With the image of a Rally Blue car on Gold Wheels airborne over a crest, many have set out to build their WRX STIs into machines that would emulate the image burned into their heads.
Pistons? What pistons?: The Mazda Tuning Festa
I’ve been long waiting for this opportunity, a chance to share a full feature on RX-7s with our readers here on TUNED. Since the eccentric Dorito-shaped engined RX-7 is pretty much hieroglyphics to most builders here, anything with a rotary could hardly be seen running around town. Unbeknowst to many though, there are small parcels […]
Rivalries are Overrated: The AWD Squad Ph meet
We hang out in with the AWD Squad PH for their first major meet-up.
Can’t get used to variety: A trip to Motor Games and Offset Kings Fuji
We get a majory sensory overload with the Offset Kings car show, a leg of Formula D Japan, and the Mazda Tuning Festa at Fuji Speedway.
Of pagers and cassette tapes: The Legends of the 90’s Meet
This really was bound to happen, the days when we’d all think of our dream cars as ‘brand new’ have all but passed a couple decades ago. While the 90’s still seem to be like yesterday to most of us, it appears we’ve all grown up. Growing up isn’t all that bad though, because that […]
Highway Paddock: A visit to Tatsumi PA
After our variety-filled trip to Daikoku PA, our gracious hosts decided we should see another area where Tokyo locals gather as well. The past couple years have seen some coverage of this ‘Tatsumi PA’ on the internet, yet I always question why this tiny parking area gets as much raves as the much more prominent […]
‘What? You hung out at a carpark?’: A trip to Daikoku PA
Nothing epitomizes the simple joys of car enthusiasts like a late-night parking lot hangout. You’ve probably done it at least once with your crew; sitting around at a gas station or outside a fast food resto, popping hoods and checking out someone’s latest mod over fries and drinks. Hangouts like these mean we’re not any […]
Blink and you’ll miss it: The low-key Skyline GT-R
Such is the case with Bruno Fantoni’s R32 Skyline GT-R, a car styled around keeping aesthetics simple while improving on every other facet that cemented the GT-R’s performance pedigree.
Beyond strikes and turkeys: The Bowler D90
What is the simplest explanation to justify our love for modifying our cars? Let’s say we default to a statement like ‘We want to make our cars better.’ When we say this though, the word ‘better’ could mean a lot of things. Our cars could look better, drive better, or feel better. While that’s huge […]
It’s not tuneable they said: The Varis Kamikaze GT-R
You’d be hard pressed to think that the R35 GT-R has been with us for close to a decade now, seven-and-a-half years to be exact.