GENESIS Sponsor Introduction // TOP 1 Synthetic Oil
We’re proud to announce another Gold Sponsor in our GENESIS Car Show and Gathering event. It’s TOP 1 Synthetic Oil. In this article I’m going to provide some background in regard to the brand and its partnership with hawk’n’poke. TOP 1 Oil Products Company, U.S.A. was founded in 1979 by William Arthur Ryan. He was an ex military Intelligence Division …
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Different Shade of Grey // 325i E90 on BBS
Go ahead and look up at what most people say in regard to having grey as a car color. It’s as colorless as white and black. Yet white has become such a sporty color and black is still in its eternal people’s-favorite-color state. So what about grey? If black is cool and white is hot, what about grey? Well, let’s …
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Show Off // F30 3 Series on Fifty 5ive
I’m sure not many of you have heard of the name Fifty 5ive. Well, for one, they’re proud of themselves being a small company and yet very focused on new designs and innovations. They produce custom one-piece and three-piece forged wheels. Custom to the point where you could even bring your own design to them and have it built especially …
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Hot Import Nights 2012 Jakarta
Held at the Jakarta Convention Center Senayan on 8-9 December 2012, this year’s Hot Import Nights has gathered +-150 participants competing for various trophy categories. One thing for sure is the rise in the number of ‘fitment’-focused rides. A lot of BMW’s and Japanese makes have been given these stanced treatments. One of the best specimen would be the 3 …
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GENESIS Sponsor Introduction // KW Suspensions
Let us introduce one of our Gold Sponsors in GENESIS: KW Suspensions Indonesia. Such partnership immediately came to mind considering the sheer number of hawk’n’poke featured cars running on KW Suspensions systems. The Mugello Blue R8, Frozen Grey M3, Blue E36, Matte Yellow W204 and many more; KW has quite a portfolio here on our site. Wondering why they have …
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204 of 250 // MINI John Cooper Works Championship 50 on ADV.1
Most of you must’ve heard of John Cooper Works as one of the costliest and most lavish trims available for a MINI. These cars have upgraded engines and refined exterior options. In a way, they are beefed-up MINI’s in a racing outfit. John Cooper was the name of the JCW Company’s founder. He was a British racing legend and the …
Read MoreGENESIS hawk’n’poke X Hellaflush Car Show and Gathering // Coming Soon 23 February 2013 // Flavor Bliss
What is Genesis? Genesis is the first ever car show event done in collaboration between hawk’n’poke and Hellaflush, held at Flavor Bliss Alam Sutera. hawk’n’poke, being the pioneer of ‘proper modifications’ concept in Indonesia has decided to invite Hellaflush over to Indonesia to create this monumental collaboration event. “The time has come for a new dawn,” as the tagline says. …
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Show Off // Porsche Panamera on ADV.1
A few days ago I received an interesting email from one of our readers. Surabaya-born Daniel sent me these pictures of his Porsche Panamera from San Francisco. The license plates themselves reveal a lot in regard to the owner’s background. Look at the Indonesian flag and Garuda on the front license plate, and Surabaya-centric rear plate. Currently in his final …
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Show Off // F10 M5 on DPE
Permaisuri has done it again. Another brand new performance ride that has been dressed up with a set of DPE wheels. Looking at the number of customers that roll into the shop everyday, it seems that it has become the norm for Indonesians to install branded aftermarket wheels on a brand new car. Some has even arrived still on top …
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Group Shoot // Indonesia MINI Club Gathering November 2012
Last November 24th 2012, we were invited by some members of the Indonesia MINI Club to attend their gathering held at the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) area. With an area large enough to accomodate these MINI coming across all generations, the parking lot was turned from being a dull piece of land into a colorful festive rich in automotive …
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Salient Factor // E Coupe on BC Forged
Crisp. Classy. Sporty. And Unique. These are the words that went straight into my mind looking at these pictures sent in by Winston this evening. Frankly, if I were the reader of this article I would’ve definitely skipped these sentences for later and went straight to scroll through the whole set of pictures. I mean, look at those yellow Brembo …
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Time is Right // David’s Stage 2+ Golf R
When I was a kid, my passion for cars were greatly fueled by the dreams of one day driving a real Ferrari, NSX, GT-R, Evolution and the like; the legendary rides that appear to be the fastest and sexiest among popular video games and movies. Never in my mind would I’ve thought of myself growing up to becoming a Golf …
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Show Off // Mini Countryman on Forgiato
Every time the name Forgiato rings to my ear, I immediately thought of some peculiar, out-of-this-world wheel designs. While most wheel manufacturers are currently obsessed with concaves and others are doing vintage comebacks, this particular wheel company has been paving its own path. Imagine a marathon contestant taking the plunge into the water instead, to pass through the shorter route …
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Photographer in Focus // Mahaendra Gofar
Last November I introduced the ‘Photographer in Focus’ series of articles by posting an interview I had with Mr Ronnie Renaldi (). He was quite the super cars photographer. Today I’m going to share the interview I had with Mr Mahaendra Gofar. Also an Indonesian hobbyist photographer with a busy day job, Mr Mahaendra treasures his spare times travelling while …
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Bimmerfest 2012 // Bogor
This year’s Bimmerfest, being held in the rainy period, came out pretty wet. Quite some groups cancelled their trip to Bogor in witnessing the event in person. Nevertheless, here’s our photo coverage of the event! We picked some of the interesting ones to post. One thing’s for sure, the stance scene is huge among these Bimmer enthusiasts. CCW, BBS, OZ, …
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Stance Off // Civic ES on Enkei
I’ve heard some words around saying HnP has been posting so many European cars lately. Well, get the facts straight, HnP actually loves all kinds of properly built cars. We dedicate ourselves to covering the Indonesian car culture in its entirety, but simply happened to meet more Europeans lately. A few days ago I’ve posted the K20 Jazz and today …
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