VenomousType Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) Welp fellas, looks like Ill use this post as my build thread, and intro. Im from Atlanta GA, but i spend half the time in Yamanashi Japan with my family. Im representing GarageZero of Atlanta, and TheStreetfighters Car Club www.garagezero.com www.thestreetfighters.com Heres my 71 S30 done in Shakotan fashion. 15x8.5 and 15x9 SSR MK3 wheels.. L28 and 5 speed swap with a super old 80s 4BBL manifold that i dont know where it came from.. works good tho.. and my affiliates.. not stupid randoms stickers, every Senjafuda, and kamon means something to me. hope you guys dig it.. Edited October 21, 2011 by VenomousType Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoximuu Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I want those wheels...in a much lower offset Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VenomousType Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 so do I! thank you! man are they soooooo hard to find as deep as even these are! These were brought home strait from Japan in some suitcases.. ahah! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoximuu Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 LOL I'd be happy with half the wheels I see on yahooJP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takayuki Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I like the painted headlight scoop! Looks slick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
503Alex Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Looks great man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperZ Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 That's wild! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VenomousType Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 yea, not everything has to be the fasted thing on the street.. besides, heres my main girl whom i love the most. if anything, i just enjoy this car for just how different it is from my other cars.. it really has its own character.. and heres how the car looked a month ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplyedmind Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I love what u did 2 to it. So simple yet so sweet. Always loved the z Bosozoku style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Sweet s30z! For those of us who may not know [me included] what is Shakotan fashion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplyedmind Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Sweet s30z! For those of us who may not know [me included] what is Shakotan fashion? Scooped this up for ya 1tuffz ZokuSha Whaaa!? By nudriftr 0 I’ll try my best to give a run down of the BosoZoku/ZokuSha lifestyle here, I suck at explaining so bear with me… ZokuSha kids are nothing more than your local street racers – but in Japan. The term Zoku æ— means tribe and/or clan, it is often used as a suffix to subcultures within Japan. Groups started appearing among Japanese youth after WWII in the 1950′s and 60′s; a novel called Season of the Sun, by Shintaro Ishihara, gave rise to a reckless and care-free generation. ‘Street’ groups continued to manifest into the 70′s, 80′s, and 90′s with a booming car culture ranging from highway racers(Roulette-zoku or Circuit-zoku), drag racers(Zeroyon-zoku), drifters(Dorifto-zoku), Vanners (Vanning-zoku), Touge battlers(Rolling-zoku), and of course Bakusozoku – Boso tribe. ZokuSha kids are commonly mis-labeled as BosoZoku, meaning violent running-tribe or violent speed-tribe - another term, used to describe the motorcycle gangs that sprang up in the rapid automotive industry expansion of the 1950′s. The first BosoZoku were known as kaminari-zoku or Lightning-tribe and mostly came from lower socioeconomic classes and publicly displayed their disaffection and dissatisfaction with Japanese mainstream society. They would style and modify their motorcycles in peculiar ways, such as large fairings and loud exhausts. ZokuSha kids are nothing like the early BosoZoku bikers, however there is a group/style reffered to as Kaido Racer which is be a mashup of ZokuSha and BosoZoku. They drive ‘BosoZoku’ styled cars slowly down highways while zig-zgging and revving their engines, often with passengers hanging out the windows waving bats and flags and accompanied by BosoZoku bikes. Within the Bosozoku subculture there are sub-subcultures; Shakotan style, Yankii style, Kyusha style, Garuchan(Grachan) style, and then the full-out Bosozoku style. The literal translation of Shakotan is “low car†and generally refers to extremely lowered streetcars with wide low-offset wheels and stretched tires. Yankii style is basically the same as Shakotan except more race-inspired; so that means wide racing rims, widebody, large wings, etc. The term “yankii†stems from Yankee – the term for people who followed the 1970′s and 80′s street fashion of colorful Aloha shirts, largely followed by gangsters. Kyusha literally means “Japanese Old Classic Carâ€, mostly equivelant to Muscle and Pony cars here in the US. These cars are moderately customized via period-correct styling of small fender flares, duckbill spoilers, chinspoilers, and low-offset wheels. Garuchan or Grachan style also comes from the 70′s and 80′s, except this time not so much as from the street but straight from Fuji Speedway. The Zokusha kids would have large meets in the parking lot and got a lot of the inspiration for these style of cars directly from the Group 5 Super Silhouette cars competing in the Grand Championships at the time. Wide racing rims and tires, custom wide-body aero, full race suspension and drivetrain – in essence, replica Grp. 5 cars. Bosozoku style is a mash up of all styles mentioned above - extremely lowered, extremely wide, extremely stretched, extremely custom street cruisers created by decades of home-grown inspiration. Another subculture often associated with BosoSoku is the Bippu or VIP culture which is shared between gangsters/mobsters and ZokuSha. These cars are extremely low luxury cars, often domestic, with big rims and lots of shiney things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joa_taste Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Car = pure bucksects......one of my new favorite cars...sometimes i wish instead of buying a engine i wish i would have tried to just rebuild the motor and bought some wheels lol.. What suspension do you have? Please say dc2 coilovers!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
503Alex Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Scooped this up for ya 1tuffz ZokuSha Whaaa!? By nudriftr 0 I’ll try my best to give a run down of the BosoZoku/ZokuSha lifestyle here, I suck at explaining so bear with me… Thanks for posting this explanation, very informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VenomousType Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Joe, the coilovers are Tein Coilovers from some damn car we had laying around.. i cant remember, i think it was for an S14. heres my Z before the oil cooler was installed and the front spacers werent on.. with my 80 Corolla wagon parts getter.. the corolla is quite ignorant.. ahhaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStarS30Z Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hmmm, that painted headlight bucket look is actually pretty cool, wonder why no one's thought of that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VenomousType Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) hopefully ill get extra credit for it on the final exam.. haha Well the mindset on it was i was going for the "Zombie dead eyes" front for it.. it kinda helped out the trashy look of the car. Edited October 22, 2011 by VenomousType Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil_S30 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joa_taste Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) its a nice clean refreshing type of z.. is that a rx7 oil cooler? I thought they were dc2 coilovers lol again though my man..nice car inspirational Edited October 22, 2011 by joa_taste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStarS30Z Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I might have to try the zombie look when I'm back in the States until one day I when I can't do anything else but finally paint the car. If you think your's is trashy, take a look at my sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Great history lesson and background-thanks for taking the time to explain. Love to see more detailed pics of the interesting exhaust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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