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Welcome to the Jadecrew site and Import Car Blog!

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This is the online home of Jade Motorsports, an import car club founded in Orlando, Florida over a decade ago. What started as a love for modifying cars turned into a second family for us. Know as one of the top car clubs on the east coast, Jade and its members have won hundreds of trophies, been immortalized on the silver screen and been featured in all the top import magazines.
On this site you will find Our Blog, Profiles about our members, their cars, automotive tech articles and of course The Jade Girl Import Models. Enjoy the site and please comment on articles and register in our forums to get involved in our discussions all things automotive. We hope this will become a favorite import car blog site for all those people like us.
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How to get your car sponsored part 2 – The Car

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by WBJ on Mar.20, 2010, under Car Sponsor Guide, Featured, Jade Corner

My 3 project cars

In Part 1 of the How to Get Your Car Sponsored series I gave you some background on me and why I think I am a credible source on this topic and went over the basics of sponsorship. In Part 2 I will be detailing what I think is important when selecting a car to build to try and attract sponsors.
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How do I get my car sponsored?

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by WBJ on Mar.19, 2010, under Car Sponsor Guide, Featured, Jade Corner

Car Sponsors

It’s the question everyone always asks when they find out that you’re sponsored, “How can I get free stuff too?” It’s a question I get asked a lot but it unfortunately does not have a simple answer. By the end of this series of articles you will have a better understanding of how sponsorship programs work, what sponsors look for and how to go about approaching them. In addition to sponsorship information I will also give you tips on, winning trophies, getting magazine shoots and much more.
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It has begun! Air Runners are here!

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by WBJ on Mar.16, 2010, under Featured, Infiniti M45 Parts Guide, Jade Corner, Tech

materials that came with y34 air runner suspension

I woke up this morning with my inner 9 year old yelling at me to get out of bed and get the hell to work, and lets just say it wasn’t because I was so excited about marketing. I felt like the little boy at Christmas who just knew Santa was going to bring him exactly what he wanted. What was I hoping to get? Was it a Red Ryder BB gun, nope it was my Air Runner Suspension for Project VIP.
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Who brought the lambo?

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by WBJ on Mar.15, 2010, under Automotive News, Funny Videos

team wu from season 3 bullrun

I have to say that I actually like this show, its one of my guilty pleasures. The first two seasons were ok, but season 3 has become a can’t miss in my opinion. This is all really in thanks to Team Wu. In case you aren’t watching, which you should be, Team Wu is a team of two brothers driving a 2005 Murcielago in custom digital camo.

It’s not just that they are in a sweet Lambo, its that they are straight up hilarious. Oh and there is a jacked up midget in a hummer too.
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How to Stop your 2010 Prius!! Lots of F Bomb…

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by JaDe nisMo Z33 on Mar.13, 2010, under Automotive News

This is the best video I have ever seen on a How To do something. These people that own Toyota or in fact any other car need to watch this video. Enjoy cause I did :P

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It’s time to make a Ruckus!

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by WBJ on Mar.12, 2010, under Automotive News, Featured, Jade Corner

Let’s face it, most scooters are not the “coolest” rides out there. You say the word scooter to most people and they think of some effeminate guy with an ascot on a Vespa. Although there is one scooter that has really caught on with the import crowd, the Honda Ruckus.
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Air Runner Suspension Tracking Map

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by WBJ on Mar.12, 2010, under Automotive News, Jade Corner

Air Runner Suspension Tracking Map

We are a matter of days away from receiving a 4 very special packages from our friends at Air Runner Suspensions. They left Cali on Wendsday 3/10 and are expected to arrive at my office on Tuesday 3/16.
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JOY of Racing!!!

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by JaDe nisMo Z33 on Mar.11, 2010, under Automotive News

BMW North America Motorsports just release this video, its pretty cool. But the best parts is how everyone says they love the braking on the car, Guess what? They’re using Project Mu friction pads.

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F1 got a new Safety Car…

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by JaDe nisMo Z33 on Mar.11, 2010, under Automotive News

With a new season and now fully involve in F1, Mercedes has a new Safety Car to show off to the world. This is the most powerful ”Official Formula One Safety Car” ever.  The car will make its world debut at this weekend’s Bahrain GP ahead of its worldwide release on March 27th. If you have to follow any car around the track while waiting for debris to get clean up this wouldn’t be too bad.

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Ralliart is closing down…

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by JaDe nisMo Z33 on Mar.10, 2010, under Automotive News

Ralliart the OE tuning company for Mitsubishi announce in a press release to their customer that it will be closing down. But this will not effect any of their current or future models that has Ralliart features. It will only effect their aftermarket parts for Mitsubishi. What does this mean for you? Get the parts you need now before it goes on Ebay for double if not triple its value.

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Orlando Infiniti Iphone App

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by WBJ on Mar.10, 2010, under Automotive News, Jade Corner

Orlando Infiniti Iphone App

I randomly check the apple APP store to see if anything Orlando or Car related new is out. Yesterday I ran accross this little app from the Orlando Infiniti dealer. Since I have and Infiniti I just had to download this to see what it was all about.
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2003 Infiniti M45 Suspension Guide – Part 3 Air Suspensions

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by WBJ on Mar.10, 2010, under Featured, Infiniti M45 Parts Guide

In part one of our suspension guide we covered the cheapest way to lower your 03 M45, springs. Springs are great and will take out some of that nasty wheel gap but you are stuck at whatever height the spring was made for and none of the one for the m45 seem to get the drop just right.

So in part two we showed you another more adjustable option in coilovers. Coilovers eliminate the need to settle for one set height. With a wrench, jack, jack stands and say 30 minutes you can change your ride height as often as you like. Coilovers also offer you the ability to fine tune your suspension via dampening. The drawback is that 30 minutes it takes to change the ride height, not very handy if you come up on a speedbump or steep incline.

Enter Air Suspensions.
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I Heart Honda 2010 event coverage

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by JaDe nisMo Z33 on Mar.10, 2010, under Automotive News, Events Coverage

If you love your Honda this is an event for you. The event was at the famous Suzuka (Honda) track on Feb 20th 2010. Special thanks to Rays Engineering for the pictures, Enjoy…

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Carbon for the Z06

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by JaDe nisMo Z33 on Mar.10, 2010, under Automotive News

I know this is a domestic but its one of the best looking domestic car on the market. The car will feature the same carbon fiber parts available on the ZR1 and many more. Rays offer the TE37 for this car if you want to save a little more weight ;) .

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Spoon offering parts for Honda CR-Z

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by JaDe nisMo Z33 on Mar.10, 2010, under Automotive News

Even Spoon is jumping on tuning Hybrid, check out all the new parts they are developing for this car. Pretty Crazy!!!

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Another amazing trailer from GT5, whatever

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by WBJ on Mar.09, 2010, under Automotive News

I don’t know why they keep releasing previews and trailers for Gran Turismo 5, we all know it is never going to come out. I think sony realized that there is no way it can live up to the hype so they figure they will just release a new amazing trailer every few months and never release the game. The trailer is after the jump, watch it if you want to be pissed.

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It Lives! The Chargspeed Widebody Sti Video

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by WBJ on Mar.09, 2010, under Jade Corner

It sat under boxes collecting dust for over 2 years, missing a front bumper and in rough shape. Vinny acquired it fro Sean and is in the process of resurrecting it. Vinny brought it out to the Titan Motorsports grand opening and I shot this quick video of it in its current form. Check the video after the jump.
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I think Tony Stark took the word suitcase literally

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by WBJ on Mar.09, 2010, under Automotive News, Featured

tony Stark hanging Out in the Iron Man Suit

Hot on the heels of the Tron trailer Robert Downey Jr. premiered a new trailer for Iron Man 2 on Jimmy Kimmel after the Oscars. In this full trailer we get a look at Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer and Scarlet Johansen as the Black Widow. We also see that there will be an army of suited baddies for Iron Man and War Hammer to deal with in addition to Whiplash. Check the video and some stills after the jump.
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Tron Legacy Official Trailer Released

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by WBJ on Mar.09, 2010, under Featured

Lightcycle from Tron Legacy Trialer

If you watched the Oscars live then you probably saw the first official trailer for the upcoming Tron Legacy movie starring Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges. I have already said that I am super excited to see this movie. In the trailer they showed during the Oscars we see that Flynn has a son and his dad has been missing for years. The trailer is pretty cool showing us a glimpse inside Tron world but what you didn’t see is the second trailer.

The second trailer features an amazing light cycle battle that is going to rock in 3D. The videos are after the jump.
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What to do with left behind holes?

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by WBJ on Mar.08, 2010, under Jade Corner, Tech

This one comes from the Jade mail bag. We get lots of mail at Jade asking all kinds of things but I thought this one was worth sharing. It comes down to an unwanted accessory and the void left behind when it is removed. The original email is after the jump along with my suggestions.
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