A new project for ScaleAutoStyle (FOTW)?

[Suislide]

i WISH i could find K-Style body kits somewhere!!! that would friggin kick ass! Fujimi or Aoshima should do a parts series, where they make and sell different body-kits for the cars seperatley, for instance Fujimi could sell it's C-West S15 body kit or Garage Mak S15 body kit by itself so people could buy them and fit it to their stock S15 instead of paying an arm and a leg for one of the original complete model kits. and they could also make body kits that aren't previousley made, such as K-Style or G-Corporation. but then again, that would take away business from our resident body-kit master, Chris, and we sure as hell don't want that!

[flyonthewall]

I like the K-Style stuff, they did this pick up right? I saved these pics coz i'd like to have a go at a K-Style inspired 180sx pick up. I have a spare Tamiya 180sx that has no windows so one day i will whack on my bodykit and make it into a drifting pick up.

[Suislide]

whoa! i didn't know they made a 180SX pick-up too, those crazy bastards! if you DO make a K-Style body kit available to the public, i'll be first on the list of buyers! make an S13 one too though...

[Neige]

I hav a video of that 180SX "pick up" in drifting action, if neone wants it say so n i can send it to ya

[giordano]

flyonthewall, somewhat like this????? kewl!!!

[Midnight Racer]

First it was the Skyline pickup,and now a 180.I guess the Japanese are starting to like pickups.

[Jarrod Li]

Probably more a weight saving issue, think of how heavy that glass is on the hatchback 180. Get rid of it and you can start really playing around with the weight balance of the vehicle, which is what every drifter does to achieve maximum balance.

[MaxSE]

Probably more a weight saving issue, think of how heavy that glass is on the hatchback 180. Get rid of it and you can start really playing around with the weight balance of the vehicle, which is what every drifter does to achieve maximum balance

Not entirely true….a 180 pick-up may look “cool” but it’s no performance drifting machine, the weight that is economized from the removal of the rear hatch + glass only alters the original chassis rigidity coefficient, meaning without the rest of the car, the overall body turns into putty…a way of saying… which is why it is preferable to have a “solid body” car when drifting is the main goal. Same example for convertible/spiders, compared to their solid body counterparts.

[Jarrod Li]

Normally that would be true, however those cars have extra (ie: non-stock) tubular structures in them. Without seeing the car up close and in person you can't make the statement that the body is now a pile of mush.

At a cursory glance, the pickup has 2 bars that run from the roofline down to each of the rear wheel "tubs" which also appear to be made out of diamond plate. There could be an extra bar running between the tubs which would make a box out of the rear end, which would more than make up for the structural rigidity lost when the glass and supporting framework was removed.

We also don't know what kind of support structure was built under the rest of the skin throughout the car. It could be braced up just like a pro-stock drag car, which nowadays are made out of factory unibody cars.

[Neige]

Originally posted by MaxSE



a 180 pick-up may look “cool�Ebut it’s no performance drifting machine,

I have the video of this car in action, i can prove to u its a drifting machine ...

[magicmanjk808]

Originally posted by Neige


I have the video of this car in action, i can prove to u its a drifting machine ...

gotta agree here. i have several different drifting vid's with this car converted truck in there. it's amazing.

[MaxSE]

The statements i made earlier within this thread stand as is. And do you know why? because those statements are based on what the evidence (pictures) have to show. As for all the claims made by JarrodLi and company may indeed have truth to them, however they are not factually depicted by any kind of support, they are only based on personal assumptions and opinions. I took the liberty to highlight my point exactly.

Originally posted by JarrodLi
At a cursory glance, the pickup has 2 bars that run from the roofline down to each of the rear wheel "tubs" which also appear to be made out of diamond plate.There could be an extra bar running between the tubs which would make a box out of the rear end, which would more than make up for the structural rigidity lost when the glass and supporting framework was removed.

We also don't know what kind of support structure was built under the rest of the skin throughout the car.It could be braced up just like a pro-stock drag car, which nowadays are made out of factory unibody cars.

I have the video of this car in action, i can prove to u its a drifting machine…

Neigemagicmanjk808 it is very nice that you guys have seen the video, and I can assure you I’ve seen it as well, so now I ask you this: do you know what performance drifting is?
Hint: it is not as pretty to watch as power sliding…

Happy Holidays!

[Jarrod Li]

All I was saying is that without knowing what the car looks like under the skin you can not say that the body would be mush just because of it's shape.

Unless you have "Pictures" of the vehicle without the fenders, door panels, hood, bumpers....you have no real "evidence" with the pictures posted in this thread to back up your claims. Even the video, which I haven't seen, doesn't prove anything. I drive like a grandma in the mornings until my car warms up, but that doesn't mean that the car isn't capable of a 4.5sec 0-60...

Whatever, I don't care, think whatever you want...I'm just stating that with enough $$ anything is possible...even "Performance Drifting" in a pickup skinned vehicle.

[magicmanjk808]

Originally posted by MaxSE
......do you know what performance drifting is?
Hint: it is not as pretty to watch as power sliding…

Happy Holidays!

yes i know what performance drifting is. i'm a drifter myself.

i agree with you on the point you made. if you take any normal car and convert it to a pickup, the structural integrity goes out the window. but i believe, i don't know, but i believe this car has had much more mods to it to make this car/truck a stiff performance driting machine.

btw, happy holidays to you too

[Neige]

Originally posted by Jarrod Li
Whatever, I don't care, think whatever you want...I'm just stating that with enough $$ anything is possible...even "Performance Drifting" in a pickup skinned vehicle.

Gotta agree wit that,

and for MaxSE, powersliding eh? i duno the ones done by Manabu Orido count as performance drifting? hehe wutever u wanna think, i still think this is a drift machine