Since my last post on the topic, I’ve been working on drafting up quite an epic list of car part words, names, and brands in Japanese. While I’m sure they will be some more tweaks made, I wanted to post up the “beta” version of the list to get some feedback for additions. Leave a [...]
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How To: Say Car Part Names in Japanese – Beta V.2
Posted in How to:, Steve, tagged car, japanese, japanese english translations, names, parts, upgarage, yahoo, yaj on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Timeout: USDM on JDM
Posted in Steve, Timeout, tagged camaro, Chevy Camaro, Japan, jdm, rims, usdm, vs-xx, vsxx, wheels, work on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’m sure it is safe to make the statement that per capita there are more USDM cars rolling on JDM wheels in Japan than in the United States. Here we have a Chevy Camaro on Work VS-XX wheels (I believe, someone speak up and confirm!). If it were lowered a bit, it could pull off [...]
Event: Trickers Soukoukai – 10/23/2011
Posted in Event, Steve, tagged 180sx, C33, Drifting, JZX90, Nago Circuit, Okinawa, s13, Trickers on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Nakamura-san is the “boss” of the Trickers car club/group/team/collective-of-people-who-put-TRICKERS-stickers-on-their-cars and runs a shop of the same name. And despite his intimidating looks, he is a jovial, kind-hearted guy who loves being an ambassador to drifting more than driving itself (it would seem) which is the reason for the event. So it is only appropriate that [...]
Timeout: Can’t touch this.
Posted in Steve, Timeout, tagged 180sx, 326 Power wing, BN Sports, Work XT-7 on January 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If this was my car, I wouldn’t even mess with cones and barriers. I’d being going armed guards and rottweilers all the way.
Timeout: Shakotan Boogie Revisted
Posted in Steve, Timeout, tagged c210, low, shakotan, skyline, wide on January 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On a drive very similar to the first time I stumbled across the Shakotan Boogie Skyline from this post, it happened again. There it was basking in the sun off to the side of a parking lot. After rereading my previous post, it seems my guess that it was coming out of storage was spot [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Brickhouse Products, Greg, Hulk Smash, Steve, tagged 2012, happy new year, hulk, hulk smash, new year, zenki s14 on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
2012 is here! I just stumbled across an old pic of Hulk Smash shortly before part out…I miss it! Le sigh. But let’s not linger in the past – let’s move forward! Happy New Year, all! There are some exciting changes and projects in the works for 2012!
Martin Matsuri Exp. – pt. 4 – final
Posted in Brickhouse Abroad, Brickhouse Products, Greg, Japan, Steve, tagged Japan, Tokyo, Tourist on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After clearing out of Peter’s in the morning, we hop the subway across town to our next hostel/hotel, Sakura Hotel. We check in to what we think will be a 2 person room but end up with a 5 person room to ourselves! We drop our gear and head off to the largest temple in [...]
Martin Matsuri Exp. – pt. 3
Posted in Brickhouse Abroad, Brickhouse Products, Greg, Japan, Steve, tagged Drifting, Ebisu, Japan, Matsuri, nissan, s13 on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Note to Reader: I changed format a bit and placed pictures at the bottom since there were so many to share. Saturday morning, I rise at 5 am and walk outside the drivers shack to find car after car after car lined down the street and packing the parking lot. 12 hours before the parking [...]
Events: The Martin Matsuri Exp. – pt. 2
Posted in Brickhouse Products, Event, Greg, Japan, Steve, tagged 240sx, Drifting, nissan, oil temp, relocation kit, s13, Silvia, sr20det, temperature gauge, tie rods, tire machine on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So the next morning, we power down to town and grab some food from the konbini (convenience store) and get back to the track as it opens. We gut the food and get down to business. We have a full day ahead of us: oil cooler/filter relocation kit, water temperature gauge, attempt to fix Omori [...]
Events: Overnight Parts from America: The Martin Matsuri Exp. – pt. 1
Posted in Brickhouse Products, Event, Greg, Japan, Steve, tagged 180sx, 240sx, Drifting, Ebisue, Japan, Matsuri, Okinawa, Tokyo on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Back in June, my brother, Steven, approached me with an idea for a trip. The idea involved me traveling over 12,000 miles, driving on the edge, 10 hours of jet lag either direction, and the potential for good times and good stories…hmmmm, naturally I was in. So where was all this going down? Japan…
