D Car — July 2004

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Cover feature: Bodywork techniques!

Sportamin Midnight, Part 1: Explosion!! Afterfire!!

…so don’t forget to write the number of the prize you want…

This survey postcard also serves as an entry for the reader giveaway…

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Cover feature, Part 1: Gullwing doors

Sportamin Midnight, Part 2: ‘NFSUG-J’ release—Japan’s street racers

Please be sure to fill it in.

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Cover feature, Part 2: Wide body

Cover feature, Part 3: Tilt-up

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Cover feature, Part 6: Rolling the fender lips

Cover feature, Part 5: Smoothing

Cover feature, Part 4: Swapping

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Sport Compact No. 1 Star Special: 16 of Japan’s coolest sport compacts

Cover feature, Part 7: Fender ducts

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Latest and notable parts express

Sport Compact Academy, Lesson 1: Imported-brand encyclopedia—45 major overseas brands

Sport Compact Academy, Lesson 2: Base-car buying Q&A, Vol. 2—RX-7 [FD3S]

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Sport Compact Academy, Lesson 3: Driving techniques, Vol. 1.2—Street cruising

Complete catalog of aero kits for Honda EG & EK Civics

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USA Fast Report, Part 2: LA’s hot-blooded street-racing brothers

USA Fast Report, Part 1: Tokyo…

19. USA Fast Report, Part 3: IAS side story—fun cars and featured parts

Question 1

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20. News & Information

21. National shop guide for sport compacts

Choose three features you enjoyed in this issue…

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23. Sport Compact 110 Q&A

22. Readers’ pages: Sportamin Z

24. D-Car Body Decoration: Leader Megumi’s Body, Too, Dresses Up!

…write down their numbers and why…

Please write your answer here.

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26. Street Cruising, Part 2: EGG at Makuhari Messe

25. Street Cruising, Part 1: SUGO Fan Appreciation Day at SUGO Circuit

Tell us about the car you drive…

Question 2

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29. Street Cruising, Part 5: FT Owners Club Meeting in Okazaki

27. Street Cruising, Part 3: Seaside Festa 2004 in Hiroshima

28. Street Cruising, Part 4: Sapporo Auto Salon, Sapporo

…write the manufacturer and model…

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30. Street Cruising, Part 6: MOONEYES Street Car Nationals in Yokohama

31. This Month’s Speed Star, Part 1: S… Turbo 4

(including model code) and year.

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33. This Month’s Speed Star, Part 3: Fastest Silvia & 180SX Showdown

34. New Series: Super Taikyu Machines, Vol. 1—JS Racing Adventure S2000

32. This Month’s Speed Star, Part 2: Circuit Fighter Civic EG6

Which car in this issue did you think was the coolest…

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35. Melting Pot, Part 1: Latest in Luxury Style—Euro and luxury styles combine…

36. Melting Pot, Part 2: Specialty Parts Shop, Vol. 6—sparco Torino II-J

…choose one car that caught your eye…

Question 3

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Check it out: Works tuning machines, dissected!

Melting Pot, Part 3: The Sport Compact Idiot

38. New Products & Featured Goods: D-Car’s Express

…the page where the car appears…

…include the page number and the name of the car.

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D-CAR Sport Compact Civic Project, Vol. 17: changing the color with carbon-fiber sheet

Reader giveaway: Summer special—T-shirt festival!

…write it down.

Advertiser Index

May 2004 issue

Style Cars

Style Parts

Active Factory

Access Corporation

May 2004 Issue: Reader Giveaway Winners

Takechi Project

Charg Speed

Back cover

A’PEXi

Alligator

T’S Company

BIM Creative Studio

Toyo Tire Corporation

Alba Trick

R-MAKE

Art Factory

(6) Hiroshi Masaki (Aichi Prefecture) and one other; (7) Takao Nakayama…

(5) Kurumi Nakagawa (Fukushima Prefecture)

…(Chiba Prefecture); (3) Tsubasa Hojo (Nara Prefecture); (4) Masanori Iha (Kanagawa Prefecture); (5)…

(1) Isao Goto (Yamagata Prefecture) and four others; (2) Ryunosuke Nagao (Okayama Prefecture), Jun Fujinami…

146~147

Victory

VIP Cars

Big Rack

198~199

Weber Sports

Impact

(7) …(Hyogo Prefecture); (8) Masahiro Okamoto (Toyama Prefecture); (9) Ichiro Tanabe (Hokkaido) and one other

Fine Project

Inside cover spread

VeilSide

West Factory

The August issue of D-CAR…

Hot Parts

NS Auto

SBS Hakata no Mori

July 10…

Honda Twin Cam

Boris Factory

Electronic Arts

Auto Wave

OS Performance

…on sale!

Mach One

Marugo Auto Body

Meguiar’s (Snap-on)

Optional Houwan

Super Autobacs

Universe

Moon of Japan

Major Technics

Custom Daimaou

Garage

D-CAR is looking for sport-compact fanatics to appear in our ‘Sport Compact Idiot’ feature…

…we’re looking for great sport compacts to feature. Self-nominations and nominations from others are both welcome.

Lee Auto

La Strada

…anyone you know who’s a sport-compact maniac…

…and a photo of the car and owner, plus a story about your sport compact. Include your address, name…

Include a photo, a sport-compact story, your address, name…

Inside front-cover spread

Rayve Factory

Left Car

Sound Eve

Sound Square Vibes

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…and contact information, then send your entry to the address below.

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D Car — July 2004

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