Silver linings. No matter how bad things can seem to become, there’s usually a silver lining hiding somewhere waiting to be found. In my case, the recent hail damage to my car really had me down for a bit and I felt my motivation to work on it and simply enjoy it in general really READ MORE
Category: Interior
Tuxedo Moon
“Good evening, I’m Tuxedo Moon, and I’ll be your silent protector.” Or some shit like that; +10 Otaku level-up bonus if you know who Tuxedo Moon is. But that’s not why we’re here tonight, no, we’re here because I just received and installed my new set of TuxMat all-weather mats and I want to tell READ MORE
NMD Pt. 2: Installation and Driving Impressions
Finally got a chance today to install my new Zoom Engineering carbon-kevlar rearview mirror. Took all of ten minutes to do and the result is perfect as seen above. It’s a fairly simple install, but you have to be careful of a few things so that you don’t damage your windshield. Other than that though, READ MORE
NMD: Zoom Engineering Carbon-Kevlar TS Rearview Mirror
Hell, that title is a mouthful. Luckily, its subject is pretty simple though – I bought a new rearview mirror, and it arrived today from the land of fun and cool. This is about as JDM a part as you’re going to find, assuming you care about such things. I do to a certain extent, READ MORE
Incoming!
Just a tiny teaser for tonight. 何が来るかな〜？楽しみにしているね。
Cheap, Cheap! . . . . Fun, Fun!
Today I have something cheap, simple, and quick for you – the best of all worlds in one. It’s also very JDM. Well, not really, but kinda, maybe? The backstory – a short while back I was browsing through Japanese owners’ pages like I often do and noticed that quite a few of them were READ MORE
Have-a-Seat
Today I performed surgery. It’s not my first time either, it’s my second – I gave my driver’s seat a bolsterectomy. It was a great success and I am basking in my own glory. Unfortunately, I don’t get paid. Here’s the story behind why I hacked the living shit out of a $32,000 car’s driver’s seat. READ MORE
LAILE/Beatrush QBR-50 Aluminum Shift Knob
As a long-time manual transmission driver, one of the most important things in my opinion when it comes to bonding with a vehicle is the feel of the car’s shifter. Considering that the shifter is going to be one of the most frequently used controls in the car, having a shifter that feels good in READ MORE
Why Nagano?
“Why Nagano?” Good question, to which I lamely replied, “Because.” There really wasn’t much else I could say, to be fair. Now, I get what my wife was getting at – I had lived in both Sapporo and Osaka, so why not one of the cities I had actual ties with? Unfortunately, eBay doesn’t READ MORE