Category Archives: Cars

Ved at work.

His new LED light set-up.

Nico’s Maserati.

Golf’s look tough without their rear bumpers!

Still smiling.

As if introducing himself for the first time. Kato-san touched the car, then went straight for the fender!

Kato-san freaking out at the low and loud planes that fly over Heasman Steering.

Got him!

Toyo RPRSNT!

MotorEX 2015!

The King of Kustoms! George Barris!

Ty’s amazing Liberty Walk M3.

Love the green wheels!

My dream, but in black with an RB26.

Toyo RPRSNT!

Movie Car Mania!

Had an awesome day yesterday tagging along with Ved from Selectnine who was filming and shooting the SUNUS Motorsports LB M3 and a meeting with Mr Liberty Walk himself, Kato-san for Heasman Steering.

Kato-san arrived at Heasman Steering direct from the airport, meeting and greeting the Heasman Steering crew and having in-depth suspension related discussions with Brad Heasman. He was also given an all access tour of the Heasman Steering facility.

We then headed off to MotorEx. Nothing beats set-up day. No crowds, just the true enthusiasts getting their cars ready for the show. It feels like such a privilege! Andrew Spira intriduced me to living legend George Barris too. George designed the 60’s Batmobile (which I grew up watching on TV). AMAZING!!!

Check the intro of this video. Freaky!

Wheels off!

Toyo Proxes R1R’s. More info on the tyre here.

VERY square sidewalls! Just what I missed about the R-S3’s I had on before the Potenza RE003’s.

Chunky as!

37psi and balanced with black wheel weights.

OK… so the rears are going to be an issue!

Magic man Stu tried his best, maxing out my rear camber.

Today I had a booking at Spinning Wheel Tyres to get a fresh set of Toyo R1R tyres fitted to the Golf. I only recently fitted a set of Bridgestone RE003’s, which have been absolutely awesome in the dry and wet, but I’m sponsored by Toyo now, and I did miss the fat semi-slick like profile of the R-S3’s I had on before. These R1R’s bring back the fat, big time (as they’re 245 wide where the R-S3’s were 235).

Bruno did an awesome job fitting the tyres. These tyres are just so fat that I made the call to remove the 10mm spacers up front. I knew the rears were going to be an issue as I had no spacers on the rear to begin with! As soon as we dropped the car off the hoist we realised my wheel studs were too long up the front (longer studs because of spacers) so we moved the rear studs to the front, and Fulvio at Spinning Wheel lent me a set of nuts just so I could drive home.

Thing is I couldn’t drive home. The rear tyres were literally up against the body!

Luckily Stu (Spinning Wheels’ wheel alignment guy) was in the house. He’s a magic man and managed to max out my rear camber. The rears don’t rub unless I hit a bump, but it doesn’t take much of a bump to rub so I’m either going to have to cut away some fender lining, or I might even have to size down the rears to 225.

Thanks:
Toyo Tires Australia: http://toyotires.com.au
Spinning Wheel Tyres: http://www.spinningwheeltyres.com

Zen Stand. Photo by Faraz.

My GT-R. Photo by 300-CPO.

The Toyo Stand. Photo by 300-CPO.

The rain amazingly held out once more at last night’s End Of Month Meet! I must be blessed, right?! Was a great turnout, great vibes too. More trader stands than ever, now we just need better food!!!

Hey! I’m in this!

Check out this video of the recent Bridgestone Potenza RE003 tyre test day I was invited to in Calder Park Melbourne. I had a blast, loved the tyre so much I bought a set for the Golf and yes, they’ve been amazing in the wet and the dry.

Wheels on, straight to the car wash!!!

Spent a little time today with Krysti, who’s FINALLY gotten her Turugi Racing Bilbo’s on! They’re awesome, fat tyres and with a little drop (which is coming) this KE55 will be just about done (for now!).