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welcome to another episode of pasmags
tuning 365
our weekly look at the world of tuning
from the track to the street and
everything in between
i'm PASMAG content director Randi
Bentia and i'm PASMAG editor Adam
Gordon
this week we've got another great
episode for you guys we get an up close
and personal look at Rafael Capone's h2
hummer
and we introduce more competitors into
our eighth annual Tuner Battlegrounds
competition
but first let's jump into what's
trending with this week's tune-up
just when you thought we may have hit a
wall as far as unique paint jobs and
finishes go
someone throws us a curveball graffiti
artist kbm worked his magic on both his
miata and a 350z to give the cars a
unique look
it's kinda hard to describe and it sort
of looks like a cel-shaded animation
look
the artist says it's meant to emulate
initial-d animation styling
altogether these two cars are definitely
eye-catching speaking of automotive
animation there's a new game coming to
pc that looks super fun
and incredibly charming with its
animation style developed by fun
selector labs
art of rally is a top-down rally game
with a unique style the game will
feature 60 rally stages in finland
sardinia norway japan and germany and
will let you drive more than 50 iconic
rally cars from the 60s to the 80s
including group b
group s and group a vehicles it looks
like they're promising some great
vintage rally vibes in a new style
we cannot wait to get our hands on this
game pike's peak international hill
climb took place this past weekend and
it was action-packed to say the very
least
12.42 miles 156 turns and more than a
thousand feet above sea level the
tradition has continued for more than
103
years now bringing extreme motorsports
to extreme heights
luckily for us Larry Chen and his
partner videographer Tyler Kapper were
there to capture the action from all
angles
so be sure to check out pikes peak's
social media for some motorsports eye
candy
not many people know this but my
all-time favorite car is the classic
porsche 911
and when i saw this legally imported one
owner
fully documented black 1985 porsche 930
turbo
with rough upgrades up for sale at gas
motorsports
i just had to check it out not only is
this
classic in mint condition but it was
dropped off at cartoons atlanta for a
car audio update
something i would do personally if you
look at these photos they updated the
porsche classic radio with apple carplay
which i was quite impressed with and
treated it proper with the focal
performance expert series flex component
set
Focal produces some of the most accurate
speakers in the world
and this is one dream car i would drive
every day
we all get pretty excited when a company
announces a new product launch
especially when we get to see it
installed
on a vehicle that's currently trending
on our feeds in japan
liberty walk unveiled their first lb
works build of 2020
a toyota a90 supra it originally debuted
on the formula drift japan round 2 live
stream
but if you missed it liberty walk
released more teasers on their youtube
channel and social pages
the complete kit includes a front
diffuser rear diffuser
rear wing wide body fender kit and a
hood
and in two options either fiber
reinforced plastic
or carbon fiber reinforced plastic the
complete kit
if you are interested costs just north
of nineteen thousand dollars
head over to libertywalk.co.jp for more
details adding custom parts to your
build helps you stand up from the crowd
especially when you have the opportunity
to personalize them like style
size shape and color and right at the
factory too
justin from status racing shared a video
on their feed of a new colorway for the
gtx seats on their website
this beautiful yellow suede and to me
there's a hint of gold in it
they'll be announcing new colorways
weekly until september 18th
so we're looking forward to what new
colors they'll have available
whether you're aware of it or not we're
in the middle of a renaissance of sorts
and our michelangelo leonardo and rafael
are Work
Rays and SSR that's right we're talking
glorious nippon steel
and only the oldest and most
sought-after models all the way from the
70s
to the early 2000s the bulk of what
three-piece us
does is source import refinish and
re-sell vintage Japanese wheels
as well as manufacture harder to find
parts for them like center caps
lips barrels hardware and all the good
stuff you would need to bring your old
wheels back to life
and when we checked out their ig feed we
saw some examples of what they do
like these Work equip wheels with a fat
lip on them work emotion frs
in this wild blue color and these icy
heritage fuji wheels
with a white center we just can't wait
to see what builds
these wheels get slapped on Dressup
Bolts has sponsored our Tuner
battlegrounds product battle online at
tunerbattlegrounds.com where 28
competitors have been battling  it out for
boats
the winner of the battle receives a
product sponsorship valued at $400
and a print feature in PASMAG head on
over to tunabattlegrounds.com now to
show your support and vote for your
favorite competitors
we're in the eighth season of our annual
Tuner Battlegrounds championship and it's
shaping up to be the biggest yet
let's have a look at a couple
competitors who a're battling it out for
the ultimate award
the cover of PASMAG hey what's up my
name is Josh Stubstad
i'm from las vegas this is my 1993
toyota supra
and thanks for voting for me on
tunerbattlegrounds.com
here are some of the key features of my
supra workmeister s1 three-piece wheels
custom paint job 10 millimeter wider
front end
ganondorf mirrors carbon fiber
cockpit done by the carbon lab in las
vegas
big wing diffuser you name it i got it
check out more pics on my profile thanks
hi my name is Melodie Lapina and i'm from
airdrie alberta canada
this is my 2016 ford fiesta
thanks for voting for people on tuner
battlegrounds.com
this is my 2016 ford fiesta st
it's got an upgraded intercooler
downpipe and exhaust
as well as a custom hydro dipped engine
cover
the car is wrapped in an avery satin
purple metallic
and is highlighted by a mountain front
lip and rear spoiler extensions
thrown around on some 17-inch rotiform
rsps rafted firehawk tires
and i've got a stage 3 tuned from
stratified automotive controls
what's going on i'm Raphael Capone a
true base head
from atlanta georgia with the sole
asylum studios group and i want to
introduce you guys to the 2005 world
famous soul asylum h2
i've been working on this build for five
years
alrighty guys let's get down to the
exciting part
the build it's a huge build so
it's a lot to cover and i try to get
down to the specs
but from competing to being a three
times world
champion but it isn't just that you know
i won state national
local it's a full-on sound competition
and a show car
so there is nothing that went untouched
on the sole asylum h2
so i'll start with the 86 speaker system
the entire build is 86 speakers and in
that 86 speakers
we have eight subs we have four
mat team jugs inside and then we have
four
matte pro cast subs outside they all ran
the inside of rim by matte 3ks and even
the
top hat subs are ran by matte 3ks
now from that if we go into just the
doors
we have eights all on their own
amplifiers
we have our sixes on their own
amplifiers and then we have
uh super tweeters on their own
amplifiers and everything's set in zones
so everything is 100 matched the
crossovers
all the subs the amplifiers and of
course metro electronics
is one of my major sponsors that provide
all of our wiring
and batteries between
the 30 something speaker's interior we
have
that just as many exterior if i take you
guys up to what we call the top hat
we have tins horns
super tweeters and then that is where
those other four subs are
the solo asylum h2 is literally a sound
quality
studio on wheels masquerading as a
mobile stage
and the reason i say mobile stage
because it also has wireless microphones
and a dj setup separately in the back
that runs with a separate ipad of course
on the interior
it runs on a different ipad but also
still the radio
i can't wait to show you the inside
where so many tricks
on the system with 14 amplifiers
it's ridiculous so follow along because
we have way more to show
all right we have some really cool
features on the interior
of the solstom h2 i'll start you guys
out
with our mic system when we say it's a
mobile stage
it's truly a mobile stage we have a
microphone here
in the dash we have an actual studio
grade mixer
and we can hit a button on our max mp5
and it switches to our pa system
versus running on the front side of the
system and we just monitor our regular
radio see this cool little decepticon
base head
sponsored by uh sennheiser customs to do
custom based knobs
yes vu meter
it's even magnetic
are you wondering where the radio is is
behind this cool ipad so when we're
playing music
you can just slide it up boom traffic
jam did an amazing job with that
still got my uh ac controls hidden
behind they
move my uh my window controls and just
like that
i slide my ipad in and i can run my
system off either ipad
or off the radio you're wondering where
the crossovers are you're seeing where
all the amplifiers from the front the
back to the interior
and the armrests
we're running two uh mats
six channel crossovers this one here is
for
the interior here is for the exterior we
have
absolute control over the soul asylum h2
sound system
hence the reason our world championship
and sound quality and our state
championship
and all of our uh competitions and wins
we built a
audio base head show truck
another one of the unique features of
the soul side of h2 which is the first
in the world
is our all stone steering wheel from our
sponsor stone grips they custom made
this
granite steering wheel and
of course when we added the steering
wheel we needed to add some fiber optic
lighting in the roof
so if you guys look up we did a
galaxy format wheel to match a galaxy
roof
with fiber optic lights as it gets a
little darker you guys are going to
really be impressed with how this thing
glows at night
one of the cool features of the solo
asylum h2 being a speaker on wheels over
86 speakers in limited space
it's still a four seater so yes we have
amplifiers everywhere for an amp rack in
the back
we have amps under the seats but we
still can seat
four people comfortably
and when it closes up it exposes a whole
another
amp rack which is built into the uh
center console
which we still allow people to drink it
here
now over on the driver's side another
amplifier under the seat
another amp on this side amp rack
nice audio visual so even if you're
riding with me in this crazy four-seater
we have plenty of entertainment for you
because we don't just have tvs
in the head rest and the ipad we still
have tvs in the doors
four team jug 12s and we still can have
tvs in the doors
we're running eights matt sixes and matt
super tweeters
and you'll see the current theme the
soul sound h2 is a decepticon yes it is
so the soul sound h2
has so many amps and zones this is our
amp rack in the rear
all mats their amps
all in that wall and as you see one of
our major sponsors traffic jam
motorsports
and of course the amp sponsor is on
display uh but these amps right here
just run all of the subs
and uh some of the top hat and then we
have amps on the interior
but if you check even where you see the
vents
there amps behind there it takes a lot
of amps to run this
so we're going to let you guys check out
the solstom h2 engine
let me tell you this engine gets some
miles we drove this thing to vegas
we drive it everywhere it is not tow and
to keep us bumping we have three mechman
alternators
v8
one of my favorite parts of the solstice
h2 is the tiara grill set
we have a lower a top
a hood and even side pieces and they
light up
and it just really brings the wide body
kit together
my favorite the front end coming down
the rope
so
hey guys i want to thank you for uh
hanging out with me in the soul asylum
h2
on PASMAG if you're on instagram or
facebook you can follow the build
um and see more at soul asylum h2 that's
facebook and instagram
and we tour a lot so we might be coming
to a town near you
and our schedule is up on at red carpet
promo tour
on facebook and instagram so see you
guys out there
we started during the day but we had to
make sure we closed out this and gave
you a night view of the solar silent h2
and it's totally different how it
affects people in a day and affects
people at night
and none of this will be possible
without our amazing sponsors traffic jam
motorsport for the extreme build
metro electronics providing all of our
wires and batteries
rim locks savvy motorsports mats
audio control shipping on them and
pistol p
racing liquids they always keep us
shining
soul silence too it's a light show
honestly i think that has to be the
ultimate feature so far
for those bass heads and audio guys in
our audience raphael's h2 hummer is just
insane with great design ideas from
michael bischoff the top fabricator of
traffic jams motorsports
they managed to fit 82 speakers and 11
amps in total
and included as big as desire the
motorized lifting top hat full of
gear now that we've seen a full length
feature let's check in with some more
hopefuls with our tuner battlegrounds
competitors for this week
hello my name is Eric Vierstra i'm from
the comox valley on vancouver island bc
canada i'm the proud owner of a 2007
dodge charger
and i would like to thank everyone for
all your votes at tunerbattleground.com
some of the highlights of the charger is
the custom paint job
the custom painted wheels universal air
ride suspension
kt carbon carbon fiber side skirts
advanced automotive concept halos
billet technologies under the hood and
inside the vehicle
along with the headrest monitors
and the custom trunk setup done by pure
audio
with all my air ride and the stereo
where are you calling us from uh phoenix
arizona
it's a whopping 102 degrees right now
that sounds pretty nice honestly so are
we in your home garage
yeah i am so what do we have there
we've got my little honda civic
i'm sick the 94 vx
it's kind of my show car race car
weekend mountain cruiser all
around nice looks very race car i like
it
kind of taken apart right now you know
time to do it might as well
what are you working on uh so i'm adding
a
fishy moto oil cooler here
as well as i'm gonna add some ducting
for my radiator um
got it's turbo so when i'm on the track
it
has some issues with cooling so i'm
trying to do everything i possibly can
to keep it cool
i hear you that looks great by the way
thank you
what is that valve cover is that a cnc
machined one yeah so my buddy joe at low
cash
actually makes these um this is the
version three of it you can see the logo
here
possibly bad that's cool aluminum
big old chunk of aluminum made pretty
and is that a b16 under that
yeah b16 the sleeved rs
machine sleeves 52 millimeter cp
uh korea i think it's how you say it uh
pistons and then
uh eagle h-beam rods so why are we
looking at
around four or 450 horsepower uh it
makes
474 at 22 psi and it's on it's on
uh e54 just i'm guess that's sick
i love it already what what turbo was
that uh it's a 58
58 uh precision dual ball bearing
oh very nice
now exterior wise i saw a little bit of
bodywork those fenders definitely aren't
factory what else exterior here yeah so
it's a charger
um got some
kind of ducks on the hood to keep some
air out of there
these are pci i think they're the four
inch
side skirts n key rpf ones
15x8 uh i got a top one motors
uh rear diffuser pci wing
let's see what else is on the x here
about it
nice mirrors craft squares uh actually
they are the arp
mirrors oh nice hell yeah i like it it's
simple but
uh very race car and it looks like you
maybe not daily but street drive it as
much as you can as well i heard
yeah yeah for sure i mean you get close
there's a
there's rock chips on there
definitely driving on the streets the
interiors becoming one of my favorite
parts to the car
it's i mean it's important to have those
driver mods and
be comfortable in there so i've got omp
seats on both sides this one's the
rspt it's got the halo on it uh
race clip harnesses and auto power roll
bar
put some added pieces
make a little safer on the door there
nice
interior a carbon fiber block offs
everywhere
yeah i got the radio for when i'm you
know during the traffic
got a hybrid shifter
when did you get those seats when did i
get them
yeah they look brand new um
so i got the passenger seat
probably seven eight months ago and then
um wanted my passengers to feel a little
more safe when i'm on track so i went
ahead and got the new driver's seat
and then swapped it over so in the last
six seven months probably
had these two seats so then other than
the oil cooler
any any future plans for the build um
a lot of everything i'll be doing going
forward is
safety and making sure it can handle
track abuse i
took it out on the track for the first
time
not few months ago i mean i've always
wanted to track the car
took it out on the track a few months
ago and now i'm hooked
nice course nice that's awesome man well
daniel i want to say thank you very much
for the tour and taking time every day
especially when the weather is that nice
i wouldn't sit down for anybody so uh
thanks very much
all right daniel man thanks thanks very
much for the time man appreciate it
yeah it is great
those are just some of the thousands of
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battlegrounds
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