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One More Item Back to Normal
In this case, I am talking about the control module for the Defi heads up display (no longer available, sadly).I originally installed this gadget because I had initially kept the original speedometer,...
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A Nice Gesture from a Friend...
So for the last post of the year... here is something that I did not buy, nor was I really even thinking about getting it. My friend "M" knows that I have pretty much all the Nismo/Nissan parts that I...
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Happy New Year! Calendars, a Japanese Tradition!
Friends, I hope that 2021 is a much better year for all of us than 2020, both collectively and individually.So at the moment I am working on something on my car, but not quite ready to post yet. But...
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Thank You Trust Kikaku! And Anonymous Fan!
So before the end of the year, a good friend had contacted Trust Kikaku and asked Hannah-chan (who speaks, reads, and writes English!) there to send me the one Nismo part I did not have - the latest...
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Some More Fan Love...
Ok guys, I am starting to feel like a celebrity... yet another very nice gift sent my via Trust Kikaku.This was something I don't have, so it was a nice guess! True, my CAR has many/most things Nismo...
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A Little Bit of Official Nismo Bling for the Garage!
So the other day, a friend of mine was visiting and noticed I had a "Nismo" clock on the side of my workbench. What a mess! Yeah, need to clean up a bit there...I got this clock fairly early on in my...
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And the Goodies Continue... Truly Honored! (Part 1)
Another day, and another large box from Hannah-chan at Trust Kikaku! (This one, from a certain "Mr. E" who lives in the UK. Thank you, very much appreciated!)Completely unexpected and then I open it...
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And the Goodies Continue... Truly Honored... (Part 2)
But the Nismo floor mats that I wrote about in my previous post, weren't the only goodies included in the care package I got from "Mr. E"!Digging further the box revealed this - yes another bit of...
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A Couple More Parts for the Interior
So even though I am thrilled at the work that Nismo Omori Factory and Robson did to modernize my interior, there was one final thing that I had left undone.Witness the overhead lamps and the front...
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It's Always the Details that Count!
In my last post, I showed you how I changed out the ceiling lights - both front and middle - to OEM S15 pieces which came in black, versus the light grey for the R33 parts, in order to match the new...
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Good Bye! It Was Fun While It Lasted...
So not to worry, this is not about my car... but about a part that I had on my car. And frankly this part was something I actually enjoyed having and which I think is engineered very well... the only...
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Cars and Coffee Okinawa, Part 1
I love the fact that in this day and age thanks to social media, wherever I go, I usually happen to "know" someone local to the area. This was no different - and that is why I found myself invited to...
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Cars and Coffee Okinawa, Part 2
So here in Part 2, I want to take a look at these three 33 GT-Rs that I found at the event.First, let's look at this custom colored 33 - owned by our friend "Nismo" Jefferson, he is quite active in the...
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Back In Yokohama...
Right after I got back from my recent trip to Okinawa, I got a call from Ochiai-san at Nismo Omori Factory - even though I'm not spending the megabucks their other customers are, they had a slot for me...
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So the Latest Work at Nismo Omori Factory... (Part 1)...Mostly Cosmetic?
As I mentioned in my last post, I had dropped off my car at Nismo Omori Factory for some additional work. This time, I decided I would take the train and walk there from the nearest station, which is...
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So the Latest Work at Nismo Omori Factory... (Part 2) - Carbon Parts!
So as I hinted in my last post, the remaining stuff I had done at Nismo Omori Factory involved carbon fiber. And of course, being Nismo carbon fiber, not inexpensive.But long time readers know me, I...
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Finally! Super Rare Find #1!
For every car I've ever owned, I love, love, love looking at the catalogs for optional parts/dealer options that are available for each car - not only do they give me some ideas, but as a rule I like...
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Super Rare Find #2!
So you may have noticed the envelope on the left, from my last post.This was another rare find - a friend alerted me, and when I took a look, it is something I have NEVER seen before, but in the back...
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My First Ever Purchase from Trust Kikaku!
Normally I wouldn't unless it something super rare and interesting, but I stumbled upon this OEM part during my Yahoo Auction checks and it was cheap enough, plus my friends at Nismo were on Golden...
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Some Minor Clean Up
The other day when posting about the work I had done at Nismo Omori Factory, when I wrote about the new door latch (green arrow), I noticed that the residue from an old oil change reminder sticker was...
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