simonlam168

Hi Steven, I am from Hong Kong too........you car looks nice!

gtrskyline34

Nice car man, I was born in Shanghai. How much do they sell it for there?

Jie-EVO

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that's the way to do it !!!,,,,,,,,keep it up

projectevo9

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More pictures please

Steve_China

Honestly when I did the research for a year while waiting for the official launch of EVO X in China, there are couple of JDM brands that catch my eyes on top of HKS Kansei, e.g. colt-speed, Jun, Amuse and obviously Ralliart. But in terms of completeness, average quality and price level, HKS stands out. One more key reason is here in China parts are difficult to order and with heavy duties. HKS is the one with most established network in China to get parts fast and "cheap"......

Steve_China

Just official launch end of Oct. Yes the road condition in general is very poor. Drivers, cyclists, bikes and pedestrians are all "crazy"!!! But I have 20 years of driving experience with 11 in Shanghai so I am more than OK.

Steve_China

Good Q!! The answer is not quite, esp in rainy days. But I used to it already as I have a pair of similar bullet side mirrors on my Mazda 6 before driving for 5 years. The key is keep your close-back clear enough then you are safe. In China there are not a lot of fast cars. I can manage to do it in my tuned Mazda 6 so this is really piece of cake for this monster.

Steve_China

Yes u are right that I am actually one of the pioneer tuning addicts in China. My name/cars can be easily seen in those several hottest car forums here. In the meantime, my cars are on top of the Shanghai police black list all along. Luckily I have found some local Shanghaiese connection to straight things up.

For parts, luckily I know someone, though indirectly, in HQ and thereby I can get and R parts rather easily and with discounts. For the other parts, I got them from Japan, HK and Shanghai (for those parts too large to handle myself).

For dyno tuning, may be there are some up-to-standard shops in southern China nearby the Zhuhai Int'l Circuit but not in Shanghai (even though we got the F1 circuit here). For real hard tune the shops here will bring experts (mainly Japanese) here from HK famous shops like Top Racing, Crazy Racing, etc. to help out.

Steve_China

No, just in front of my living place and office.

Steve_China

Not for wheels considering the road condition here......

Steve_China

Totally agree!! This bonnet damper is so refinely built that it is just like stock items. Be more specific, Colt-Speed one has special design at both ends of the damper which makes the bonnet very steady (it won't shake even you push it).

Steve_China

Thanks. This together with the under-spoiler and frontend/pillar garnishes all come from Ralliart.

Steve_China

RMB488K so around JPY6.5M. Yeh almost the price of getting a GTR in Japan......

WRXEATR

nice car steve!!!

Steve_China

RMB488K for Enkei version and RMB498K for BBS version. Difference only on wheels and the spec are basically the Premium-GSR version in Japan with the keyless system, Bilstein/Eibach, Brembo floating disc, etc. The audio is Rockford one with 9 steros but no DVD/GPS/HDD.