Monthly Archives: January 2010

I said Hayashi is the premier kyusha wheel maker, but that’s probably personal bias.  It’s pretty hard to deny that Speed Star has done more.  Founded in 1971, SSR claims to be the first to produce… A 3 piece wheel!  Yes, that’s notable.  Too bad they were only 3 piece wheels during the production process.  Almost all of them left the […]

Speed Star

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Andrew makes nasty plans for his BC.  Like… gross.  But… fun and and interesting at the same time.  You might remember that we constructed a lip for his front bumper one afternoon in July.  It probably took all of ten minutes from idea, to on the car and painted.  Duct tape was a large part of the construction… but it […]

Salty, Nasty Style

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Hayashi is the premier kyusha wheel manufacturer. Founded in 1966, they made real race wheels. They made baller wheels for hashirya and bosozoku. Even forty years later some models are in such demand that they have gone back into production. Those that haven’t however, are extremely rare and valuable finds. The Yayoi is a phenomonom of it’s own, that at […]

Hayashi

It saddens me a little bit that good wheel sizes 20 years ago are not good wheels sizes today. If they were, I think Yokohama might be my favorite kyusha wheel company. Yokohama as a company in general is very likeable. They make good tires and winning race cars, support grass roots motorsports and have done so for almost the […]

Yokohama Advan

I always thought the Sportmax 002 was a piss poor imitation of the Weds MA86. Looks like I was wrong though… that was not the intention… because they are actually a REALLY GOOD copy of the Watanabe GR-8. Surprised? I am. I mean… I thought Watanabe was cool. The RS-8, F8, Type R and Stellar sure as hell are. The GR-8 […]

Your Sportmax 002’s Are Actually Better Than You Think