The results are in! And with that, I’m proud to announce the Car Photography Club January 2012 Photo Contest winner, and henceforth, the January 2012 Car Photographer of the Month… Jay Cee, with his spectacular photo of this rock crawling Toyota FJ40 at Mt. Pinatubo.

Indeed a worthy shot for our January theme: Action Shots (or the Notion of Action where the viewer is compelled into thinking that the subject did an action prior to the photo being taken).

Join us in congratulating Jay Cee for this fantastic achievement. We look forward to seeing more awesome photos from you in the days to come.

Meanwhile, watch out for the February 2012 Car Photography Club Photo Contest to be announced soon. Stay tuned for this on the Car Photography Club group page.

It’s time to cast your votes for who will win the Car Photography Club January 2012 Photo Contest!

easypollmaker.com – get your free poll

Poll will close on the 7th of February, 2012 at 11:59pm (Manila Time).

* UPDATE (02-Feb-2012): I sincerely apologies about this guys but there is a bug with the poll/vote collecting facility and none of the votes are getting saved. A new poll will be release in a bit. Please bear with us. Thank you for your support!

** UPDATE (03-Feb-2012): Poll is now active and reset to 0. You may cast your votes now!

Cast your votes now! Here are the entries:

The Theme: Action Shots (or the Notion of Action where the viewer is compelled into thinking that the subject did an action prior to the photo being taken).

2. Jundio Salvador: Monster truck at the RFC Pampanga 2011

3. Rean Angelo Reyes Velasco: Rockstar Impreza

4. Michael Kalbo Simon: Tandem Drift

5. Trish Rodrigo: Lonely Lancer

6. John Neri Natividad: Atoy Drifting the Skyline Sedan

7. Randolph B. de Leon: Russ Swift Stunt Show 2010 (2-Wheeling Impreza)

8. Jefferson V. Livara: Sports Utility Car (AE92 Corolla Rolling Shot)

9. Iori Suzuki: RHD Civic Race Car

10. Roberto Minosa: Rolling Shot at Night

11. Mark Abergas: Rain Rain Go Away (EVO parked at BRC)

12. Carlos Benitez: 2011 American Le Mans (BMW M3 Race Car Panning Shot)

13. Andy Rodriguez: Houston, we have lift off! (3-wheeling S15 Silvia)

14. Kevin Carlos: Rocket Bunny (Motul Drift Car with Tire Smoke)

15. Jet Rabe: Honda S2000 Rolling Shot

16. Jing Gines: Mountain Climbing More Fun in the Philippines (Subysoc and FRF Fun Run to Sierra Madre)

17. Calvin Marwood: Shooting Brent Co (?) Shooting a Tandem Drift Battle at Clark

18. Dexter Lim: Drag Race at Buendia (Impreza vs 370Z vs EVO)

19. Jay Cee: The Rock Crawler. Lens flare are real. (Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser at Pinatubo)

20. The Astig Custompinoyrides: Perfect Cover Shot? (Atoy Llave doing a Tire Burnout on the Rockstar Drift Car)

21. Patrick Lauder: Porsche Cayman Rolling Shot

To join future contests of the Car Photography Club <– Click here!

Photos from their respective sources (links included)

Having a little fun this Christmas season. Just toying with the idea of “What Would Santa Drive if not his sleigh?”. Let’s start!

F1 Car?

Ferrari Formula 1 Car

Santa’s colors, as if it were dressed in his livery. If he could fit, I’m sure he’d want to drive one of these. Question is, would he drive this for Christmas eve, given it can get him places faster than just about any vehicle on land?

Supercar?

Bugatti Veyron

The F1 car probably wouldn’t work, as Santa won’t be able to carry any gifts in an F1 car. So how about a super fast road car with some luggage space?

Muscle Car?

Ford Shelby GT500 Cobra

Then again, if he drove the F1 or the Veyron, he probably wouldn’t be able to make it through countries like the Philippines. With such horrific road conditions, he just won’t be able to make it through every household in the country. So how about a Muscle Car, such as this Ford Shelby GT500 Cobra? Would a little more ground clearance help?

Blingin’ SUV?

GeigerCars.de Christmas Hummer H2

GeigerCars is Europe’s largest HUMMER dealer and leading European tuner of American automobiles. They have put together this Hummer H2 wearing Christmas livery and rolling on 22-inch wheels. It is adorned with 250 LED lights for some Christmasy illumination at night. To give Santa a grand entrance, the doors open Lambo-style, giving people a sneak-peak at what’s keeping Santa awake while driving the entire night – a 3,800-watt JBL sound system with a 42-inch widescreen TV. If the snow gets too deep, all Santa has to do is take out the snowmobile in tow, and let it rip!

Monster Pickup Truck?

Top Gear’s Ice and Volcano-Conquering Toyota HiLux

But then again, if he has to get through to places where the road conditions are just downright harsh, he needs something a little more mighty. We’d especially want Santa to reach the likes of our brothers and sisters in Cagayan De Oro and Iligan City, who were recently struck by the wrath of Typhoon Sendong. Let us all pray for the dearly departed, and for the speedy recovery of all those who were affected.

If you were given the chance to own any single one of these fabulous customized offroad machines, whether as your weekend warrior, or as a daily driver to scare-off crazy undisciplined lane-cutting morons, which would you pick? Choose your weapon!

Do you prefer American? Such as the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon?

Or British? Such as the Land Rover Defender 90?

How about a modified version of the modern status symbol – the Toyota Fortuner?

Or monster truck looks, such as this humongous Toyota Hilux?

Or if you’re more of the Dakkar Rally type, how about something like this Nissan Frontier?

So what do you think? Which type of custom offroad machine would you pick? Do share your thoughts on the comments!

Related Stuff:
- The vehicles above were showcased in the 2011 Manila Auto Salon. See more coverage of the car show here.
- See more custom offroad vehicles here.

Jundio Salvador wins our Car Photography Club September 2011 Challege, where the theme was “Wet and ____ Ride!” brought about by the rainy and stormy weather last month. Jundio posted captured this Land Rover Defender making a big splash through some mud in the middle of a jungle setting and called it “Wet and Muddy Ride!”

His entry captured the most votes from fellow Car Photography Club members, and thus, he is crowned Car Photography Club – Photographer of the Month for September 2011. Congratulations Jundio! Looking forward to seeing more stunning photos.

Photos by Stephen P David

How would you like to have this…

Inside this?

Yes, your very own 5.1 DTS Surround AV/SQ Set-up inside your beloved car. This is something that is definitely worth having. Not only is it good for beating boredom while stuck in traffic, it doubles as an entertainment system on wheels!

So read on to check out the rest of the awesome photos, as well as the full specifications of this extraordinary ride…

VEHICLE:
2009 Mitsubishi Montero Sport 3.2 GLS SE 4×4

HEAD UNITS:
Pioneer DEX-P99RS
Pioneer AVH-P5250 DVD

A/V SYSTEM:
WDTV Media Player

PROCESSOR:
Pioneer DEQ-P7650 Multi-Channel Processor

MONITORS:
8″ Full HD 1080P Monitor
Two (2) Sansui 23″ Full HD 1080P LED TVs

SEPARATES:
*Front:
Pilipinas “Pinchers” LE 3-Way Set
- Tweeter: Dominations Futura F28
- Midrange: Dominations Futura D53neo
- Midbass: Danish Acoustics PW-165

*Center:
Dominations Futura F50

*Surround:
Dominations Sinatra ES62

SUBWOOFERS:
Two (2) 12″ Dominations Stun ES124

AMPLIFIERS:
Four (4) Sands David M475
75W x 4ch @ 4ohms

PRIMARY BATTERY:
Stinger SPV70

SECONDARY BATTERY:
Stinger SPV20

INVERTER:
Panther Power Inverter 500-watts

DEADENING:
28 sheets OEM (Whole Body)

SIGNAL & POWER WIRES:
Stinger HPM3 RCAs
Firland Power & Speaker Wires
HDMI Cables
Monster Cables

OTHERS:
Stinger Fuse & Distribution Blocks
HDMI Splitters

INSTALLER:
Candyshop Audio

GROUP:
Team Pilipinas DSD

ACTUAL COMPLETED PHOTOS:

Karty’s Interior

8″ Full HD 1080P Monitor, Pioneer AVH-P5250 DVD, Dominations Futura F50 Center Channel, Pioneer DEX-P99RS & WDTV Media Player

Pioneer DEX-P99RS & WDTV Media Player

Dominations Futura F28 tweeter & Dominations Futura D53neo midrange separates on a custom-built A-pillars

Danish Acoustics PW-165 midbass on a custom-built FG door panel

Pilipinas “Pinchers” 3-Way Set
- Tweeter: Dominations Futura F28
- Midrange: Dominations Futura D53neo
- Midbass: Danish Acoustics PW-165

Sansui 23″ Full HD 1080P LED TVs (2nd row)

Foldable Two (2) Sansui 23″ Full HD 1080P LED TVs (2nd & 3rd rows)

Karty’s Rear View…two 12″ Dominations Stun ES124 Subwoofers & four Sands David M475 Amps (75W x 4ch @ 4ohms)

12″ Dominations Stun ES124 Subwoofer & Sands David M475 Amps (75W x 4ch @ 4ohms)

Team DSD Logo – Glass Etched

12″ Dominations Stun ES124 Subwoofer

View from the 2nd row…Dominations Sinatra ES62 separates (surround) on a custom-built D-pillars

Third Row Seats still usable!!!

LED TV Mounting – Steel Fabrication

12″ Dominations Stun ES124 Subwoofer & Sands David M475 Amps (75W x 4ch @ 4ohms)

Karty’s engine bay

Stinger SPV70 Primary Battery with 100amp Stinger Fuse Block

Stinger SPV20 Secondary Battery with 100amp Stinger Fuse Block

Stinger Fuse & Distribution Blocks (100amp)…Gauge 0 & 4 power wires

Stinger Distribution Block (@ 30amp each)

Karty’s Night Shots

EMMA 2010 National Champion – MM Experienced 5.1

Video directed by Ardie Lopez

If you’re a die-hard Pinoy car enthusiast, I’m sure you’ve heard of the Tuason Racing School Mazda BT-50 drift truck. You’ve probably seen it in action, swinging the long truck body side to side, drifting across a track you thought only cars would fit in. And if you think their yellow-black-white-blue color scheme was attractive, wait till you see it this year… in red, green, and chrome…. reminiscent of the Vodaphone sponsored race cars. Talk about flashy!

Now take that spectacular BT-50, put Mike Tuason behind the wheel, and you know you’re about to see some magic happen. Throw in the Tuason Racing Mazda RX-7 into the mix, with JP Tuason behind the wheel, and capture it on a video directed by none other than Ardie Lopez, what else can I say? If you don’t watch this, you’re missing half of your life!

So sit back, relax, and watch the video now…

Don’t forget to go to the 2011 Manila International Auto Show and join the Photography Contest! Ardie Lopez will be judging. For more details on the contest, click here –> http://custompinoyrides.com/2011/04/the-manila-international-auto-show-2011-photography-contest/

Jeff’s Offroad has done an awesome job with this Toyota Hilux. It stands up to its name now, being High, and Luxurious. Fitting for the name this truck was given and dhow it was intended to be don’t you think?

The entries are in for our January 2011 Car Photography Club Photo Challenge! The theme – Panning Shots!

It’s time to cast your votes to see who will win “Car Photographer of the Month – January 2011″. Join the club forum by clicking on the link –> Car Photography Club.

Take the jump to see the non-thumbnail views of the above photos…

Entry #2 by collins

Entry #3 by roberto_minosa

Entry #4 by arbak

Entry #5 by aids

Entry #6 by CeeDeeHR

Entry #7 by patrickongpauco17

Entry #8 by Kris B.

Entry #9 by THE aSTIG

Entry #10 by cooldad

Entry #11 by ar0d

Entry #12 by doctorj

I repeat, it’s time to cast your votes to see who will win “Car Photographer of the Month – January 2011″. Join the club forum by clicking on the link –> Car Photography Club.

Photos by Louie Abad

If you’re a hard-core 4×4 Enthusiast, then you must’ve seen all the action during the 2nd 4×4 Philippines Jamboree last January 29, 2011. But if it just so happened that you weren’t able to make it, fear not, because these photos, skillfully captured by Louie Abad, will definitely do justice to showcase all the action that happened.

Take the jump to see all the action shots…

Ain’t no pothole deep enough…

Flooded streets are mere puddles…

You may have seen Nigel’s “The Punisher” Vitara
(middle) in a previous feature as seen in the 2009 Manila Auto Salon, but this ain’t just a show truck… It’s a pure-bred 4×4 that’s definitely got not just form, but function too!

The Suzuki Samurai is a weapon of choice for 4×4 enthusiasts. It’s not so hard to see why…

Same goes with the newer-generation Suzuki Jimny.

Who says only men enjoy dirty 4x4s?

And of course, the 4×4 Jamboree would not be complete without the Best 4×4 By Far – the Land Rover.

In this case, Land Rover Philippines’ Rainforest Challenge Defender 90, which we’ve featured on a previous article –> Land Rover Defender 90 by Team Land Rover Philippines.

So, until the next Jamboree?