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Toyota Cresta GX71 on SSR 3-piece wheels

When you can’t go to Japan you have to rely on others to bring Japan to you. That is exactly what the owner of this Toyota Cresta did. Can’t get over how good this looks. It’s as if the owner imported a ready made Cresta from Japan. But that is not the case he built the car himself on his hometurf in Germany.

There aren’t any airride sets available for this application so if you want it low you will need to get your hands dirty. A hotch potch of parts made its way onto the car to get it to sit just right. The car sits perfect inside the fenders on top of the lip of the SSR Speed Star mk3 wheels in 15″x9j in the front and 15″x9.5j in the back.

Fitted with a 4.4 liter V8 motor taken from a Toyota Celsior LS400 (1UZ-FE) this will drive a lot smoother than its stock engine it came with. Would love to hear this car roar and seeing it drive past.

Seen at the Essen Motor Show 2023.

Porsche RWB “Kimera” at the Essen Motor Show

Do you remember seeing your first RWB kitted Porsche? I do, it was the Porsche Stella Artois named after Nakai-Sans favorite beer. In my blogging days even before we started the Speedhunters project in 2008 there was a blog called Auto Otaku run by Mike Garrett. He was the man in Japan who showed us the car culture first hand. He had access to a scene we could only dream of. Mike showed us the RWB cars while they raced on Tsukuba during the numerous Idlers events. And one of those cars was Nakai-san’s personal 1985 Porsche 930.

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