I'm currently sitting in the lounge area at the Planet Zero Anime center in Houston, Texas overseeing a room filled with JDM import arcade machines. The sun is going down and I'm working away on updating the Speedhunters website while Linhbergh is out shooting two amazing super-slammed Nissans. We've come here to shoot a raff of dropped cars in preparation for November's "Slammed" theme and Texas seems to be one of the best places to source this style of car.
We're also gearing up to shoot the Access Zero number 42 car show here in Houston tomorrow night. Our host, John from Planet Zero has been doing an amazing job promoting the collaboration and Linhbergh and I are pretty excited to see what the Houston car scene has to offer.
We knew things were off to a great start when this JDM import Cube picked us up at the Houston airport last night. Notice the Speedhunters logo on the rear window. It seems these guys really like our site!
Next it was time to get some Japanese food where Linhbergh and one of our hosts Tito bonded over their deep and worryingly vast knowledge of Fast & Furious movie lines…
Then it was time to get down to business to do our short list of cars to do feature shoots over the course of the next 2 days.
John and Tido had lined up a dizzying number of different cars for Linhbergh and I to shoot, but we had to choose which ones the focus on.
Selection done, it was time for Tito and John to get on the phone to arrange times, locations and meeting points.
I've also been busy finishing up my Irwindale stories… hope you like what we've been putting out recently.
John from Planet Zero is also the proud owner of a special Top Secret built Infiniti G37 which was shown at the Tokyo Auto Salon this past January. He actually let me drive it too!
Linhbergh and him did a shoot with the car this morning, but I elected to stay to keep working away on Speedhunters stories.
This is our host John from Planet Zero BTW…
We've been tooling around Houston in the Top Secret car running errands… The car is smooth as silk and feels quite refined to drive compared to the muscle madness of the Shelby Terlingua I had in LA earlier this week.
Poor Linhbergh is looking a bit sleepy having got up at 05:00 this morning to shoot the G37 at sunrise… Here we are visiting Underground Graphics where John gets a lot of his stickers done up.
The Underground Graphics office had a rather comprehensive collection of Japanese themed Diecasts covering two full walls.
Linhbergh and I had a good chuckle about the Fast & Furious cars hahaha… Of course he could list off all the lines!
Everything does seem bigger in Texas! Even normal side roads have a hugeness about them… all very interesting. In driving the Top Secret G37 around, it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to have a slammed car here compared to other parts of the world. At least on first impression.
Aha now here's where things get good… one of our first cars to shoot arrives…. We've previously featured this G35 as a quick spotlight, but now it will get the full treatment.
What can I say, the car looks amazing in the flesh, especially with its new white colours.
And a friend arrives… It's all good!
Linhbergh was drooling! Soon they were off to shoot the cars.
Anyway we're looking forward to seeing what Houston has to offer tomorrow night at the Access Zero 42 show. So if you are nearby come on down and say hi! We're also going to pick one car from the show to feature as our November "Slammed" Calendar Desktop background.
Planet Zero Anime Center
11920A Westheimer, Houston, TX 77077
Tel: 281-531-ZERO
Date: Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Time: Parking starts at 7PM (but come early)
See you there!
:R
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man that's dope! Can't wait to see what's in store this month. I hope you guys shoot some socal slammed cars
nice article Rod .. lovin the 4 door.
HELL MUTHA FKKN YES !!!!!
we will be there in full force reppin the houston scene bringing our culture the import community back to its roots. look for us we will be there passing out NOS drink samples for all to enjoy !!!!!!
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Welcome to Houston!!!! We look foward to meeting you.
Brent@Tunerlifestyletv.com
Very much looking forward to this exciting car event. Thanks Rod & Linhbergh for coming out to feature our Houston car scene! ^ - ^
(This is Deneice btw...lol)
Pics look good espically the one of my interior on the laptop. cant wait to read the rest of the article and see all the pics hope i can come to the meet on saturday
Exciting stuff happening in Houston right now. Linhbergh is a magician with the camera and it was funny seeing him driving the JDM Cube on Westheimer, kept hitting the wipers instead of the turn signals lol. Rod is as European as I am! Looking forward to some awesome articles on the cars being shot right now!
I'll be there tomorrow in the e30 along with some other San Antonio guys.
I look forward to seeing you guys there, I am sure you have had a great time with john hosting you around the big city!!!! The car scene here is amazing and you will not be let down! maybe you will catch team sunworks in a few shots
Thanks john, and speedhunters!!! Houston its time!!
Yo Dom, why you gotta bring the busta?!
I am surprised by the lack of FnF quotes in here:
"It's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car."
"I NEVER NARC'D ON NOBODY!"
Whoa ------
First older JDM Cube i've ever seen stateside.
speechless!
Awesome! Cannot wait for the features of the cars they're shooting! Linhbergh is a magician with the camera; Funny watching him drive the Cube on Westheimer :-p hitting the wipers instead of the turn signals everytime. Rod is as European as I am!
and notice...........the titanium exhaust
Can't wait to meet you guys tmw!
Pictures look awesome
see you guys bright and early tmw
that g37 is rice, you know since you call everything rice
LOL @ Brent. LOL @ Linhbergh.
Speedhunting in Houston is going down!
PS A couple of Nissan SR20's would pull a premium one week before race wars.
enjoyed this post.. especially enjoyed hearing that november will be "slammed" month!! cant wait to see the features!
Welcome to Houston Linhbergh and Rod! Can't wait for tomorrow!!!
"I need more time to crack the case!!!!......if you need tIme, get the magazine!!!"
Make sure to treat my boy Edafe well during tomorrow morning's photo shoot. Welcome to Texas!
Aww man, wish I was still state side, just to holler at you guys. Can't believe I've never seen these cars before though, they look sick.
Low is a lifstyle and airride is cheating. Houston does it big but those who ride on coils and daily there rides should get the limeight. If u aint rubbin scrappin and routing your whole day on what streets you can and cannot take then you aint low.
Welcome to Houston! I hope you guys will enjoy your time here and I look forward to meeting you guys!!
THE BUSTA BROUGHT ME BACK!!!
Lol Linhbergh we can go back and forth all day!! lolz. Can't wait till tonight and show how it goes down here in the Lone Star State!!!
You're brave! You're brave! They call me Hector. Gotta last name too, but I can't pronounce it
^^^sigh. Thats all I will say to that.
Looking forward to this event tonight. Welcome to Houston Speed Hunters.
Good Article Speedhunters. Is this the first time Linhbergh has shown his face =0?
Amazing pictures guys. I feel hyped already for the meet tonight! I hope to meet some of you
John Leigh has done it again! Planet Zero is amazing and does an insane job hosting some of the highest quality events and should be feared as John soon will take over the world as Import Dominator!
The G37 looks perfect! It should considering it has been blessed by Top Secret! Beautiful!
Swat Performance will be on scene!
Peace.
Z11 Cube FTW. Maylay's car is off the walll.
i will be out there shooting pictures!
It was a pleasure having y'all (notice the TX flair), stop by Underground Graphics. Sry we were a bit busy, so we didn't have the opportunity to talk about all the cool shit we do here at Underground, ...it's not all die cast cars, we actually do graphics too. See you guys at the Planet Zero!
Yeah. Now this is what I'm talking about! Houston is doing big things. Tunerlifestyletv will be out doing our video thang. Congratulations John. This should be a huge event.
LoVe the pic the G37 from the backside
the taillights are effing cool
living the life,..hard
Go CoogS!!!!! Have fun in Htown! And No, Houston we don't have a problem! T.E. to T.E.!!!! Y'all come back now, ya hear?!!! lol
this shit is bananas!!!! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!!!!! great cars, great music, great people!
PZ is where it's at! Good meet!
your my favorite porn star =)
team ikon 2010 swinging hard!!!
PZ ftw!!!
Wow I can't believe the turnout was this big! I'm here as we speak. This is a pretty killer meet; I'm glad I came out. (: Keep it up!!!!
wowowowowowowwww
planet zero rocks but im the shit of planet zero
feelin this shiiitttt sonnnnnnnnnn
carss are siiiiick as fckkk
WOOOOO
ooohhh meee so horny!!!!!!
speedhunters meet is the best yet!!!!
there is sooooo much stance here
It's awesome! It's so crowdeddd, whooo!!
Wow, I've never seen Planet Zero like this.
love it =)
and the cars are hot ;]
I like the fine woman dancing in front of me
!!!!!
LIke cars
dope ass meet!! houstons doing it big..keep up the work
sick coverage nice cars best meet so far guys keep it up congrats on the coverage john
I like how u all match u look sexy
this place crazyyyyy
this place crazyyyyy
this place is cool
The Pz meets are always good this one had a good turn out hopefully Speedhunters.com will return./
looking good and ood luck
i am having fun
awesome!!11!!!
Wow, nice meet, tons of nice cars, good job~~
is pretty badass cause of all the cars out here......
Great turnout. Speedhunters came out and had a great time!
the event was awesome
Weeeee here at PZ see all the puurty carz lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala k i'll stop
GREAT turnout!!!
Lots of badass cars here and the music is awesome.
badass meet great turnout... nice car great people great place. all in all just pretty freakin sick!!!!!!
Awesome, good turn out, bunch of people and cars, hot chicks with costume you know.
best meet ever
I like the event but I don't really know what's going on with the cars, I just knew about the maids and teh all girl SF4 tourney. I wish I knew specifics about what's all going on with the car meet. =)
WOOOO!!!! It's sooo packed here! It's pretty cool!
biggest turjn out ive seen heree.
best meet ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PZ is an awesome meet! place to be!
this place is the effin bomb!!!!
The cars here are uber sexxy like xxx style
Pure Awesomeness!!!!!!!!!!!!
bad ass the best show in texas
PZ is great, good games, great location, lots of parking spaces. i lurv the guhs in da maid outfits, especially Lana.
awesome meet! A+
fantastic! great turn out! definitely keepin the scene happenin'... great!!
This meet is pretty great. Lots of great looking cars out here. Hope all of you have a safe night. Laterz.
good meet. cant wait e.
nice place!
Had fun this meet like all the others ive been to!!!
SICK ass hell!!!!
planet zeroo wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
adam is pure awesome
call me
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planet zeroo wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
adam is pure awesome
call me
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planet zero rocks
adam is amazing............... no joke
i heart john tooo
speedhunters are the shit
and im the shit too
LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
i like it because theres alot of nice cars
fun
PACKED
WOOO I LOVE VY!!! =D PZ IS AWESOME!!! HAHAHAHA xD
this meet is epic
loved it just wished the ricers didnt show up.
show was sick
show was sick
awsommusic and cars
this off the chain
Planet Zero rules WOOOOO
This has been crazy!!!!!
this has been awesome!!!
a great turn out had a blast. thank you planet zero!!
wow biggest turnout ive seen in a good while in Houston period, john of pz ur the man way to bring it back and once again speedhunters thnk for coming all the way to houston to see what we got
Yo tonight was freakin sick!!!!!!!!!
Literally felt like a car show out there!!
Thnx to John, Paul, Tito, all the crews, and everyone else for puttin this Access Zero(42) on the Calender!!!
Awesome Peeps, Dope Rides, Hot Girls, and Real Music...WELCOME TO H-TOWN!!!!
Cant wait till IR!!!
Great meet!
Awesome meet. Speeeedhunteeeersss!!
I <3 Linhbergh. He's so cute
Awesome! I had a wonderful time!
Excellent show tonight,
Thanks to speedhunters for coming out to the PZ meet and John for setting this up right as usual!
See ya next time.
Those Speedhunters videos playing on the front of the building are the shiznit!!!!! WOW!!
HAHAHA...why does Linhbergh call everything rice?! Welcome to Houston!!
Had such a great time. Thank you for coming to Houston!! I love this site! Cant wait to see the articles on the cars y'all shot!
Jace's gf has a hot freinds :p
aggghh..i've been reading articles for the past 3 hours. Thank you Speedhunters, now I wont get to sleep
Speedhunters makes the best videos!!
Duuuddddeeee. Speedhuntersss was awesomeeee!!!
Spectacular meet! <3 Rod & Linhbergh!!! 
fantastic car show last night! thanks for coming out to shoot
first time attending a car meet and i had so much fun!!! found some badass cars and everyone was freaking awesome!
thank you!!!
Linhbergh has a Houston Fan Club now! Groupies and all
PS Wait, hold up, hold up. Look at this snowman right here, man. Sweet ride! Whatcha runnin' under there, man?
Such an amazing night! So many people, so many cool cars. Huge thanks to our PZ team for running such a smooth event. And thanks again, Rod & Linhbergh for making things happen with us! You guys are HELLA AWESOME!
For good times call me
832-744-0200
hahahha it was HELLA THROW'D!!!!!!
where are the 786 car pics
786 cars were there 0-o ??
Houston represent!!!
Big thanks to John for hosting, Linbergh & Rod for brining out all top-shelf ride.
this was an awesome event, i really enjoyed the viewz.
It was crazy~~ (^^)
Rod and Lindberg thanks for absolutely everything you guys came and did here. You guys are super duper HELLA THROWD!!! Lindberg we will send you a case of Drank and Rod imma get you another fedora =p
Rod and Lindberg thanks for absolutely everything you guys came and did here. You guys are super duper HELLA THROWD!!! Linhbergh we will send you a case of Drank and Rod imma get you another fedora =p
Tito, ur so great that you post 2 same comments back to back? noob!
Hey, wait, hold up! I don't have any cash, but I do have the pink slip to my car
ask any racer... any real racer....... it dont matter if u win by an inch of mind winnig is winng......... ooooohhh shit we got cops cops cops cops goooooooooooo
Nice wheels. Whatcha running under there?
I almost had you!!!
Great photos! I have always loved the early gens of the Cube, the one's we didn't get
Great to see one here! ;D
Were those more Fast and Furious lines? I'm confused. Hahaha.
Woooooooow! :))) I don't remember seing SOOOO MANY comments on a Speedhunters feature before 141+!? sick!!!! I think we've got ourselves a new wave, right here...!
YES!
i remember linh IMing me... "smokey nagata will not be imprzd" D: THE RICE...OH GOD THE RICE