Super Street had a bigger influence on me than I realized at the time. As a teenager, I read every issue of Super Street, Sport Compact Car, and Turbo cover to cover, spending as much time studying the photography as the cars themselves. Somehow, that eventually turned into a job at a competing publication, Modified Magazine, where I worked from 2004 to 2008. During those years, I often found myself chasing the same feature and cover cars that Super Street wanted, and along the way, I got to know several of its editors, including John Naderi, Ricky Chu, and Jonathan Wong. When Naderi and Chu left to start RiceBoyTV.com with Justin Kaehler, I visited their new office for a pair of Q&As that are still on the site, one with Ricky Chu and one with Justin Kaehler.
With Tunerzine back in 2026 and Super Street celebrating its 30th anniversary, there was no way I was going to miss Super Street After Dark. Presented by Acura, the event took place Saturday, November 14, from 7 to 10 p.m. across two parking garage rooftops at MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana, California. We caught up with Naderi and his EK, along with Ricky Chu, and spent some time with @eg6tank, whose Tank EG is featured on our latest collaboration tee. We also met up with @plusone_kuchisabishii.jp and photographed his R33 for an upcoming feature.
Acura used the event to publicly debut the 2027 Integra Type S Heritage Edition, a limited run of 700 cars finished in Blazing Phoenix Yellow with copper-finish 19-inch wheels, black Type S badges, a titanium shift knob, and an Ebony interior with yellow stitching. The special edition celebrates 30 years since the DC2 Integra Type R arrived in the U.S., making its debut particularly fitting for Super Street’s anniversary. The car was surrounded by Integras that came out to celebrate Acura’s own 40th anniversary, and that section alone would have been worth attending for. Both parking garage rooftops were packed with cars, and while we tried to photograph as many as possible, there’s no way we got them all.
A few other cars deserve a mention before getting to the gallery. @autofashion_usa‘s K-swapped 260Z, which made our favorite builds list from SEMA 2026 and which we saw again at AF Festival the week before, made another appearance. We also caught up with two cars that will be getting their own Tunerzine features soon: @pacey_em1’s Electron Blue Pearl EM1 Si and @fk8.rex’s FK8 Civic Type R. Of course, we made sure to photograph @thebigmike‘s Prelude, which needs no introduction, and @hasport_performance‘s Prelude with its K20C1 Type R swap.
There were plenty more cars worth mentioning, but I’ll let the 570 photos in the gallery do the rest of the talking. Enjoy the coverage, and congratulations to @superstreet on 30 years.
GalleryPhotos by Jason Siu
