im right by yokohama!

Nice! should do a meet up sometime!
Need to get used to the roads here first though, been living here 3 years on trains and buses, haven't driven a car since i left the UK! (Celica ST185 RC) so i'm bound to be rusty, and overcautious of cyclists for a short while!

yeah we got a pretty good group of guys in this area that go for drives and trips to the track. doing a trip to tsukuba on july 12th too. even a fellow brit with us.

anyone know of someone that brought their fr-s or brz to japan from the states?

Fun times, might not get to pick it up Sunday because what we (me and the people from the dealership) thought was 1.8km is according to the police that called me yesterday evening, actually 2.1km, so for the sake of 100 meters I have to find another parking space.

haha thats a fun game, i had to wait 2 weeks for the police to come measure my parking spot, when i switched the same car vin number, in the same parking place, at the same house, from my wifes name, to my name.

lemoore huh? i use to be there. i know people who have brought other cars over with them for orders, its all the same. gotta do some turn signal modifications on some cars, pass emissions, and thats about it. thers some stipulations on selling it too once its over here if brought in via uncle sam

Turn signal modification? Have not heard about that. Emissions should not be a problem since the car is less than 3 years old.

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some cars turn signals in the rear are red or white and they need to be orange. also some cars dont have turn signals that are visible from the side, not a problem on frs, and maybe none of these are, its just what ive seen friends do in the past with jeeps and such.

It kinda saddens me that most of the guys I know here in this city are so far away from being "car guys" that I end up having to annoy my wife with my car talk.

Also, finding used parts to buy is a nightmare, anyone had any luck with zn6 items in garage off and up garage?

yeah, i buy stuff all the time. yahoo auctions is better though.

Is there much of an 86 community here in Okinawa? My FRS is back in the states but I'd love to see some of the local 86s.

i think 1 or 2 guys are on the forums here

Finally up and running!
I have to say, initially I was considering a turbo/supercharger but having spent the past two days driving around Kanagawa I no longer feel like there is much point in doing so, may just opt to tune with other avenues because it feels fast enough to stay fun for me

Wasn't in my parking bay more than an hour when I had it in bits installing valenti smoked rear lights and custom wiring a reverse camera.
I actually ran a Cat6e cable from the trunk lid to the dash so if i ever want to do anything else out back I have another 6 lines i can use, love how the passengers side had a nice little tunnel for the cat6e cable to go down.
Was going to use Cat5 but there is more copper in cat6 and its better insulated too.

Next up is installing the suspension I already bought and a new set of wheels, but no real rush for those.

Entirely random but I had size 29 shoes (Japan size), getting in and out of this car without kicking things is going to take some getting used to.

Just got my orders, I will be in Japan around mid Feb next year. Cant wait, I am working on the papers to bring my car over.

Just dropping in and saying Hi! Right now I live in Nagoya, but I'll will be moving back Stateside in Sept. Been buying and sending parts home, so cant wait to install them!!!

Hi, I'm visiting Japan for a week, 10/27-11/11.. Do you guys know if there are any affordable rental cars out there? I'd like to rent a car for 1 or 2 days to see some late night car life..

how much do you wana spend? i have friends who have rented r35s for a couple hundred a day and ripped up some mountain roads haha. i would imagine a 86/brz would be around 100 a day.

I am happy to say that I will be bringing my car to Japan when I transfer there in a few months. Hope to get in touch with some of you when I get there.

nice profile pic, i use to live round there. impossible keeping your car clean even in those garages haha.

That is true, I blocked the vents below the garage to keep the dust and stuff out.

Hit us up when you land, we'll have to organize some sort of 86 meet/road trip of sorts.

As for me i'm just sat contemplating a Tomei UEL header, or rather, contemplating the "Do I really want to have to swap it back for stock for each Shaken then put it back on / mess around with new gaskets/etc"

you wont have to if you have a catted front pipe that still passes the sniffer test.

Hmm, interesting, think i'd get away with using the tomei UEL with a hks legamax premium catback?

yea you should be good..if i am not mistaken catbacks do not remove frontpipe only midpipe section and back

Just won a white TOM'S front lip for 2500 yen, only very very minor scuff to the paint on the underside, now to either paint it or clean it and sell it to upgarage for 20k.. Lol

Just a heads up , there's a full set (front and rear pair, unpainted, unused, FRP) aimgain LF sport overfenders for 57k yen ($470) in my local upgarage, if anyone's interested.

Requires cutting of stock fenders front and rear for wheel fitment I believe.

Any one know of someone that can help me with the emissions test process for my car? I can do the rest at the LTO.


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There are a couple of Y-plate and/or American owned BRZs and 86s on base. Not exactly a community.

Japan members anyone else out there
 

id love to go back to Japan and ride while visiting family over there.....is there anything close to Gifu?

Fukuoka-shi in the house

Anyone going to Fuji speedway on 31 July?

If someone wants to trade scion airbags cough... please mesage me.. cough.

If are going to be at Fuji speedway this sunday, 31 July. Let me know and lets meet up.


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Got to finish up some work this evening but with any luck i might make it!
If I make it i'll keep an eye out for you! though we should totally go for a cruise sometime anyway ;)

So made it, took a bunch of pics, looked high and low for SoCal in his yellow FRS! sadly didn't bump into him before having to bail and head back in time for work! will upload some pics later!

Who is going to Tokyo Auto Salon 2017?

Hi guys.
Im in kyoto and will be going to osaka tom.
Any good place to chrck out 86 parts? Aftermarket parts?
Thanks

Anyone in Tokyo who wants to party with a Canadian? Lol

I got back on 21th before it started snowing like crazy,

Went to Kusatsu and back 3 days before it had the euroption. :lol:



I was skiing & thinking to myself.........damn the sulfur smell is strong on the mountain.

But i dismissed it cuz the town is super famous for hot spring... https://images.volcanodiscovery.com/...ne-23jan18.jpg