Another Trophy for Evotechnik from HIN

[mysticm3]

Best Mild BMW
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Just got home now and am utterly knackered, thanks to all the guys there today and friends who came to give support. Will post more pictures tomorrow!

:) Evotechnik Rulez!

[peppernick]

Hello guys. A very long and tiring day but EvoTechnik shone again with Mits taking home Best BMW (mild) title [ok

Congratulation m8 [cool

On behalf of EvoTechnik crew, I would like to thank all who came in person to support us at HIN and those who continues to support us via the forum.

Also, a big [ok to Lee and Sarah who came down from Manchester this morning to join the crew in presenting to the UK modding scene some tastefully modified premium automobiles. Andy of Ice Cold Audio, you're a star! Also, thanks to Sandy who supported us for the second time :) Thank you once again guys ;)

A good night out but various plans we had in mind on how to present ourselves cannot materialise due to the organisation of the event. HIN is supposed to be an up-market modified car show but in the UK, it's treated just like another Max-power event where quantity takes absolute precedence over the quality of cars on display. Those of you who has seen what HIN is all about in the US and had been there tonight will know what I'm on about.

Cars and teams were squeezed as tightly as possible so that they could get as many cars in as possible to make up the revenue from entry fees. Types of vehicles on display were jumbled up so badly that the original theme was lost. You get a Ferrari parked right up against a maxed out Nova.

We had a lot of mods that we want to show to the public but like all tastful mods, they don't shout. Unless you pay attention, it's easy to miss them. With the way our cars were stashed up against one another, it was just like watching cars in a parking lot.

Also, people who attended HIN the majority are not able to tell a quality mod form one that is done to grab the most attention with little taste if any. So with EvoTechnik cars the way they are, a lot of them had no idea what they were looking at (a good example was the Kellerners E39 M5 we had on display, this car is amazing to analyse), and would rather seek thrills from huge rear wings and pumping ICE that has no acoustic quality in the set up at all. In fact a lot of them are more interested in the girls than cars.

IMHO, in terms of appreciation of automobile tuning, the majority of the British show goers are waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy behind the quality of crowds found in such events over in the US. Somehow, I can't help but feel that they cheapen the whole car modifying anthem in the UK; hence many often associate UK modders as part of the pimped out Nova fraternity. I can see why.

Anyway, EvoTechnik will always be there to show the way forward. Modding is not about mega bodykits, massive ICE and raw performance but an appreciation of what a certain model is from the factory design board and finding ways to compliment and enhance the original design in various aspects ;)

Very proud EvoTechnik crew (+Teddy who was lurking behind some furry creature at that time) and the all important Best Mild BMW [cool

Well done Mits!

More updates to come ;)

[Afif]

Nick summed it up really.... Definately will take a few years to get to any decent respectable standard amongst tasteful modders but all in all was fun :cool:

ps. You guys couldnt even wait till morning to post even after being up and busy allll day! Madness.

[Nickleback]

:D Another Trophy for Evotechnik from HIN :cool:

Congrats to all the Team especially the "Crew", for all the hard work you put in & BigUp to Mits the Winner!! [cool [cool

"Subtle is best & EvoTechnic Rule"

Peppernick, I agree with you BigTime & can't wait to see more of the pics ??????

[Nu Technique]

well done guys!! [ok

look forward to the pictures. :)

[av_guy]

Well done crew [banana

Sounds a touch disappointing, considering the quality of Evotechnik cars. If the "Max" theme was not focussed on as much, perhaps the quality of those enhancements would shine.

Nonetheless, a job well done and something for the team to be proud of [cool
We're all proud of the rides in Evotechnik... most importantly, the people.

Side Note: Next time, take a battered Nova [bang

[Shuriken]

Nice one guys and well done Mits!!

I think to a certain extent it was destined to be as Nick described, especially if you were all jumbled up. Surely the organisers could have sectioned the cars off?! If they did it certainly would have done your cars more justice, as joe public only seem to be interested in bodged mods and heavy ice.

Anyway, its worth showing them the proper way to mod, congrats on the trophy once again :)

Shuriken.

[Chaos]

Superb!! Was gonna text you last night to find out if anyone had won - well done Mits that's thoroughly deserved!! [banana

Nick's points are bang on, that event needs a lot more space and much better organisation to do some of the cars there justice.

[Stock323iSaloon]

A big well done to everyone who prepared long/hard for this event (supposedly a 8am start for contestants). Nick's post sums it up and I too felt that there were too many low end cars for 'rice show'. RIPSPEED (Halfords) had the biggest stand selling undercar neon kits so u can imagine the target market for this event. Apart from a few, very few, I really didn't see any top end cars that were modded as they were company sponsor/event cars and mods were limited to few stickers. If u want to win lots of trophies at HIN then you'll probably need ridiculous body kits that u never want to be seen in, neons, chrome wheels with an extra spinning wheel caps, big subs/TVs sticking out of your glove box, Christmas lighting in your engine room, fake NOS bottle, pink leatherette seat covers and body decorated in fluffy 'Finding Nemo' theme (oh, I forgot to mention a bunch of Essex girls with no shame :eek: ). In any case, it was good to see everyone again but I got told off by my wife for not getting her any tofu last night :mad:

[444bhp Ray]

Well done boys,Mits came through and so did all of you in my book. As nick said most of them dont know what to look out for when you start modding its got to look right,got to flow with the lines of the car,thats what i think in a nut shell its all about having (TASTE ) :cool: And Evotechnik has the most. [ok

[peppernick]

OK some pics of the crew ;)

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[BigFas]

To add my congrats to Mits, extremely well deserved, and the look on his face when his name was announced, priceless :)

I can't really add too much to Nick's post, mainly because I've just been woken up by my son and am really groggy :) but Nick has definitely summed up everything. What astonishes me is we've been in constant touch with the organisers for literally 4 months or so telling them what we wanted etc, but it's quantity over quality. It's frustrating when there is a crew like EvoTechnik who fund the modding of their cars personally, who do it for the love of the game, but the prize winners are the larger crews who are actually companies selling their wares. Don't really understand, but hey.

Having said all that, was an awesome day, we had a lot of fun, thanks to all the forum members who made it, especially Raj, Doctor Matt, MattH, Karim (and friend) who travelled major distance to make it down.

Andy, you rock! You did so much for us on the day, and my screen in the boot got MAD attention. Also thanks to Lee and Sarah, I think Sarah made my car the most popular of the show by posing next to the boot install, I think every horny male that was there has her pic standing next to my car :D

Will upload my fave pics later today :)

And good job to the rest of the crew. I couldn't show my car with a better bunch of people. You guys kick butt!

Oh. Watch out for a feature soon of my car in Redline magazine :D

[Ots]

And this is how much effort it takes to get your car ready for the night :)

[Ots]

PS...

Note the wonderfully provocative plate just above Nic's head :)

[Har5ha]

Well done guys..

maybe that should we what to do next..organise a car show..for quality cars!!

Some modded..and maybe even some stock supercars...an idea!

[Doc Matt]

me and raj throughly enjoyed it and we were glad to come down to support the evotechnik crew.

just one thing... my f***ing EARS !!!! and i was only there for 4 hours, i feel sorry for you guys who were there from early till late.

thanks to nick who let me have 5 mins quiet in his car with the windows up !

enjoyed the evening, had a giggle at a few cars, was fun. :D


p.s

just so i did not dream it in bed last night, can somebody confirm they did actually park a 'G' reg jaguar next to tin's car which featured plastic diamonds stuck on with glue, alligator interior, neons and a fire extinguiser in the boot with a NOS sticker on ? :eek:

[Tin]

Congrats out to Mits for winning, wicked mate! [jam [jam
Well done to the rest of the crew too! shame we didn't win more, but hey, we all got cars we're proud off, thats the main thing! [jam

Agree, the wild/mild e36 verts that one the other awards were pretty much identical, bar colour.. eh? :confused:

Big thanks to everyone who came out to support Evotechnik, quality of its members and its knowledge here, its what makes the forum tick!

Was a very very long day, with plenty of drama too! :)

The only way to gurrantee winning a prize, is to have the biggest spoiler possible fitted, along with lambo doors, and pretty much 4 xmas trees inside,with the full works [crackmeup

The Hall was way too small for the no of cars entered, either have a bigger hall, or limit the no of cars entered.

Cheers
Tin
ps:man i look mashed in that pic!i'm sure there's a better one.lol :p

[mysticm3]

couldn't agree more with Nick there. We even need to move our cars out in order to clean them properly. Anyway we had great fun and time seemed to pass a lot quicker than last year lol

Important thing is we didn't go home empty handed and Evotechnik will always be at major UK shows to represent ourselves. One day we will make our appearrance at one of the shows in Europe for show.

Thanks again to all the people who turned up especially those who had to travel distance. :)

[Mits]

Right, just got up....got a sore throat, my ears hurt and I got a headache :D

Still makes it all worthwhile to win a trophy not just for me, but for the crew. Thanks to everyone for coming down, even if I did'nt get to meet you all [hiya

Agree with all the comments made by Nick and I can't believe this year the same E36 M3 vert won because he had GUCCI interior :eek: The maxpower silver vert we looking at when signing in also won, which gives an idea about the focus of the show.

However, the event is one the highlights of the year and if any of you had any doubts about Teddys or Roys product.....tastefully done they can win you a trophy :D [ok

Thank you the crew and members, you guy/gals are the best [hiya

[jam [cool [bow [banana

[Durgesh]

OK just got up too...

Mits.. I have exactly the same ears hurting and headache!!!!

Congrats Mate, best BMW is a great thing for the team to have under there belt!

What's left to say, would also like to thanks everyone that came and supported us.

Massive thanks to the rest of the EvoTechnik Crew, these things are would not be the same without you guys!

And not to forget, Andy, Ots, and Sandy, for being there the whole day and helping out.

I lost count on the number of things Andy fixed, add'd to my car through out the day!

Video coming soon. Guys if any of you have good pictures please email them to me. Hi Res tks.

Sorry guys.. not many pictures of the other cars, used most of the space on my camera for Vid's.

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Durgesh

[Ali]

Awesome pics guys...

Sounds like HIN was quite a laugh!

Congrats Mits for the trophy! :D :D

Wish I could have made it... next year for sure!

[Afif]

p.s

just so i did not dream it in bed last night, can somebody confirm they did actually park a 'G' reg jaguar next to tin's car which featured plastic diamonds stuck on with glue, alligator interior, neons and a fire extinguiser in the boot with a NOS sticker on ? :eek:

Yea but you missed it catch fire at the end :D.... everyone was wishing theyd water the whole ICE install down ;) Would have been something worth watching [crackmeup.

[Mits]

Here are some pics of said trophy in my front room...for a while anyway :D [jam

Pics of other cars I will post up later tonight.

[BigFas]

Your place is TOO clean!! You need kids ;)

[richardlkay]

Congrats to the who Evotechnik Crew.....and especially to Mits on winning Best (mild) BMW. Well done mate [ok

Awesome pics too [ok

[peppernick]

Mits, looks like your leather sofa needs the gliptone treament ;)

Here are some more pics that turned out nice ;)

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[RDG 40]

WELL DONE ALL YOU GUYS YOU DID US ALL PROUD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im gutted i cud not make it seems lke i missed an awesome nyt.

[Mits]

Here some pics I took earlier in the day....

[Stock323iSaloon]

Some random ones from my poopoo camera

[toffer325ti]

Some good pics guys!!

Well done Mits on winning the Trophy!!

Keep up the good work [cool

[uberbmw]

well done guys, awesome pics. congrats mits :)

[BeemerBoy888]

Congrats on the award Mits, well done bro. :cool: Also great to see the usual suspects in all their fine and shiny glory [cool [jam

Overall a great night, even though we had to shout into each other's ears to hear one another :o

It was a shame that Evotechnik wasn't given more space to display their awesome cars. Good to see everyone there as always [ok

[lee330sport]

Wow,what a weekend. Finally dragged myself out of bed this moring. Im so tired still.

What a great day, although it was long and tiring it was worth it. Thanks to Fas for letting me follow you in on Sat, i would never have found that place.lol [ok

Fas you car was a show stopper man, how you and Digs didnt win is beyond me, but no point in looking back.

Tin you car is a monster, see you at cardiff HIN.......Twin SC M5 [crackmeup

It aws great to see everyone again. Cant wait for the next show, just need a bit more space. :rolleyes:

Sorry i didnt come to the meal with you guys but we had to be out of the hotel at 10am and needed some sleep for the drive back. Hope you guys had a good night though. Like i said your an ace bunch of guys cant wait for the next show.

And most important. Congrats Mits!

[Raj]

me and raj throughly enjoyed it and we were glad to come down to support the evotechnik crew.

just one thing... my f***ing EARS !!!! and i was only there for 4 hours, i feel sorry for you guys who were there from early till late.

thanks to nick who let me have 5 mins quiet in his car with the windows up !

enjoyed the evening, had a giggle at a few cars, was fun. :D


p.s

just so i did not dream it in bed last night, can somebody confirm they did actually park a 'G' reg jaguar next to tin's car which featured plastic diamonds stuck on with glue, alligator interior, neons and a fire extinguiser in the boot with a NOS sticker on ? :eek:

Just to second everything Matt has said as it was a good evening. Congrats to Mits [bow . I have to say that I really wasn't expecting it to be as Max Power as it was. But at least there was some taste added the EvoTechnik Crew doing their thang!!!!!

It was hilarious to see some of the cars on display (such as the Jag parked next to Tin's M5).

It was also most excellent to meet up with some of you again and meet some new peeps - Lee/Sarah/Harsha [hiya .

[Richie in Dublin]

Cars looked great lads,super pictures....congrats on the Win Mits. The effort really shows in all your cars!

[Big Lee]

well done guys, great turn out! :D

shame the rest of the show and layout didn't match your quality!

it was really good to see your cars in the flesh so to speak!

[Mundip]

Well done guys, cars look fab. Congrats to Mits on the award [cool :)

[AJ.]

Congrats Mits.

The organising for HIN looks bloody awfull!! Just looks they ditched you in a carpark, how are you spose to shows your cars like that!!

Hopefully Cardiff will give you a better opportunity to really show your cars off.

AJ

[Big Performance]

Well done guys. Great turn out .
Fas thanks for the sticker dude. [cool
See you all soon.
Take pride in your ride.
Ian and the chrome smart.

[Ots]

Right..

My photos from the night are up at www.otaiba.com/hin

You need to view in IE 5+ and if allow the ActiveX control to be downloaded and installed to be able to get all the features.

If you see an 'x' where the image is, then just wait while the app caches everything from the server.

And... um... sorry.. I got distracted by the women... and nudey ones a friend took! But at least my photo's are a tad bit more decent than last time :)

Ots

[bmsingh]

nothing much to say other than good job guys and well done... :cool:

[BigFas]

Took a bunch of pics. Here's my fave (funnily enough, all crew ;) )

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[peppernick]

http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/6651DSC01447_Small_.jpg


SICK!!!!!

[BigFas]

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[BigFas]

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[Mits]

Thanks for all the congrats guys....some excellent pics here too, may take some for my desktop :D

ps..AJ great to see you here mate, your car still looks awesome [bow
Your exhaust is still going strong, although i'll probably be getting an x-pipe soon to complement it.

[peppernick]

Fas bro, you've outdone yourself [ok Some awesome shots [bow

[BigFas]

LOL. Long way to go before I get any good. I just point and click :) The tripod is all for show :p

last ones for now
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[BigFas]

This car interior blew me away!

Complete nappa retrim with neon, yes NEON, piping. The piping lights up upon ignition. The theme is carried on into the boot install too! These guys will be doing my interior later this year ;)

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[peppernick]

You saw that Lexus with cream and black interior? Awesome!

[AJ.]

Thanks for all the congrats guys....some excellent pics here too, may take some for my desktop :D

ps..AJ great to see you here mate, your car still looks awesome [bow
Your exhaust is still going strong, although i'll probably be getting an x-pipe soon to complement it.

Cheers Mits, good to hear the exhaust is still going strong, good luck for the future.

I've got a few things in the pipeline, should be all done by the Middlesex meet fingers crossed.

AJ

[westside]

mits...... well done dude nice one they def mad ethe right choice with your car :-)

[lee330sport]

Nice pics Fas :cool:

Cant wait for the next HIN.

[BlackBimmerUK]

Congrats Mits on the trophy.

Its a shame but I dont think the UK is ready for sensible modded cars. Big spoilers is where its at for the UK modding scene I think.

Tell anybody you mod cars and they automatically assume you have a Nova with big exhausts and M3 mirrors. I dont think we will ever get to the stage where the US is with their modding.

Anyways congrats to everyone.

[peppernick]

OK guys video is up

http://sankeys.demon.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1696