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BayS13 · 02-28-2017, 07:11 PM

Hey Zilvia,

Been a while since I really came on here. I used to be around in the bay area drift scene around 03-07. Pretty much called it quits in 07 when I could foresee what drifting was going to (and did) become.

~Travel back in time~

I had my last 240 back in 07'. S14 with SR and a bunch of random goodies I picked up on my trip to Japan. All the weird stuff that is now worth goo-gobs of money.

Anyways..after I sold that I went on to explore other things in life. Pretty much all my friends who were like minded dropped out of it as well...

Two of my closest friends ended up starting a dealership called Wolfreign Motors. I would still come hangout from time to time. They mainly had Japanese cars, but nothing cool like we used to have. Wrx's, M3's, Evo's etc...Sports car kinda stuff.

But in 2014, I caught wind of the whole 25 year rule. Did a little research and approached my Wolfreign buddies with the idea of giving this a shot. So pretty much we went out to Japan in 2015 to find out how stuff went down out there!

Our travels brought us to Osaka, where we met Shane from Stacked Inc. Who in turn introduced us to Naoki. And from there we forged a close relationship with the two! (cough Super D cough)

Later that year, I was asked by Shane if I wanted to come work in Japan for him. So I said fuck it, sold all my stuff and moved to Osaka! I got a S14 out there for about $800 bucks. It hit a pole and the kid gave up on it and moved on to the next car.

This is how most cars in Japan are. Drifted, busted and forgotten.

It had a HKS 2530, cams and a bunch of other random stuff.

After a day or two, I picked up some free fenders and hood. Pulled the side out with a forklift and a chain, found some headlights and kinda cleaned it up.

Found a sweet Tommy Kaira shift knob at our yard and popped it in.

I am so glad I got back into drifting in Japan. I learned so much and have gotten to drive with some of the best drivers in the world. I also have a new understanding of car dynamics, alignment and technique. Also that the most busted, banged up cars All thanks to big N-dawg, Naoki.

I spent a lot of time hanging out at Naoki's workshop too.

As my time in Japan was winding down, I knew I had to send a car back for myself. I decided to buy my friends old crashed S13 and send it back home.

And now...The damage.

Shock tower was collapsed too...

And from there...It went on to Wolfreign! More progress tomorrow

tricky_ab · 02-28-2017, 09:42 PM

Okay, I feel like this is going to be super interesting. So I'll be following this for sure!

Reece · 03-01-2017, 03:12 PM

What Tricky said

BayS13 · 03-01-2017, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

Okay, I feel like this is going to be super interesting. So I'll be following this for sure!

Thanks man! Lots of Japan and gaudy car stuff to follow!

Before the car could leave. I had to plan this thing out right. How did I want to fix the melting shock tower? Cut another car up and weld the parts on? YEA THATS WHAT ILL DO!

So,after Super D, Alex and Aaron from Wolfreign came to Osaka to just hangout with Naoki and all of the Kansai drift squad. To show their appreciation for us helping him get to America throwing Super D, Naoki and Miki held a private day for us at D-Course which consisted of Team BURST/ Pink Style members, Team BLOW, and some D1SL drivers. All in all, a great day!

Naoki hits the wall at Meihan so often, he has some quick cheap fixes down. Can't afford to keep buying clear tails? Just flat black some stock ones and toss them in!

He hits stuff...A lot.

Some other cars from the day. All were very stoked to get stickers from us and pop them on!

Naoki invited us to C-course the following day. He said today was "practice for the real track!"...

Why am I talking about this? Cause at C-course I got my donor for a shock tower

Aaron flipped...But wasn't gonna let that stop him!

He even made it in last months Drift Tengoku magazine!

we fixed the intercooler, pushed the roof back up and took it out. Naoki was so stoked on it. He stopped driving his own car so he could drive this one. Just the kinda guy he is haha

Ryota Nishi's S13

And Hiromitsu's S13 I'm sure most of you are familiar with

Before we left, the original owner wanted to take something important from the car he forgot he left in there..

His License plate heat shield! He hadn't taken the registration out of his name yet haha (You have to turn in the plates nowadays in Japan, that is why it's getting hard to find Japanese plates for sale!)

And from there I took the car apart and chopped off what I thought I needed to fix the S13 once it landed!

Off she went with the S13!

240sx_sr20det · 03-01-2017, 03:51 PM

This is awesome!

BayS13 · 03-01-2017, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 240sx_sr20det

This is awesome!

Right on! Post some pics up in your thread of the hood!

240sx_sr20det · 03-01-2017, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BayS13

Right on! Post some pics up in your thread of the hood!

It'll be painted in the next few days! Thanks again; love this thing.

Teh Luckinator · 03-01-2017, 04:53 PM

awoooooooooo

Malik · 03-01-2017, 08:58 PM

very cool.

scweet14 · 03-01-2017, 09:44 PM

damn, super cool experiences man! super jealous, looking forward to the s13 build!

rawgarage · 03-01-2017, 09:52 PM

bad ass thread....

BayS13 · 03-02-2017, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teh luckinator

awoooooooooo

shaboopalee!

BayS13 · 03-02-2017, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rawgarage

bad ass thread....

Thanks man! Update tomorrow

black240sxhatch · 03-02-2017, 12:59 AM

This build thread is gonna be rad!! Especially since theres pics of the guy driving the flipped car.

hotrodjoseph · 03-02-2017, 01:54 PM

Very awesome man! Wish you guys were around a few years ago. Would have made my build easier ahah

BayS13 · 03-02-2017, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotrodjoseph

Very awesome man! Wish you guys were around a few years ago. Would have made my build easier ahah

Haha thanks man. Once you're done with this one, we'll help make the next one easier

relaxamigo · 03-02-2017, 06:07 PM

Fun to read, def get a unique perspective on things overseas!

BayS13 · 03-03-2017, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thesauce

Fun to read, def get a unique perspective on things overseas!

Thanks! I'll try to keep it on topic with my car, but I love posting about Japan so people who've never been can see it!

Anyways, there were a few things I picked up out in Japan that were pretty special to me. When I first got into drifting, I stumbled upon the website CRAZY-MAX. I went to the original spot in Nanko and even did some drifting there (it's now the equivalent of a famous skate spot thats got skate stoppers on it or something)

Turns out one of the first guys I met in Japan was the dude behind the site! Over that time we became friends and he shot me some of the coolest car related stuff I own!

He has a super sick S14 nowadays.

I met him at a shop called M-Magic Garage, which is owned by two half brazilian, half Japanese brothers. I know right off the bat that I recognized one of them. Turns out he was in a Drift Tengoku video I used to watch all the time!

His Rocket Bunny 180 is super clean and has a lot of nice details (gas gauge in the center console was a nice touch I thought!)

Hard to get a good angle in the little shop! Sorry!

His shop specializes in water transfer products...I knew I needed a wheel like that! It reminded me of the G-Corp 180!

So I went to Up Garage, found a cheap black wheel and had him do one for me!

I really missed my old Yanack shift knob. So...I found another and bought that thing!

Stopped by B-West and got some stickers before I left too!

So the car made it back to the states. Everything on the car had to go!

Started drilling out the spot welds since the front support was toast!

Oof...That's just ugly..

Powerbrace was totally bent. Took a really hard hit!

Powered by Taco Bell

But by the end of the week I had it ready for the transplant!

And while my car sat, I helped Alex with his S14!

And always a big thanks to Andre comin through to help out!

I picked up full S15 interior from a friends wrecked car out in Japan, so I took the dash and what little interior the car had, out.

One last slice...

More tomorrow!

Lil_D · 03-05-2017, 06:05 PM

hi yusef. subscribed for future drifting and crashing into each other

240sx_sr20det · 03-05-2017, 06:20 PM

Killer! Looking forward to this.

nathan13 · 03-05-2017, 06:50 PM

Awesome man, suscribed

coBBz · 03-05-2017, 07:21 PM

Stopped by Wolfreign a couple times. Some cool cars in there. Excited to see where you take this.

BayS13 · 03-05-2017, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil_D

hi yusef. subscribed for future drifting and crashing into each other

Yea lets crash for sure!

Where was I?

Oh right.

So with every container we get in, comes a little bit of love for each of our cars.

It's pretty easy to get basic parts for your cars when your friends shops in Japan look like this...

I picked up some HKS cams from this friend in particular.

He also has a D1SL S13 that will be eligible for import this year. Slide in my PM'S If you are interested

One morning at Naoki's I went rummaging around in the car's in his yard..

His old hood from his D1SL car!!!

But I managed to find one of his old seats from 2000 or so...

But the thing is faded to hell

...Anyone know of a good reupholstery shop in the Bay Area? Lemme know!

Rain actually fell in California and delayed my (not me) welding of the new front end on...but it cleared up and we got the new front end on as strait as possible. I mean...That's what adjustable suspension arms are for right?

The frame rail I used to replace the old one was tin canned a bit as well. So we welded up a fat plate on the side to keep it stiff. Mr. Animal Style Julian also welded me up a power brace!

Of course its not 100% strait and not 100% perfect...But after driving in Japan, and seeing what people can do with cars that are repeatedly smacked into walls and torn up..I have total confidence in this thing performing when the time comes. You just gotta drive around whatever problems arise.

Father time explaining his simple suspension set up and why he uses it.

More simple updates tomorrow! ....Can't wait for the container (MORE PARTS!!)

Reece · 03-06-2017, 01:12 AM

This thread gets me hyped.

BayS13 · 03-06-2017, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reece

This thread gets me hyped.

yeeee boii

*TheRealSy90* · 03-06-2017, 11:16 AM

Loving it.

Epic.Movement · 03-06-2017, 12:20 PM

I just sent Jon this thread. He has your s14 now and is building a track car with it.

BayS13 · 03-06-2017, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Epic.Movement

I just sent Jon this thread. He has your s14 now and is building a track car with it.

Lmao seriously!!?? Still alive huh

BayS13 · 04-14-2017, 12:21 AM

Okayyyyy!! So some stuff has happened (Not really)

I got my engine stuff together and dropped it off with a friend so he could assemble the motor. Nothing crazy. HKS cams, head gasket, springs and retainers, cam gear, head studs and some fresh bearings. Only want 350hp. All this will support that perfectly

Also got my knuckles from Naoki ready to go!

Was pretty bored waiting for the container to arrive so I decided to have a little art project with the car..

FREE WILLY! Btw, 3M headliner adhesive is the truth! It's hard to see the detail, but the cloth hugs all the headliners curves and doesn't sag AT ALL!

I helped a friend part out a Aristo and he let me take these. I'll be using them a little differently than they're supposed to be used.

Xander got his S14 painted just in time for Super D!

He was looking great but....

We got it back to the shop and didn't waste anytime with it! The container was coming so this had to get done asap!

CHOP CHOP!!!

WELD WELD!!!

ALL GOOD!

And then....Container time!

40 Ft. all unloaded! So much Origin!!

Notable mentions for my car this container -

Naoki painted S15 center console

S15 door panels, cluster and the rest of the S15 interior!

BN Sports kit for the homie too!

I also really like little details like this:

I also got some other interior and suspension goodies but we will get to that later!

More soon!!

mad-ass · 04-14-2017, 02:13 AM

I miss the milkshake man.
-Lee

02-28-2017, 07:11 PM	#1
BayS13 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bay Area/ Osaka Posts: 536 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Osaka -> Oakland - Wolfreign/Pink Style S13 Hey Zilvia, Been a while since I really came on here. I used to be around in the bay area drift scene around 03-07. Pretty much called it quits in 07 when I could foresee what drifting was going to (and did) become. ~Travel back in time~ I had my last 240 back in 07'. S14 with SR and a bunch of random goodies I picked up on my trip to Japan. All the weird stuff that is now worth goo-gobs of money. Anyways..after I sold that I went on to explore other things in life. Pretty much all my friends who were like minded dropped out of it as well... Two of my closest friends ended up starting a dealership called Wolfreign Motors. I would still come hangout from time to time. They mainly had Japanese cars, but nothing cool like we used to have. Wrx's, M3's, Evo's etc...Sports car kinda stuff. But in 2014, I caught wind of the whole 25 year rule. Did a little research and approached my Wolfreign buddies with the idea of giving this a shot. So pretty much we went out to Japan in 2015 to find out how stuff went down out there! Our travels brought us to Osaka, where we met Shane from Stacked Inc. Who in turn introduced us to Naoki. And from there we forged a close relationship with the two! (cough Super D cough) Later that year, I was asked by Shane if I wanted to come work in Japan for him. So I said fuck it, sold all my stuff and moved to Osaka! I got a S14 out there for about $800 bucks. It hit a pole and the kid gave up on it and moved on to the next car. This is how most cars in Japan are. Drifted, busted and forgotten. It had a HKS 2530, cams and a bunch of other random stuff. After a day or two, I picked up some free fenders and hood. Pulled the side out with a forklift and a chain, found some headlights and kinda cleaned it up. Found a sweet Tommy Kaira shift knob at our yard and popped it in. I am so glad I got back into drifting in Japan. I learned so much and have gotten to drive with some of the best drivers in the world. I also have a new understanding of car dynamics, alignment and technique. Also that the most busted, banged up cars All thanks to big N-dawg, Naoki. I spent a lot of time hanging out at Naoki's workshop too. As my time in Japan was winding down, I knew I had to send a car back for myself. I decided to buy my friends old crashed S13 and send it back home. And now...The damage. Shock tower was collapsed too... And from there...It went on to Wolfreign! More progress tomorrow

02-28-2017, 09:42 PM	#2
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,413 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	Okay, I feel like this is going to be super interesting. So I'll be following this for sure! __________________ Instagram Back for round two... 4 doors this time around...

03-02-2017, 01:54 PM	#15
hotrodjoseph Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 293 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Very awesome man! Wish you guys were around a few years ago. Would have made my build easier ahah __________________ Instagram:https://instagram.com/jpacione/

03-05-2017, 06:05 PM	#19
Lil_D Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Bay Area Age: 28 Posts: 733 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	hi yusef. subscribed for future drifting and crashing into each other __________________ @lild415

04-14-2017, 12:21 AM	#29
BayS13 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bay Area/ Osaka Posts: 536 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Okayyyyy!! So some stuff has happened (Not really) I got my engine stuff together and dropped it off with a friend so he could assemble the motor. Nothing crazy. HKS cams, head gasket, springs and retainers, cam gear, head studs and some fresh bearings. Only want 350hp. All this will support that perfectly Also got my knuckles from Naoki ready to go! Was pretty bored waiting for the container to arrive so I decided to have a little art project with the car.. FREE WILLY! Btw, 3M headliner adhesive is the truth! It's hard to see the detail, but the cloth hugs all the headliners curves and doesn't sag AT ALL! I helped a friend part out a Aristo and he let me take these. I'll be using them a little differently than they're supposed to be used. Xander got his S14 painted just in time for Super D! He was looking great but.... We got it back to the shop and didn't waste anytime with it! The container was coming so this had to get done asap! CHOP CHOP!!! WELD WELD!!! ALL GOOD! And then....Container time! 40 Ft. all unloaded! So much Origin!! Notable mentions for my car this container - Naoki painted S15 center console S15 door panels, cluster and the rest of the S15 interior! BN Sports kit for the homie too! I also really like little details like this: I also got some other interior and suspension goodies but we will get to that later! More soon!! __________________ Instagram - Death2Baseball

03-01-2017, 03:51 PM	#5
240sx_sr20det Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,658 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	This is awesome!

03-01-2017, 08:58 PM	#9
Malik Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 1,796 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	very cool.

03-01-2017, 09:44 PM	#10
scweet14 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Murrieta Posts: 305 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	damn, super cool experiences man! super jealous, looking forward to the s13 build!

03-01-2017, 09:52 PM	#11
rawgarage Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: h o u s t o n Age: 32 Posts: 5,990 Trader Rating: (75) Feedback Score: 75 reviews	bad ass thread....

03-02-2017, 12:59 AM	#14
black240sxhatch Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 44 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	This build thread is gonna be rad!! Especially since theres pics of the guy driving the flipped car.

03-02-2017, 06:07 PM	#17
relaxamigo Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: mid atlantic Posts: 181 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Fun to read, def get a unique perspective on things overseas!

03-05-2017, 06:20 PM	#20
240sx_sr20det Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,658 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Killer! Looking forward to this.

03-05-2017, 06:50 PM	#21
nathan13 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: el paso Age: 27 Posts: 37 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Awesome man, suscribed

03-05-2017, 07:21 PM	#22
coBBz Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: California Age: 26 Posts: 166 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Stopped by Wolfreign a couple times. Some cool cars in there. Excited to see where you take this.

03-06-2017, 12:20 PM	#27
Epic.Movement Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oakland, CA Age: 31 Posts: 56 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I just sent Jon this thread. He has your s14 now and is building a track car with it.

04-14-2017, 02:13 AM	#30
mad-ass Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 2,273 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	I miss the milkshake man. -Lee __________________

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