Recently we made this little video that helps explain the Rota Grid range of wheels. This video will hopefully help you understand the little differences between the sizes and between the Rota Grid and the Rota Grid Drift wheels. Hopefully you’ll be able get a bit of an idea how huge the range is from this video but the chances are you’ll be able to find a set of Rota Grid Wheels to suit you, or at the very least another design from Rota Wheels will be perfect.
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So while Bon was working to get his new S14 ready for its MOT at Driftworks HQ- Al Clark was busy filming him and his COMPETITOR BRAND coilovers – well worth checking out!
Ok, so things have changed a lot since TweakCulture was last updated!!
In December 2010 I decided to close the TweakCulture shop, for numerous reasons I wont go into… but suffice to say they involved some heft card fraud!
So what am I up to these days? Well as of March I have been Sales Manager for Driftworks.com where we sell almost everything that I sold from TC, so if you are looking to buy Rota Wheels, Monotube Coilovers or any other cool aftermarket parts take a look at the website.
I’ll be getting back into the swing of regular blog updates as time allows but I’m currently doing a lot of freelance web optimisation work as well so havent been to as many shows or events as I’d like!
Thanks to all those who have continued to read this blog on a regular basis over the years – this is far from the end for TweakCulture!
PS: I got rid of the .com domain so ignore the links in posts – I’ll remove those as soon as I get a chance!
Cheers
James
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Ok, so its late and I cant think of anything much to write… So instead I’ll post a short write up with the next batch of photos and leave these shots to do the talking! The photos below were taken at yesterdays DWYB event at Santa Pod.. Click the pics for the rest of set 1.
PLENTY more photos to follow when I am less tired/sunburnt!
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This is the 3rd batch of photos from Santa Pod’s round of the European Drift Championship from Saturday. As always if anyone wants any high res wallpaper (for our wallpaper wednesday posts) just leave a comment or email me at the usual address. Otherwise enjoy! Click the photos or this link to be taken to the full gallery of 67 photos.
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Is there a better way to spend a Saturday than watching high level competitive drifting? Yesterday I spent my day by the side of the track at the European Drift Championship Round 5 at Santa Pod. The quality of drifting was superb, and despite some early rain the afternoon turned out to be dry which allowed for some huge smoke trails (particularly from the pair of black Driftworks Nissans).
Despite his car not starting after the driver introductions, Ben Broke Smith’s Driftworks R32 Skyline ran well with him being beaten by his team mate in the 2JZ S15.
Martin French debuted his new (and very bright!) RX7 at Santa Pod, and drew a huge crowd in the paddock and with a high level of detail and finish on this car it seems that the attention was warrented! I think this was the cars 1st outing in the EDC and the team used the testing time well to make a few last minute changes and even a bit of a polish!
Results:
1. Phil Morrison – Nissan S15
2. Alan McCord – Nissan S15 V8
3. Brett Castle – Nissan S15
4. Paul Conlan – Nissan S15 2JZ
5. Mark Luney – Nissan 350Z
6. Martin French – Mazda RX7
7. Ben Broke Smith – Nissan R32
8. James Russell – Nissan R32
9. Pete Barber – Mazda RX7
10. Declan Hicks – Toyota Soarer GZ20
11. Kieron Cameron – Nissan S13
12. Paul Cheshire – Nissan S14A
13. David Monaghan – Nissan R32
14. Keith Hammond – Nissan R32
15. Steve Will – BMW M3
16. Alexis Drew – Nissan R32
17. Stewart Hansford – Nissan S13
18. Gary Hughes – Nissan R32
19. Ian Harrisson – Nissan R32
If you would like to see more photos from the EDC action yesterday, click on any of the photos above or here. if you would like to see any of these photos released as high resolution wallpaper leave a comment below with a description of the photos or the IMG number from flickr.
On a slightly more negative note, I wasnt very impressed with the judging yesterday – when the crowd are telling you that they dont want ANOTHER ‘One More Time’ run surely that tells you that the judges SHOULD have awarded a winner already! I’m not sure if it was just me but it seems that there is a slight anti Phil Morisson feeling from the judges. It might be that I’m not an expert, or maybe I saw things that the judges didnt, but when an opponent straightens up on 2 corners in one run (unforced errors) is miles behing the black S15 and then on the following run Phil is right on their bumper through the whole course pushing hard… why is another run needed?
What do you think – Harsh on the judges? Or is that a fair comment? Leave a comment or email me at the usual address.
After posting the last wallpaper I got a few emails asking for more from my drift gallery so thought I’d bung a few more up
Anyway here are the links – feel free to use!
Comments are welcome!
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