Steve's DC5S (another Steve!)

[dnapol]

yee second hand is totally the way to go. im interested to hear how hardrace mounts go, chuck a review on your thread

[ggwpty]

Freedom car wash soon?

chyeeeah, soon bro

yee second hand is totally the way to go. im interested to hear how hardrace mounts go, chuck a review on your thread

will do so

[ob3d]

RETROFIT HID HEADLIGHTS PLEASE~

ROFL.

But seriously... sounds like a promising car!!!

PICS!?!?!

[ggwpty]

Haha, pics will come sometime soon!

I don't have a camera besides my iPhone one ... would rather use something decent haha

[almotor]

This cars sooo similar to my car ! I like your style haha

[ggwpty]

^ Thanks yo!

Should be getting my car back from 999 tomorrow! Can't find my point-and-shoot digital camera -.- so I'll just take some pics of my car with my iphone if i need to haha

[ggwpty]

Chyeaaaah, just got my car back.

Engine mounts make a WORLD of difference. Car is so much more responsive, gear changes are so much smoother. I can notice the cabin vibrations during idle, but meh whatever - i can deal with it (http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/p...gif?1275684729)

Toda headers are awesome too. I don't know how to explain the sound difference ... it's like the car is breathing so much better now. I just need ecu tune to maximise all these bolt-ons!

Would take pics but it's too dark atm, fuuuuuuu. Might be going to the JDMST meet so maybe a few pics will pop up from there .... otherwise shitty iPhone pics for tomorrow!

[Hau]

Congrats mate on getting the car back. How do the mounts feel like as inwill be installing mine next weekend

[ggwpty]

Thanks dude. The mounts feel awesome! Probably one of the best mods I've done so far. Car is more responsive, gear changes are so much smoother ... there is some cabin vibration at idle, but I doubt you'd really notice it unless you were looking out for it.

which mounts are you getting in? (hardrace ... innovative?)

[ggwpty]

oh yeah ... first post updated with pics now!

currently at gold coast airport waiting for my flight to japan ... going to be visiting tsukaba circuit this sat! apparently theres a time attack event that day so it should be good!

[felixR]

^ jelly

have fun and take a lot of photos!

[ggwpty]

(this post isn't exactly related to my car but I can't be bothered creating a whole new thread for it )

So I just got back today from my Japan trip! Amazing place, I would highly recommend anyone to travel there. There's heaps to do ... whether you want to go sight seeing, meet new people, check out the night life etc. I could go into all sorts of details, but then the post would drag on for far too long ... so if anyone has any specific questions feel free to ask

Anywho, I was lucky that during my stay the bienniel Tokyo Motor Show was on! A bunch of cars from manufacturers all over the world were put on display (including concept cars :O). Not only cars, but the manufacturers for all sorts of car parts. At this time, Japan is really friggin' cold (at least for me lol), but soon after you walk in, it gets warm because of the sheer number of people there. I was actually quite surprised at how many people there were. There's HEAAAPS of area dedicated to all the various displays. It doesn't fit into one of the gigantic rooms ... but three of them! Or four ... I might've missed, dunno lol. Not gonna lie, after some hours of walking around, bumping into people over and over and stepping toes vice versa, I started getting a bit fed up and couldn't really be bothered to keep looking at much more. But I made sure to look at all the major euro and jap cars!


fairly busy >_>


Nissan GTR! I wanted to get in the drivers seat but there was a massive queue for it ... so I just sat in the passenger side instead



Subaru BZR + stylish looking japanese chick



Back view of the car




Mazda



hmmmm







LFA ...

[ggwpty]

One day later we headed for Tsukuba raceway! We woke up nice and early to make our way for the long-ish trip there! After transferring from the moderm metro train to an old school diesel train, we ended up here


That sign just on the left of the picture says taxi in japanese. A tiny little taxi rank that seems to only have 2 taxi drivers on duty at a time. The taxi themselves are pretty old too ... they don't change gears via the gear-stick in the middle, instead it's situated adjacent to the steering column



It's supposed to say "Auto Look Racing" ... keen for reicing!



Info centre out the front



Entrance to the raceway



The only DC5 that I saw that day ... and it was getting annhilated by eg/ek hatch civics



Super loud and fast DC2R



Chyeaaaaaah. hectic wings



Woo, MR2



Another MR2



Oh herro prease lotus



One of many s2000's on the day



civiccccc



View further down the parking lot



Nice black RX8 ... pity it ended up crashing though from what I remember, his front bumper was laaaaaaters and his rear quarter panel was fubar



DC2R with a One Piece sticker!!!



Evo



FN2R sedan!



Nice looking white s2000



Mmm! If I remember correctly, this s2000 was a little messed up, body wise. Cracks/dents around bumpers and stuff. Infact, most of the cars had some sort of damage somewhere



Pretty fast civic ... definitely loud too lol



Small stand where you can buy various items


There were a hell of a lot of s2000 and civics at the track! The civics and most of the integras were loooooooud as! There was even a ute racing on the day .... lol. I'll try and upload some videos of the races on youtube later

[ggwpty]

and something completely offtopic to cars


[I]Alcohol so cheap at the supermarkets >_>
(999 yen is about 13aud)



A department store in Akihabara ... a WHOLE row of just powerboards <_<

[stevan]

Akihabara is epic, so tempting to buy a 4 foot gundamwing 11million piece model