Old School Nissan Magicians: Z Car Garage Shop Tour

Old School Nissan Magicians: Z Car Garage Shop Tour

Nissan is synonymous with the letter ‘Z’ - a line of damn good looking cars with some serious racing pedigree to it, too. And the Bay Area’s Z Car Garage dedicates a whole lot of their time and sk...
560hp Nissan 240z With a Turbo L28… No LS1 Swap in Sight!

560hp Nissan 240z With a Turbo L28… No LS1 Swap in Sight!

Z Car Garage is one of those places that you probably hear of immediately when you get into, well, Z cars. And it’s for all the right reasons. Here’s one of them: Medusa, aka Nassty240z, aka a car...
HKS USA’s A90 Supra is an Ultra-Widebody Street Legal Concept Car

HKS USA’s A90 Supra is an Ultra-Widebody Street Legal Concept Car

HKS Japan has a serious tuning lineage in their history, with time attack monsters like the TRB-01 and TRB-02, to all kinds of wild one-off racecars and street cars. So when they got their hands o...
Ford Ranger With a Handbrake?? The “Fun Runner” is Vaughn Gittin’s Desert Truck of Choice

Ford Ranger With a Handbrake?? The “Fun Runner” is Vaughn Gittin’s Desert Truck of Choice

You may know our homie Vaughn Gittin Jr. from his sideways drifting exploits, but some of you may not know that he’s a fan of desert racing and off-road debauchery. So recently he built this: the ...
AWD Turbo Heaven! Subaru STI Headquarters in Japan = Imprezas Galore

AWD Turbo Heaven! Subaru STI Headquarters in Japan = Imprezas Galore

For as much flak as they may get, Subaru’s legendary Impreza STI got the status it has today because of an incredibly rich racing history. And that history is celebrated BIG time at Subaru Japan’s...
A Tour of Tec-Arts, The Ultimate AE86 Corolla Shop in the Heart of Japan

A Tour of Tec-Arts, The Ultimate AE86 Corolla Shop in the Heart of Japan

Tec-Arts Japan is one of those places most of us only saw - and probably will only ever see - in the gritty old VHS tapes (Option2, Best Motoring) or some random 140p pixelated video hosted on a G...
HKS R32 GTR: The Nissan Skyline of our 90s JDM Dreams

HKS R32 GTR: The Nissan Skyline of our 90s JDM Dreams

The R32 GTR - and especially its racing variations - absolutely changed the game in the early 90s. And most notably, it’s the body style that got the Skyline its long-lasting nickname “Godzilla”. ...
Record Breaker Carbon Fiber Evo: The Legendary HKS CT230R

Record Breaker Carbon Fiber Evo: The Legendary HKS CT230R

Back in 2006, time attack records were a hot ticket among Japan’s tuning houses - proving their mettle at the seemingly simple, but unforgiving Tsukuba Circuit. To the point where they began build...
GT86 Antilag Monster Dyno’d at HKS Japan: Burnouts on the Dyno!

GT86 Antilag Monster Dyno’d at HKS Japan: Burnouts on the Dyno!

HKS Japan is the home of so many legendary JDM parts, builds, videos, racecars, and more... you'd be hard pressed to find a more well known tuning house out there. Larry and the Autofocus crew che...
JDM Toyota Supra Palace: Max Orido’s Personal Race Garage!

JDM Toyota Supra Palace: Max Orido’s Personal Race Garage!

JDM HEADS REJOICE. This is some all-time s#*t right here. Manabu Orido, aka Max Orido, has been on the screens of any Japanese car fan for the past few decades through everything from the Option v...
The Greatest Nissan Garage in the World: Nissan Zama Heritage Collection is Nismo Paradise

The Greatest Nissan Garage in the World: Nissan Zama Heritage Collection is Nismo Paradise

This. Is. Paradise. The Nissan Zama collection is the single greatest garage of Nissans in one place, all in absolute mint condition - everything from a bone stock seafoam green s13 Silvia, to the...
A $150,000 Honda Civic?? Visiting Spoon, Japan's Ultimate Honda Builder

A $150,000 Honda Civic?? Visiting Spoon, Japan's Ultimate Honda Builder

Legendary. Is there any other word for Spoon Japan? B16s that rev to the moon, racecars with otherworldly handling, and now - potentially one of the greatest street Hondas ever built. Our buds at ...