Event Coverage

Import Alliance 2013: End of Winter – Dallas,Texas

The Import Alliance tour has begun, and the first stop was Dallas, Texas.  This is also the very first time Import Alliance has been to the state.  So the turnout was small compared to the previous meets out in the Southeast.  Last year Import Alliance Spring in Atlanta,Ga pulled 6,000+ people.  Import Alliance has reached a whole new level, and turned the parking lot meet to an annual tradition.  

Import Alliance may have missed out a lot on attendance because of the location being in Dallas rather than in Houston.  But it was not all a bad thing, the Dallas location reached a little closer to the Midwest.  One problem with Import Alliance in the past 2 years is the new venues it has had to find every year.  Hopefully Dallas will remain a stop for the event so this event can grow into the numbers that IA is used to.  But besides the numbers the feedback from the event that I have read seems to be very good, so hopefully that will open up the doors for next year!

Photos By: Jason Scott & Dennis Nguyen

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Texas has a deep fascination with 350Zs it seems this is one of many on Luxury Abstract Mador.

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Accord on Work VS-XX

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Typically we see rabbit completely worked over inside and out, its refreshing to see one like this kept clean and modified period correct.

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TSX on CCWs

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Swang & Bang S13, glad to see these guys still out doing their thing.

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Another 350Z on Work VS-XX

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Accord Coupe on Vip Modular Wheels

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 Lexus IS from Team 16niss

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Mazda 3 from Team 16niss

Carrot top Golf on Corvette sawblades

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Ye old Civic Cvcc at the What Monsters Do booth

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Asked a few folks about what bumper that is on the S2000.  Anyone know drop us a line..
*Thanks Luis Turner! It is a C-West N-1 Bumper 

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Flawless K swapped Ek from Missouri i believe. 

ITR on CCWs.  I think this is the same ITR that came out to Import Alliance in Charlotte last summer, gorgeous car.

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VH45 powered S14

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Tom’s S2000 from Team star with a new front ASM front bumper.  We featured Tom’s S2k a few months ago , check it out here

Team 16niss Yaris

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Another 350Z, no idea on those wheels, interesting design.

WRX on Rotiform NUE

FG Civic sedan on Work VS-XX

Another 350Z from “What the Fitment?”. 

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Turbocharged track M3

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Miguel’s supercharged FG from Squirrel Squad..

i wonder what happened to all the DSMS, clean Eclipse is a rare site.

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Squirrell Squad EF on VIP modulars.

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Futura Brakes LS430 will forever be a favorite.

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Jake Reining’s GenesisCoupe.  Little known fact about Jake’s Genesis, his car was one of the first cars featured on SF back in 2010, when it was white and pretty subtle compared to what it has become today.   Its crazy to see what it has become, I had no idea it was the same car until SEMA and Jake’s name popped up on a site somewhere.  I remember the email that Jake sent me telling me that the car was gonna be a SEMA booth car back in 2010 and he wanted to get a sticker from us to have on the car, really happy to see the car continue to transform.  Check out the old feature here.

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Nice Bagged G37 sitting on some Work Wheels

S2ks have so many configurations, the molded front end works very well.

CRX on BBS RS

 Kimo’s Mustegra from Team Sunworks, if you are confused to what that is check out why here.

 BMW Sedan on Work VS-XX

Datsun Bluebird SS from Team Sunworks on Advan Oni  

R32 Skyline GTR

That is all of our Dallas Import Alliance coverage, we may have a few more photos to post on our Facebook page, thanks for looking.

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Joseph Dale SF Owner/Editor Born in Houston, Texas Lives in Atlanta, GA Mazda Lover