2012-11-22

Sugru

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I don’t usually do the whole product promo thing but this stuff is legend.

check the sugru website: http://sugru.com/

sugru is the new self-setting rubber for fixing, modifying and improving your stuff. Over 155,000 people in 119 countries are using it make their stuff work better.”

I got a pack shipped over and have used it to mod a bunch of stuff.
Here is a link to my latest fix:

http://sugru.com/gurus/categories/sugru-hacks/topics/repaired-klipsch-s4i-weak-cable-attachments-and-adapted-the-plugs-to-take-standard-eartips

k. promo done. though check this shit out… and give it a try. You won’t regret it.

2012-11-20

Loud Park 2012 (Saitama Super Arena) LIVE REPORT

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"The heaviest metal festival in Japan". Or so the slogan goes. Usually one would attribute the use of superlatives to marketing and be done with it, but this time… The slogan was quite accurate...
This is a long, brutal report… so get comfy before you hit the Jump.

2012-11-12

Bushed.

Since the trackday at Ebisu Circuit, I had gained a good deal of suspension trouble from my riding the side of the track too hard. The alignment was so far off centre that it could only be called chaotic evil and the rear toe and camber arms needed replacement. After sorting all that, i gained a mysterious clunking from the rear of the car when the weight shifted or I went over bumps. after 3 looks at the struts and pillow balls (it sounded like pillow balls) we wiggled the subframe a bit when it was jacked up and found that the bushes were, in a word… F*CKED.
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Replacing bushes is crazy difficult but you do get aluminium spacer collars that solve the problem. I ordered a set from my buddy Yoshi (Ring's) and to keep costs down, with Yoshi telling me what to do, I did the hard work myself. It was surprisingly not that difficult, though having someone who knew exactly what to do giving me instructions made the task much easier. I probably would have dis assembled half the rear subframe if I followed the tutorials on the various Silvia and 240sx forums that are out there.

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All in all. Job done for the price of cheap parts and a delicious Hamburg steak. AND MY CAR FINALLY DRIVES PROPERLY AGAIN…
Well almost... The transmission is still on death's door and could give out at anytime.

2012-11-08

Japan, How it Is.

Inspired by serpentza's succesful "China, How It Is" series of vlogs I decided to do the same... In Japan of course. Here is a short intro followed by the first quick episode [Halloween in Roppongi]. Take a look! Subscribe! comment! If nothing else, enjoy the eyecandy.

2012-11-05

Shots #90 Akagi HDR

 

Akagi HDR1webIt seems like all my posts of late are about live shows(It's all Ive been doing really) and there are more to come...

So here is an HDR of Mt. Akagi to break things up a bit ;) 

 

 

2012-11-02

UNDIVIDE One-Man Live Tour "SAME SIDE (BOYS ONLY)" live report

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Undivide is Leda's (ex.DELUHI) new project. I heard the announcement at Sujk's live and have been waiting to see them since then.
I was planning to go to their tour final on the 26th and group it in with Loud Park 12 but when i checked their live schedule and noticed that they were having a boys only lave the week before.