Deployed to Afghanistan build and beyond

[Shinjae]

Hi all, so I finally decided to do a car journal online. Usually I just put all of my stuff into a log book but this sounds more interesting.
Purchased: August 2012 in Jacksonville, NC
Received military orders from Henderson Hall HQMC, Arlington, VA to Camp Pendleton, CA.
Current Mileage 11,936
Gas Milage: Depends on how close I get the pedal through the floor board.
Received another set of orders to Afghanistan...YAY!! Another deployment.
Anyway, I live in Aliso Viejo and commute to Pendleton each day on the 5. It's a pretty nice drive. Seen a couple of other FR-S/BR-Z members that I waved to on my daily commutes. I drove over to the Camp Pendleton Branch of West Coast Customs and literally seconds after stepping out of my car I had the WCC team on me saying that they needed an FR-S as a show car. I brushed them off kinda just because I like purpose build track cars and explained that to them. They made some phone calls and the next thing I knew I was handing them the keys to my car. I gave them a stern warning though that if I came back from deployment and was looking at some pimp my ride crap I would probably destroy the car in front of them and make sure to get it all on camera.....yes I have gone to anger management....still learning The following pics were taken of my car with my amazing HTC evo Shift (note to self....the camera sucks) and also from the pics that my friend shot one evening 3 months ago when they were closed. BTW I have no idea what it looks like right now but I will put a list of all the things they wanted to do to it on the bottom of this post. Hope you enjoy.
Current Location of car: West Coast Customs











Here are the renderings they gave me. Final product will not be the same but will be similar.





Here are the pics that my friend took. NIGHT OPS!!!!!!!




List of my Mods:.................um a mirror that I had in my old 96 FD3S Efini.

List of what they said they would do:
- 18 inch wheels - 18x10.5j or 9j
- Full custom wide body
- Greddy or Blitz Turbo Kit
- Greddy or Blitz Boost Controller
- Full Coil over suspension
- Sway bar kit
- Full exhaust
- Greddy E-manage
- Under bracing
- Front and rear diffuser
- Wilwood Brakes
- Custom Roll cage and rear cabin brace. Told them if they do this I still need to be able to get my son and one of his friends in the back seat.
- Bride Seats
- Greddy or Blitz Gauges

They were pretty vague on what they were actually going to do so I am interested to see the final product. Oh and the car will stay black. I will keep yall posted as I receive more pictures.

Other than that Afghanistan Sucks and I can't wait to get home. Deuces!

[Killerbee]

WTF!!!! Why did you get a green Balloon with your car? I didnt get one! That's so unfair, you guys in the US always get the good stuff from your dealers:-(

however, looking forward to see the final pictures of your car, rendering do look nice, hope you will not end up having any LCD screens under the car or something ;-) Big fan of the roof wing! What are you paying for the modifications? Or is it all sponsored?

[Shinjae]

Yeah, The green balloon was thrown in. Adds roughly 5hp to the windshield. The Stevenson added.050000 grams to the weight so I had to heat up that sucker and pull it off. It is a sponsored build which is why they didn't know who to go with for the turbo and electronics. I am also praying that there aren't some hidden huge tv screens/Dj equipment. Already talked to them though and the reason why they did all of that was because MTV paid for them to do builds like that. They were telling me that they actually hated doing that type of stuff which is why they are mainly doing purpose built cars now.

[Shinjae]

So they are finally done and here is the end result....A combination of my old cars!!!
96 FD3S Efini





96 Toyota Celsior


And my old baby. 92 BNR32 GTR Tommy Kaira edition Serial number 76 that has been through more transformations than Frankenstein.







And the transformation












Hope you liked my other cars. I had a couple few more such as a 2010 MS3 which I traded in for the FR-S and also a fairlady Z TT but now that I look back on it the car was hideous. And the award for the most ugliest car in my collection THIS FAIRLADY Z.

Clothes worn in this photo, Diesel jacket, Armani exchange T, Boss jeans and NewRock boots...at least something has to look good in that photo, minus my hair. Freaking moto.

[OmarGC]

Y plateo choo baka yo... Sugoii jenai lol

[Shinjae]

Originally Posted by OmarGC

Y plateo choo baka yo... Sugoii jenai lol

LOL, namba pleto roku roku roku wa junsei. Gomenasai, dakedou Karuma wa segoi desho?

[Turbowned]

You had all those awesome JDM cars and didn't get an actual 86? What gives?

[6-Shift]

I'm in here to see what they end up doing with your car....and WOW the JDM goodness

[zohare]

Good stuff. Wish more orders would drop in my lap... separating so might go work oil rigs for a bit and save.

[Shinjae]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

You had all those awesome JDM cars and didn't get an actual 86? What gives?

Never really wanted the original 86. I drove an ITB'd 86 on our usual mountain pass only because my friend wanted to drive my GTR that night but I never really felt comfortable with it. I think I was just too used to the power and the traction of my GTR at the time. Plus my suspension was tuned better for the mountains so I felt that it handled better for my style of driving. I never got into drift too much. I just enjoyed the mountain passes and the circuit in Okayama.

[Wolfking]

Originally Posted by Shinjae

LOL, namba pleto roku roku roku wa junsei. Gomenasai, dakedou Karuma wa segoi desho?

Sono bango ha kakkoi desu yo! Kuruma mo! Anata ha Kaihetai desuka?

[Shinjae]

Originally Posted by Wolfking

Sono bango ha kakkoi desu yo! Kuruma mo! Anata ha Kaihetai desuka?

Arigatou. Kaihetai desu.

[Turbowned]

Originally Posted by Shinjae

Never really wanted the original 86. I drove an ITB'd 86 on our usual mountain pass only because my friend wanted to drive my GTR that night but I never really felt comfortable with it. I think I was just too used to the power and the traction of my GTR at the time. Plus my suspension was tuned better for the mountains so I felt that it handled better for my style of driving. I never got into drift too much. I just enjoyed the mountain passes and the circuit in Okayama.

Oh, no I meant the Toyota 86 (ZN6), not the AE86.

[Shinjae]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

Oh, no I meant the Toyota 86 (ZN6), not the AE86.

I moved away from Japan 4 years ago but still have a place in Yokohama. Spent 12 wonderful long years there. If I was still there I would have the FT-86 instead of my FR-S. The only thing I miss really is my tuning shop there. The guy was a genius with suspension and amazing at tuning for the type of driving you do. He would always ask you what you weighed in kilograms and then take the car on the mountains. After two days of driving the piss out of your car he would tune the suspension to perfection per your weight. He has never failed me in any of my cars. My GTR actually turned and didn't feel like complete poo in the tight corners. Granted I honestly hated my GTRssss(owned 4). They are too heavy in my opinion. My FD on the other hand was my dream car and it handled like a champ in the mountains. I aint even gonna try to drive like I did in Japan here in California. I like my no ticket driving record. Ortega highway looks kinda nice. Passed a Mustang GT and an STI in my wifes Prius C coming home one night. They kept speeding on the straights and would go like turtle slow through the corners. I caught up pretty quickly to them, backed off a bit, timed the next corner and gunned my Wifes little electric hybrid beast (maybe gunned isn't the right word) Lets use uh..wait still thinking....GOT IT!!!!.........and yabba dabba dooood my wifes little electric hybrid gas saver past them in mid corner. After the next two corners they were gone and I didn't see another vehicle in sight. Wonderful drive though.