Canna-Beer Redux

More content from Shitamachi, courtesy of ki-ck. Check ki-ck's new blog out HERE

I'm loving this E110 Corolla. Someone stateside needs to make this happen.

Low Down Style

The MX73 parts cache is starting to come together, so here's some of my recent inspiration. This is part of a huge archive that hasshy submitted to me, so many thanks to him. Much more to come as time goes on.

USDM Jam v7 - Part 4

The madness continues.

The owner of the 510 from the first post commented and ki-ck shot me a few more photos of his car.

I'd never seen anyone really build a ratted 510 before, and I dig it.

The Ruckus posted earlier also belongs to him, so I added another image of that as well. I need to spray my frame black like this.

USDM Jam v7 - Part 3

Well, a few more people chimed in with submissions and now I have enough content from Jam to last from now until the end off the month. That's a lot of Jam, and so I'll be doing my best to break it up with some other content....BUT NOT TODAY.


Yellow VS-XX!



The interesting thing about this is that these cars were not sold in Japan in any form whatsoever, hence the LHD. Someone went to the trouble of importing it.


This car attracted a lot of attention on the Canibeat post. E110 Corolla sedan on DRW's. I've never seen anyone stateside do anything entertaining with these cars.


Not sure what wheels these are, Jline 7RL2? Very clean wire tuck.


The ubiquitous VW product on BBS RS, no authentic USDM scene could be without it. The Insight parked next to it is sporting HFP wheels which I believe are USDM only.

USDM Jam v7 - Part 2

I have enough of this for at least one or two more posts after this one, and then it's back to regularly scheduled programming.


A lot of these guys have Zoomers, Teru and ki-ck included. Note the BOWLS plate frame, NCY stuff, etc. Not what you'd typically see on a Zoomer in Japan, no TokyoParts logos in sight, 100% USDM. On a side note, I dig the blinkers attached to the frame, forward of the gas tank.




I have never seen these wheels before, or the rear fender. Wheels look like Mugen RnR.




I've never said this before, but you can quote me. I'm digging this Geo Storm.



Note Fatlace/HF/Illest stickers on hatch. There is a huge reseller market for US blog stickers, as evidenced by pricing on Yahoo! Japan.



If anyone can get me this USDM Jam license plate frame, leave a comment.

USDM Jam v7

A few months ago, I made a few posts about the USDM movement in Japan. Several readers were nice enough to submit their cars, and now one of those readers has shot me a bunch of photos of USDM Jam v7.0. USDM Jam is one of the largest USDM events in Japan every year, and this latest iteration was held on April 25th.

USDM Jam site HERE

The photographer, Teru, owns the white Odyssey on BBS. Many thanks for the shots, guy.

His Minkara page got crashed from traffic when he had a magazine feature, and in true USDM fashion he also has a Cardomain page. Check it out HERE

Additionally, see some more photos from this set today on Canibeat

I will be posting more content from this set here as the week goes on.


Teru's Odyssey. I love this thing so much. See more HERE




I have no idea who owns this 510, but I'm loving it. If the owner reads this, please comment.



This is Ma$a's CB7, as also seen on HellaFlush a couple weeks back. Diamond Racing Wheels are really catching on over there.



Hiro West's Galant. He's part of Shitamachi/Canna-Beer. More HERE




This is ki-ck's MPV. Many thanks to him for making a lot of introductions. Check out his Minkara HERE and give him a shout.

I love it on the new Works, best set so far.

The new new thing

This is how my Ruckus is sitting after the most recent round of changes. I think I need to do some more re-jetting, shim the needle, do a drive face shave, and maybe switch to a Polini variator to get a few more miles per hour.

The shock is a 210mm Daytona, which is the lowest available Ruckus shock (5mm lower than ATR). It's super stiff and I don't scrape except for when I lean right and scrape the pipe a little. Bars/Stem are PWJDM, and since everyone asks, the GPS mount is a $9 part I bought off eBay.

I need to chop the front forks, since it has a reverse rake now that the rear is so low. Obviously, I also need to mount some manner of headlight, and that stock tail light is coming off asap. Rear reflector is bent up because it wouldn't clear the tire since the shock is so low. I also need a gas tank cover, want to try a vinyl wrap on one.

Please excuse my awful photography.

JDM Photosafari - 4

These are the last photos from Colin Chu's epic trip to Japan with Bulletproof Automotive. Pictures of food is pretty off-topic for a car blog and I promise not to do it all the time, but it's pretty photography.

I actually own another domain that I used to host a food blog on, but I haven't touched it in a long time.


Wall of Sake.




Okazyua! I see sanma, shiozake, misoyaki, etc. This is where I'd stop.



Pretty sure everyone knows what Uni looks like, but I thought it was a nice shot.



This is the craziest ice cream selection I've ever seen, and apparently this is only a fraction of it.



This is painful, because there's *nowhere* in DC you can get REAL ramen.

One more time

More R30 content, just because.

JDM Photosafari - 3

More from Colin Chu's excursion to Japan. These are a few more shots from Toyota Mega Web (or thereabouts).

The GT-One is one of my favorite Le Mans cars of the last couple decades. This car was homologated by convincing race officials that the fuel tank would qualify as "suitcase storage".

Juichi Wakisaka's Petronas Tom's Soarer.

Indoor car elevator!

This looks vaguely familar.

Toyota Sports 800. I wish they'd shown this next to a modern car so it would be apparent how tiny it is. In full production trim these only weigh about 1,250lbs and I'm sure these racing versions are lighter still.