Photography by Micky Slinger
Toronto dials in its fitment.
Fitted is where you get to see what everyone has been slaving over in their garages during the long Canadian winter. Who鈥檚 static and who鈥檚 on air this year? Who switched up their wheel game, or dialed in their fitment to be even more aggressive? These are all things that are answered as you walk around the Brampton Fairgrounds and take in the best of that the Toronto area and beyond has to offer in terms of stance.
For 2018, the stance term also branches out to 鈥渢rack stance鈥� with Fitted鈥檚 newest award category: Best Track/Drift, which was selected by the boys over at Drift Jam. Peter Chrisikopulous鈥� beautiful-built and drift-ready 鈥�92 Silvia took that award home, and rightly so. Other highlights include Luigi Saullo鈥檚 Best of Show Genesis Coupe (also 伊人直播鈥檚 last cover feature), the fully-polished Volk GT-S wheels on Brandan Nankoo鈥檚 Nissan Maxima that took home Best Wheels, and the winners of Best Air and Static 鈥� Braden Falkingham鈥檚 2016 STi and Justin Pelowich鈥檚 Scion FR-S, respectively.
Pelowich had a very successful Fitted this year, as his static FR-S also earned the fan votes needed to win the award over Virginie Rioux鈥檚 Honda Civic (all the way from Quebec!) with a very successful social media strategy. Stay tuned for a feature on his car in PAS soon!
93 voters
1,000,000+ hashtag impressions
59 voters
135,000+ hashtag impressions
I was also lucky enough to be given my own award category again this year, and awarded Editor鈥檚 Choice and a full 伊人直播 feature to Jon Nguyen鈥檚 1972 Toyota Celica 鈥� you know, the crazy clean one with the huge supercharged V8 sticking out of the hood. We鈥檙e very excited to have Nguyen鈥檚 creation in our pages soon.
Next year will be Fitted鈥檚 10th anniversary, and David Soo, the show鈥檚 founder, has already promised that May 25th, 2019, will be their largest event ever. There鈥檚 your one-year鈥檚 notice to step your game up, dial in your fitment, and come out to one of Toronto鈥檚 favorite shows. See you there!
AWARD WINNERS
BEST Convertible Euro: Kevin Pacheco鈥檚 2003 BMW M3
BEST Sedan Euro: Rolland Mailhot鈥檚 2005 Audi A4
BEST Coupe Euro: Manolo Velasco鈥檚 1992 BMW 850i
BEST Wagon Euro: JP Campos鈥� 2010 Audi A3
BEST Hatch Euro: Marco Rossi鈥檚 2015 Golf TSi
BEST Vintage Euro: Matija Pintar鈥檚 1990 BMW 325i
BEST Convertible JDM & KDM: Matt Couto鈥檚 2003 Honda S2000
BEST Sedan JDM & KDM: Frank Rizzuto鈥檚 1999 Acura EL
BEST Coupe JDM & KDM: Musavir Nazir鈥檚 2012 Honda Civic
BEST Wagon JDM & KDM: Sreeker Tripuranthakam鈥檚 2012 Mazda 3
BEST Hatch JDM & KDM: Frank Vitulli鈥檚 1989 Honda Civic
BEST Vintage JDM & KDM: Jon Nguyen鈥檚 1972 Toyota Celica
BEST VIP/BIPPU: Andrew Lachmansingh鈥檚 2003 Lexus LS 400
BEST VIP-Style: David Singh鈥檚 2005 Acura RL
BEST Engine Bay: Jon Nguyen鈥檚 1972 Toyota Celica
BEST Track/Drift (selected by DRIFT JAM): Peter Chrisikopulous鈥� 1992 Nissan Silvia
BEST Wheels (selected by Righteous Garage): Brandan Nankoo鈥檚 2009 Nissan Maxima (Fully-polished Volk Racing GT-S)
BEST Air 1st: Braden Falkingham鈥檚 2016 Subaru STi
BEST Air 2nd: Andrew Lachmansingh鈥檚 2003 Lexus LS400
BEST Air 3rd: Patrick Mahon鈥檚 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe
BEST Static 1st: Justin Pelowich鈥檚 2015 Scion FR-S
BEST Static 2nd: Alexander Babic鈥檚 2015 Honda Accord
BEST Static 3rd: Aaron Galliera鈥檚 1996 Honda Civic
伊人直播 Tuner Battlegrounds: Justin Pelowich鈥檚 2015 Scion FR-S
伊人直播 Tuner Battlegrounds Finalist: Virginie Rioux鈥檚 2008 Honda Civic
伊人直播 Editor鈥檚 Choice: Jon Nguyen鈥檚 1972 Toyota Celica
Scraped Crusaders鈥� Choice: Manolo Velasco鈥檚 1992 BMW 850i
BEST OF SHOW 1st: Luigi Saullo鈥檚 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe
BEST OF SHOW 2nd: Avi Maharaj鈥檚 2017 Nissan Sentra
BEST OF SHOW 3rd: Immanuel Wint鈥檚 2015 Lexus RC 350
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