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Old 06-03-2007, 07:46 PM
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Default Pics from Japan!!! (Lots of Cars!!) EYE CANDY!!!!

Well, I took 10 days off to go to Japan, my home country. Well let me say that I visited some of the most exclusive places where normal people can't go.

First off, I went to Rays Engineering in Nara,Osaka.
My father in laws cousin is head of operations @ the Rays factory. He let us in to the factory and let me tell you, one of the places where you go in and simply say wow!!! He said that pictures were strictly restricted and I totally respected that. I saw all the wheels that we have that was still in their base form. He showed me from the first step all the way to where the wheels would be finished. Just astonishing.... He also showed me one of the first production type formula 1 wheel which I lifted up and wow, maybe 3-4 pounds each!!!

Here is the a picture from the outside... Managed to sneak a few pics from the outside though



This is their 2nd factory where they produce OEM Rays wheels for Nissans, and mazdaspeed cars.



And a little gift he gave me before I left....
(Volk Center Caps, Blue Extended Lugs, and a Employee Hat!!)



Then I was at ZELE in Yokohama when I visited my sister. They are specialists at servicing the Z and the GTR. They do installs, maintenance and sales. I saw this place in the Z magazine and since i was gonna visit my sister, I thought that I would drop by. I have never seen so many GTRs all at once.








Some Parts




I told the guy that I was visiting from the US and guess what, he took me into his storage room on the 2nd floor!!!! More GTR's



and I am probably the only one to see this in front of my eyes

Nismo Fairlady Z S-Tune GT (They just sold it for $60K)





A dealer who specializes in old school cars

AE86



S30 Fairlady Z



2nd Generation Skyline




Went to a couple Autobacs

FD3S





S15 Silvia



A car Autobacs specially built. The Garaiya



R33 GTR for Sales (1,980,000 yen = $17,000 USD) Pretty Cheap huh?
We would never get a car like this for the price in Japan!!



I also visited a Tuning Store specifically for the Fairlady and look what i saw...

Amuse R1 Titanium




and Finally my car......


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Old 06-03-2007, 07:58 PM
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wow - very nice trip man, thanks for sharing
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No Prob. I was well worth it to even if it was just to see all these cars
Old 06-03-2007, 08:04 PM
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amazing! Thanks for sharing those pics with us!
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mmmm k... (goes to change his shorts for the 4th time since reading thread)
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Wow really nice....Was the trip expensive? I've been wanting to go to japan for a while now.
Old 06-03-2007, 08:07 PM
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Just Wow!! thanks for sharing!
Old 06-03-2007, 08:07 PM
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Thanx for the pics I wanna move there!
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Glad u guys like
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Wow that black GTR is just beautiful
Old 06-03-2007, 08:16 PM
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Thank you! Your effort is appreciated. It's a different world. And your car is bad *** too.
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that was cool, nice pictures. Skylines look so beautiful, that Nismo Z gave me chills when I saw it, I would have jizzed myself seeing that in person!


Thanks for sharing.
Old 06-03-2007, 08:18 PM
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very nice trip man...i love how in teh store they just have stuff layin around everywhere....looks like teh dollar store, just for cars
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simply amazing! I can't believe that S-Tune sold for 60k though. I mean we can make an S-Tune less than that...Still sick~ How much are the R34s?
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They're listed in the pictures for 4,500,000 yen - 5,500,000 which equals about 52 - 70K over here
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Originally Posted by yoichi
They're listed in the pictures for 4,500,000 yen - 5,500,000 which equals about 52 - 70K over here
wow...high rollers! haha did you pick up anything else from Japan?
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lucky Japanese
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No pics of kawaii japanese girls?

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sweet rides, look like the set of the fast and the furious


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