Y’s Factory BMW M5

Good, bad or ugly? It’s cool to see a typically ‘Jap’ approach to a European motor, and there’s a lot of cool parts on the Y’s Factory M5 – check out the monster Project Mu brakes, Recaro seats and carbon splitter.

But why’s it gone so wrong at the rear? Riveted heat shields… not bad, carbon spoiler, hmm a little odd… 5in mad-angle exhausts, what the feck? They’d look better suited on a Saxo from 1999. Saying that, 5.0-litre V10 with no silencers would be awesome, and with the interior pretty stripped too it must be a right ol’ laugh to drive.

Drift-spec 2002 MY Impreza

Team Orange aren’t the only guys crazy enough to build a drift-spec Impreza, Autoergonomics all the way from Greece have been busy over the past two years making their own version too.

The car wears a full Varis wide arch bodykit and Do-Luck carbon boot and spoiler. Up front there’s  a 2.5 EJ engine with  JUN cams, HKS  GT2835R turbo,  Cusco diff and MoTeC management.

Other mods include a custom CTG carbon propshaft, Brembo brakes Rays wheels and Toyo rubber.

HKS R35 exhaust system

Andy @ Sumo Power sent us over some shots of the latest R35 GT-R exhaust courtesy of HKS. Naturally it carries a fairly lengthy name… the ‘Legamax Premium Muffler’, constructed beautifully from titanium and weighing about as much as a cloth.

HKS are offering two types of welding, FLUX and TIG costing at £1695 for the FLUX and £1995 for the TIG welding. If you’re lucky enough to own an R35, you might want to check out http://www.sumopower.com, you lucky bastard.

Lack of updates…

Apologies for the lack of updates, we’re currently making a few tweaks to the mag so it’s a pretty exciting time. Expect a major blog update later today, until then here’s an evil R34 GT-R from the JDM ego blog:

Bargain USDM Integra

Why oh why does the pound have to be so weak? 6 months ago this Integra would’ve cost £4800, although saying that it’s still only £6600 which is an absolute bargain for such a mint Integra.

The 96 RS features Type-R bodywork, fully built and boosted B20b block with crower rods, b16 head, Garrett turbo and much more making 336bhp at the wheels, while the exterior features Sprint Hart rims, BMW E46 blue paint, Skunk2 coilovers and Benen strut braces. An absolute bargain.

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Offset is best

Wheels maketh any car, but it’s not just a case of finding the widest wheels you can and going as low as possible, oh no… (granted it helps). It’s all about getting the stance and offset corrent, having too much tyre poking out looks weird, too much stretch – weird again. So what actually defines good offset?

Rauh-Welt Begriff Porsche on obscene SSR SP1s

4-door DA Integra with SSR Fins

The gentleman’s choice – BBS RM012’s with mega camber on the Scion XB

Sportmax on the EP3 Civic

The daddys – Work Meister S1s

More BBS action on this Mk5 R32 Golf

Work VS-XX on a PS13 Silvia

Just gangster.

Lotus on acid – ‘Extrema’

Ebay may be home to some of the worst badly-modded motors but it also holds the occasional gem, including the monster Lotus ‘Extrema’.

Based on the Exige, the Extrema features a 649bhp LS9 V8 lump from the ChevyCorvette and weighs in at just 970kg thanks to its carbon body. It’ll hit 60mph in 2.9 seconds, 100mph in 7 seconds and carry on to 200mph. Not bad for £60,000.

Derm’s Euro Punto

Derm aka Andy from X2C-UK.com has been busy over the past 5 months transforming his Punto into a Euro show stopper thanks to Xquisite Automotive and D:Class. Over that time Andy’s had the body completely smoothed and the arches rolled to cater for the awesome OZ-racing split rims, cheeky bit of camber all round and a wicked race/euro interior. Expect it finished within the next few weeks – it’s going to look awesome!

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Random: keg-spec dish wheels

Paul @ JDMGarageUK.com has been busy developing one of the best web features we’ve ever seen, giving UK and European buyers the ability to buy anything they like from the Yahoo Japan auctions with JDMGarageUK sorting the shipping and handling.

Anyways, this means we’re finally able to get our hands on some of the most gangster wheels around for a budget price, check out the examples below:

15x14in 100-spoke wires, single pair for £300

3-piece BBS in 14x13in, £250

18x13in SSR Koneig splits, £1060 set of four

18x13in Rays Forged GT300 wheel – up for just £250, there’s a matching rear for just £100! Someone buy these…

Throttle bodies?

Not quite, 15x13in Cherry Blossom Sakuras, the rarest of rare rares. Believed to be one of only 3 pairs in this width, expect to pay £3000 for the pair, but uber JDM retro points in the process.

ModifiedFD blog

Last week we showed you pictures of Casey’s awesome FD3S RX7 from the Risky Devil blog – pretty much RX7 perfection in our eyes. Anyways, Casey’s been busy updating his own blog with not only his FD’s build but also everything else in the world of pimp RX7s and much more!

Check it out HERE or on the blogroll to the right.