Shak's next project, my 2nd DC5R.

[McDognalds]

He painted it ABP.

[DaRKNT]

He gifted it to me.

[REDFN2]

its taking me two days to read all of this lol great build you have going !! awesome.. keep up the good work

[Shakeel]

Always enjoy reading your updates shak! So sad what happen to IVT33C but glad its all fixed!!

Dem baller always having new baller parts

Sounded like quite the ordeal. You and your baby must be closer than ever now shak

So much baller shak love the updates

Thanks guys!

gwt back at uo todate!

Update me.

Update us with the turbo!!! Oops....

in for updates

Bro is a frank with a supercharger...

Lies. Its kpro. New tyres. And a bride fixed buckwt

He painted it ABP.

He gifted it to me.

Plenty of updates to come. Unfortunately none of them are as cool as your assumptions.

its taking me two days to read all of this lol great build you have going !! awesome.. keep up the good work

Thanks buddy, I definitely will!


Back to the updates -

9 July 2013

Picked up a Mugen front strut bar from a ClubITR member. I always wanted the Mugen strut bar not only because I am a brand whore but because I like it being a solid one piece design (whereas the spoon has three pieces). I'm not much of an engineer but IMO (someone can correct me) the brackets on the spoon strut bar can act as pivot points? Anyway I pretty much installed it as soon as I got home.






25 July 2013

Purchased a miniature usb which I will store my music on for the camry's headunit. Thanks to fellow member Danny (DTN) for making me aware that such usb had existed.




12 August 2013

Had a 6 month/5000km logbook service done at Top One. Also had my Project Mu rotors, and project mu hc+ pads installed in preparation for the upcoming trackday. Thanks to Boris and the team at Top One!








21 August 2013

It seems that I really have bad luck when it comes to trackdays, something always happens when I go to the track. The ADVAN trackday at Wakefield Park would be no exception .

So what happened?
On the last turn before the main straight I spun out/lost control and had an accident. I turned a bit too early and the rear slid out. I tried to correct this but failed horribly haha. The car was then heading straight for the padded wall section of the main straight. Not wanting to hit head on I turned last second so that I'd hit sort of side on. The car had slowed down quite a bit before impact, probably around 5-10 km/h.

How did it happen?
In all honesty I really don't know.. I'm assuming it was a combination of lack of experience, and pushing too hard early on.

What's the damage?
I haven't got around to taking a proper picture yet. There are a couple dents on the driver's door, driver side mirror broken, driver headlight still intact but mounting tabs broken, right fender pushed in about 2cm, couple dents on rear quarter panel, bent radiator support.

The damage isn't as bad as it could have been but still somewhat excessive. Luckily it was a minor accident, and I'm still perfectly fine (except for the dent to my ego ).

I would like to say thanks to Ronnie a.k.a Mr Carbon Plus, who helped me bash the car back into place for a couple hours so I could drive it home. Also sorry to Napo for stealing your cheerleader .


Where do you go from here?
Well in the background I was organizing a few things with my buddy Jesse Streeter. I was always looking for an excuse to get the whole car fixed, and resprayed to my standards. Many others who have seen the car in person will know that it wasn't the cleanest car, and there were many imperfections in the body and paint. Here's a teaser of what I have planned, definitely no fake parts here:

[itr5093]

Your Mugen me wet shak! Hahaha. Hopefully IVT33C is back in action very soon!

[se7en]

BALLER!!!! seems you got a twin but mugen WORE!!!

[wongy]

Mad updates! can't wait to see this finished shak, meanwhile project BSB is also underway

[Timmy_B]

Man that sucks..
Sorry to hear.

[felixR]

Awesome Shak! Making the best out of these situations.

[knobosaurus]

May as well be sponsored by mugen shak. Make the best out of a bad situation indeed

[butter]

BALLER!!!! seems you got a twin but mugen WORE!!!

Who's the twin? :P

[Hau]

BALLER! That is all....

[ob3d]

Sounding awesome Shak! ... baller.

[justins]

cant wait to see this

[nikolaz01]

Nice shak! looking forward to see them fitted