WEKEAST 2014 – Part 1

Thursday 04 September, 2014 | By Ken

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WekFest 2014 – Part 1  |  Photography by: Kenny Bascon Photography / Pravan Photography  |  Videography: Halcyon Photo  |  Words by: Kenny Bascon

When WekFest brings their tour to the New Jersey Expo and Convention Center, they bring with them only the highest standard of quality builds that represent the East Coast. There’s a reason WekEast is also known as the “East Coast Elites”. So when Wekfest rolls around, you pay attention.

Now in it’s third year, Wekfest did not disappoint. Ride after ride after ride, the East Coast representatives were out in full force putting on another awesome display for the crowds and the world watching through print, online and social media. For our coverage, we decided to switch things up a bit and focus on not just the beautiful cars on display, but just some of the people behind the scenes that make things happen. It’s their work that fuels the passion for someone else to do something amazing. We look forward to seeing that translate into more impressive builds for the future.

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These plaques represent more than any dollar sign. It represents hard work, determination, passion and inspiration.  If we didn’t get your award-winning photo here, sorry about that, but your work speaks for itself and for that we truly appreciate it.

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The Liberty VIP family enjoying a well-deserved cold one while their team always brings the heat.

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Ian taking home another trophy for his continued work with his STi.

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The man at SubieGang, Rick Boostelo getting well deserved 1st Place honors for his STi.

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Steve Florio taking home Euro honors with his Audi S3.

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Will and the golden Lexus reppin’ that East Coast flavor.

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Gold wins again, with Rob of Vraceworks and his 24k coupe getting the honors.

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We were honored to take home Third Place “Best Vendor” at WekFest New Jersey this year. Here’s Edo aka Edwin having some fun while accepting the award.

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The “Dream Time” duo of Will from WD Ultimate taking honors for his Varis wide-body, Greddy Turbo Subaru BRZ and Mark from RavSpec who always takes home top honors with their team and their display.

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Our homie Will from Nostalgia Grains taking home honors for his Datsun Fairlady which was posted up in the SNTRL booth.

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Things were always interesting in the SNTRL booth as you can see.

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Pravan from SNTRL enjoying himself in the Darren’s 240sx.

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JSutai making hearts skip-a-beat with their visually awe-inspiring setups.

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The RavSpec booth had representatives from Works and Weds Wheels giving people a “hands-on” explanation of what makes their wheels so damn awesome.

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J’s Racing killin’ the game with their booth cars.

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Our homie Jay with his “chameleon STi”. We can never get enough of it!

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We <3 the Japanese Classics.

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This Del Sol continues to evolve just beautifully.

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Domestic and Import play nice together.

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This M5 was a true crowd-pleaser.

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You don’t see too many awesome VW Beetle’s modded these days, but Gary from BDegaLife knows exactly what he’s doing.

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I’m a sucker for a Cressida.

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Black is beautiful. Especially when their done right. like these two High Intake Performance builds.

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Becky is one Serious Innovation. 🙂

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Another WekEast 2014 favorite. Not your average Lexus IS build right here.

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Evan of SNTRL was in attendance with his static 350z, and she was looking good.

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Show-stopper FD by Team Regiment Zero.

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Another shot of this incredible wide-body S2000.

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Jhon’s Turbo, Mugen front-end, 9th generation Accord is truly amazing.

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The homie Pat of Wagon Lifestyle always travels in style whether he’s at home in Chicago or on the East Coast.

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Stay tuned for Part 2 coverage of WekFest New Jersey!

We started our coverage with the Official Pre-Meet of WekEast, The PREGAME, then took you inside the show. The fun continues with the “after-show” roll-out photos.

In the meantime, if you haven’t yet seen our PreGame coverage, please click here:  PREGAME Part 1  |  PREGAME Part 2

About the author

Co-founder, Managing Director, Photographer, and editor for SNTRL. To many in the Tri-State, Kenny aka "MAD JDM" needs no introduction. Always out there, always ready, always down.


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