Alexi: First of all, why this look? It’s obviously not finished yet, is it?
Kawashima: No, it’s not finished! As for the look, there’s three main points of the way modified cars should look (in Japan), and that’s onikyan (cambered wheels), tsuraichi (tyres just barely inside the guards) and hippari (stretched tyres). I wanted to make a car that took all of those things to the furthest point I’ve ever seen them done.
Alexi: A lot of international people on the internet also think it’s got something to do with American-style “stance”.
Kawashima: No, that’s not a style I’m trying to do. They might think that but no, this is something I’ve been doing for quite a while now.
Alexi: You used to FF drift the previous version of this Celica until you crashed it at Fuji Speedway, but what about this one?
Kawashima: I’ve already drifted this one a bit before we cut the guards and put the rear wheels on! As for future plans, I’m going to finish the front wheels then d
rive it to work every day and drift it too. Right now I’m driving to work in a kei car while the Celica is getting worked on though, and it’s really boring.
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