Orangeball 2010 – The Shenanigans

October 5, 2010 By

While most of the people who stayed at the Ramada in 2010 were sound asleep getting energy for their long rides home, some of us were up to a prank of epic proportions.

Our friend James returned to his room at 2am from a night of partying with people from another hotel (grr…) so our 10 man A-Team needed to take action!  We busted out 2000 feet of plastic wrap, pink duct tape and old sandwiches and got to work at 3am.

Interwoven within the layers and layers of plastic were some funky smelling Prosciutto and Capicola sandwiches we had lying around from when the Orangeball took off 2 days prior.  Most of the open holes were plugged up, unfortunately raccoons ate the sandwiches we left in the exhaust pipe.

The end product was finalized with a giant veiny pink cock on the side of the car, a handbrake symbol on the hood and a can of Bud Light on the antenna.  Not bad for an hour and a half of work.

Sunday morning came and a mysterious brown box appeared on the roof of the car, I guess someone else found the car while we were asleep and added to the masterpiece.  What would James think of our handy work?

Thumbs up from the man himself!  Good work guys! Now it’s time to clean all that crap off and pump up for Orangeball 2011!

Until next year Orangeballers!  Check out the rest of the set below!

Photos taken by MjK Photography.  Check out Orangeball 2010 – The Ride, Orangeball 2010 – The Party and Orangeball 2010 – The Show.

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H2Oi 2010 – Waterfest vs. H2Oi

September 29, 2010 By

Photos by Castro

People often ask “What’s the difference between Waterfest and H2Oi (besides location)?  In 2010 I decided to make the trip to Ocean City, Maryland for the first time to answer that question.

I’ve been a devoted Waterfest guy since I first went back in 2007.  Truth be told, 2010 was the first time I went along for the ride to H2Oi so I didn’t really know what to expect.  With that being said, H2Oi is without say a smaller car show than Waterfest in terms of both the number of vendors and attending visitors.  But what it lacks in size it makes up for in quality.


Taking a drive down Coastal Highway is what separates Waterfest from H2Oi for me.  All the show cars that would normally be on display in vendor booths fill up the small strip of road all night long with the hundreds of cars of all those attending the show to make a truly awesome sight.  I remember sitting outside on our condo balcony overlooking the main strip and thinking to myself: “How long can I possibly stay outside looking at all these cars driving by?”  The answer was: pretty damn long!

The drivers did not let up the whole night long.  They took to the streets in fleets of 3-6 and cruised up and down the strip checking out all the random get togethers popping up anywhere and everywhere they could all the while providing an awesome show for the hundreds that lined the sidewalks trying to get a peek at what was driving down next.

Photo from StanceWorks

Most of the more memorable drivers were the bagged ones dropping their cars’ back ends to the ground while driving and leaving a trail of sparks behind them.

H2Oi isn’t limited to just European cars as some seriously stanced JDM cars came out to play for the weekend with us.

The car show itself was loaded with most of the same vendors as Waterfest like Forge Motorsport, Unitronic, APR, and VWoA.  However this year Rotiform made the long drive from California and set up shop next to Dubkorps to provide a seriously unique booth setup.

All in all, H2Oi is definitely what it advertises itself to be: a laid back VW/Audi car show.  The warm weather and miles of beaches make the event more of a mini vacation with a car show happening in the background than an in your face VW event.  The only question worth asking is which event is better, Waterfest or H2Oi?

The answer is a bit more complicated than a simple choice.  Waterfest is the mother of North American VW/Audi events that needs the full 2 day weekend to soak in everything there is to do and see.  H2Oi on the other hand is a more condensed show that for the most part can be observed in under 4 hours.  In terms of after hours activity, Waterfest has the insane frat boy partying atmosphere of a college dorm party on steroids but suffers from a limited quantity of quality cars, whereas H2Oi brings out the big boys (and girls) of the VW/Audi scene and showcases them everywhere and anywhere possible.

H2Oi is definitely a show worth visiting for any VW/Audi enthusiast, it was and always will be an awesome laid back car show, but it will never and should never be the same event as Waterfest.  H2Oi is definitely an event of its own.

Check out the rest of the pictures taken by Castro HERE. Here’s a sample of the set…

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Orangeball 2010 – The Show

September 28, 2010 By

It’s time for the meat and potatoes of what everyone’s been waiting for, pictures of Waterfest 2010.

Thousands of people and cars poured into Raceway Park for the two day event.  Everything from old school Sciroccos and MK1 Rabbits to newer Porsche and Audi models made their way to the show grounds.

The big shops brought out their masterpieces including this R8 Twin Turbo, however every shop was out and about promoting their brands and trying to grab the visitor’s attentions.

Waterfest is jam packed with activities like a dyno booth and a drag strip.  We were lucky enough to catch the very first drag race of the famous big turbo, wide body R32 from JA Tuning.

As you can see, this R32 is no mere show car.  It puts down some serious power to all four wheels and although the owner says he mis-shifted during the race you can see that a quarter mile time of 12.6 seconds is definitely a respectable time.

The festivities wouldn’t be complete without the visitors showcasing their cars.  The picture of the bagged Passat above was taken at the Chili’s after party but as you’ll see from the pictures below, there definitely was a crazy.

Photos taken by MjK Photography.  Check out Orangeball 2010 – The Ride and Orangeball 2010 – The Party.

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Orangeball 2010 – The Party

September 21, 2010 By

After more than 6 hours driving through the American Northeast, the only thing that the Orangeballers wanted upon arrival was to rest up for the impending hotel madness.

The unlimited supply of bleach from the local Wal-Mart ensured that by the end of the evening most of the people attending the burnout sessions would leave with a minor case of lung burn.

Wal-Mart also was gracious enough to lend us a few shopping carts so the annual cart jousting tournament could take place.  I’m not sure who won this year but I did remember seeing a guy sailing through the air after taking a nasty jousting hit.

The local police department was on hand to make sure everyone was not too destructive.  One poor guy decided to test their patience too far and met the full force of North Brunswick’s boys in blue… although their uniforms were change to black for 2010 for some reason.  The officers looked better in blue in my opinion, but then again I’m not a police stylist.

Rest assured that the burnouts continued well into the night and not a single person was killed in the process.

Photos taken by MjK Photography.  Check out Part 1 of the pictures from Orangeball 2010 – The Ride.

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Radolicious!! Corrado LeMans

September 16, 2010 By

Posted By: Lowered.eu

Every once in a while, someone prep’s up a classic and makes us all feel good by knowing that there’s still good taste in tuning old cars.
The Corrado isn’t quite an “old” car, but no doubt it’s a classic, one of the most beautiful cars Volkswagen has ever built.
This one, a LeMans 16V built by Steff Hartl, is so cool it makes me want to go buy one.

Electrical leather Recaro’s.. Yum yum!!

BBS RS301 7.5×17″ all around.

And the proud owner of one of the hottest Rado’s i’ve seen in a while! Prop’s fly out to you Steff!

Source: Volkscarphoto.com

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Orangeball 2010 – The Ride

September 15, 2010 By

Orangeball 2010 came and went but with it came a heap of memories and experiences.  Over the next few weeks we’re going to be uploading our photos taken by MjK Photography.

50 cars and more than 100 people made the journey to Waterfest this year with the Orangeball Rally.  Our journey took us an average of 7 hours to complete and happily went off without a hitch.

The rest of the pictures will be uploaded over the next few weeks, so stay pegged onto OrangeballRally.com for the rest of the pictures!

Check out Part 2 of the pictures from Orangeball 2010 – The Party.

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Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder on Black ADV.1 Wheels

September 8, 2010 By

Photos by: FuelRiders

Autobar Sport Motorwerks is busy lately upgrading this stock Lamborghini Gallardo on ADV1 into a twin turbo road demon, luckily FuelRiders.com dropped by to snap some sexy pics of the yellow beast before she goes under the knife.

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Unitronic Chipped at Waterfest 16

August 30, 2010 By

Photos by: www.UNITRONIC-CHIPPED.com

Waterfest 16 saw many fun and new things like Lavi from Unitronic’s red smoke show at the burnout competition, the new Jetta MK6 and a ton of other awesome things.

Unitronic Chipped took a bunch of pictures during Waterfest weekend of not only their booth and their cars but also they captured snapshots of some of the most awesome cars at the show like this slammed white MK4 Golf…

…and the rest of the VW family.

But no matter where Unitronic goes, they always make sure to represent Montreal.

Check out the whole set from the 2010 Waterfest car show in Englishtown, New Jersey below!

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360 Forged Concave Five Alloys on Two-Tone TT

August 26, 2010 By

6SpeedOnline just posted these pictures of a two-tone Audi TT rocking 360 Forged Concave Five Alloy wheels.  They might be a bit out of your price range but are stunning nonetheless.

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Malibu Blue Audi TT-RS

August 25, 2010 By

From Audiblog.nl

Another one of a kind paint job on an Audi TT-RS from Audi Exclusive.  According to Audiblog.nl, “Malibu Blue” is the name of this metallic light blue color.

Malibu Blue is one of the more unique colors that have come out of Audi Exclusive’s lineup as of late, it is still a major eye catcher!  Check out the rest of the photos.

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