By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Here’s the latest from my buddy Neil Tjin:

In light of the recent release of the new Scion tC, Gurnade and Tjin Edition have teamed up to design their own interpretation of the new Scion coupe. Due to the newly fashioned sculpted roof, the car has been outfitted with wide box-like fenders, aggressive front fascia, and matching sideskirts. Although, the design doesn’t stop there! To complete the look, the roof was chopped nearly 4 inches, and the rear windows were extended to visually lengthen the car. Deep-dish wheels, Status racing seats, harness bar, custom grille, Webasto sunroof, HID headlights, and slammed stance thanks to Air Lift suspension also add to the visual appeal and design.

This isn’t the first time that Gurnade and Tjin Edition have teamed up. Last year, Neil Tjin turned to Gurnade to complete his green Chevrolet Camaro. Gurnade will not be building this Scion for SEMA 2010. You will, however, see Gurnade all over SEMA this year. The guys are proud to say they will have five Gurnade designed vehicles at SEMA in three different OEM booths–some sporting custom parts, kits, and products. SEMA is still a few months away, so in the meantime follow Gurnade on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/gurnade) and check out the soon-to-be launched site at www.gurnade.com.

Stay tuned–Neil has some other new builds that he will be documenting on CarDomain (check out his CarDomain profile here).

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

I got a chance to check out Neil’s G8 at SEMA in November, where it won the GM Design Award of Excellence and the Dunlop Maxxed Out Tire Award. Since then, he’s made a bunch of updates, including the Vortech supercharger, Air Lift suspension, carbon fiber Status Racing seats and a custom MagnaFlow Exhaust. You can see it at Spring Carlisle this week. And of course you can see all the latest updates on his ride page.

By Weston Henderson

Weston Henderson

Neil Tjin is back at it again with his Tjin Edition Tour. You’re probably familiar with Neil from our SEMA coverage, but in case you didnt catch that, all you need to know is Neil is the man in the import tuner scene.

Neil launched his Tjin Edition Tour presented by GlowShift Gauges last week in Harrisburg, PA. This was just the first of 24 shows on the East and West Coast for 2009! Looked like Neil came out in style with rides including a 500hp+ Vortech supercharged Pontiac G8 CST, a 2009 Honda Fit, a Nissan Skyline R-34and a widebody Scion TC just to name a few.

The tour will be in Detroit at the Autorama March 6th – 8th and will head to Scottsdale AZ before continuing around the country. Be sure to check out tjineditiontour.com for tour dates near you!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Neil just sent this to me. Looks like his G8 got the Vortech treatment. Check it out.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

When I saw the ride page that Neil built for his Solstice my jaw dropped. This is the first project that Tjin Edition did with GM back in 2006. Since then they’ve done a Cobalt SS and the G8 GT, and they are hoping to build a Camaro for them in 2009

The Solstice was designed by Neil and Gene Tjin. It was built by Adam Carpenter and Unique Fabrication, the custom three-tone paint job was done by Dlight Customs, and it was built in conjunction with One Lug Wheels, Mobil 1, and GM. It has a fully functional, fully legit chromolly roll cage with a built in air jack system. I asked Neil if he was worried about bashing his head on that roll cage without a helmet and he said no!

The theme of the car is a show/drift car. It has custom suspension, a completely tubed rear end with a custom fuel cell, and features a HAHN turbo kit. It has not been on the track as of yet, but it will see some track time in 2009.

For 2009 the car will get a custom hard top and Neil will swap the 1bar map sensor for a 2.5 bar out of a Cobalt, swap the turbo from the 16G to a 20G, and add a boost controller to turn up the boost and presto. This beast will have 440 hp! See a ton more pics and get all the specs for this amazing ride on Neil’s 2006 Pontiac Solstice ride page!