A while back, Duane from RCompound USA and Kristian from Battlecraft decided to link-up to do a limited run of Volk TE37SL wheels for fun. With the original TE37 wheel mold destroyed and off the market, the boys thought it’d be cool to take a more modern TE37SL wheel and do them in a classic colorway. The sizing on these wheels would be limited specifically to one size; a 15×8-inch wheel with a +35mm offset in a 4×100 bolt pattern. They are geared towards the Honda/Acura market of the ’90s because that’s a majority of their demographic and they wanted to ensure that they give some love to the Civic and Integra enthusiasts who opted to not go the popular 5-lug route…
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Major Updates On My IS300 Wagon Plus Chronicles & Coffee!!…CHRNCLS Vlog 2020 #18
Parts are starting to pile up at the shop for our project cars and we have some major updates on my IS300 wagon build! Phil and Kristian also stop by to hang out while Yuta is begins work on his DC5 RSX “Fun Car” and then we take you to one of the first big events for us out here in Los Angeles; the return of Chronicles & Coffee for the first time in 2020. I really wish I would have filmed more during the meet but it got WAY too hectic and I found myself trying to organize more than I was able to shoot!
Read MoreNoel Barnum’s GReddy Turbocharged Varis FR-S In Photos…
Totally forgot I had these photos on my desktop with all that’s been going on lately. Businesses are starting to open back up, the whole country seems to be divided on social issues, and people are starting to ignore that there is a pandemic happening still. Meanwhile over here at the office, I’m just trying to stay busy and maintain a business while still very much focusing on everything that is happening in the world. 2020 has been pure insanity for everyone but I’m hopeful that we are returning to at least some bit of normalcy. It’s a ‘new’ normal, I guess you can say…
Read MoreNoel’s Varis FR-S Turbo & We Finally Work On My IS300…CHRNCLS Vlog 2020 #16
Man, there have been a lot of red cars popping-up at the shop lately… On this episode, we finally pull my collection of Japanese Altezza parts that I’ve been collecting over the years out of storage to install on my IS300 Sportcross. A Zero Auto Factory prototype vented hood came over stateside recently so we had to make sure it fit on U.S.-model IS300s because of the 2JZ-GE engine we have here. A few days after that, my good friend Noel Barnum came by to hang and chat so we do a deep dive into his incredibly well-built Varis widebody FR-S which is equipped with a GReddy turbo kit.
Read MoreThe Chronicles 2014 Japan Trip Coverage… Part 6: The Final Day Of Tokyo Auto Salon 2014…
Photos & Words by Joey Lee Okay, so technically, this wasn’t the “final day” of the show. It was just the final day that I was there. Normally, the Tokyo Auto Salon show is a total of three days (Friday – Sunday), but honestly, if you make an effort, you […]
Read MoreThe Chronicles 2014 Japan Trip Coverage… Part 5: Dinner with friends from Osaka and Day 2 of TAS ’14…
My adventures and experiences in Japan just would not be remotely the same without my friends from Osaka… I mean, I’d still be going to Tokyo Auto Salon and what not but everything that we do after the show would be significantly different if my buddies from Japan aren’t around. […]
Read MoreThe Chronicles 2014 Japan Trip Coverage… Part 4: The End of Day 1 of TAS ’14…
It’s rare to have a weekend update typically here on The Chronicles but since there is still so much to cover, I figured this weekend would be a good time to pump out some more coverage. I still have so many photos to go through and I know the TAS […]
Read MoreThe Chronicles 2014 Japan Trip Coverage… Part 3: Tokyo Auto Salon Coverage Continues…
Photos & Words by Joey Lee I promised myself I’d try to get more stuff done around the office today so I’ll keep the intro brief. I’ve been trying to get the remodeling in this bathroom finished before Chinese New Years and I’m quickly running out of time. Though things […]
Read MoreThe Chronicles 2014 Japan Trip Coverage… Part 2: Tokyo Auto Salon Coverage Begins…
Photos & Words by Joey Lee The transition back to every day life here in America has been a little more difficult than I thought. My sleep schedule is normally pretty odd but I found myself waking up at very unusual hours since my return…It would make sense that I […]
Read MoreThe Chronicles 2014 Japan Trip Coverage… Part 1: An Intro, An RWB Meet, and TAS ’14 Coverage…
This is one of the rare times when I get to really tell you guys a story during the beginning of one of my journeys so bear with me. I’m running on just a two hour power nap and sitting on an All Nippon Airlines flight to Tokyo, Japan… It […]
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