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IS JAPAN COOL?

Minto — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:41:39 +0000

Is Japan Cool? Who cares to be honest.. the place is the most amazing and sureal location on the globe IMO.

Follow the link today for your chance to win tickets to Japan and make sure you take the time to vote if you think their shit is cool or not.

Camera Shizzle for sale ….

thacko — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:40:22 +0000

Im selling some camera gear, used on official Minty.Fresh shoots through the years, anyone who knows,knows that i keep my shit mintyfresh! so its gaurenteed full of wins!

Now its all on the bay of E so here are the links

Get on it like a car bonnet y0! and fund more baller shit for thacko lol

EYE SPY

Minto — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:00:36 +0000

This morning I came across a rare sight.. A civic EGG.

Its getting harder to find these in good condition.. let alone for a good price.

Project-G Grand Opening.

Minto — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:36:29 +0000

Our guys in the States are still repping hard. With Project-G’s new HQ up and running, keep your eyes peeled for the latest parts fresh for you MX5.

Looking forward to more : Some of the cleanest Miata’s that side of the pond.

GT86 Brochure

Minto — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:22:10 +0000

Woke up to this on my door.. Think it’s a sign!

THE 86 INSIDE STORY

The equal bore and stroke of each piston in the potent boxer engine is 86mm, a vital statistic celebrated in the “86″ piston logos mounted on the front wings.

Weight distribution is a near-perfect 53:47 front to rear, while the centre of gravity is a seriouslt low 460mm. 4,240mm long, 1,775mm wide and just 1,285mm high.

Hella pit crew

Mr D — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:23:50 +0000

Pure classic style!

Saw this over on the Hellaflush blog. Well worth a look if you haven’t already and if you haven’t where have you been! Get on it.

Offcuts

Minto — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:09:46 +0000

Gotta look smart.

Yes sir I’ll have a JDV. Make it as cold as it is smooth.

CarbonMAGIC-freshTECH

Minto — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:33:17 +0000

Need I say more..

RC Skid Cars

Minto — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:19:09 +0000

With the real cars off the road for winter.. What better time to take the rc cars out and have a play!

This is my tamiya tt-01. Not much done, removed the rear Wing, welded the diff (super glue spec) and some drift tyres.

Word is the hat and Kev have some skid cars too and with jay taking his out the loft we could be in for some drift battles!
Need to get me a jzx100 shell, some decent wheels, new motor and some adjustable suspension pieces.

Oh and some custom minty.fresh decals ^^

Diesel Daily …………..

thacko — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:42:48 +0000

When you think of a daily driver you usually think of something standard, small engined and cheap to insure. Chris Lomax didn’t really wanna go down the normal daily route, yes it had to be economical but it had to have a bit of style.

He has had a fair collection of cars in his past, civic’s, evo’s and more recently golfs.Mainly a show stopping Mk5 GTi and his last car a Mk5 R32 Golf which has appeared on this blog before albeit just a snap shot.

Chris bought this Audi A4 S-line to get him back and forth from work, but having a standard daily would never do. You can quite obviously see one of the main additions ……….

The Bentley Gt Monoblocks stand out a fair bit. Weighing in at hefty 19″ in diameter and 9″ wide they give the audi a substantial presence on the road. You will also notice aswell here that Chris hasn’t pushed the car to have an over the top “stance” with spacers etc.Its due to the fact he would like the car as drivable as possible.

The car is nicely lowered on FK coilovers, low enough to look good but not so low that you can’t drive anywhere although Chris has found the odd speed bump to be problematic.

The interior is another area which Chris decided to add his mark. The car originally came with a boring black leather interior, when offered a swap for it on www.eastsidevw.co.uk Chris had to check out what was on offer. Described as “bellend Purple” he decided to snap it up, it’s very Marmite but tbh I love it! The front Recaros are the same that are found in the RS4/RS6 and are extremely comfortable, exactly what is needed when cruising back and forth to work everyday.

The engine remains a standard 2ltr TDi unit, just the right kinda performance which also returns excellent MPG

And so there you go, the first non JDM car to be featured on Minty.Fresh …….. the first of many I’m pretty sure!

Thacko

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