CHOPSHOP

CHOPSHOP is super excited to welcome Accuair, Airlift and TMtuning to the family.  If your looking for great deals on an air ride system or looking for those MINT RARE OEM parts just email kevin@chopshoponline.ca for all the goodies you have been looking for!

So it be a rather long time since anyone has posted anything on the blog. I figured since it's winter (if you want to call it that), I would shed some light on what has been going down at Chopshop!

Since winter is upon us all of the car at Chopshop! are under the knife. Some are going full out on their cars, as where some of us are just doing minor changes and tying up loose ends. Chopshop is going to be out in full force this year and I am stoked for the season to see what unfolds. 

Kevin has been working hard at what will be in my eye on of the craziest builds. He is not cutting any corners and not sparing any expense. What started out as a motor build / exterior refresh has now gone full rebuild.

 This

Quickly became this

Neil has also been busy working on both his gems! The MK3 was finished just in time for Waterfest and the MK4 was victim too some unfortunate events. This gave Neil the chance to change up the look of the MK4

Adding Air and a new set of wheels. Sadly the MK3 is tucked away for the time being, but changes are in the works

As for me, even though the car was only out a short period of time. I decided to go back under the knife with. Currently as it sits the motor has been pulled and engine bay shaving has start once again.

All dirty not being worked on, then I got some motivation

Motor is out and parts are on order

Hopefully this brings you up to speed somewhat as to what is going on at the shop. Sorry for it being rather long, future blog post will be short, sweet and more frequent.

Andrew/ Mooner/ Moon man/ or after thinking about all the little things that went into getting this little jem getting finished the JDM Baller!  This Car has been a project in the making since he picked it up.  The car has been hiding in the Chopshop for the last couple summers getting one hell of a facelift.  What started out as a shaved bay and a simple respray, changed up large when the Wide BBS's and crazy offset where thrown in the mix.  Turning this project into a widebody custom with loads of extras, including one of my favorites the JDM parking pole moved to the Passenger side of this LEFT hand drive.  It made its way out to the streets this past summer, so this update is a little long over due......

Well, it's been a crazy couple of weeks (and especially the last one) leading up to Waterfest 17. After a ton of time and work on getting Neil's (or Katie's) MK3 ready for the drive and show, it paid off in the end with getting a Eurotuner feature!

So, on Friday the 15th, as I (Josh) was at home sleeping and preparing for the trip, the guys were still at the shop working on the MK3 and I believe at around 5am, they finished. Time for a test drive? Sure...a 10 hour test drive. They left the shop, met up with the rest of us and off we went on our journey to Englishtown. About 4 hours into our trip, we pulled over and somebody noticed that the tires looked a little 'shredded'. Upon closer inspection, it was true. Tires that were never driven on and brand new only 5 hours earlier, were now on their last breathe. Thanks to Garmin, we found a shop in a nearby town, begged them for a speedy alignment and they obliged. This was obstacle #1.

Everything seemed to be going fine until we were approximately 80km from our hotel. We pulled over b/c Kevin's dark shark was feeling a little wonky, only to find out that his drive shaft is now nearing its very end. Being optimistic, we just hoped it would hold until we reached the hotel if we drove slowly. Feeling like we were almost there, it decided to give out with 13km left to our hotel. We pushed it off to the side, and Mooner and I raced off to the closest Walmart to pick up a tow rope. When we returned, the MKV on air ride seemed to be the most likely candidate for towing another vehicle, so we all gathered back into our cars, screwed in the tow hook to the MKV, strapped in, aired up and we were off. 

I don't think the local traffic was too happy with us as we barely made it out of first gear, then we had to go through downtown, around a detour (of course), onto the NJ turnpike and we finally pulled into the hotel to a warm welcome of cameras. An epic entrance to Waterfest 17.

Air seems to be all the rage these days. For MKV's, it's almost 'normal' to roll up to a show or gtg and air down. Well there isn't really anybody on the west end of the GTA that deals with air ride directly... until now. If you're interested in bagging your car, we can bring you the latest and greatest from AirLift. The installs are where it's at though. Anybody can buy a kit, and sure, you can buy from us, but if you have a kit and want it installed, let us know.

For more information, get in touch with Kevin (Kevin@chopshoponline.ca)

Some kit options from AirLift:

Here are 2 examples of recent installs:

The season has officially started up here in the 'great white north'! Every year, Springfling is the official 'season opener' and everybody seems to work hard to get their cars ready for this one. For some of us, it meant two late nights the nights before as we finished up the last minute minor touches (for kevin that means a whole paint job). We made it and had a blast; perfect weather, tons of cars, brews...great day!

Here are a few pics we've found floating around:

Well after a long wait, the first batch of Chopshop shirts are finally here and they're only $20! Get in touch with any of the crew to make sure you get ahold of one before they're gone!

Getting tired of the plain images and backgrounds on your iPhone? Well here are a few to help spruce up the look of your iPhone in true 'Chopshop' style. Just go to this link on your iPhone, select an image (which will open in a new window), tap on the image and save it to your iPhone. Then go to it in your photo library and set as wallpaper.

Everyone knows what a pain in the @$$ it is to keep paint on your GLI lip once you lower it, and if your low enough you know how expensive it can get to replace broken lips. These skid plates have been saving paint and lips for a while now and they look great while doing it. If you're putting them on for a specific purpose or just for looks, it's a great & easy mod that keeps the pennies in your pocket.

Just email me at kevin@chopshoponline.ca to order yours!

Finally we have moved into a proper shop and things are looking up! We've got a hoist and a proper welder, so we're off to a good start; not to mention it's a hell of a lot closer then Brantford. Couple things that will be missed though are good looking neighbours and admirals!! Guess were going to have to settle for butter tarts and field parties! 

Stay tuned for more updates and pics of new shop!!