More Japan Blog – Page 94

Sep 14

Don’t Damage Your Coilovers!

Filed under Random, Tanabe, Tech

Here are some examples of damage that may seem small but comes with major damage. Often times, metal tools like vise grips or channel locks are used to hold the piston shaft when assembling a coilover. This can put small scratches/gashes in the shaft itself. As the damper compresses and decompresses, it’ll prematurely wear out and seals or o-rings inside of the the damper itself. Damage like this is generally not covered under any manufacturers warranty since the case is usually some sort of improper technique during installation. Professional installation is required!

Check out these installation tips from KYB
Do Not use an Impact Gun!
Do not use pliers or vise grips!
7 Great Tips for installation Video

Video of How to to properly tighten a top mount

click on the images for the full size view

-D.

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Sep 13

This guys is too cool…

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Who is this guy?

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Sep 12

Corner3 Garage 7th Anniversary and BBQ

Filed under Events

On Sept. 11th, Corner3 Garage threw a BBQ to celebrate their 7th year in business. Corner3 Garage is an Authorized Tanabe/SSR/More Japan dealer and specializes in Nissan/Infiniti cars but works on all Import cars. A few friends of mine were going to be there and invited me alone to join in the festivities. Ryan and myself were the only rotaries their (and proud of it! lol) in the crowd of VQs. I had to leave at 1:30 so the coverage may be short.

Good food, good people, good times. Check out Corner3’s website here: http://www.corner3garage.com/

Thanks again to Mike and Nima for thowing a fun event.

-D.

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Sep 12

Coverage of JCCS 2011 in Long Beach, CA

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Here are our pictures from the 2011 Japanese Classic Car Show at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. The weather was good and there were lots of nice cars. Seeing the types of builds people were doing with their cars was pretty interesting also. From restorations to Rest-mods to full engien swaps. Enjoy the pictures!

-D.

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Sep 09

RAUH Welt-Begriff

Filed under Random, SSR Wheels

Here are a few pictures of the Rauh-Welt Begriff cars that are gaining so much popularity right now. Many of their cars are running custom finished SSR wheels! These Porsches are built with such precision and attention to detail! There will soon be RWB USA in San mateo so we will be seeing these cars stateside soon! Here’s a little video that I found also.

http://fatlace.com/cars/garagelife/introducing-rwb-usa/

RAUH-Welt BEGRIFF Teaser from Luke Huxham on Vimeo.

*these videos and pictures were found on the internet and we do not own them in any way*

-D.

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Sep 08

2011 Formula D Finals!!!!!!

Filed under SSR Wheels

Formula D Finals, Round 7 is coming up on October 7 – 8th, 2011 @ Irwindale Speedway California. Come see Chris Forsberg Racing with SSR Wheels in action!!!!