FOTO: usdm jam

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Mori’s journey begins in the historical city of Nara where he meets up with his friend Tomohiro Chujo at a local gas station…

Chujo drives this FD2 Honda Civic Type R on red Advan RGII wheels…

While he has retained the stock FD2R front, his rear trunk has been converted to U.S. spec deck lid and taillights. The car still has the FD2R rear bumper though. Also notice the R35 GTR lurking in the background inside the car wash…

Since Nara City is such a scenic place, Mori decided to stop by to take some photos with Chujo’s R…

A shot of Chujo’s Civic in front of the Hokiji Temple in Nara…

I never noticed this myself until Rodrez pointed it out, but when a U.S. trunk is mated to a JDM rear bumper, the rear bumper actually sticks out a couple of millimeters. On U.S. rear ends that have the JDM trunk and taillights, the taillights actually extends past the rear bumper a few millimeters. You can kind of tell in the photo here but most of the time, you’d have to see it in person to really notice…

Chujo getting a shot of his own car…


Love how the countryside always provides a great backdrop for photos in Japan…

One of the more remarkable things I noticed about Shota Mori is that he literally drives his slammed CA Accord all over Japan to attend events. If he goes to a show or meet, he brings his car with him, which means that his Accord has probably logged quite a bit of miles over the years. It really speaks of the quality of older Hondas from the late 80s and 90s. You can drive these things to the ground and bring them everywhere….

Chujo’s SCUDERIA SFIDA windshield banner…

Bride Low Max driver’s seat and OEM CTR passenger seat…

Red Advan Racing RGII and Brembo brakes…

As much as I like the growth of the USDM scene in Japan, I’m overjoyed that Chujo retained the Japanese CTR front end. It’s just a much better looking front end compared to the U.S. variation…

Shota also got a photo of his own car in front of the Hokiji Temple…

More of the FD2, this one in front of the historic Horyuji Temple in Nara…

Two very different generations of Hondas represented in this shot. Oh how things have changed over the years…

After spending some time with Tomohiro Chujo, it was time to depart and head to Wakayama prefecture. Here is a parting shot of Chujo next to a Civic Euro-R…

It took Mori about an hour and a half before he arrived at his friend Kiyo’s shop in Wakayama…

This is Kiyo’s bagged Toyota Hilux pick-up, which used to be owned by Daiki Tamiya. Tamiya is also the previous owner of Mori’s Accord…

Inside Kiyo’s garage, Tamiya was working on finishing his Hilux truck in time for USDM Jam Ver. 10…

Kiyo’s Hilux has all turn signal and corner lights deleted with only the headlights and chrome grill/bumper remaining…

It’s still a work in progress but it is also really cool to see how raw these trucks are when they are built in this style…

Also interesting is how Kiyo’s truck is laid-out on Work Schwert wheels…

The truck bed has been cut-out to make room for the custom rear bed frame which allows for the truck to lay on its frame…

At this angle, you can also get a better look at his custom air suspension set-up, featuring dual air compressors, large air tank, and bags on each end. The fuel tank door on the bed has also been shaved and the fuel filler neck can be seen by the left rear wheel pictured…

Inside, Tamiya continued to put his Hilux back together…

The bed of his truck has also been cut-out, but much more extensively. There is no more bed flooring at all and what remains is the custom frame itself. Even the stock gas tank has been replaced by a custom aluminum fuel cell…

Tamiya doing routine maintenance to the motor to make sure the drive to USDM Jam Ver. 10 presents no problems…

Kiyo and Tamiya getting his Hilux back on the ground. You can see that Kiyo’s shop space is not that big. Still , he manages to fit a lift and multiple cars within…

Kiyo’s office is much like his garage and presents an almost controlled state of chaos. Stuff just kind of floats around everywhere but often the most talented are the ones that are left with little time to deal with menial tasks like organization…

His glass-top table which features a SSR Type-C base…

Kiyo’s family hanging out outside and enjoying the sunset…

Car life, no matter what style of execution, is to be enjoyed. Though many of us may not understand the mini-truck scene, we can appreciate the time it takes in putting a car together in the late hours in preparation for an big event…

A candid reaction from Kiyo captured by Shota Mori…

Tamiya working into the early hours of the morning before USDM Jam Ver. 10…


As the morning came, it was time to start the drive over to Mie prefecture where USDM Jam 10 was set to take place. Wakayama to Mie is about two and a half hours away so hopefully Tamiya had enough time to get all the loose ends tightened-up on his bagged Hilux…

And off to USDM Jam they go…what I’m wondering here is who took this photo because Mori’s car is in the shot and they are at a stop light. Did he just get out of the car to get this photo with traffic behind him? Haha…

I liked this shot of Tamiya through the driver’s side mirror… One of the reasons why I enjoy Shota Mori’s stuff so much is the random moments he is able to capture…

Hilux in motion. Random but for those who don’t know, the Japanese license plate frames with the red slash across it is actually a temporary registration plate…

Mori’s Accord at a convenience store on one of their rest stops on the way to Mie. Love how it looks on classic SSR MKII wheels..

Shota had some time to shoot while at the stop because Tamiya actually ran into some problems with his Hilux along the way…

[danielca23]

[JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ]

Feliz el chino pizaao

[Puro Racing]

a mi me habria gustado ver ese civic con cola

[toerige]

puta que de ahuevo los carros, las locaciones, todo

[animetocho]

asi quiero dejar mi picopito mi proyecto de vida buen post

[BURÄN]

Empezando que con unas calles asi .. como putas no se va a tener una nave de esas ...

[iphone]

[CharmanT]

faaak

[Helios]

Chulos los Accord (que vienen originalmente como Accord en japon, no los accord de agencia de aqui que son otras lineas y le ponen Accord aqui i.e. Accord 2009)...

Y que chilero que alla si se pueda cargar apachaditos los carros, aqui y dejas tirada la aceitera, tanque de gasolina y suspencion.

[_Belphegor_]

Bonitos, lujo de r


que bonito el detalle del retrovisor

[Brainwasher]

ha de ser un sueño vivir aya que talega la mesa

[Toyota]

Shhh... Que nivel

[MR Alpha]

Que nivel de naves!

[Ivan327]

que nivel

[lpeque]

[TEAM_SAML]

[alvarez123]

Ese Hilux

[popelle]

[ppinto]

hasta se dan el lujo de usar unos SSR para base de una mesita ha de ser talega vivir en un país así :respect:

[Starlet-EP70]

Tienen la ventaja que no tienen que mandar a traer las cosas al japon aslkdfasdfasdfasdf

[sethman]

que talega

[WalfredCordero]

que belleza

[WalfredCordero]

iguales