• Back in Black TAS 26′

    Back in Black TAS 26′

    If you’ve ever owned a black car you know the woes of keeping that car clean. Anyway lets explore the black cars of TAS. There were a lot of clean examples throughout the show floor. I think most of the black cars were vans and trucks which I sadly did…

  • TAS 26′ BLUES

    TAS 26′ BLUES

    Its a blue TAS this time. Lots of blue cars and honestly under the artificial lighting looked pretty good. Starting it off right with this blue BN Sports Supra. So clean and well executed. Aimgain GR86 very new prius-esque. Also very nicely done. Maybe blue cars are where its at,…

  • TAS 26′ Continues… PT WHITE

    TAS 26′ Continues… PT WHITE

    A continuation from the previous post. If you haven’t viewed it go back and do the read or red! Anyway as the title states this will be all the white cars at TAS. Do you think white is a good color to show case a car and a new body…

  • TOKYO AUTO SALON 26 PT RED

    TOKYO AUTO SALON 26 PT RED

    Spontaneous trips to Japan are always the right choice. I realized that I had the time off this year to attend TAS and I just said YOLO and hopped on a flight to Haneda. Tokyo Auto Salon has always been on my bucket list of car events to attend. People…

  • no rub?

    no rub?

    GR86 Rear rolling and fender tab trimming.

  • well that was fast.

    well that was fast.

    Last time looking at it with stock wheels. Overnight parts from the mainland? Seemed like it as the wheels and tires showed up in under a week. Living in Hawaii, I always expect parts to show up way later than anticipated. But this time it was at my door step…

  • The Next Best Thing?

    The Next Best Thing?

    After much consideration and wanting more of a long format post I figured why not create a blog documenting all that is happening with the shop GR86. It’s a good place for me to document the build and have you guys queued in on some new products that are in…

  • 2018 New year, more of the same jazz.

    2018 New year, more of the same jazz.

    2017 was a wild year. For me personally I achieved lots of goals and also hit the lowest points of my life relationship wise. It was a year of growth and experience. For my car I achieved that 2002 180sx kawabata/fukuda fluke look. Started off the year with pretty much…

  • D. 

    D. 

    What does the D stand for?  Most common question I get asked. It’s as you guessed it stands for drift. Maybe the D is strong with me but yea we’ll leave it at that. But some back story. I started to go out streeting with a lot with friends probably…

  • random thoughts

    random thoughts

    If you don’t have to sauce it up that means it’s really good.