yet. I am beginning to like it more from this angle

40

I wanna see more pics of that subie with C4 wheels!

41

Everyone hates!



It's not your car. Why do you car so much what they do with them?

42

@wumbo what difference does it make what anyone drives... isnt "hellaflush" a section of the the automotive game where everyone does the same exact thing as other "as you put it cookie cutter tuner cars" by slapping on low offset semi wide to wide wheels, stretched tires, and dumping it on the floor...



see how your statement can be adopted to combat your own response... upgrade your brain stance home slice

43

What's the point of having a gathering of these cars at a race track? They have been modified so they won't function properly on the street, much less on a track. Sure, they are nice to look at, but using that venue for a glamor show is an insult to racers.

44

whats up with these haters anyway? if you dont like them why are you still lookin at hellaflush pictures? if you dont like them shut up and move to other topics. if you dont care, why hate? outta here!

45

If I wanted a lowrider (which is what these cars are... nothing else), I would personally pick a '64 Chevy Impala, but to each their own I guess.

46

"but hellaflush is what's new, what's radical, and what looks good"



Yes... HellaFlush is, indeed, what's new... and I guess you could say it is "radical" as well... but it sure as hell doesn't look good!

47

hella gay, my opnion,

just a bunch of pretty boys

ahahahah

ill stick to my track cars!

48

Theo, the even was actually a Team Drift Event, with grip driving on the side for 100, and on top of all that, its a meet. A ALL IN ONE. =) HELLAFLUSH HELLADOPE FILTHIEST.

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Theo, the even was actually a Team Drift Event, with grip driving on the side for 100, and on top of all that, its a meet. A ALL IN ONE. =) HELLAFLUSH HELLADOPE FILTHIEST.

50

yeah i agree with theo aswell,

its kinda a slap in the face

51

Calvin Wan's Rx-7 wallpaper, fries and a drink Thank You

52

Only if you guys are there to see the event for yourself and not let your keyboard do the talk for you. The event was pack with great people that just want to have fun and not think bout what other have to say.



53

The HellaFlush movement im realy enjoying it.. it was the way i was drawing cars since i was i lil boy.

54

we need wallpapers for the RX-7, both Corollas, Berk and fatlace cars, and the Lexus

55

Linhbergh takes good photos, but there's way too much darkness and contrast in them. I think he should take clearer picutres.

56

Ahhh, remember when DUB was the IT movement? Like DUB, HellaFlush will fade just like all "trends" before it. I'm not a HellaFlush hater, I just don't follow the trend. It does look cool, but it gets played out. Soon, JADA Toys will be selling stock-bodied 1:24 scale 350Zs with flush stance instead of 350Zs on 24s. ~GAG~

57

is Mark Arcenal,a filipino? cool photos, especially the old school corolla.

58

Oh cool. My s13 got a shot taken that makes it look decent.

59

I'm diggin that KE20 on MA61 rims :'D

Hubs converted to 114.3 or complete struts & diff changed out?

60

Woop, KE20 Corolla! So good.

61

That Accord is bomb!

62

How is this event a slap to the face when it fills up anyone into the import (euro/jdm) scene. Everything was there, DRIFT, HELLAFLUSHNESS, VIP, GRIP, Etc. Im confused here, just wondering, its like a 67 boss mustang being garaged and only being run once a month, is that a slap to the face?

63

This makes as much sense as the video game event being held at a race track. Neither one has anything to do with a race track.

It's not much of a surprise that this cosmetic fad has so many fans among a video game oriented website. Actual function of an automobile is irrelevant to both, it's just a skin for game play. It could just as easily be a picture of a kid riding an inverted trash can lid around a virtual track. The picture has nothing to do with the function, it's all just variables running on a computer program.

64

@Mazdaspeed619SD said it best.



why yall fightin for lol.



the event was fun! like he said saw some speed saw some flush and saw some smoke.

what more can i ask for.

65

The carshow was a nice addition to everything else going on that day.



I liked it.

66

The hellaflush portion of the show was an addition to the main event (The Team Drift Championship) which we put together. If anyone really knows what we're about then you understand why we did it. I, along with the rest of my friends) race, track, drift cars, kart and have a love for slammed cars on the street so it makes complete sense to do this event. It seems like there's too much tunnel vision going on.



Also the Lotus didnt just sit pretty in the show, we ran it hard in the advanced group. It's got 340hp / 285 to the wheels.

67

Also, roof racks aren't a prerequisite. There's just racks.

68

Damn! Dope shots! Thanks for that one with my car in it. haha

69

Hey Nathan Ong.. is that pic of the last MidAtlantic240SX BBQ meet that you went to or something? I'm going to try to attend this next one coming up April 24th. That is, if I can get my zenki repainted and transported from Arizona to Virginia Beach on time. (I'm in the military. Moved to VA - long story short.)



I say to everyone, if you have an s-chassis and you're on the east coast, bring some food and come hang out!! :D

http://forums.ma240sx.net/showthread.php?tid=4425

70

I Hellalove the look and the fitment!

71

Six months, maybe a year, this fad plays itself out too, and just like lowrider pickup trucks dragging down the street or parachute pants, we all laugh at the stupid things other people used to do, and no one will admit to having done the stupid things themselves. Be proud before the shame sets in.

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