Welcome to Spotlight. Our goal is to feature customer's vehicles and shine a spotlight on their build. We are always excited to see where our products end up and how they are being used. Did you build a show car? A drift car? A time attack car? Is it bagged or static? You get to tell your story in the spotlight.

Today we are featuring John Naderi aka Nads and his EG Civic.

Seibon: Welcome Nads! Tell us a little about yourself and what you do for a living.

Nads: My name is John Naderi, better - or worse - known as “nads”, and for a living, I try to do as little as possible, but currently Hoonigan pays me beer money to be a creative director.

Seibon: You’ve been in the automotive industry longer than some of us could walk, can you give us a brief history about your journey in the car world?

Nads: Lifelong import car fanboi, raised on the Van Nuys Blvd cruise scene with time served on select sections of Sylmar’s San Fernando Road and the Mulholland Highway. Got my first break as an associate editor at Petersen Publishing’s Max Speed magazine in 1998. From there, I helped build Overboost.com, before coming back to Petersen as the editor-in-chief of Super Street, later becoming the editorial director of the International Group of magazines (remember those, kids?). Soon after, I left the cushy confines of my successful publishing career to build a digital sport compact media start-up called RiceBoyTV (that name did not age well) with a focus on YouTube videos. This was way back in ’07 (too soon, junior). Our funding dried up following the financial collapse in 2008. This led to a stint at StreetFire.net, before launching Global Time Attack and that motorsports pedigree earned me a shot to be the event director for Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid at the X Games. I followed this up with some marketing work during Hoonigan’s early days. Because my kids have a weird thing about eating and wearing clothes, I took a job at Saatchi & Saatchi as a copywriter for all things Toyota. Sadly, most of the said things were not fun. Hoonigan’s co-founder, Brian Scotto rescued me from a Prius-filled life to bring me back to Hoonigan. While I still struggle to feed my kids, at least I can give them all the Hoonigan hoodies and tees they can wear.

Seibon: How did you get your current EG? What special meaning does it hold?

Nads: The scumbags at Hoonigan took pity on me and bought me the car after asking me what sort of Honda I would build if given the opportunity. They did all the work on their own time, I couldn’t have spec’d it better if I tried. We’re really close at Hoonigan, but this isn’t something colleagues and co-workers would do for each other. I can truly say these people are my family. I’m still feeling all at once overwhelmed, undeserving, and incredibly blessed.

Seibon: That's amazing! Glad to see you our cruising around with a smile. Any future plans or goals for the EG?

Nads: The car is perfect as it sits, but obviously, I’m at Hoonigan for a reason and I won’t be content until I completely ruin it. I really want it to be a street car that I can thrash somewhat responsibly in the canyons, with some track days (BW CW13 FTW) and some quarter-mile passes for fun. I still need to install the VTEC head and all the resultant goodies. Also want to eventually add more power, tighten up the chassis a bit and clean up the style even more. Some JDM rice would also be nice.

Seibon: How many other cars have you had? Which one has been your favorite?

Nads: These days, I’m known as a Honda guy, but before that, I was all about Toyotas. I’ve had a bunch of lifted and leveled SR5 trucks, an FX16, A70 Supra, and more. I even had a rowdy zenki DC5 BITD, but by far, my all-time favorite is my EG, because of all the love that went into it.

Seibon: Is there anyone you’d like to thank?

Nads: Everyone at the Hoonigans for this incredible gesture and all the wonderful manufacturers who participated in the build. Oh, and my lord and savior, Jesus Christ, because, at my age, I need to cover all the bases.

Seibon: Where can people find you on social media?

Nads: Are Myspace and Friendster still a thing? If not, I’m on those Instagrams @nadsynads.

Seibon: Thanks for joining us!