Jades been all over the magazines in our long history. Its a hard thing to get ink so to think that we as a crew have had over 14 articles on us is quite a feat to be proud of.

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Our very own Steve has a full fledged feature in Superstreet.

1997 Widebody Toyota Supra – Say Word?

By Roel Concepcion
Photography by Wes Allison

May be it’s a product of getting older, a trait that we pick up once we leave behind the safe comforts of our 20s and break through the threshold, the point of no return, our dreaded 30s. It usually comes the day after you discover your first gray hair and right before you realize your scrotum has dipped a full centimeter lower from the previous year (And, yes, I do measure my scrotum on an annual basis.) It is not about wrinkles, however, or increased instances of hemorrhoids, or even 5 o’clock early-bird dinners at Norms, though those are pretty damned good. This is about the moment you realize that (queue drum roll) things aren’t what they used to be. Very anti-climactic, right? (full article and pictures…)

09-2005 HCI
Word and Photos by Warren “Fortune” Shim Quee

Exerpt:
In a scene dominated by Japanese vehicles, its hard to make that much of a statement with a BMW or Volkswagen, not because the cars and their builds are not great, but because they are not part of the mold. Euro-style cars are often overlooked, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t noteworthy.

Take for instance James Bennett from Orlando. We’ve had Bennett in our phone books since we can remember and watched him and his team, Jade Crew, flourish into one of the top teams on the east coast. Their elite group of vehicle usually cleans house at just about any event they attend. Bennett is the captain of this 98’ Chameleon Estoril Blue BMW M Roadster , a fact which he can not stress enough – it is a TRUE M Roadster, not a Z3.
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1996 Honda Civic DX – Most Wanted
How Jonathan Walsh Went From Honda-Hater To Honda-Lover
By Sean Klingelhoefer
Photography by Wes Allison

Stubbornness can be a difficult trait to overcome. For Jonathan Walsh overcoming this would be life changing. His obsession with cars began with his first build, a 1994 Mazda MX3 that was featured in Import Tuner and was also an extra in the movie 2 Fast, 2 Furious. The main problem Walsh realized at the time was that the vehicle was completely unreliable. “I had turbo’d the Mazda and that led to many driveability problems,” he admits. (full article and pictures…)

Magazine: Traction
Issue: November/December 2008
Vehicle: Brian Duong’s 2008 Infiniti G37S
Model: Kendra Paige
Photos: Vern Breitenbucher

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Issue: December 2008
Vehicle: Brian Duong’s 2003 Nissan 350Z Track
Photos: Scott Dukes

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