Black Forest Industries Oktoberfest 2012
Happy Monday everyone!
I want to use today to give you all a recap of the Volkswagen show that I went to this weekend. On Saturday a local tuning shop Black Forest Industries held their second Oktoberfest. Surprisingly it is a German car show, with some German food, and local NC Beer.
I was able to roll out of work a little early and head over. Even though BFI is just on the other side of town, this was the first time I had been up there. Pretty lame that a really cool VW tuning shop is so close to me and I had never been.
As with any time of show like this, first stop was the beer tent for a great local IPA from Natty Greene’s. Then I got to hang out with some friends to chat about cars, beer, and the food they had. As luck would have it, we were parked next to the Eurowise tent. Let me tell you that the guys from Eurowise in Charlotte,NC are awesome guys. They had their VR6 Cabriolet with them. Seeing this car in person really game me a kick in the butt to get working! They also gave me some inside info on the parts I NEED and the ones that I can pass on. I will be making the trip down to visit them, and pick up the VR6 kit for the Cabby. Seriously check these guys out.
I spent the next few hours checking out all the cars. There were some really great cars. Some folks with awesome taste in cars. VWs with incredible attention to detail. The kind of touch that most people would never even catch.
I also had the great opportunity to meet some readers of the blog. To be honest, THAT was the best part. It is really a total honer to meet people that I know because of the site. If any of you are ever in Raleigh, or the local area, please let me know. I would be more than happy to grab a pint with you!
Here are some pictures from the show. I have to give some photo credit to my buddy Stephen for some of the great shots.
- VR6 in a Cabby, yes please
- I really like this wheel fitment
- Yep, wagon love!
- More shots of the Eurowise VR6 mk1
- Nice wheel fit
- This was the first VW I seen at the show. So cool
- More great fitment
- This guy has some of the best taste in modifing cars!
- Wolfsburg logo center cap
- ApexTuning’s Corrado.
- More wagon love
- This is a Corrado another local shop is building. This color is fantastic
- Best taste! Close up of the hood light
- This gal drove up from GA
- The interior was amazing. Built in 6 days. Front and rear seats, and door panels.
- Some S4 action
- I really like the badge on this grill.
- It’s all in the details, like the hood light.
- Corvette wheels are a popular wheel
- This is my buddy Joe’s S4. You have seen pics of it before. His wife was nice enough to show her “good foot” in this picture. 😉
- Another GA car. You might recognize this car. It was on Shop Shots a while back
- These seats were awesome
- I don’t think that mine will be this low.
- How do you not love this?
- Even the color of the VR6 Cabriolet is great.
- Rat Rod Ghia
I hate looking at pictures of cars that are better than mine lol
The white interior is clean but I couldn’t rock it! It would be filthy lol.
An Charles, y u no go low?! Haha
@Garrett, I will be doing more plaid on my seats.
I will also be modifying the suspension, but not that low. I want to keep my teeth in my head ya know 😀
I agree completely, I just had to pull the vortex card lol