Its December month, the festive season and time for that long awaited holiday (sigh). Most of us are planning taking a long trip to place or town, away from home! I am one of many people that are having concerns about taking a car on long trips, especially if the car is getting old. According to research, long trips are actually
easier on your car than day-to-day driving, but a breakdown far from home can really ruin your fun and can be costly. A few simple checks will save you a lot …

I thought it would be advantageous to do a quick write up with some source material on the 3M DI-NOC Carbon Fibre Vinyl, so here goes.
It seems there is some controversy around all the different products that are available on the market these days, and I figured before you go and buy just anything, being told that it is the real deal, I would ‘Enlighten’ you a little about THE REAL DEAL Carbon Fibre.
First and Foremost, the 3M DI-NOC Range has a BIG 3M Logo Printed on the backing paper, …

We all know what it’s like to suffer from sore joints (some more than others). Even if you are the fittest of bunch, you are bound to feel your joint pain once in a while. Your vehicle joints work the same. The bushings found on the control arms and various mounts are like the cartilage between your joints. The manufacturer normally equips a vehicle with rubber bushes, which provide a soft ride. Over time the rubbers begins to wear from oil with the help of other elements. That’s when the …

A quick introduction for those of you that doesn’t know the meaning of JDM.. what exactly does it mean; JDM Japanese Domestic Market, in a nutshell, if someone considers a car to be JDM they mean the car has a mostly in a stock appearance with only typically stock looking aftermarket exterior parts (ie no massive wings or aggressive bodykits) and the focus on these cars is what is under the hood.
Now that we have that aside… here is some JDM candi for those in that circle …

Hi guys we have added a new section to the forum for those of you that are building race cars, drift machines or even show cars.  Adding your build to the forum will not only benefit other forum member but people can then offer there advice on certain topics that might come up. So far we have 3 build threads started. We have my Golf Mk1 2L Trackday build(still need to finish uploading pics) We have Darrens Alfa 2000 Junior and Pico performances 200Sx drift machine.
lets see if we can …

4th Gymkhana at Brakenfell shopping centre
According to WBMK, there will apparently be a Gymkhana day being held on the 17th of July 2010 at the Brakenfell shopping centre.
Entries for the 4th Fairbridge Mall Gymkhana in Brackenfell are open. Please note that times will be similar to the 1st Cape Gate Gymkhana as it is still winter and the days are fairly short. This will be the fourth event held at the Fairbridge Mall venue and should once again proved a platform for an amazing gymkhana event in Cape …

Drifting is becoming more and more popular in South Africa and we recently had an interview with South African Drift Champ, Otto Graven.
The article got numerous amounts of feed back so we decided to grab a couple of action shots that we liked.  We’ve compiled a small gallery of our favourite images and we hope you agree.

The legendary Skyline GT-R
The Nissan Skyline GT-R is definitely lives up to its name. This is car destroyed the competition. In the late 1980′s, Nissan had a dream of going racing. Nissan need a car that handled,  could accelerate incredibly well, and a car that could out brake better than any competitor on the track.
What did Nissan do, well they developed a Skyline GT-R.. The R32 Skyline GT-R took the racing world by storm, its complete domination was unheard of at the time, to many, the car was unbeatable.
This is …