Drift Tengoku — October 2013
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188 available scans from Drift Tengoku — October 2013, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 29 — English draft translation
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Student drifters’ modification spirit
Yuya Ueba
Silvia
Japan Automobile College
D.spirit
Even when the bonnet pops up, it protects the windshield!
(S15)
Ground down the stopper for easier maintenance
Seiichiro Yuguchi
Caution!
Chiba University Graduate School
When I swapped the bonnet, its edge stabbed the windshield and cracked it. I replaced the glass myself, but I don’t want to break it again! So I stuck on corner-protector rubber from a home center, to keep the windshield safe even if the bonnet pops up.
（S14)
Silvia
They used the thinnest rubber corner guards—the kind for furniture and posts—and attached them with duct tape. From a distance it even looks like the bonnet has been modified, so it works visually as well as practically…
With aftermarket side skirts…
The balance is spot-on, too!
Comment
That’s effective.
A Hyakushiki Auto lip for a DC2 Integra is screwed onto the stock bumper. It’s a little short and needs a bit of trimming, but the width fits perfectly!
He bought the GT wing itself for ¥7,000 and made the endplates from 5 mm acrylic. The sheets cost less than ¥700 each, and he used two.
And the fit is perfect, too!
Takumu Koizumi
With aftermarket aero on the sides and rear…
Comment
180SX
Tokyo City University
22002
…and the fit works well. He likes it so much that he deliberately left it unpainted to show off the ‘I’ve got a lip’ look…
（RPS13)
Looks like a production part…
…doesn’t it?
…that’s the plan.
FRP diffuser wasn’t ready in time!
Nihon University
Yasuyuki Mori
The projected finished look is something like this!?
(PS13)
Silvia
Once I knew I’d be entering the student drift event, I decided to build a fiberglass rear diffuser as a special mod. But the engine blew right before the event and I ran out of time, so all I have is the corrugated-plastic base mold for laying up the fiberglass…
It’s unfinished, but the shape and angles have been carefully made…
Comment
…I’d written on the entry form, ‘I’ll blow away the freshly finished diffuser on the day!’ So it’s a little disappointing!
For the rear end, he made good use of home-center supplies!
There was more than just a homemade wing endplate! Check out the holes left after removing the stock rear spoiler, too.
Comment
Yuta Nozawa
Custom paint with an American flavor!
…but he plugged the hole with a plumbing rubber stopper.
Silvia
Japan Automobile College
SPORT
CASHIW
AS
Painted with a race-inspired finish using ‘Jola’…
With an original custom mix…
（S14)
Made with serious dedication
Finished two days ago
Pretty pink, isn’t it?
Spiderweb paint!
Shinji Chiba
College
Silvia
Japan Automobile College
(S14)
Japan Automobile College
My father has a compressor and spray gun, so I did the full respray myself, using our home and a senior’s garage. For the race-inspired finish, I used a black base; the bonnet matches the body color, and I used Maziora for the contrasting sections.
A shop we often work with, NC Project, gave it a full respray in pink with rainbow flakes. The roof has a spiderweb finish made with a special paint called COBWEB. I really like the scratch-like pattern—it looks like a spiderweb!
Since the bonnet is pink, I thought the roof would be the same…
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This bold color…
…with Maziora and a race-inspired finish…
Paint!
After seeing a car parked at the shop, he asked them to paint it in this style. It was finished just before the student drift event, so among the NATS cars…
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…the Maziora catches the light as a subtle accent.
He was especially fired up about it. I thought the pink matched junior Chiba’s car, but it turns out this is the team color of ‘DefCrw.’