Back when David first picked up this car in 2001, it was a pristine, brand new Silver IS300. David was new to the scene back in those days, but he never stopped learning his craft which he now uses professionally with his company ShowOpt.com. If you haven’t heard of ShowOpt, they are a premiere builder of some the nicest and freshest cars in the scene. From the VIP M35 also featured here on JTuned to a Top Secret wide body 996 Turbo, the ShowOpt team has shown they have what it takes to turn out some of the dopest cars around.
As I watched the car being unloaded off the Toyota Motorsports rig for the shoot, memories of listening to David debate on whether to purchase Volk Racing wheels or go the more subtle route with L Sportlines ran through my head. This IS, which David refers to as the IS1000, has come a seriously long way from sporting just a set of L Sportlines (He should have purchased the Volks in our opinion!). Today, the IS is sporting some of the rarest parts ever made available from the super limited HKS Kansai aero kit to the Ikeya Formula tubular control arms. we’re not sure if we’ve even seen either in states on any other car.
Originally, the car was fitted with a now defunct Area 51 supercharger kit which Charles Madrid tuned. After that, the transformation truly took a turn an aggressive turn. The car currently has an HKS stroked 2JZ being fed by an HKS T04Z Turbocharger through a Veilside 100mm intake manifold. Spent gases are directed through a custom 4 inch mandel bent mid pipe dumping out an HKS Ti exhaust. Engine management is controlled by an HKS V-Pro piggyback ECU. The 2JZ is now producing nearly 1000 flywheel horsepower.
The Mazora Midnight Pearl paint was nice touch. The subtleties of the paint and aero kit play off well against the 20 inch chrome anodized Work VS-XX wheels. Inside the VS-XX inner tubs, you’ll find a set of classic blue six pot front / four pot rear Endless calipers floating over 14 inch Endless rotors.
When you see a tuned car, you have to remember that each car and their owner has a story. Every time we see this car, a photo album of memories always pops up. No matter how heavily turned or how many times this car has been redesigned, it will always be the shiny new silver IS300 off the Lexus showroom floor.
A few months ago, we decided to hold a contest on our Facebook page to see what our readers were driving. Sometimes when you’re busy building and maintaining websites and businesses, it’s very easy to lose site of who your readers are and what they are into. So we ran a simple contest: post a pic of your car, and we’ll choose a car to use as our default avatar. Well, after a couple dozen submissions in just a few days, we stumbled on Navin’s Hatchi.
April 10th, 2010 marked the return of the Formula DRIFT Series to the Streets of Long Beach. What is normally a bustling epicenter of business and nightlife, downtown Long Beach, is tuned into a motorsport haven for the senses every year. The debut of the FD season in Long Beach has shown once again, that the competition for drifting’s top title has done nothing but intensify, bad economy or not. Our video highlight coverage is nothing short of a major street fight between some of the top names in the new 2010 Formula DRIFT Series. Enjoy.
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