WestZero - about my car racing/tuning hobby and past profession...

water garden

2008-09-29T14:53:00.000-10:00

I'm just trying to test the mobile posting with my new phone. This message sent by mobile phone. Rick Nakama RA GRI 808.382.6761

Update on my Nissan S13 Silvia project...

2007-09-24T14:31:00.001-10:00

"After"... hmmm, well not quite, but eventually, my car will be finished with the refurbishing and I'll put my own car's picture(s) up. This is my friend's car that was done at Endless Garage. It was there for some additional touch-ups last night so I snapped a shot just to give an idea of what a finished car is supposed to look like. It's not the same model year as my car, but pretty much an example of a completed car.

Well, these are actual pictures of my car as of last night. I was only there to make sure my seat positions were in the correct place because the safety bars will be welded in as close to the areas as possible so this might inhibit the ability to move the seat further back, etc.

G35 Update

2007-05-25T08:55:00.000-10:00

	The G35 test drive! I drove it out of the garage for the first time ever! It's not perfectly completed, but it is driveable. A few squeaky sounds needs to be addressed, but now I know that it actually runs and drives almost like a 2004 Infiniti G35 should.

Japan shipment... Shipping soon!

2007-05-23T14:57:00.000-10:00

A WestZero supply is being shipped out from Japan soon. JDM OEM parts and Billion brand products will be part of this shipment. If you are planning to purchase something soon, let me know. More items in the shipment mean a better distribution of the ridiculously expensive international shipping. I can re-distribute the items from Honolulu and add the domestic shipping if required.

My "other" car project... Infiniti G35 Coupe 2004

2007-05-21T17:09:00.000-10:00

This is another car project that I've had sitting in my garage since late 2004! It is a salvaged title 2004 Infiniti G35 Couple. I bought it at the time thinking I'd have this on the road early-mid 2005! Hahaha! Yeah right. Real Estate was pretty busy in 2005. The car ended up sitting in my garage for almost a year at an almost ready to roll stage! Because of all the time being wasted with this 2004 car with a little over a thousand miles just sitting around, I asked Robert from Sonic to help when he had some time. Robert ran around looking for miscellaneous parts to get this car back together. It took him some time because he was working at Sonic and Hobbietat for a while at one point, but he's got it almost all done now.

We were working on it a couple days out of the last couple weeks and got a lot accomplished. The car actually starts up now! Why is this a surprise?? Because I bought the car from someone who purchased it from an insurance auction. The car was totalled and was sold without keys! I managed to order the keys from the Infiniti Dealer, but these new cars come with security keys that require the computer in the car to be programmed for the key. Will from the lock shop on Republican Street down the road from Sonic came up to my garage and took care of the programming! Awesome. Sure beats towing it to the dealer before even driving it just to get it started up. Need to get the car aligned, registered, insured and then it will be on the road. This should be soon! Hopefully!!!

Frappr Map

2007-04-26T11:06:00.000-10:00

I'm not quite sure what the use of this Frappr Map is, but it seems interesting as it tells me what area people that viewed the map are supposedly viewing it from. For some reason though, I seem to be the only one who registered. If you come across this, please let me know what else this is useful for and actually register so it looks like a real person really viewed it... :p

at uncle's house.

2007-04-21T19:59:00.001-10:00

diamond head hike.

2007-04-21T10:24:00.001-10:00

A 3rd video of my S13 paint samples.

2007-04-16T16:58:00.001-10:00

Another video of the paint samples for my car.

2007-04-16T14:39:00.000-10:00

It's difficult to capture the true paint electronically. The videos help, but still not quite the full effect.

A video of the paint samples for my car.

2007-04-16T14:32:00.000-10:00

Just more paint sample testing!

2007-04-16T13:47:00.001-10:00

More paint tests.

Glenn at mac.

2007-04-14T18:31:00.001-10:00

Tasting the Jamba!

2007-04-14T17:11:00.001-10:00

Washing her feet while afraid of water.

2007-04-14T15:59:00.001-10:00

Here's kelli and i.

2007-04-14T15:57:00.001-10:00

More of the honey mooners.

2007-04-14T15:49:00.000-10:00

This is at magic island.

They are practicing for vegas!

2007-04-13T22:50:00.000-10:00

At dave and busters.

2007-04-13T22:47:00.000-10:00

Tantalus

2007-04-13T21:41:00.001-10:00

A view from Tantalus. Haven't been here for a while with the road closed!

After dinner at Waikiki Beachwalk.

2007-04-13T20:47:00.000-10:00

This is my cousin Sayaka and her hurband Takeshi after their honeymoon dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House in Waikiki.

an empty Hanauma Bay.

2007-04-13T14:44:00.000-10:00

The beach is empty due to the jellyfish invasion.

at Hanauma Bay with my cousin-in-law.

2007-04-13T14:33:00.000-10:00

teddy's bigger burgers

2007-04-13T13:22:00.000-10:00

I took my honey mooning cousin from japan to have a burger for lunch today!

WestZero - Nissan S13 Silvia video of chassis reinforcements by Endless Garage.

2007-04-11T14:40:00.000-10:00

Chris at Endless spraying a test piece.

2007-04-11T11:15:00.000-10:00

a test piece being sprayed by Chris.

WestZero Pictures of my project.

2007-03-01T12:00:00.000-10:00

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My S13 chassis is now just a skeleton. These are some pictures of the S13 skelton being reinforced with steel plates to box in critical areas of the chassis and chrome moly tubing to triangulate the rear suspension. The rear shock towers are now supported by addtional traingle plates boxing it in to the rest of the body. The chrome moly "X" is tying in the strut tower to an area above where the front of the subframe is mounted to under the car. Hopefully, by doing this, the driver will experience an improvement in road feel and steering response.

The "X" is still a "Y"?

WestZero Videos of my project

2007-03-01T11:11:00.000-10:00

Video Clips

3/19/07 - View a video of some of the interior suspension & chassis reinforcements. 25 seconds.

View a video of what my car looks like prior to the "Version 3.0" modifications. 30 seconds.

View a video of my car after it's been "degreased". 33 seconds.

View a video of plasma cutting. 3 seconds.

I found this link on Edmunds.com about an article called Inside Line. It caught my interest because it was on the right column of my page where I have the Ads listed. It said something about the "Best Drifting video". I clicked it and started watching it. The reason why I'm posting it here is because there is a couple minute segment with a long, long ago friend of mine (and the rest of the Speedtek crew). His name is Alex Pfiefer. Anyway, check it out.