Early Edition 2016

 

When April comes around, the talk and excitement building up to Early Edition echoes throughout social media. It’s not surprising, as ‘EE’ is the next biggest event to follow Ultimate Dubs back in March. If you missed that, then EE is the show to debut your car at, and let’s face it, it’s still early on in the show calendar. Held at The Saints stadium in Northampton, the Edition38 crew take over the venue every year to host the pre-show to their established Edition38 ‘Show & Shine’ later on in the year. However, Early Edition has grown considerably over the past couple of years, making it nearly as big. Well, usually that is… This year was a little different, but more on that later! As per usual, we were surrounded by an outstanding selection of cars, traders, food and drink (including the all-important bar), plus glorious weather. We tried to capture as much as we could from the main show itself, in addition to the surrounding car parks with anything that took our fancy.

 

Matty Loveridge’s Mk1 Golf Swallowtail on Air Lift suspension & BBS E76’s

@matty_mk1

 

 

 

RIIVA Design’s Mk6 Golf wagon on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform VCE’s

@riivadesign

 

 

 

Warwick French’s Audi RS3 on Air Lift suspension & 19″ Fifteen52 Tarmac 348’s

@wardog701

 

 

Olly Barwell’s Audi S3 on Air Lift suspension & BBS LM’s

@ollybarwell

 

Amar’s Audi A5 on Air Lift suspension & Vossen CV7’s

@amar7128

 

Alex Rogers’ Polo GTI on Air Lift suspension & BBS RC041′s

@alexrogers92

 

Jack Dinsdale’s Audi TT on Air Lift suspension & Fifteen52 Tarmac’s

@j44jdx

 

Still Static’s Audi B8 on H&R suspension & 21″ Vossen LC105-T’s

@stillstatic

 

Georgie Marlow’s Mk1 Golf on Air Lift suspension & BBS RM’s

@georgie22

 

Alex Collins’ Audi A1 on HP Drivetech suspension & Vossen VFS-1’s

@alex_collins98

 

Steve Fraser’s Audi S3 saloon on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform OZT’s

@s30bmx

 

 

Jack Irwin’s Mk2 Golf on Air Lift suspension & Votex wheels

@thatvotexmk2

 

 

 

Joe Stackman’s Polo Coupe S on hydraulic suspension & PLS Hockenheim’s

@joestackman

 

 

Reece Ward’s 6n2 Polo GTI on Air Lift suspension & Extreme Offset wheels

@reeceward_brokeboysuk

 

GRMnorthampton’s Mk7 Golf on Airrex suspension & Cast13 wheels

@grm_northampton

 

Adam Hodge’s Audi S3 on H&R suspension, Lamborghini BBK & 20″ Audi Rotor’s

@hodge_s3

 

Ryan Castleman’s bagged Mk5 Jetta wagon on custom built Audi A8 Winter wheels

@ryancastleman93

 

Adam Baggott’s TFSI-swapped Mk1 Golf Cabriolet on Airdynamiks suspension & BBS RM’s

@baggie131183

 

 

Sole Flavours’ Mk4 Golf on WORK VSXX wheels

@sole_flavours

 

James Munro’s bagged Porsche 356 Speedster

@tosh_carrera

 

 

 

Stuart Gray’s Mk5 Golf R32 on Air Lift suspension & BBS Super RS’s

@kic_stu

 

Matt Wright’s Mk3 Golf VR6 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform CCV’s

@mk3matt

 

Eddie Edwards’ Audi A1 on HP Drivetech suspension

@eddedwards

 

Sam Curtis’ Mk2 Golf GTI on Air Lift suspension & custom-built BBS RA splits

@_samcurtis

 

 

Stan Jalhay’s Mk2 Golf GTI on OZ 35th Anniversary wheels

@stanjalhay

 

Owen Burnell’s Mk4 Golf R32 on Air Lift suspension & OZ Super Leggera III’s

@owen_r32

 

Matt Woodgate’s Porsche 997 on HP Drivetech/Air Lift suspension & Rotiform LHR’s

@bagged_997

 

 

 

Gordon Milne’s bagged Mk4 Golf R32 on carbon BBS GT’s

@g_lowcollective

 

Andy Rowell’s Mk5 Golf on Air Lift suspension & stepped-up BBS RS’s

@x18ndy

 

Rob Palmer’s bagged Mk3 Golf VR6 on ceramic polished BBS RS

@robg60

 

Tariq Alam’s static Audi A1 on Verein Club One’s

@mrg40

 

Jordan Hill’s static Mk2 Golf on OZ Fittipaldi’s

@jordancharles_

 

Dan Birkinshaw’s bagged Mk5 Jetta on BBS GT004’s

@birk999

 

Kats Giles’ Audi Q3 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform CCV’s

@kagggie

 

 

VRS Northampton’s Mk2 Golf VR6 on Compomotive’s

@vrsnorthampton

 

Daniel Wasilewski’s bagged Phaeton on Bentley’s

@airridesystem.uk

 

Lee Curtis’ Audi A6 Allroad on Air Lift suspension & 20×10 Rotiform CCV DDT’s

@curtisg40

 

Charlie Dunn’s B7 Audi RS4 on Air Lift suspension & 20″ Rotiform SPF’s

@charliedunnn

 

Matt Sullivan’s Mk4 Golf R32 on Air Lift suspension & Rota MC3’s

@mattsullivans

 

Dave Clee’s static UP! on Porsche D90’s

@that_white_up

 

 

 

Jason Bowes’ Audi A5 on Air Lift suspension & Vossen VFS-2’s

@lordbowes

 

Michael Ralph’s Mk4 Golf R32 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform IND’s

@ralphyroots

 

Julian Loose & Michelle Waters’ Audi B5’s

@julesloose / @chelle_df

 

James Manners’ Audi B5 RS4 Avant on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform LVS’s

@crescenttyres

 

Marc Jarvis’ Mk6 Golf on Air Lift / AccuAir suspension & 19″ VIP Modular VS220’s

@tukcustoms

 

Al Langford’s Audi B8 A4 Avant on Air Lift suspension & 3pc Rotiform IND’s

@al_langford

 

Volkswagen Santana

 

Steven Doe’s BMW E21 on Air Lift / AccuAir suspension & CCW D110’s

@doeboyfresh

(click here to check out our feature on Steven’s E21)

 

Mitch Davis’ BMW E36 on Air Lift / AccuAir suspension & Team Dynamics centrelock wheels

@mitch_plush

 

Adam Willstead’s BMW E46 on Air Lift suspension & OZ Futura’s

@chicking_mayo

 

Marcin Kobylański’s BMW E28 525i on ACS Type1’s

@marcinkobylanski

 

Chris Phillips’ static Lexus IS200 on Enkei NT03+M’s

@chrispy_clean

(click here to check out our feature on Chris’ Lexus)

 

Harrison Conner’s static EOS on XXR 968’s

@harrisonconner_

 

Sean Crompton’s static BMW E36 cab on Carline CM6′s

@s_crompton

 

Craig Sims’ static BMW E28 on Rial wheels

@_craigsims

 

If you are reading this but didn’t actually attend the show, it may look like it was rather busy from the photographs. In reality, the turnout at this year’s Early Edition was unfortunately about half of what it has been in the past. Who knows what could have actually caused this, but we think it might have had something to do with a lot of the usual suspects heading to Wörthersee in Austria earlier than usual. We also heard that the Show & Shine had changed to a pre-booked method – maybe most people didn’t know about this? With most of the public car parks full of perfectly worthy cars, the show venue itself had plenty of empty spots that could have easily accommodated them. All in all, it was rather disappointing and there was a definite feeling of this in the air from most people we spoke with. But what can you do…? Shit happens as we all know. No doubt the Edition38 team will learn from this and come back bigger than ever next year. We will still be there and you should be too!