KING OF FITMENT

This thing is so freaking cool. <3

Courtesy of Tanabe Japan’s blog:

BTW, <3 these Merisias. Too bad SSR USA doesn't show a 21" fitment yet...

My God. I LOVE this Mode Parfume demo car. Amazing.

Thoughts?

From Speedhunters today:

WAT. That’s crazy.

This is totally insane, but I picked up a new car last weekend.

It’s a MY2008 LS600hL, in Verdigris Mica with the Alabaster interior and the 4-seat executive package. It’s totally awesome. Mods are forthcoming…

I’m in love with this car. Found it while browsing old threads on VSC forums.

Also, for good measure, here’s a shot of the Job-Design F50.

And another super hot, stock JDM bodied Y33.

Enjoy!

Again, these photos really suck. I’m not responsible for feelings of disgust or nausea when you look at them!

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Oh yeah, you guys can do whatever you want to these photos if it’s for non-commercial use. Sounds good?

So I’m back from Tokyo and I just managed to get some photos sorted out. Let me apologize in advance for the horrible image quality — I was hoping to pick up a Sigma DP2 or something or other while I was in China, but news about the new Olympus E-P1 have put my camera purchasing plans on hold, so all I had to use was a cheapy Panasonic point-and-shoot, which didn’t handle the weird lighting conditions in the exhibition hall very well.

There were a LOT of donks at the show; I think the LA DUB style is a huge influence over there (kinda like how they took the SoCal import scene and made it into SpoCom. Hmm. I guess there’s more to tuning than JDM, huh?). I met a LOT of cool people, but big thanks to Ted @ Montage, Tetsu at T2DF, and Kazumi and Ray at Speedworx. Thanks also to Dave (I didn’t get the company you worked for, sorry! If you ever read this, we’ll go grab a drink when you’re next in SoCal). EDIT! It was also nice meeting Norihide at Special Cars magazine – thanks for keeping me company and good luck on your Boxster! END EDIT!

Anyway, enjoy the photos!

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I got hella pwnt last night, cause I was lame and didn’t look at the Google map correctly.

I was trying to get to the Super Autobacs near here (Daiba) and I ended up seeing the Tokyo Tower instead. Talk about a detour, haha!

The SIS ended today, but I didn’t have time to go check it out (and take photos of the cars leaving — I’m regretting this) but that’s OK, ’cause I got some good photos yesterday of some of the weird machinery parked outside (El Camino with a wood grill? INSANE). I’ll post my photos when I get back home on Tuesday!

By the way, have a safe and happy Father’s Day!

I’m in Tokyo right now. I missed the last bus from Narita to my hotel, so I got pwnt and had to take a bus to the Tokyo City Air Terminal and then a cab to the hotel. My wallet hurts right now :(.

But today, after breakfast, I went to the Tokyo Special Import Show for the press showing day with my friend, Ted. All I have to say is… damn. The level of detail and theme in some of these cars is insane.

I’ll just channel my inner James Joyce and put some stream-of-consciousness thoughts here: RWB’s Nakai-san had his personal Porsche 930 sitting outside, next to a huge crowd of other track-prepped Porsches. That Idlers Club logo is really cool. Saw the hottest, lowest Lotus Exige I have ever seen. There was a really hot modified Audi S8 there, with excellent fitment. I met the owner of Liberty Walk (OMG *faints*), the Japanese distributor of Giovanna/WTW Corp. stuff, and a guy who apparently races NASCAR. Didn’t get his name, though. *EDIT* His name is Takuma Koga, last active in NASCAR in 2002. *END EDIT* Fortissimo had a really nice current-gen GS on display – Bold World suspension, carbon fiber aerokit (on a black car – the contrast is so hot). There weren’t as many booth girls as photos of other events would suggest, but there were a few. Some were wearing hella weird outfits. I’m in love with the alumite gray finish of the top-of-line Endless brake caliper. Wish I could afford a set. Giovanna edition bicycles? This eclair is really good, haha, and it was only 105 yen!

Anyway, there was a lot of stuff I forgot — I’ll post up photos and more observations when I get back to the US. Yodobashi Camera tomorrow, maybe?