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Wence’s 02 WRX Winter Setup

It’s kind of ironic that today’s the first day of Spring, but this was really the only time we both had time to take some snaps of his winter setup. The area we shot in didn’t have very smooth road and it got dark a lot faster than I expected, but I think the shots still came out okay.  Here are the others: And a couple B&Ws: Wence’s summer setup can be found previously posted here:  https://www.arminausejo.com/2009/07/23/wences-02-wrx-published-on-tunerzine-com/

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The Quad Sakura 2010

Yesterday, March 6th marked my annual visit to my Alma Mater’s “Quad, ” which features cherry blossoms or “sakura.”  The sakura were in bloom earlier than usual this year thanks to Él Niño, and with a grey and wet forecast upcoming, it was more packed than any of the previous years I’ve visited.  Nevertheless, the Quad was as gorgeous as always, and continues to prove that the University of Washington’s campus is more visually appealing and stunning than any other […]

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Portfolio Update — Thanks, SmugMug!

Thanks to the wonderfulness that is SmugMug‘s new “Show Off” feature, I’ve updated my portfolio pages with SmugMug’s new Flash-powered slide show.  I also have to thank RJ DeGuzman for showing me where to find it!  I find this new Flash-powered slide show to be a lot less clunky than the previous one I was using, plus since it’s powered by SmugMug, it’s extremely easy to update and I don’t have to upload photos to multiple places.  I also updated […]

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EPIC Engineering 09 WRX from Alki

With over 600 miles and a couple weeks to let the springs settle, I met up with our tester to take final photos of his 09 WRX with EPIC Engineering springs to show off the drop after the springs have fully settled.  Everything looks great and he’s very happy!  We hope to start selling them very soon.  Here is another photo, along with just a nice simple landscape showing off Seattle’s gorgeous skyline.  It sure doesn’t feel like February here!

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EPIC Engineering Springs for 09+ WRX

My work with Dan and EPIC Engineering continues, now in a more formal marketing role.  Along with just taking photos, I’m also more involved in the R&D process and marketing the brand and products on various media, including online forums like NASIOC.  Above is the latest set of lowering springs that we’re testing for the 09+ WRX.  Special thanks to Kevin for allowing us to use his car for testing.  The testing is going very well, as is the reception […]

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