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Here’s Part 2 of my insight into some of my favourite builds from the JDM Style Tuning forums. For Part 1, click here.
Posts Tagged ‘toyota’
April 19th, 2013
Forum spotlight: JDMST (pt1)
I’m a member of many different forums, but I’m not much of a poster. JDM Style Tuning was one of the first forums that I really got involved in, posting regularly and attending meets. While I don’t post there much these days, I still like to read the forum almost daily and make the odd [...]
March 1st, 2013
Greengoon – retro afficionado
Since I’m a regular Ratsun browser from way back, I became very familiar with a certain green 510 wagon belonging to Greengoon, aka Duane. This wagon was always a bit different from the others, especially with it’s folding ragtop. I always looked forward to updates over the past few years, especially enjoying his DIY solutions [...]
Posted in Build Threads 
Tags: airbags, airride, builder spotlight, corona, datsun, DIY, fabrication, greengoon, hilux, ratsun, retro, toyota 
No Comments »September 27th, 2012
Toyota Supra – Complete Rebuild
I’m not sure where I sit with this one, I’ve heard about it many times over the years and have read the entire thread myself, but I’m kind of on the fence about it. On one hand, it’s great to see someone so thorough in their quest for modification perfection, sparing no expense in a [...]
August 23rd, 2012
KP60 Starlet
I think I’ve just stumbled across what is potentially the best idea ever in regards to car forums and build threads. Oldschool.co.nz is a New Zealand-based oldschool car forum, and while it’s full of awesome cars and a thriving motorised bicycle racing series, I’d have to say the defining feature for me is that their [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 4AG, 4AGE, ITB, jdm, KP, KP60, KP61, starlet, throttle bodies, toyota 2 Comments »August 13th, 2012
Retromod Toyota Tacoma
Well here’s a first, I cant’ say I’ve ever featured an expedition truck before, nor have I read a build with the words “can be loaded safely in a 20-foot container with one or two NATO crates of supplies behind it”. The owner of this rig had gotten the most out of his trusty FJ [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 4wd, expedition truck, hilux, off road, pickup, tacoma, toyota, ute 3 Comments »March 30th, 2012
Toyota Starlet / Volvo 240
Time for another one of our favourite types of builds, where the mad scientists of the car world decide to take two unsuspecting cars and morph them into a single automotive frankenstein. I’m talking, of course, about chassis swaps. This time it’s a Toyota Starlet having it’s insides removed, while a Volvo 240 donates it’s [...]
October 28th, 2011
1:10 Hilux RC build
This hand-made Hilux is the third scaled-down build I’ve featured here, but this one differs slightly from the others. While it’s still a 1:10 RC car, this one doesn’t limit itself to plastic materials and resin, the builder has gone to the extreme effort of making his own metal panels from hand-made wooden bucks. There’s [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 1:10, 4wd, hilux, model making, off road, RC, remote control, remote control car, scale, toyota No Comments »June 16th, 2011
SR20 RWD Toyota Platz
I’ll admit, when I first saw an online image of this car in a Drift Tengoku magazine spread, I automatically assumed it was one of those weird front wheel drive ass-dragging drifters from Japan. But that was far from the case, you see this is little Toyota Platz (Echo/Yaris sedan) is actually powered by a [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: drift, echo, fabrication, platz, sr20, toyota, vitz, yaris 5 Comments »May 29th, 2011
Hayabusa powered MRS
Apologies for the lack of updates this week. Here’s a quick one courtesy of Todd from NZV8 Magazine, a fiberglass-paneled ZZW30 MRS with a turbo’d Hayabusa motor replacing the standard Toyota donk. For a previous ‘busa powered feature, click here.
