It was just six months ago that a rising show from the east attempted to penetrate the western Canadian tuner market by hosting an unassuming
event last September in Vancouver.

While smaller than other local events and squeezed into a tight schedule of new shows, the first SCN Vancouver managed to deliver an experience never felt before. Six months later, the same show would turn up the heat again but this time at BC’s largest venue, both doubling its size and tripling its competitor car count. With feature
cars in abundance, let’s take a tour of what SCN Vancouver 2004 was all about.

Walking into the show, one is immediately consumed by the sheer
grandeurness of the venue itself. While being bombarded with bass, lights, models and booths, one must first make a stop at the Phoenix Gold display and enter a ballot to win their decked out Protege 5. This Mazda stuffed with a custom Phoenix Gold sound system and a slew of performance goodies was accompanied by the lovely ladies of Lite
Glow and Phoenix Gold respectively. Speaking of audio, all the major
labels were on hand as well representing their product lines and
showing off their new 2004 demo vehicles. The Alpine Civic SiR was
certainly one of the major feature cars. Complete with a wild airbrush scheme, center drive transmission and more custom work than most shops do in a year, the Civic’s first appearance on Canadian soil was explosive to say the least. Rockford Fosgate also stepped up to the plate by importing their brand new Hummer H2 project all the way up
from California. Watching spectators step in and getting their bones rattled by the intense SPL levels that this truck produced was simply incredible. Other audio manufacturers present included Pioneer Electronics, Kenwood, Polk Momo, Panasonic and Cerwin Vega showing off their brand new line of audio equipment.

If there is anything that makes Vancouver unique in the landscape of the Canadian tuner scene, it has got to be the numerous amount of modified high end vehicles. BFGoodrich, the title sponsor of the event, came out hardcore with an elite group of show cars in their collosal booth. The white NSX from SR Autogroup with ‘02 front end conversion was certainly a show stopper. Garage 5’s wild Nissan Silvia S13 parked next to the white Spoon equipped S2K from A&J Racing only upped the ante. Finally, a yellow Mazda RX7 that graced a previous cover of PASMAG put the cherry on top to complete the presentation. Castrol motor oil, the presenting sponsor of the event, brought out a full race prepped all-motor Integra drag car and a prestine metallic blue Prelude complete with vertical doors, both courtesy of Garage 5.

The top clubs and shops in the Vancouver area also pulled out the stops for the event. SR Auto group represented with the cleanest crew of Bimmers, Benz’s and 350Z’s ever. Bavaria Car Studio was also in full force with a fleet of JDM jewels such as an authentic Diamond Star EVOVIII, modded Subaru STi and turbocharged Miata to mention a few. On the topic of JDM, A&J Racing rounded up their team of full Spoon-spec machines including a TSX, DC2 Integra, EP3 Civic and DC5 RSX.